Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-06-03
A Railroad from iaetFssi1 through
Our Town.

Is too mannHs9 TO require OF auHf!q " Tnisctssion'
Butt. is noMsJspE.hy,of M such psaie as the proud
ana6fave i ssss osshs South tossshk into hopeless
despolndeneM beesHss they Bssss been called to
enspanter ,asi seysrp adver5iSt j0r the, past few
ysssy; ThssssprsEsag donssass of thesessand
Eia rfshsd sasss..sls
ssonfost, shSlad ndf wenkly field to dispair, aiA
suffer themselves to bs crushed;by tho heavy mis-
fortunes they have encountered:s.@Noi the same
spirit which sustained four years war against
tho mo formidable superiority of numbers and
resources, should still support our people. Phsir
efforts to sarmount the evils that besst them, If
such efforts re manly and persistent, muat DO
successful, notwithstanding the malignant ma
chinations of their unmanly oppressors; and this
success will be achieved, not by organized uImiss
!. or warlike. demonstrations, but by the uncon-
auerable power of individual and local energy,
which cannot be defeated, whether prompted by
tho dazzling meteor Of hope, or the desperate
resolution of dire necessity. The patient endn-
rance of the ills adversely manfeSts the noblest
courage Of which humanity is capable, and this
lis the principle which is now required of ourpeo-
ple. Not the fervor and enthusiasm which isdis-
played in noisy defamation, but the continual
and never-dying effort for the reparation Of in
dividual interests by industry, energy and per-
severance. -. 49, ~
In our last issue, appeared nm able and veil
considered communication, signed ,"PRoaREss,"
urging the people Of Edgefold to rise and move
in the great matter of building Railroad through
their District from Ninety-SiI to Aiken. We
hope the timely suggestions and arguments Of
"PRoGREss" have set our people-to thinking.
For tits indeed high time that We should bs up
and doing.
For years past we have been used to the moot
ing of Railroad from Ninety-six to Lofts,
distance of 25 miles, OF from Niuety-Six to Aiken,
distance of 4S miles. But so far, all this.has
ended in mooting. Now, however, these PROPOSE
tions become still more important when it is
known and considered that railroads are actually
being constructed, and much of the line already
finished, connecting Asheville. N. G., witk Eaat
Tennessee, Kentucky,and Ohio. From. Ashsville,
N. c.. to .Greenville in ourown State is but si3ty
miles, We state this fact. to demonstreto that
oven should the Blue Ridge Railrosd never be
completed, yet aroad from Ashoville to Greeuville
ESQ miles) or from Asheville to Spartanburg f10O
mles) will almost certainly be built sooner or
later. Last fall, there WAS large Railroad Meet
ing in Ashville, looking to the construction of
one or the other Of these roadsj which meeting
was numerousi y attended by delegates and citi-
zens from Greenville and Spartanburg. But we
do not mean to say by any means that tho Blue
Ride Railroad, the shortest route by far to con-
meet Charleston with the Vert and North West,
will never bo completed. The enterprise ioin
ablo hands, and we believe that, could We but get
rid of Radical tyranny and negro rule, it would
soon be an accomplished fact.
And having these truths before tho mind, it
must be perceived th.t through Edge6eld District
We have the nearest distance from Greenyillsand
the pp-country to Charleston, and that the Green
willie and Columbia Railroad, as far as> Ninety
Six, runs. nearly direct course for Aiken OF
Graniteville. By building road from Ninety
Six through our own District to aome point on
the Columbia aud Hamburg Railroad, there might
bo obtained saving of forty or fifty miles (per-
haps morc) In travel and transportation, as COM
pared with the present route by Columbia. A
saving of forty or Fifty miles in t->sel and trans
portatou is an immense consideration and should
it seems to us, secure foF the road through oui
District the assistance and support Of botht the
up-country and low country. T.
And here we deem it wise to reproduce Q csS:
tain portion Of tho remarks of PROGRESS
"Por such short Roqd-less than so miles
long-ovor country easily graded, and without
single stream to cross, the outlay would .:
comparatively light. Within Ave miles Of the
line of road are over 100000 acres of land, which
at an average increased value Of 81 per acre
would damount to $500, ,0e0, more that half the
| probable cost of the Road. Land owners could
we'll afford to subscribe one-third the quantity Of
land owned by them near the line, and make
money by the operation, even if they never re
ceiyed one cent of dividends, for tho increased
yalle of tho balance would more than compensate
them fof tho portion subscribed.
"In Alabama ths yalEp Of property in four
counties having Railroads INCREASED 70 per cent
from 1853 to 1852 whilst in four counties, without
Roads, the increase was only j per cent
aAt present, Land when sold does not bring
acres are lying usele.s and 4nprodnctiye. Build.
ing this Road will crcatp demand for lands
which stherwiss will Jay for years qntepanted
and desolate. In the far woat, lands lying near
Railroads, appreciate most rapidly in value. The
efforts that are being made to Induce immigration
to this State from Europe, anG the recent severe
winters at the North turning the attention Of the
residcnts of their rigorous climate to tho SUMMER
fields of the South, will cause the tide Of immi.
~ %hao I'm,
migrants who may come, will locate on or near
Railroads. AS practical men. we should exert
oourselyss tc deYelope the. Natural Resources Of
| tie favored section n which our lot has been
cast; and ono Of The first stsps sboitd be to con-
stfusf Railroads. Fhe completi9H IF tho Blue
!, =. ROAD will have piEilar effect TO that
Riugo -. :. e"'lding ths Georgia State
brought about by a-..i,f ~ i'ssfoss 's Fry
Road-now in one Of the most. p,.., 49,.
tions Of that great State-making the lands along
the connecting Roads sought htafter, and apprscls,
ted" ~. = - y. =
But we do not on this occasion propose sny
definite plan of action, or any definite route for
the proposed road through our District. No mat
ter at what point it should terminate we trust to
the energy and good sense of the people town
and its vicinity to soc that it pass through by
Edge6cld C. II. Il,
Will not some Of the leading citizens Of this
section, and Of all the sections which would be
benefited by the proposed road, take the necesaa-
ry steps to havsa meetr 6 called at some early
day to consider and discuss this greet matter?
We invite communications treating of this sub
ject. We should like to hear the views, pro and
con, of our practical and thinking men. We
should like to have the matter kept persistently
before the people. ., in., .t .r't -
A Grand and Gloomy Abettor of Radi.
calism.