The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-11-10

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South Carolina Railroad Company.
/ Now. if any portion Of the Louis
vile, Cincinnati and Charleston Rail
road was constructed under its char
ter, it was only that portion from
Branchville to Columbia, after the
completion of which the undertaking
failed and has been abandoned for
more than twenty years. Thus the
State was unable to accomplish her
cherished purpose, after having con-
ferred great powers and credits upon
this corporation. But Hamburg is
not named in the charter of the
Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston
Railroad Company, so that your road
does not connect any points or
places on their road," and so far
from running sin the general direc-
tion thereof" its course is nearly ut
right angles with said. road. The
President of the South Carolina Rail
road Company caused q bill to be
fled against this Company, to enjoin
the construction Of its road on the
grounds stated. Pending this bill,
an application to restrain the officers
and agents of your company, was
also made from crossing the track of
that road. After able arguments of
counsel, the motion to restrain, as
we'll as the application for nm injunc-
tion, was dismissed by the learned
Chancellor, in very elaborate OPT
nion. After having resorted to the
civil tribunals to settle the contro-
versy, the South Carolina Railroad
authorities ordered engines and cars
to stand upon the point of crossing
their track to obstruct the building
of your road, and tore up the track
after it was laid Not content with
this, they ordered portion of the
trcstle of your road to be torn down,
which was done, near their depot at
Graniteville. This wilful and de-
liberate destruction of your property
and rights was all committed under
the claim of exclusive privileges and
monopolies, which are not to be
found in their charters, and are in
imical to the best interests of the
State and the public. The conse-
sequence has been to delay much
your work, and impair much the
credit of the company. TO indemnify
this company for its loss and damage,
arising from these trespasses delibe-
rately committed, suits have been in
stituted by its attorney.
Notwithstanding oil these embar-
rassments, your directors are gratified
to report fair progress of the road
toward completion. Before the 1st
of January next, the graduation,
masonry and bridges will all be COM
plete, from Columbia for forty miles
West An iron bridge, of the Fink
pattern, 1,O25 feet long, will be
finished across the Congaree. River
by the Goth of November. Nine
miles are graded from GranitevilIe
East. Less than $4,000 will finish
the grading and prepare the entire
road-bed for the superstructure. It
is hoped that this can be finished as
fast as it will be required. The pur-
pose is to start two forces-one at
Graniteville and the other ut Colum-
bia-by the Goth of November, with
the expectation of making ten miles
per month, and thus have seventy
miles of the road in operation in July
next.
Asoilo ouuCiChU lOl Cullby live OT
six miles have been purchased, and
are on hand or in Charleston, and the
balance necessary is engaged to be
imported directly from England to
Charleston. In few months after
track-laying commences, the COM
pany will begin to derive an in
come from transportation, when the
salue of its bonds and stocks will be
materially increased. The balance of
the work from Graniteville and
Augusta will. then be pressed as
rapidly as possible; while the survey
of the entire route had been made,
the final location of the line, after
passing Graniteville village, and be-
fore reaching the lands of the South
Carolina Railroad Company, was sus-
pended in Difference to that company,
as propositions for joint warehouse
and tho use of its track had been
submitted to its President more than
eighteen months since, and were still
pending. No purpose of opposition,
much less of violence, wns ever made
known to this company until the
injunction was applied for. After
force was resorted to, your directors
located tho line TO pass near Granite
vile Depot, and proceedings have