Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-09-03
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FOR THE KEowEE COURIER.
AR Line Railroad

- ttSuSHtyOa RaperNO lily oNi1eus
of Oconeo andsPickens Counties in theS matter
of the above. Railroad
The,Air Eine Railroad, hteadipg from At
lanta, On, to- Charlotte, N. g, has beonynachS
talked about-4tAos neSessity otf which nono
have doubted. II ope'uySu up the most direct
line from Mobile, New. Orleans, aud Atlanta,
to tho great Atlantic cities of2 the North, be-
sides traversing q country possessing pdvan.s
tsges Of climate, yarictysof soil S@stcr. power,
timber and minerals not surpassed by any por
tion, of, great 'countrysi$;Ea f
Located, as it is, east andpprallel, with the
Blue Ridge Mountains, crossing the head.
waters of the numerous streams that make TO
the, eastward, it, opepssupsa country the most
healthy in tho United. States ; affordipg, ut
the same time, every advantage for a homo
where industry is rewarded.
This road 10 now Q fixed fact. The cars
will DO running on it ,twenty.Gy miles from
Atlanta by the lst Of October. u
The liberal subscriptions made by tho oiti.
acns Of Atlanta aud along tho line in the State
Of Georgia, as we'll Us the liberal aid rendered
by the city of Atlanta and the State of Geor-
gia, will ensure its carly completion through
that State, na sep Z 80 .@i,ir
Lines arc now being run through our State
and the road will be soon loonted. y
The Legislature OF our State has authorized,
by an Act, tho Counties trough which it is
located, to subscribe stock in mid Of the same,
| I'M iccn;nr tho horde 20 kbo rn,,ntu Ao.&ho
Company for the amount ofstock taken.
Hence, it becomes q question, What will
the Counties Of Oconee and Pickcnsdo in aid
of this great enterprise Are they sufficient,
~ interested to step forward by private sub
soription, and undor provision made by The
ACT Of the Legislature, vote honda, off their
respective Counties, az to mako it an object
to %locate the road to WalhAlla and Pipkens,
the county.seats of tho two Counties? ~ see
no reason why this should not be done Our
mands it. s n,g>f, Z
This is to be a first class road, making "a
saving of more than forty miles distance from
Mobile and Atlanta to the Northern Atlantic
cities. 1t cannot, in q direct line, be located
but a few miles from the county seats of tho
respective Counties; and as the %looation will
DO made on tho best routc--yet everything
else being equal-s divergency of a few miles
may be obtained without injury to the road
provided tho citizens Of tho Counties take ad-
vantage of the opportunity offered aud get Q
voice in its location by subscription to the
stock. s8 N5f !}t.
Without interest there should be no voice.
To receive y bene6t without corresponding
effort, is no merit.
Under no circumstances should we remain
idle to our material interest and permit tbs
road 10 pass through without reapiugtle full
benefit Of it. ....t., .
Nothing secures the prosperity aud wealth
Of a county more than to have one common
center, whose capital. skilled labor, and com.
%1nerce, may be concentrated. And the aria
of a County does not permit that interest to
be divided by a railroad through its suburbs,
if We would be prosperous. III
1t might be q general benefit to the country,
but it would not develop the wealth of the
County, provided it's line was through the
suburbs. Whereas, in passing through the
county. seats Of the Counties, it would be, sim
parting its benefit more direct, and receiving
in return the benefit from the advantage it
gave to the County.
Hence, it is n mutual benefit if the road is
run through the commercial center of the
County, provided a line equally as good can
be secured. 1t often seems that there is no
difference which way wo go 10 avoiding d hill
or obstacle. The distance might be the same,
yet, it would make a great difference should
there DO points of interest to the enterprise
on the o and not on the other. IN that III.
stance, We would be very apt to take the side
that would be OF most advantage to the enter
prise. That is the position Of tho Air Limo
Railroad, and tho citizens of Oconce and Pick.
cns should not loose sight ofthis with thead.
vantage and opportunity they have. We
should say TO tho AifLino Railroad Ooppa.
ny, Wejoin with you in tho enterprise / We
want the full benefit of tho road to develop
and increase our material wealth, which is a
mutual benefit and if you can find n limo by
which you can carry out the object Of the
road, and locate and build it within two miles
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