Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-09-11


which promises tho speedicst results, and
which will SECURE the sympathy and practical
cooperation of those capitalists Of the West,
wh7 arc MS deeply interested in the construo-
ton of tho road as tho people Of South Caro-.
lima / am confident that to effect this lattor
result II il only necessary to show that wo arc
in ekrneat ourselves, aud determined to oom-
plo..}f ftshe road 10 tho shortest time that ener-
gy Stl skill can perform the work.
lat It is essential that the Legislature
shal| romovc the restriction imposed upon che
oomtany by the Act Of 1854, which required
tho production of proof to the Governor Of
suol| subscriptions or aid granted in the States
OF Forth Carolina and Tennessee, as to give
reasonable assurance Of tho completion of the
road Those promises Of aid were basod upon
contract by contractors, but as the latter
failed to comply With tho terms of their con.
traqt South Carolina withheld hor guarantee
of any Of tho bonds Of tho company.
Al. With the removal of this restriction,
the State should pass an Act guaranteeing
thd bonds of tho company to tho amount Of
S1D00,00O, and authorize the President to
hyEhthocatc or dispose of said bonds in suoh
maancr as Is bcst calculated to secure the i'm.
mefiate resumption of the undertaking.
Tho engineer Col. Gwin, states that tho
entHc tunneling can be completed in one year.
ThiSo-fourths of this work has already been
finiehed and thorc is no reason why the re-
maihdcr may not bc completed within tho time
aboy, specified. Tho rolling stock can then
BIO ply upon the road. In less than one year
and half from this timo, therefore, VIC may
hayelhe satisfaction of seeing through train
from the Ohio River to Charleston, and a
unio} between two sections of our country,
whid, practically have boon to caoh other as
stra,cers.
E|'crence has already been made TO the
imp@tanco of this road in military point of
vieI Many leading public men have recent
there is no doubt that Congress is prepared
to lend willing ear to any reasonable prop
ositon which may promise to result in the
attainment of 80 valuable m object.
|, therefore, respectfully suggest that your
honorable body shall request the Senators and
Representatives of tho State, in Congress, to
lay this subject bofore that body at tho oarli-
est practicable moment, to tho end that the
General Government may be induced to ron
der such assistance to tho road as its impor.
tance, in military point of view, may justify.
This assistance may bo granted without haz.
ard.
Bonds Of tho road, endorsed by tho State,
may be deposited in tho Uuitcd States Public
Treasury, and thcir currency be issued to tho
road, Which will bo put in possession Of an
active working capital. Every dollar oxpcn-
ded upon the road will then increase the val.
uc to The General Government of the security
And, finally, when the road is completed, the
Government will havo lien Upon property
worth nearly s8,o0o,0oo, for whioh it has
really advanced less than half that amount,
whilo the State will have derived the advan.
tagc Of complete road without having boen
compelled to pay interest on the bonds issued
In fow years tho vast business done upon
tho line will enable the company to pay all
of its indebtedness.
This subject is one of tho gravest with
which wc have to deal, because it largely in
wolves the material interests of the State, and
promises to contribute moro to thoir future
development, than any other public enterprise
that oan be suggested.
I submit these considerations to your hon.
orable body, in that spirit of catneatness which,
] trust, will find response in your early no.
ton
Accompanying this message, is memorial
addressed to the Executive of tho State, by
the Picsidont Of the Blue Ridge Railroad, and
q report on the condition and prospects of
the company, prepared by the same officer,
to both of which I respectfully ask your at.
tontion. Very respectfully,
ROBERT K. SCOTT,
Governor of South Carolina.
TIE VALUE OF ADvERTIsINa.-Ag gon-
tleman of New York, who has taken up his
family in ono of the outlying suburbs, recent
y purc hascd sovon pounds OF sugar from
summer quarters with his village grocer, and
found it sadly adutoratcd with sand
The noxt day ho inserted The following para
Graph in the village papor: "Notioc.-
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