The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-10-11
LLE. SOUTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER II. 1871.
Tho Airline Road.

| The Airline Road.
The editor of the Atlanta Con.
stitution writing from Greepyille
.: u, thus speakes OF the progress
prise.
"This road win be about a4s
miles long when completed
From Charlotte to Spartan burg, a
distance Of seventy miles, there
are about two thousand hands
working, the grading is nearly
done track-laying has begun at
she Charlotte end the bridges
are in rapid progress of constr1c
ton, and the contractors tbink
that by the fret Of February thew
can lave this section ready for the
cars to run over. Between Spar.
tan0nrg and Greenville, distance
OF thirty miles, there are over
eight hundred hands grading
ihe track laying will begin in a
short while from Spartan burg this
way, in order to facilitate the work.
ihe contractors think that this
section will also be ready for the
trains by February. The first of
May at farthest will probably Sc.
The daily trains running from
Charlotte to this point. From
Greenville to Atlanta the road
VIII be abont 145 miles long. or
this distance the cars are running
from Atlanta to GAINESVILLE, 53
miles. About 25 miles are grad.
cd this side of GAINESVILLE and
nearly ready for the iron. About
eight hundred hands are working
on this part Of the road. We
thus have about G7 miles from
there to this point to be comple.-
ed entire. The choice of route
will soon be made and the work
put under contract, and if nothing
untoward happens tae entire road
will be i'll use in twelve months
from this time. The money is on
hand to build the road, and the
purpose is to push it through
without delay.
You have seen that the An.
derson route has been ignored.
aud it has heen determined to run
the road by more direct line,
probably striking near TugaloU.-
lhe Anderson route was found TO
be seventeen miles longer and a
million dollars more costly OH &C.
count OF the rivers to be crossed.
The Anderson people threaten an
injunction, claiming that the Char.
ter gives them a vested right to
the location of the road through
their section.
The statement that the Penn
sylvapia Central Railroad, as q
corporation, has bought ont the
road, is incorrect Men interest
ed in the management of that have
taken the entire contract to build
the road, for which they get pay
in road stock except IA per cent
in money. Tom Scot, Simon
Cameron, two Baltimore and New
York capitalists, from the com.
pany of contractors. A Mr..
Dickinson, of New York, was the
original contractor, / am informed,
ut a sum of six millions for the
whole road. Scott & Co. paid
him a bonrs Of 100000, and took
his contract.
About 81, ,4O0,0 900 of stock has
been taken by the cities, counties,
towns aud citizens on the line
Charlotte takes $3.50, 900 ; Atlanta,
$500, 900 Spartanburg and coun.
ty, $250,000; Greenyille and
county 100000; Oconee and Pick
ems counties, $500, 1000; jail coun
ty, Ga, $4,000, and its citizens
$4,000. Atlanta citizens have
taken $S4, 900, and / am sorry to
learn that some wealthy ones.
deoply interested in the road.
have not paid their SUBSCRIPTIONS
promptly. This is no. in accord
with the public spirit and prompt
ness for which Atlanta men arc