Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-02-13
REPORT OF. THE ENGINEERS.
AUGUSTA, Ca, Feb. 4, 1878.


We. the'undersigned, having beer
appointed to make a survey Of the
route Of the anticipated railroadlead
ing from Augusta, Ca, to Greenwood
So, beg liberty to make the follow.
ihg report; - .s'''i' -
The survey was commenced on the
10th Of November last, at Green.
wood, but by reason OF The inclemen:
cy Of the weather and, The want ot
sufficient number Of Axe men, ou1
progress was much retarded, so that
on the 23d of December we found
ourselves no farther on the route than
Dorn's Mines, which is about "a
miles from Greenwood. We then ad-
journed for Christmas, to meet again
on the first Monday in January. AT
which time and place we resumed the
survey and have continued, tito the
present time. j The wholeroute,. with
the, exception Of about one and athali
miles near, orswithin, the vicinity Ct
Augusta, has been carefully admeas-
ured and leveled and a field book
carefully madesors filed out, with all
the4necess data for constructing a
correct profile and q lagibls map Of
the same, hY which a acorrsct estimate
can and Rill be made Of the. entire
costs grading. dali other me:
ohanical work ofaaid road. Wehaye
admeasured and leveled sixty-one
and a quarter miles of said road, but
we have not had time to make cor
rect estimate of the cost of grading,
but by a careful inspection OF our
field book end our careful observa-
tons all along the route, We can ap-
proylmate very nearly to the entire
cost Of the whole road on the entire
route from Greenwood to Augusta.
We are induced to believe, from all
the facts before US. that the grading
with the exception of about six mil Is
from the river, on the Carolina side,
will be unusually light. This is in
consequence Of the route being on
ridge between the waters of Savan-
nah river and those. Of Stephens
creek. No streams of any pota CROSS
the route from Gressawood to the riv-
er. ,{faa treutlea will be few and Of
minor consideration, and the culverts
to be constructed will be no more
than those built over wet weather
drnius or sullies.
1t is said, and we think truthfully,
that there is design in Il, ;,'.a works
OF nature ihhaasasa..s We are induced
IA xeneve that the topography of the
r'Ige all the way from Greenwood to
the river points out and has a design
which can he nothing more nor less
than a railway. We do Has think
that any y2Hta Of .he sAme length of
ti{a aNl Gi Ike same distance from
the sea coast can be found which
could be turned into a, rail- DAD for
double Of, the money which will be
to build this.
This is saying agreat deal for our
enterprise. Nevertheless we will still
believe and say it till we are eopfuSed
by demonstration Il tAe contrary.
About six aAes tgom the. river, on the
J4roIina' side, and half mile over
Rae's creek, and one mile aH Green
$ood, will comprise all Of the di&oult
'r' heavy grading on the route, and
ayeh this will not be considered heavy
when compared with the grading Of
;he railroads in the upper parts of
Georgia md Carolina. We crossed
he Savannah river just below the
mouth Of Uohy creek. This point
vas the most practicable or the most
uitable for bridging Of all that we
ould find. The bank on the Carroll |
ia side is all l!s that could be b! wished -
spur Of a hill extends QUITE to the I
dae Of the Water. Tile bank on which
he abutment Of the bridge will rest
3 composed mostly of large solid I
ocks, and it is elevated thirty eight
aet from the surface of the water.
IN this side the bank snos so high,
ut we think can easily be made
igher by embankment. This bank
lso has a rocky foundation. Our
quite across the river. passes over an
'lank, and consequently there is two
hannels of water. The following are
lie widths of the island and chan
els: ''''7Dt "'sd - =. ';'s'l
t channel-sl41 ydrds; or about g45 feet. 9d'
ohunnel-6 6S iyardA or about. l1t feet.
q Telund-102 vords N ,out HQi feot