The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-01-07

as would conform to the present price o
iron, labor, materials, &c. This it is pro
posed to do as early as practicable.
This action of the Legislature contem
plates that the Congress of the Unitee
States should be appealed to for aid, ant
certainly no good reasons exist why
great military and postal road crossing
latitudcs as this does, should not commenc
itself to the Government as potently al
the great Pacific Railway.
The Board would recommend that
committee be appointed to memorlalzt
Congress upon this subject. and the differ
ent members of Congress and Senators o
the several States directly interested be
invoked to lend their Influence.
ghe city of Cincinnati moro largely
interested in this 8outhern connection
than any other Western city, is at last
manifesting an intention to meet Us at
Knoxville, and also to connect directly
with Nashville and Chattanooga.
The opinion so long entertained, that
by the new Constitution of the State Of
Ohio, no city could incur debt for the
construction Of railways, is now question
ed, and Bill has recently been intro
duced in the Legislature to allow first
class cities in that State to lend their
credit to such enterprises. Hopper are ex-
pressed that this difficulty will thus be
be removed, and that this great and pow
erful city will he enabled to- add to her
wealth by this, to ter, most important
work The city of Louisville has her
Southern Road far advanced, and will
doubtless reach the Tennessee line, and
thus secure a through road to Knoxville
in twelve or eighteen months. That
these cities and the great railway corpo-
rations directly interested in this South
ern Road, arc abundantly able and should
perhaps extend some material aid to us,
is proposition long advocated and press
ed upon them, and we are still not with
out hope that they will eventually come
to our assistance. But the road is now a
vital necessity to US, and we should no
longer delay in evincing to our Western
friends our determination to Cross tho
mountain barrier and join iron hands
with them.
The great value of this Road to the
people of our own State, and especially
to the City Of Charleston, has been SO
often and no fully urged, that word
more would seem to be superhous; but
the Board are impressed with the belief
that the Importance Of the early and
prompt completion of the work is not
sufficiently felt and appreciated. The
earnest efforts of the cities on the East
and West to secure the Western trade,
the rapid progress Of railroads intended
to divert this trade from our seaboard,
should excite the attention and arouse the
energies of our people, and especially
those of the City of Charleston. Although
we may congratulate ourselves on new
lines of trade and travel being opened,
and through connections made by enter
prising companies so that ireights may
pass through our seaboard city rs rapidly
and as cheap as by any other route, yet
this should not satisfy the people of the
State nor the City OF Charleston. Char
lesion is worthy of u better fortune by
location than mere way-station for the
transit of fioights. Justice to her loca.
ton; to the energy, enterprise and ability
Of her merchants and business; to the
pride Of the citizens of tue whole State.
demands that she shall become great
depot and market for the sale and ex-
change OF the productions Of many lati-
tudss TO prosper she must put forth all
her strength to divide with New York
and Baltimore, not only the trade of the
Wast, but that rich commerce of the
Islands and South American Statos. TO
accomplish this she must have q direct
railroad communication with the great
W est ,untrammclled by restrictions against
her. and the nearer under her own con-
trol, or that of hor own great railroad,
the better. This may be the propitious
time for her to move by again joining the
State, in additional aid to this onl y link
for her, to the great West, and by com.
now to secure such interest and
control in the railways of the State, as
to make the most important Of them tribu-
tarics to her wealth.
1t may be that an additional subscrip-
tion to the stock of the company would
be tile most profitable investment the
city could make, but if this is not now
practicable, then the city might join the
State in lending tho company the credit
of the city for q limited amount. But
these are considerations which the city
and the intelligent and enter-
prising citizens of tho city must deter
mine for themselves. The Board can only
hope that they may realize the impor-
tance and necessity for prompt and etiic-
ent action.
The South Carolina Railroad Company,
a great and powerful corporation, with
credit and influence almost unimpaired,
by the results Of tie war, should come to
our assistance, and aid in thespeedy COM
pletion of this road, which would pour in
and upon her and the City OF Charleston
the rich treasures OF tho great West. II
these, our Just and reasonable hopes Of