The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-12-20
mons inlthe State in the, Inducements

none inithe State in the sinducements
it offers to the agriculturist, it is pre-
ezsine',tly adapted to manufacturing
operations i doubt2n there is "a
greater amount of undeveloped water
power in Spsrtanbarg than. in any
dishict embracing the same area in
the United States. There is. Today,
on the Enoree River, alone, in this
County, enough Of undeveloped water
power, which, if brought into active
play upon machinery, would give
employment to ten thousand opera
tives. Indeed, the capitalist in search
of location to Invest in manufac-
tories, could not fail, within tho limits
of this District, to find place adapt
ed to all his wants. The Enoree, the
Tigers, Lawson's Fork, Fair Forrest,
and the Pacolets, togethen with other
smaller, tributary streams, all furnish
the most abundant facilities for
driving the heaviest machinery. And
then, these very desirable locations
can, in many instances, be purchased
at merely nominal sums, simply from
the fact, that prior to the war the
people of this country looked solely
to other parts of the world for manu-
factured goods, preferring themselves
to till the soil; while no,o, their for
tunes are gone, and they have not
the means, if they felt o desire, to
bestow the attention to these fine To-
cations which their merits demand.
The important fact, also, must not be
overlooked, that Spartanburg County
will. at no very Distant day, be Sc
cond to no inland County in the
State with regard to her railroad
communications. Very many of
these fine water powers are in close
proximity to the Spartanburg and
Union Railroad, which is in success
full operation rs farWest as Spartan
burg O. II, The famous Air Line
Railroad-the completion of which
is now beyond doubts projected
to pass directly through the centre Of
the County. Beside this, it is hoped
the good sense Of the people of the
State will, at no distant day, be di-
rected to the extension of the Spar
tanburg and Union Railroad through
the mountain passes to Asheville, N.
c., thus securing an outlet to the
great Northwest, SO long desired by
the entirei people, not only eff
South Carolina, but by the citizens
of Tennessee, Kentucky and Ohio.
1t is passing strange that this enter
prise has been so long neglected,
especially when we are assured by
the most skillful surveyors and engi-
neers, who have, from time to time,
surveyed the entire line, that it is by
far the most practicable line by which
it is possible to build q road forming
a connecting line from Charleston to
the great West. It is intimated that
this line is not only ninety or ninety
five miles less in distance from
Charleston to Cincinnati than the
line of the Blue Ridge Railroad SUR
vey. upon which not only the State,
but private parties, have squandered
so much money, and upon which they
ara likely to sqander so much more,
but it is intimaied that the road ria
Asheville could be built, and the
desired connection formed, in one
half the time, and with one-half
the money required to complete the
Blue Ridge Road. Hence, I say, the
time must be near ut hand when the
attention of the people will be
aroused to the importance of build
ing this road.
Added to all this, it is to be OBJ
served that the educational ad-
vantages afforded in Spantanburg are
not to be surpassed in the South.
The Wofford College, one of the first
class institutions of the United
States; the Reidville institution; the
Limestone Springs Female College,
with male seminary attached, (all
located in this County, are all in a
prosperous condition, and furnish
the means for the most thorough and
complete education to both males
and females. The people are high
toned and honorable, society exalted
and refined, and the community
comparatively free from political ear
pet-baggers and other disturbers of
the public peace.
1t is to country like this that we
would extend the hand of welcome to
the honest and enterprising, from
whatsoever source they may come.
Tiger.
A DREADFUL ACCIDENT Yesterday