The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-01-10

Ordered further, that In the rendering of
their verdict, the said jury shall discrimi-
nate between the amounts that shall be as
certained by them for way over the said
several parcels respectively.
My decision and opinion Of this date is
part and parcel of the foregoing order
u. PLATT,
Judge of Second Circuit
AT CHAMBERS, December II, 1868.
The STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF EDGEF1ELD
An inquisition, held ut Graniteville Sta
ton, in the County and State aforesaid, on
the I'd day of January, Anno Domini 1869,
by the undersigned, drawn and empaneled
rs q jury, pursuant to the provisions of an
Act of the General Assembly of the said
State, ratified the 22d day of September,
A. D., 1868, entitled can Act to declare the
manner by which the lands or the right of
way over the lands of persons or corpora
tions may be taken for the construction and
uses of railways and other works of internal
Improvement. ") and charged by the order
of his Honor u. Platt, Circuit Judge of the
Second Circuit of the said State, to asses
the compensation to be paid by the Colum-
bia and Augusta Railroad Company for a
way over the lands and right of way of the
South Carolina Railroad Company:
The said jury, being first sworn faithfully
and impartially to determine the question
of compensation submitted to them, and
having inspected the premises, and taken
testimony in reference to the construction
of the proposed railroad, and the quantity
of land which is required therefor; and
having considered the question of compen-
sation, irrespective of any benefit which the
South Carolina Railroad Company NAV de-
rive from the proposed railroad, and with
respect alone to the quantity and value of
the lands required, and to the special da-
mage which the South Carolina Railroad
Company will sustain by reason of the con-
struction of the said proposed highway
through tho said lands, do assess the COM
pensation to be paid by the said Columbia
and Augusta Railroad Company, for n way
over the lands and right of way of the
said South Carolina Railroad Company
that is to say:
l. For q way over the lot of the said
South Carolina Railroad Company at Gran
iteville Station, we asses the compensation
at (for twelve and one-hnlf feet from centre
each way making 30,OOO-43, $50 of an acre)
fifty dollars; it being understood that the
construction of the said Columbia and Au-
gusta Railroad through said lot will be
practically at grade. except that portion in
rear of agents house which is useless for
all purposes as far as locating side tracks
and conveniences around n depot-yard.
2. For u way over the right of way Of the
SAID South Carolina Railroad COMPANY
between Graniteville Station and the
dead Fall, near Hamburg, we asses the
compensation at (thirty feet from centre
each way) fifty dollars, it being understood
that the construction of the road-bed of
the Columbia and Augusta Railroad will be
at no point nearer than fifty feet from its
centre line to the centre line Of the South
Carolina Railroad track.
,. For way over the lands of the South
Carolina Railroad Company at the dead
Fall, we assess the compensation ut (thirty
feet from the centre each way, J ten dollars, it
being understood that the Columbia and
Augusta Railroad Company will permit the
South Carolina Railroad Company, to extend
a side track at that place across the track of
the Columbia and Augusta Railroad, and
that the construction Of the latter railroad
ut that point shall be at such grade as to
make an extension of the side track practi-
cable, and that the cost Of the construction
and the keeping up of such crossing shall
be borne by the said Colu mbia and Augusta
Railroad Company
And to, the foregoing verdict, we. the
jurors, do hereunto set our hands
JAMES A. DOZIER, (Fcreman,)
THOMAS w. CARWILE,
ARTHUR A. GLOVER.
FREDERICK l.. SMITH.
MICHAEL A. MARKERT.
CHARLES A. CHEATHAM,
GEORGE w. WISE.
STEWART HARRISON.
WILLIAM +. DURISOE, SR.
A. MINICK.
NJ. HOWELL.
NAT. CORLEY.