The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-18
THE GEORGETOWN RAILRO4D.
Meeting ut Lancaster.

A meeting of the citizens of Lancaster was
held at the Courthouse Friday week to consider
the proposition of a delegation from George
town, TO build q railroad from Georgetown to
Charlotte via Lancaster.
CAPTAIN Greene, the engineer of tine pro-
posed road. addressed the meeting. He said
that the road was already graded from George
town to Cade's on the Northeastern Road,
clear of debt and under the control OF the old
original stockholders. He said tnat this route
will afford Lancaster seaport thlrty-nine
miles nearer than any otner and at the same
time throw |, eleven miles nearer Charleston
lie computes the distance from Georgetown
to Charlotte one hundred and ffty-two miles;
and from Charleston to Charlotte (by the South
Carolina Central Railroad) at one hundred
and ninety-one miles. That II Is contemplated
TO run the road on an airline as near as pos
sible, hence atfording cheap freight, break
ing down monOpOlies and defying COM
petition. That the productions Of the
country through which 1t would run,
the most ineXhaustible turpentine' or
chards and the vast mineral resources. would
be an item that would warrant II the mosG Sc
cure and best paying road In the State. That
the estimated cost of grading the road and
building the bridges over the route, in view of
the small number of streams to pass over,
would not exceed $4,000 per mile up to Lancas-
ter-between that and Charlotte the grading
would be heavier and would cost more; but,
in the whole, it would require but S600OOO to
grade the entire line from Cade's to Charlotte.
He came authorized TO pledge Georgetown
besides q large amount by private subscrip-
ton. That the road had charter to Bishop
vile. TO which point ii would certainly be built,
and all that was now necessary to bring 1t to
this place was the warm cooperation of the
people of Lancaster County, which his people
earnestly sought The speaker dwelt at length
upon the advantages of Georgetown as sea-
port town, inferior to but few upon the South
ern Atlantic coast. His remarks were highly
interesting and well received.
otGer G"ps gsngs IL IL Md0" AI sHTf@
equal advantages with other Southern seaport
towns in point of capacity; that eleven and
half feet OF water was the usual depth on the
bar. and that they now had direct communica-
ton with the North and Europe, and some
other foreign ports He was happy to state
that one firm in New York City had pledged,
as soon as the road was an accomplished
fact. S250,000 cash TO the stock OF the COM
pany. r.
Charlotte; Colonel Bradley, w. A. Moore ard
VIM. Black, addressed the meeting The fol-
lowing resolution was adopted:
Resolred, That we, the delegates from the
City of Charlotte and from the County Oh Lam
caster. have listened with much pleasure to
plans of operations for building railroad from
Ceorgctown to Charlotte, proposed by the dele
gates in the interest OF the said road, and that
we will give the same an earnest and respect
full consideration in connection with PROPOSE
tions In favor of the ro..i contemplated from
Gourdins to Charlotte, which we are engaged
to hear at n convention in favor of that road,
to be hereafter held at Camden.
Hon. Mr. Wilson, of Georgetown, expressed
entire satisfaction at the encouragement their
delegation had received; and all that they asked
from the good people Of Lancaster and Char
lotte was an earliest consideration of the SUBJ
stantal propositions coming from his fellow
citizens, whom he esteeTnrd 1t an honor to re-
present on this occasion.