The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-02-17
corIv R,s;lroads,,i and ont Of Parliament.

Manchester is 2DOGG tulftI hheo'
turnpike road it was, thirty six By !eacf
of tfe1SWo canals and by Gle river It was
at least fifty. The menopolizing nayiga
tioncompanies charged lwhat7they liked
told5merchants they might do Hbetter i
they could, and gave warning that The
goods Of those who did not pay promptly
might not be carried at all. Shares inthe
Oldl9nay Navigation cost originally s7o
and sold for 81 ,250 each. Sometimes cot.
ton was delayed SO long that the transit
from Liverpoel9o Manchester took more
timethan the, tedious voyage from New
York to- Liverpool an those days OF sailing
ships. m VI s.,..s.,.qa -,s....,. q, =.
Mr. William James and his party when
surveying the railroad between these two
GREAT cities encountered much personal
Vviio5lence. AT st. Helens . mob Of ,colliers
lsSd hold lof one of the chain-men and
threatened to hurl him downTa coal.pit.
Wherever the surveyors appeared mob ( ?
OF men, women and children assembled
and ran after them, bawling nick-names
and throwing stones Asone of the chain
uiensw was climbing over a gate, laborer
ran q pitchfork through his clothes into
his Back. fortunately the chairman was
yet able to run, for more of the same sort
ass his assailant rapidly came to attack
him.~T The theodelite especially excited
the fercest fury Of the natives. who con-
centrated on the man who carried it their
fercest fury and most offensive nick
names. A noted sbruiser, the most power
full fellow the surveyors could find, was
hirad TO carry itSoM 2 Zc-tfsEET ~ iI[,9 X
The Manchester and Liverpool scheme
seemed to have, tallen to the ground. Mr.
James, who besides being its surveyor,
wassone of Its chief promoters, was un.
ceasingly embarrassed, and was confined
for debt In. the Queens Bench Prison,
where be, wrotean essay. in favor OF rail-
waEs communication. As the promoters
OF the road could not depend upon having
the services OF the worthy but unfortu-
rsts Mr. James, they looked for another
engineeryand employed George Stephen
son. One. Sandars, who was now Chief
among the promoters Of this road, wrote
to the miserable man, telling HIM that
Stephenson was engaged, and heartlessly
adding to the victim of unmerited mistor-
tune. aaYou have forfeited the confidence
Of the subscribers" Rg,ss..f p
The old aristocracy had an instructive
hatred of the innovation, and their oppo-
sition was nearly as rough as that of the
farming and laboring classes. Lords Der
BY and Seton, and the Duke OF Bridge
water were conspicuous, and Farmers
and men, were turned out to watch the
surveying party and drive them off. AT
K1owsley Stephenson suddenly and IN
expectedly went with surveyor and as
sistants, who outnumbered Lord Derby.s
Keepers and farmers, and this, time was
only threatened with legal proceedings
fer trespass. >. Z sy>sas - 20
Mr.. Bradshaw, manager of the Duke of
Bridgewaters canal property, was one OF
the most vigorous and obstinate opponents
90 the road. He had large staff of game
Keepers, and declared he would shoot or
apprehend any one attempting to make
the survey So, one moonlight night,
8. some guns were fired in particular quar-
ter |; and while the game-keepers werelin
pursuit of the supposed poachers, rapid
survey was made. Stephenson was watch
ed y4day and night, and much OF the
survey. was taken when the people were
at dinner. -
= Pamphlets were published and news
papers hired-to reyile the railway. 1twas
declared that,its formation would prevent
the COWS from grazing, and the hens from
laying, while the horses passing over the
road would be. driven distracted. The
poisoned air from the locomotives would
kill the birds that flew over them, and
render no longer possible the preservation
of pheasants and foxes. Householders
were told their houses would be burned
up By the fire from the engines, and the
air be polluted by clouds of smoke. ,Hor.
ses would become extinct, and oats and
hay be no longer saleable. Travelling
would be extremely dangerous, and coun-
try inns would be ruined. Boilers would
burst and blow passengers to atoms.
But1even then, this consolation was al
ways announced to wind up with-that
the weight Of the locomotive would COM
pletely prevent its moving, and that rail.
ways. If made, could never be worked by
steam-power.
Sir John Barron, of the Admiralty, on
the 10th Of January, 1925, expressed accu-
rately the general opinion Of the public
as to railroads when he wrote: "You
will at once see . host Of enemies in the
proprietors Of coaches, post-chaises, inn
keepers, &C., whose interests will be at
tackled. and who, have no doubt, will be
strongly supported, and for what? Some
thousands of passengers, you say-but a
few hundreds I should say-in year"
Mi. William Brougbam, who was coun'
sel ON behalf of the road before the Com
mittee of the House of Commons, frankly
told Stephenson that if he did not moder'
ate his views as to the locomotives at the
rate of twenty miles an hour, and bring