Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-04-10

penses to market be lessened. He pays the
expense in the end
If York county subscribes one hundred
thousand dollars in bonds bearing interest at
the rate of seven per cent. per annum, accord.
ing to the latest assessment of the property of
the county, it will require tax of one and
one-half mill to meet the interest on the
bonds, or fifteen cents on each hundred dol
lars valuation of property seven and one
half cents on fifty dollars worth of property /;
three and one.fourth cents on twenty-five dol
lars worth, and one and one-half cent on
twelve dollars The advantages OF the road
will far more than counterbalance this moder-
ate tax. Only the sum Of seven thousand
dollars is to be raised annually, which, each
year, will save to the cotton-growers of the
county, alone on the transportation Of cotton
to market, the sum of forty thousand dollars.
And as it will cheaper transportation on
cotton without materially affecting its market
value, so will it cheaper the price of every
article the farmer consumes.
Besides the advantages ofa railroad system,
the proposed narrow gauge presents decided
advantages over the broad-gauge. All the
narrow-gauge roads now in operation in the
United States are paying dividends of not
less than seven per cent, and in all probabili-
ty, within two or three years, the road may be
self:sustaining and meet the interest from div
idends on the stock, which would render tax
alton unnecessary. The bonds of the compa-
ny are so guarded that they will be rightly
applied, and it is not the intention to issue
them in exclusive large sums. 1t is contem.
plated to have them in small denominations,
from fifty dollars upward, so that larger pro-
portion of the population will feel deeper
interest in them. And as have said, while
they are so guarded by legislation as to ensure
them to be properly applied, consequently no
loss can occur to the holders, while gain will
be sure, and an investment in them safe.
I have yet to learn one sound objection to
the road. There may be extreme cases where
certain parties assume that their local inter.
est might be injured. But Yorkville is now
completely cut of, while it should share equal
advantages with Rock Hill. Certainly it is
entitled to the same advantages as Rock Hill
You, of Yorkville, are practically outside
while Rock Hill has direct railroad commu.
nication North and East. You have road
beginning at Chester and running-into the
ground. What you now possess, however, is
a valuable link, the Importance Of the con.
tinuation of which was foreseen by the build
ers, who knew that at some time the necessi'
ties of the people would demand its exten
sion westward, connecting with other import
ant lines Now that time has arrived. Ii
the people between Yorkville and Chester
are benefited by railroad. certainly those
Of the other half of the county are entitled
to equal benefits. To the whole people o1
the county the possession of the road is simi'
lar to the possession of the bed occupied by
two little boys, each one of whom claimed one
half. "Ma," said one, Johnnie has half the
bed Make him lie over" co." said the
mother, "that is right; there are only two in
the bed, and each one is entitled to half
"It isn't right, though, for Johnnie's half is
in the middle!" Just so it is with York
county to-day in the possession of railroad
hope when the day of voting comes the
people of York-the town and county-will
vote early, though not often. 1t is wrong to
vote often on the same day, but not wrong to
labor zealously in good cause
The county of Chester will be heard from
on the 23rd. With voting population OF
three thousand six hundred, it is believed the
question will be carried unanimously. 1t is
hoped the people of York will respond, and
that in considering the question, all differen'
ces, except the common interest of the people,
will be thrown aside The cheapening Of
merchandise, the cheapening of food, the ia
cilities for rapid communication with the outer
world, and all the advantages flowing there
from, are the points to consider in determln-
ing this question.
Another important consideration for the
farmer, which did not mention at the prop
er time, and that is in the purchasing of stock.
We all know that it is impossible to farm
without the assistance Of mules and horses.
We are dependent upon other sections for
these valuable accessories. This road, pene-
trating the stock-growing sections, will have
the effect to considerably lessen the cost OF
stock. You all know the present high prices
of stock and the principal cause thereof. The
animals for this market are now driven on
foot across the country, and of course the dro:
yer must charge in proportion to the time and
expense consumed in reaching market. Now,
mule of the most ordinary intelligence, able
to stand on his legs only long enough to be
sold, is worth sixty dollars and fair mule
will sell here for one hundred and twenty dol
lars In the stock-growing sections OF North
Carolina and Tennessee, the prices of the best
animals are sixty, seventy-fve and eighty dol
lars. Provide a means of cheap and quick
transportation and these important items will
LII h,,1a hox, IN
be bought, and it is to your interest to buy
them cheap. The happy period when the
citizen lived in the imaginary possession OF
forty acres and mule has passed-the mules
are exhausted, and so is the land. Those who
are unsupplied must buy.
With the county subscriptions of Chester
and York the road will certainly be built at
fording to our people diversified industry,
and inviting immigration. The artisan, the
industrious mechanic or the thrifty farmer
will not seek location difficult to reach, and
difficult to leave, and void of market facili-
ties. Your only safe line to Rock Hill, a dis
tance Of fifteen miles, is by rail around by
Chester, for am told the dirt road is in an
almost impossible condition, and some are so
uncharitable as to assert that it has not been
worked since the British passed over it with
their artillery during the Revolutionary war
Build the road-develop your resources
open up this beautiful land, where the pro-
ducts Of the tropic and temperate zones grow
side by side in its generous soil, and invite to
its lovely and genial climate the thrift and
enterprise of less favored sections, and bound
less prosperity will be your reward. Contrast
our pleasant weather with that OF only i've
hundred miles north. In Baltimore, only last
Saturday, they had snow and ice the ice of
the northern rivers is yet unthawed. Our de-
Enbtf,, ol;moto uooes the northern men to