Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-10-15


Georgia, to Charlotte, NORTH. Carolina Tho
1.distanoe ~ about $40 miles, traYSrsfng coun-
try whore the wealth is undeyelopod, with a
kolimate. tho solabrity .of which opnnot be
| Upalled; !; where the cereals and the fruits ate
trsised In abundance. and with that deoree of
Rcertainty which makes labor remunerntiye.--
lThe road IS d great link in an important route
| from the North to tho South and shortens The
distance about 40 miles over anv other route.
] i haye failed to And a single person who does
iSnot dmit. .thatthe fond will be one Of profit to
the stook Rolderssg And as Raill6i Ids are con.
4 gsrpated on The we'll know science of transpor.
Ekatiof1 wa Will take Il few items from tho His.
tory of eir Ifineysand progress. Tie history
aid progress of Railroads in tho United States
4 iSthsS Sii st0rYs our ooun tries' DEVELOPMENT.
does not rSuuife TINT should hunt IN old
iicartai6 stheS eSinstrnmentality the .Ralroad sys-
tom lhas b saa 80 developing tho wealth Of the
country. This is within the period whore we
make the history. $3.50.
III 1880 wo had 31l milos Of R,ilroad. In
l.lS68, the emilehgS builk!wn 1910 miles. For
laperi6i Of tweiVe 'years. ffffom 1913, to 1860,
the yearly average was ,925. miles, maxim in,
the aggeegato. 25,O37 miles-l5 900 miles are
now in progresslA5009 miles will be opencd this
! year. .u es 'o
There ia ono milo to eyery S76 people in the
United States. In The Southern States the
ratio is pne to 967s tl,here boing still greater
ratin when compared with the area. II INA
square miles of area, similar ration wo,,ld
give 600, 900 miles Of road in the Unitoc States.
We NV have only 1926 miles This as.
sorts tile fiot ana cause Of the rapid develop
,ment Of the country The soil, climate nor nd
vantases of Massachusetts arei equal to ours;
she has n)ne except her facility by rail to ex
change tho commodities Of the country. This Of
- l.
tages and veal III to country 1t is fact, tl,:l;
tonnage is direct creation of Railroads. The
Railroad transports on an average Of 2O0O tons
10 tho mile per day. Whom wo have water
courses, transportation is cheaper. To trans
port hy wagons is busod at % cents ucr ton
per milo At'this rate, corn at$l 90 per bush
el. would lonse its value and cease tu be corn
if you transpor it over loo miles. but by rail it
can be transported 200 miles bcfnre lrosing
its value. Here is not only tic science of Rail
roads, but alsu the true source of wealth IF any
country, in as much rs all wealth must como
from tho sol whateve er is saved by the trans.
portation is divided between the producer and
the cons samer. This is material wealth pro-
duoed This is shown by the tonnage aud in.
crease Of transportation over Railroads.
In 1851, the tonnage was 5,500.000
In 1853, the t image was 1880. GOD
In 1869, tho tonnage wis 7500OOO
The increase being over three hun iro.l ncr
cent The increase OF population in the United
States is estimated at one million aud quarter
per year. ri Il; in'r .0~'
The, Railroads arc being constructed with
the demand and growth nf Il country's prusper
itY. Every Railroa 'reclams To progress large
SECTIONS Of couhtry,, ,ldvcopihg the ,lornnnt
wealth Of soil that is otherwise inaccessible !;
adds to Tho productive capacity of section and
creates now facilities for transportation to the
fpurfuld increase of wealth With these Stats.
t:cs and our position to the Air Line Railroad
We can SEQ its Importance to us. But there ia
another Importance attached to it.. The cnmpc-
tition it makes with other lines. Competition
rcduces the price of passage and freight, and
that increases the travel and production from
the soil. s te i. t.pt
We nra now depcn o IT upon the Cha, otto,
Columbia and ! u s,u Railroad r,r our short.
and freight on this liao we have n, hindrunce Ia
| The nrnsncritv of onr ,nuutrv Tho charge
t,r n,sso,re hofn Z con,s md ,nw,rils NOR -, lie
| - mnuob 1tbot mnn nf, s,,,II ics., ',,olo
| .d ,ooo, ~, :. H., ,,, ~. rln;, ,,,. 80
| o., L,so3 It,ao ;o,n,, o '.r e,.,.,;n, w.,
~. '' - '""o" ou'
| IT, .,,,n,, M ,o m,
| ~" MY" o"t' w so'' ,"eY ca! 'hey
| NV 'r'Gu ~ = 'euueei 'aic>, 'u"' ~ o'o nor
my. would snSsc'' ina. lhcy charge ~
conts. so ms TO MAKE even money ana make
sure that they charSe enough lheir system,
| ! treIghts are upon the Same basis. Iake all
they can get. 1t is only by special arrange
| IN mt thai person can with safety, ship over
| his road. ~ person can leave Washington
nd 90 by way ut Wed,n and Wilmington
| .nst than to como over tho Charlotte Railroad
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