The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-11-04

Wv Aoot couotd NulCu pFOQuC6Q Ills
change III tbs line, and abandonment Of
the large amount O. work already per-
formed. How few know, or choose to
CONSIDER, that the engineer, nearly twen-
" years ago, was restricted to grade of
sixty five feet to the mile, and that it
was impossible to pass this mountain
without that tunnel. After the location
Was made, many distinguished engineers
came aud examined thoroughly this line.
and pronounced it the best that could
be had. Ooly one--Mr. LnTrobe, of
the Baltimore and Ohio Rnilrond-sue
gesting the use Of higher grade.
But we have the recent authority of
III. o." for saying that the world does
actually move, and that some men move
Win 1t, and we may safely assume that
the science of engineering bus advanced
"omewhat, and TINT the power of loco.
motives has been, by skillful artisans,
increased since the days of Stevenson
anu Brunel. Hence. it is now not only
possible but practicable to ascend the
Stump House Mountain ut a grade of
ninety or nlnety.fve feet to the mile.
with engines of sufficient power and ca
pncity for the traffic nnd travel likely to-
come over the road. This change, there
lore, should be Justly attributed to the
progress and advances made in science.
ana not to the want Of skill or Judgment
III those then entrusted with the work.
Ihe road, under many difficulties, is
now believed to be slowly, bat surely,
winding it's way to the top of the noun
lain, and when this is accomplished, all
who may havo aided should receive mt
least justice.
NO. IL
Iunnel Hill, the name given to that
part OF the Stump House Mountain IN i.
der Which the great tunnel was to pnss.
Is clear or timber, and furnishes q pauo
ramlc view, i'll all directions, of great
beauty, not 80 extensive rs Mount Hol-
YOKE. the notch in the White Mountains.
or even C;csar's Head in our State. bnt
sufficiently wide and expansive to attract
tbo attention of all admirers of the
grand and picturesque. Just here. where
Aotel should be erected, you have al
most under your feet, the lovely valleys
OF Cane, Conncross and Oconoe Creeks.
little to the East, Jocasspe and Cheo.
hec' Whilst almost in touch, tho spires
1nd white walls Of Wulhnllu rise in view.
Then the modest villages of Pendl.tou.
Anderson aud Greenville can be seen on
II clear day, and the view Sonthward
loses Itself III numerous firms aud cot
tnges. scattered over seemingly vast
and endless plain. To the North and
Westward, you see mountain piled ON
mountain, reaching far into Georria and
North Carolina.
IA 'hc meant;nc, Jon ayc standing on
extensive mounds Of stone, raised from
the shafts of the tnnuel, OF good build
Ing size aud dimensions, sufficiently in
Quantity for goodly sized town. and in
view OF immense beds of limestone: 80
that hotels and country houses could
here be completed at most reasonable
cost.
The soil of this elevated ridge is fer
tile. as the growing crops of grain, veee-
tables and fruits will show; but what it
could be made, from the free use of lime
80 contiguous, We leave others to ina.
glne and calculate. But the peculiar fit.
ness and adaptation of this location for
other enterprises, we cannot refruin from
suggesting. This table land, starting
from Tunnel Hill, extends Westward for
Twelve or fifteen miles, almost without
haoitatlon or farin, affording boundle.s
range or Fnsturage for cattle, horsee.
sheep and hogs; covered in the summer
with native grass and pea vines. from
tntee 10 hve feet in height, truversei
with small streams, each furnishing suffi-
clent alluvial bottoms and hill sides for
grass aud clover for winter forage. for
i"rge numbers Of such stock. These.
lands arc worth nov from one to three
dollars per acre, and little energy and
enterprise, with very small capital,
could 6e made the nucleus of Il bnsj ess
OF 10 small dimensions and profit. IL
close contiguity will be found wa .er
powers for mills, carding machines and
other manufactures.
In riding along this extensive plateau
one Will scarcely SEQ enough kline to
cover Que, much less a thousand hills;
ehh IL Is source of wonder aud surprise
TINT such a field should be wholly un.
trhnnfesi, nnoccnpicd aud altogether ne
elected. But this is not nll; the nm
broken forests abound in chestnut oak,
red nnd black OAK, nil especially adapted.
Tor the manufacture OF leather. The
Dhrk of the chesnut oak containing the
oest and strongest tannin. being now
sought Tor by the Northern leather deal
era, hundreds Of miles from the tnnDery
Its tannin distilled and transported in
barrels to bc used i'll the manufacture of
leather.
IL we Southern people ever learn the
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