The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-09-07
iissaaee Of sik huadred yards.


disssaee Of sik husdred yards. The
distance iawiath 10 crossed by numeroas
lakes and lagoops, which ain require
over one hundred yards In width Of
bridges to span them. independent Of
the euormsus earthcn dam or causeway,
which it will be necessary obuild TO
render the swamp passablc forioaded
vehicles. The entire width OF the
swamp on the Orangeburg side Of the
river, ut this point, is ut least seventeen
hundred and sixty yards. To complete
this dam, aud build the necessary num-
q ber of hollow bridges will require an in
caloalahle outlay of Labor, which the
merits Of the matter in question do not
now, aud never win hereafter half justi-
fy.
z. To calculate what. it would cost
aud the length of timo it would proba
bly, require to complete this dam and
these bridges is beyond tho power of any
man to solve or to approximate, Ms near
ly everything depends on the state Of the
weather. Except when the river is ex
tremely, low which is not generally the
case, more than once or twice during the
twelve months, It wonld be next to i'm.
possible to complete the dam at all, rs
the water would wash away the dirt as
ION as deposited.
8. Your petitioners further showeth
tnat tho periods at which the waters OF
the South Edisto River are most likely
20 be shallowest, are during tho late
Sunmer months, when malarial fevrrs
are most apt to be contracted by exposure
aud your petitioners in rendering servic Q
Ia the niasmatic bogs of the South
Edisto River Swamp at such timsewould
be placing their lives iu jeopardy for no
benefit to themselves.
8. Your humble petitioners further
showeth that it il the object of all law
TO do tho greatest good to the creates.
nn~ber. The operation of the laws
relative to this proposed road initiates
to the best interests, aud is contrary to
the expressed will OF your petitioners.
10. We have strong grounds for ex-
pressing the conviction, that upon the
presentation to the Legislature of the
original petition, praying for the charter
for the aforementioned road, false re.
presentations were made, and that the
member who introduced the bill in rela.
tion to said road, was not aware Of the
injustice Of framing such law at the
tilno he introduced the bill.
IL. In conclusion your petitioners
pray and ever will pray your Honor to
grant an injpnstion to be- served ON j.
d. Cleckley, j. ssBambcrg, +. Il. S4-
linas aud Daniel Quattlebaum, the Conf
missioners created by this special Act,
and cause them to stay work on the
aforesaid road till the meeting of the
General Assembly whea your petitioners
hope to have said Act repealed.
That the poposed road will do the
County Of Orangeburg no good what
ever is evidenced in the fact that the
bill to establish It was gotten up on the
BarnSell side Of tho river. 1t passed
the Senate through tho influence of c
P. Leslie, and was galloped shrough the
House in such hurry that scarcely one
of our members knew of its passage. 1t
is munifestly in the merchantile interest
of Bamberg, and if completed will de-
terioratc from that of our town. Agaiu.
the road will acquire an annual outlay OF
i've or six hundred dollars after it is
built to keep it in repair Tor travel. Our
this money. 1t will be expended, no,
for the purpose Of enhancing the inte-
rests of our County, but tor the building
up Of the trade Of town that is rival
to theirs. The above petition will be
circulated among our citizens for sigua-
lures. We have no doubt of his Honor.
Judge Graham, hesitating tor moment
to grant an'iniuucticn, upon the ground
set. forth therein.
The road will certainly injure the
trade of 0raDgeburg to considerable
extent, and We call upon our merchants
to lend their aid aud assistance to the
effort TO restrain the Cen m;ss;users from