Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-12-05

those who can't stand it, have to die or get
away" There is something in this. imag-
inc that the rigorous climate kills the weak
and leaves only the strong to bid it defiance.
The situation of Buffalo upon the eastern
shore gives it colder climate than it really
deserves. The winds from the cold lake
sweep over it with distressing fury, clouds of
snow and dust and smoke and sleet and every
nuisance of like sort fills your eyes as you
try to navigate. Yet, Notwithstanding the
drawback of rigorous climate, Buffalo pros
pers amazingly. There is no city in the South
that can compare with it in the rapidity of
its increase in wealth and population. 1t is
covered with the smoke from thousand fur
naces, forges and machine shops. 1t is noisy
with the din and clatter of commerce Eve
rything denotes energy, push and determina-
ton. 1t has within it the grit which makes
cities, and the winds may blow and the SHOWS
fall and storms come and beat against it, but
they cannot retard the grand progress of its
growth.
But with all its wealth and business and
prosperity I am inclined to think that it is
poor place for very poor people. l see that
not less than twenty-seven hundred people
here are subsisting upon charity. This num-
Der, by reason of sickness and other causes,
have to be furnished with food and fuel by
the "Poor Master" an officer whose duty it is
to look after the helpless. How many there
are of these subsisting upon charity who could
live comfortably in the South if once they
were under its bright sun ! Without having
any statistics before me, venture the assertion
that there are more paupers in Buffalo alone
than in the whole State of South Carolina.
There is very little occasion for paupers there.
The bright sun and rich soil of the Palmetto
State invite all to fair share of the worlds
goods who will earn it, and those who will not
ought to starve, for week, any way. Shows
do not come down and cover you up as here,
neither do chilling blasts cut you in two every
time you leave your fire side. In the matter
of climate South Carolina is as superior to
New York in warmth and geniality as the
sun is superior to the moon, if you will allow
the awkward comparison. l often wonder
why the poor fellows crowded and stored away
in the back streets of the cold Northern cities
do not move out and find homes for themselves
in the South, where, whatever may happen,
they will not freeze.
RAILROAD DEVELOPMENT :
Everywhere I 60 in New York see indica'
tions of railroad growth. The old lines are
extending, and new ones, being built. The
Lake shore road from here to Chicago is lay
ing double track all the way. This is one
of the best roads to travel over in the United
States Itis so smooth that one can write in
its moving cars with nearly the ease that he
can in his own parlor. Being a line connect
ing two populous centres and running through
a wealthy country, it makes bushels of money.
The man who put say nine hundred dollars
into it when first built, now finds his invest
ment worth FIVE thousand, and continually
advancing. The stock has been watered
number of times.
The trains on this road make quick time.
The run from here to cleveland, nearly two
hundred miles, is made in six hours. From
here to Angola, for instance, twenty-one miles,
the schedule time is twenty-five minutes, and
they run up to it, too.
Perhaps the greatest road running into
Buffalo is the New York Central. This line
has double track all the way to New York,
over four hundred miles, understand that
they intend to put down two more tracks, ma
king four in all, or eight lines of steel rails!
Twenty-Five millions of dollars in bonds are to
be issued to aid in this.
Verify, New York is the Empire State.
No amount of cold weather seems to freeze
out the enterprise Of the people. 1t rather
seems to freeze it in. MEMO.