The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-02
TIE sPARTANBURG IND AsHYIILE
81 RAILROAD. ..
ITS IMPORTANCE TO CHARLESTON AND sou1H,
CAROLINA.
An Able speech by General Cannon.

ITS IMPORTANCE To CHARLESTON AND SOOYR
CAROLINA.
An Able Speech by General Cannon.
At Tho annual meeting OF tho stockholders OF
tho SpartaMbura and Upon Railroad, tho Hon.
| Gabriel Cannon wns invited to deliver an
address on tho subject IF the AshyiIle con.
neotion.- General CANNON accordingly de-
| scribcd. with his usUal elcarness and force,
| the important advantngeJ that the Slate and
| this city must derive from tho building of a
railroad from SpartanbusS to Ashville, by
| which we Should reach toiho very held of Tho
| trade of tho West. lie sad:
Genutn,cn Of The OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES yoar
bas rolled arodnd. aud Brought you again to
hear tho report Of tho Officers as 10 tho opora-
tlons and prospects OF tho road. The report OF
tho president, undor oil Gil Gums anees. IL quite
satisfactory. Notwithstanding tho heavy re-
pairs that ha' boon nude during the year,
tho report shows an income ovur all expenses
near $40, 600; md IL, doubt with good crop
.Id fair business next year 1t will far exceed
That sum: Rut thero is o subject which pres.
ses heavily upon the friends or this road. 1
mean tue extension OF the same to Ashyille,
N. q. Iknow that tho whole country has beon
impoverished. and we are poor, and probably
some OF you may say, too poor to talk OF build.
may soy necessity. for extending This enter
prise, makes IL necessary that We bestir orr
solves. II We cannot do much. lot onch do
shall succeed.
We madc app. ..ca,ion to tho. Legislature, at
it's last session for aid, aud, after mature con
sidcration by that DO ly. the House p,esed It
in tho Senate as part Of the unfinished bust
ness, and it is hoped that that body will pass
1T through at an early day:>Al am nlso much
gratifed to think thaL the! people of Charles
n md I'm Sn,tf1 I, Ii,~ potI
have ut last begun to appreciate the impor-
tance Of this connection They sec that a
largo portion OF the most valuable trade that
Charleston formerly had has been transferred
ago all Western North aCarolina aud large
portion OF East Tcuncsaep camo regularly to
Char lesion for their aooae. Now, l ask any
Charles on merchant wbS,i no has sold q bill Of
tions They nre gone. AYo must givs them
facilities, aud 0harlcstot most hold out tho
Inducements, and they VIII rsturn. It is their
road, running directly seFoush the the centro Gu ROOT Of
tho State by The c,pital, thonco ON tho south
Carolina Railroad to Charleston.
This route has thcY advantage over any
ture. Starting from CsESirna,i, ,he distance
is 200 miles 10 Cumberland Gap, from Cum.
boland Gap, to Paint fR9ck. North Caro.in,
linel 95 miles. from Paint Rock to Spartan
miles, Columbia to Chariaston 1870 miles. Total
distance from Ciacinba& to Charleston G35
miles. md from LouieSlle to Charleston by
the French Broad. it is 1:as 629 miles: Charles
over Norfolk. 12s ml, over Baltimore via
Wheeling. 1l9 miIest&xSr Beaufort, North
Carolina, and SO m,leaS Wilmington, North
Carolins. You will thSbateo that Charl iston
kots ca ,t of tho route, ,stias she Will diaw the he
trade on all opposing lines. and make them
feeders L, III in stead Of drawlns business away.
side Taking LouisullptK Ksntucky, ). as tho OBJ
jective point. Charlest0t tfissf Hhe advaptago in
distance i!s I,s. over SayannsSa Chattanooaa,- OF
R3aa taS mi,Ss nH ., ana via ASsTyile and thu Blue
es sHorier he han RSeo s5Sad Sia ksoS ,s 30
vile and tho GreenvEe ESHfoadt sYou . g
ssnno1 ss,yS tbas baSe this id ,1is. 1Sute
SEQ the ADVANTAGES In cost or constructid9
grade and curvature. Coming south from Paint
Rock vim ashville, there is no grade over fofiy
feet per mule, and Roi6g fiom this place TO
Paint Rock, two and. a half miles around Tryon
alonntatn, have e.of sixty-three feot per
mile. No other grade over forty feet. The
curvature is said by the engineers to be very
light indeed. Tho cost OF tho road as catimat-
McCaila in 1860, will be less than $4,000 600,
and when flushed to Ashv.lle, N. o., tho
whole road to Louevllle and Cincinnati will be
secured beyond doubt. =
The Legislature OF North Carolina has re-
moved oil restriction as TO gauge; c,rs may,
therefore, pass through with unoroken bulk.
The western ex enson of the North Carolina
Ashyille aud Paint Rock, and operations com.
men.ed from Paint Rock to hiorTistown, on
the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad; q dis
lance OF A miles, tho road is colnplelo and
u T11snS 0s&e has a in the heart OF East
tries IN tho United statns.) From aIorristown
TO Cumberland Gap, 81 miles, which Is the re-
maintne link OF the Cincinnati, Cumberland
aid of $40 05O per milo. aud 500 600 for each
bridge, in addition to county and private stock.
Tho road direct from Louisville to Cumbor-
land Gap is all provided for.
The above statements have been collected
from the reports and surveys OF the various
enRlnoers who have been on tho limo from 1888
to 1860, and there is no doubt OF their correct-.
ness. Now tako the map OF tho United States,
stretch thread from Charleston to Cumber.
land Gap. aud mark tho various points, and no
doubt Will remain ae to ths directness OF the
line. Then compare costs, grades. &c. /; add to
this che faot that the road runs through tho
any point 80 as to divert business from tho
road, and 1t is really surprising that any sane
man can tail to appreciate the great advanta
ges offered in building this oxtcnsion.-. It is Of
vital Importance to Charleston nndth South
Carolina Railroad. as well as 10 Columbia. II
We TAIL we loso tho advantages wa now have.
Other roads are being constructed which will
take on Q largo portion Of the business We now
Wo must move In this matter. There is no
such thing ns standing still-the ;wholo world
ls in motion. You either will move forward
or backward Tho. state 10 reconstructed; We
sources OF our country by proper application
OF muscle and brains, and We shall hear no
more or hard times. This' liok Will certainly
dsmAnd Il; but let us not wait. until oihes''
channels have been opened which will divert.
much OF the business that We now have to
other markets; 1t is much asier TO retain
business than to bring it bick. must close
as time will not permit further explanation.
now but AT aoms fnture day viii endeayor to
connected with the enterprise, !.
TIE INTERNATIONAL boat RACE.
More Interesting Dotaiis--Time and Dis
tsneo Corrected Graphic Description
Of tho Contest, SO.
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