Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-07-29
TO the Voters
OC . II T. l. e y L II j. I.

Felloo CHisc"s: At a rI't'"s OF the
@ Iinus" 60 i, IL Wa,naI,. I '""% y cdncsd.y the l3tn
davn, .Jm,v lmit i the undersigned were pp
uay aSn'ad % yu.y .yJ"itteo to prepare an Adurrss
r, n,, III the subject OF the construction 0!
-. .''Atantu ana Richmond Air Lime Rail
say Company" better known in our midst as
the Air Lane Railroad" In the diseharpc
Of our duty, We beg leave to sugsust to YOU
some Of the benefits which are expected to
follow from the construction OF the Road
through our County, aud some of the reasons
which should induce you to vote Tor the sui
scription OF the Cuunty commissioners lu aid
of the SAID Ruad
AS NEST Of you are aware, it is proposed to
construct an Air Limo Railroad IRON Atlanta
Ca, to Charlotte n. q.
y contract has been concluded with res
ponsiblc parties in New York City, Tor the
CONSTRUCTION oi the entire Road, within two
years, for 5000 900, and luborcrs are now
at work on the line.
The Road will be constructed from Char
lottc to Greenvilc, aud from GreenviIle to
GAINESVILLE if the people upon such line will
contribute to its construction. This line, VIC
confidently believe, will be found to run
near our County. All we are asked to
subscribe in aid Of this great enterprise, is
the sum Of $3.50, 900
Fcllow-citzcus, we implore you not to cast
your votes against this subscription, until you
have given the subject mature considerations
The golden opportunity is now presented to
us of securing to ourselves and our children
an incstimnblc blessing. If we reject it, it
will be lost to us and our children forever
l. - L III
cd it will affect the Material prosperity and
the happiness of this section of our State for
veal or woe, for century to come.
CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING FACTS
1st The Road, when completed, will be
the shortest line that can ever be constructed
south of the Allegheny mountains between the
Cities of New York and New Orleans, the
great Commercial centres of the North and
South and will be second in importance to no
othcr Road on Mis continent
Cd. 1t will run through section of coun-
try in this State which has great natural ad-
vantages. We have climate uncquallcd by
that of any other section Of the United States,
and not surpassed, perhaps, by that of Italy.
Our soil is susceptible, at small cost, Of high
degree Of fertility, and is adapted to raising
in perfection great variety of valuable pro,
ductions 1t abounds in an almost inexhaus.
tiblc quantity of timber, lime, iron and other
minerals; whilst we have unused WATERPROOF.
er, sufficient to drive millions of spndles and
employ thousands of operatives.
3D.. The Road, when completed, will place
us nearer to New York City by 70 miles than
Augusta, Ca; thus aifording to our planters
q better market for selling, and cheaper
market for buying, than Augusta or Columbia.
TO illustrate: n planter who raises Is
bales cotton, pays 800 to get it to Columbia
or Augusta, and $50 commissions before ho
can realize tho money for his crop. lie will
bo able to save this amount every year by
selling his cotton at Walhala, when this Road
is Completed whilst he will be able to buy is
groceries at 33 per cent less than they now
cost him.
4th. In tho construction of tho Road
through the County, there will be expended
within the County not lees than 100000,
which will be paid IS laborers, contractors and
farners for labor, materials and supplies, and
will distribute itself among all classes. So
tlst We will receive back the sum wo contrib.