The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-03
Projected Railroads,

=, me Editor Of ne Daily Netos:
We A, 3 very peculiar people in Cha,leston; at
rcsul,r II, 'tervals wO llayc spasmoic hopes, about
the Suturo rreatness OF the city, to DO brought
alou, bv bui, ding few milcs Of railroad, and
these hon.s n, o never realized. Wu remember,
when The saIom, 7his" and tho Nashville" Roads
wers under constr Nction, how wo warmed up and
spasmoflically paid i, Town cool million in gold 70
hurry them through, andhow very c'My wo fo't
when We found tho ", Western ami Atlantic Kall-
road" just in between ns rhu our miiioh aolnrs
and otr exp: cted tradc-wt btood III chhftes'on
and looked over what wo th.Hlgllw was an nnDfokeh
Railroad connection to III, MlhsissipPl Ri'er nj
Memphis, ana to the 1io River ai Louisville, Ky,
but wo conld get nothing from ,'his great cuun-
try because controlling interests M9e against us,
and are SO now, and learned. too laie ihat wo ad
paid Our money too hastily.
10 correct onr milIion-or- r-duars-blnnde or, We are
HOW told that the best route 10 alcnpuis anu
through Nashville 10 Louisville, is 10 iun rSiI-
road from Atlanta, Ga, to Decatur, Alabama. Hhch
yOn lu0k Mt the map now, you eSc'aln what iosiE
to have holped build road through Chattanooga,
as il turns ont in tho interest nf Norfolk, and to
find, after million in miaspcnt, and ton years OF
time IL lost, that must build tho Atlanta and
Decatur road, to put oursclvcs right. his road,
when bnt, will be bnt tho pralongatiom, on nearly
mn air limo OF the great Georgia Railroad," with
which The South Carolina Railroad ia in necessary
nlliance--anii when bmilt, Charleston aud Ricmpis
will he really mntod-and We may tlcn count on
tlip Coitons OF korth Alabama and Tcnnessco
Wcaro favored, nnw-a-lays, with another inviting
scheme. Some enthusiastic writer, standing ut
Macon, and lousing towards Charleston, has dis
co overcd That IL I'D bo grand thing 10 have
,ixtr mile. of railroad bctwccn NIlrn and
.Salkaijaiclic Depot, on tho Charleston and ssa-
yannalI Iailroad, and cverybody sayB amcnl
It is sclf-oyident proposition that il is shorter
limo to Charleston from Macon than any other -
that it is in The prolonGation OF almost an air linz
.rop, Yicksburg on the Mississippi Rivor, 10
J., ,rIeston, md that eat results would follow
eiiI o building oi Tho road, but tho practical
no' ~ Of it, in tho interest OF Charleston. How
""rH'ns accomplished? Suppose, by mira
>, ''a, :" ~ from Salkahalchio to hIillen shomlt
,e, 'i' ''"1" ',e laid to-day and ready for ilit
"ous'"o" .."a w, - :" Train Of cara, with goods 70
Macon, Columbus, Moh ;, ,n.,, -, ,,,r -
should leave Charleston, !, '' "u1' ~ a'o n'.
tical ros,llt2 Whom it Icacht, ''", ',, ,;,.s,
WAp1EY, of tho Central Road, Wo :" ,'".'y p"
there, with q similar train from Sas.sll'a.! va,
would 20 .through" while your Clarieston Il -
would be switched into Depot nnh Tho cars un
loaded. Now il thin is, What may bc very reason
ably expected. what good will Charleston got on
Of tho sixty miles Of new road Wo SEQ nothing
but disappointment, for tho cotton from Macon TO
Charleston will bo thrown out Mt Million, whle Tia
for Savannah will go on without breaking bnlk
Wo write not in oppoHition TO Tho "h'illo
. brunch :" wo think II grcat work for Charl'Aton
.bu. before Charleston invcsta ono cent IN 1t, W
wan. TO know r wo are to "6real; bull" at Mi'nr
md Charls slon should pause for q reply 10 tha
question, Ah hiNES'