Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-07-24
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RAILROADS.,
e rod dHgsso.dihg 70 tho eighth consua of tho Uni
u 10 ); crates, there wore nine HUNDRED 49,
e,ghtysoyon (9S7) miles of railroad IN a',ss asS
Carollna at tho olose Of the wear Iaen us. ps;s.
ssss q sSeasS 2E,ysa asss &
~ may 10 interesting to observe that tho
naaas wnaa.es.oh and Hamburg Road was the 6r.s
passenger railway constructed in the Units..
800 500 !. vas commenced in the spring of
., uoa9, and'six (6) miles wero completed IN IN
.i .ha' year 1t is a noteworthy fact that before
Co., ~ u'G ol locomotives was established in
T: oitalh' or they were known in tho
Oh'ted States, the directors Of this road do.
termincd, under the advice of their on"near I NV
Mr. Horatio Allen, to make thom excln.;vol,,
the motive power. The same gentleman ~
Cho wintcr OF 1929, made tho DRAWINGS Of tho
nfss American steam locomotive, called thu
=, Best Friend" which was planned bv NJ
~ y; 4. Miller, Of Charleston. Upo11 the
Sharleston and Hamburg Road vas intro.
uucea IN 1881, for the first time on anv rail.
lcaa III the world, the important arrangement
" m TWO 1our (4) wheeled trucks for iocomo.
tlvos and long passenger cars. OD''
me iac,s mere stated arc designed to show
'n"1 thc State has never been Hautipe. in mon :
oi mechanical genius, with the capacity TO
"elic'e the greatest enterprises, if pronerlv
cc"eourascd. South Carolina, alshourh tho
hrs' 70 Initiate railway system. has nrosccn.
., .eu II 10 very limited oxtnnt, compared with
INC demands OF her commerce aud tho ro-
sources OF her soil. The facility With which
railroads can be built in this State is ov;.
oenced a. py The fact that the railroads of South
carolina have cost in their construction lcas
~" Pr lni'o than any Of equal length i'll the Uni.
:ou pcotcs' would recommend the foster
lug OF thcse great aud bcncGccnt public enter.
Inlses ny inc State, SO far as may be consis
.ehe with the proper maintenance of other
important public interests. A, the samo t;ma
M, iaiiroad corporations should be gencrona.
~ but Judioiousy fostcrcd, vet suitable lawa
should be enacted to regulate thoir tariff Of
cliargcs Tor ireights and pasponsu.,, or otL--
wise they may oppless all nlaSacs .slr OK,
eessiYc rator, and check tho trade ana cnt6r.
prize Of tho pcoRlo.
Railroads arc. tho main arteries of com.
nierse M They stimulate production by brin1.
lng tho market within gasy reach of sho nYo.
leeer. they give an il1p TO every branol, ss
:. ~ trade, Wllilo they unitY aid
= gil among great populations, by enabling
mem TO circulate freely among each other.
'hould furnish all the aid that it can exnedi.
,ntly for the speedy completion of tho Rma
Ridge Railroad. The Importance Of tbat
'oad to the people of tho State at large can.
,ot well be over estimated. Starting at An.
ierson Court House as q prolongation of the
Sesterly branch of tho Grcenyillc and Colum.
ola kailroad, it will traverse portions of tho
,ountlcs OF Anderson and Pckons, and Of
nlc = otates OF Georgia, North Carolina and
,enncssco, having its western terminus nj
whence it will hayo connections
1ith Chattanooga, tho great focal point OF st..
outhwestern railroads. It will also connact
Knoxville with roads running direct "a
,.oulsylile, Kentucky, and Cincinnati, Ohio
he entire lcngth Of the road will be ono bun.
red and ninety-six miles, of which fifty.two
Mes !, lio within the limits OF South Carolina
hirty four (84) miles of the distance hays
zen finished, and arc now in running ordeP
ON Anderson to Walhalla.
"Iho Buo Ridge. Railroad Company In
outh Carolina" was chartered by the Legis.
turc OF this State in 1852; but untoward
'cnts, among them the alleged bad faith of
ie iirst contractors, have prevented the pros.
'ution of the work upon it.
Inc total amount thus far oxpcntlcd on Tho
'ad ls three millions two hundred and fftv
lonsand (SS,250,000) dollars The addf.,
onai amount IN required to complete It ia stated,
the = IPresldent of the road at three milliona
70 hundred thousand (8s, 500, 900 ,Iis Syar
ms y. increased estimate Of isius toshe
,ay S3hift ,-a3hift Of tunnelling that I'D 10 Y
lred in getting Through Il thes 3lue ISidgo.
no State nowspans stoels iii this roatl to the,
Mount of ono million thrco thundred and ton
ousand Q,3l0,000) dollars.
Tho present bonded dobt Of the companv
stated at two hundred and thirty thonsana
,llars (s230, ,0OO), secured by u mortgage on s''=
&c road and its running stock. Mr.. j, w.
arrison, President of tho Company, states,
recent report that he has nado of tho
'nd'tion and prospects Of tho Blue Ridge
abroad Company, that call that's expected "
.hc State is that she shall guarantee tho
'nds Of tho company for, say. three millions
dollars, to bo issued in such sums and al
loh times as tho progross Of tho work may
quirc. And that tho ,Btate shall provide
r the payment of tho interest on tho bonds
hilc tho road is being built Eor example, =
10 company could perhaps %cxpcnd ono mil
on of dollars ye"r, for throo years, in which
mo tho road oan be completed, The State
ould provide for intorcston 81 ,Q0O, ,000:, /,
First year, $40 900 ft
Second year, = ~ 100000
Third year, 100000
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% that by an expenditure Of foar hundred