Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-06-05


being rapidly closed in, and the brittle grass
is giving way to shrubbery and timber, which
with the adventof civilization, seem to spring
from the ground spontaneously. The hum
dreds and thousands of cattle, for which this
county was once so famous, haveb been shipped
North or driven one or two tiers of counties
west, to make room for the corn and cotton
burrows, gardens and orchards. Six years
ago fine milch-cow with calf, could be bought
here for IS; now they readily command from
$40 to $50. Land was then worth from 30
cents to S. per acre. The same quality OF
lands are now in demand at from Sl5 to s2O
per acre. One difference, however, in favor
of the new settler is, that the prime necessa-
ries of living, as we'll as the luxuries, are more
easily obtained than they could be few years
ago, and sell at much lower prices-in most
instances so per cent. below the prices of only
a year ago. This great reduction is attrlbuta'
BILE mainly to the facilities for transportation.
Twelve months ago, the OK and mule teams
were our most expeditions modes.
The Houston and Texas Central Railroad
was completed last March, through the entire
breadth of this county to Red river, connect
ing there with the railroad from St. Louis,
thus giving US easy transportation, aud bring
ing US in close connection with the great West
ern metropolis, which for the past three years
has been the principal market for two-thirds
of the merchants of Northern and Central
Texas
Sherman, the rising city of the Golden
West, is located, one-half on the sandy soil
of timber land bordering on a good-sized
creek, and one-half on prairie, with black
loamy soil, which, when dry, affords firm and
beautiful streets, but when wet, is most disa-
greeably sticky. We have three railroad de-
pots and two telegraph Offices, connecting
North, South and East. Our prospects for
growth and increase of wealth are continually
frightening. Thetown, by subscription, secar-
ed the Texas Central railroad, north and south,
and the Texas Pacific, east and west. A char
ter and land donation havejust been granted by
the State Legislature for road from Tyler,
through Henderson to Sherman, thus making
our city railroad centre Of no mean impor-
tance.
The lands, for miles on every side, are most
fertile and easily cultivated. Our citizens are
good people from all sections Of the Union,
and all are prospering and living harmoni-
ously. The population of Sherman, since
1871, has increased from 1900 to 5000, with
prosperous schools, churches, societies and all
the usual adjuncts of a well-regulated and
go-ahead city.
Politically, the Democrats are in the ma
jority. Our State and county elections will
be held in November next; and already
much interest is manifested, and the campaign,
thus early, bids fair to be an exciting contest.
CHARLES.
RAILROAD ITEMS.
The Piedmont Press, published at Hickory,
N. c., says:
The services of Colonel Gardener as chief
engineer have been secured by President Da
vega, and it is expected he will begin the sur
veY of the Chester aud Lenoir Narrow Gauge
Railroad at once. 1t is not known at what
point he will begin, whether at Chester or
Lenoir, which cannot be determined until he
has passed over the route, to get "a general idea
of the country to be traversed. Five dollars
per share of the capital stock has been au-
thorized to meet the expenses of the survey.
The call will be made in six weeks or two
months.
Under the caption of "Stock in the Rail
road" the Newton (N. CO. Nndicator has the
following paragraph:
Ten thousand dollars stock in the Narrow
Gauge Railroad has been subscribed by ytwen-
ty persons, at this place, in sums Of $500 each.
It is proposed to make a subscription by one
hundred persons of $4,000, the stock to be
worked out in the county, and we are inform
ed by Mr.. NJ. O. Sheriff. that the prospect is
very fair to make up the amount at an early
day.
The Tndicator contains well-written COM
munication favoring a county subscription of
100000 to the capital stock of the proposed
road
Speaking of the Norfolk and Charlestown
Airline Narrow Gauge road, the Norfolk
Journal contains the following paragraph,
which conveys the information that the enter
prise is taking definite shape:
The managers of the New York, Norfolk
and Charleston Railroad Company, accompa-
MED by portion Of their staff, have arrived
in Norfolk, and are now euartered ut the At
lantic Hotel. Rooms were engaged to serve
for the various Offices of the company. The
engineers and draughtsmen will arrive next
week, when the surveys will begin, running
upon two lines from Norfolk, and one from
Portsmouth. The object is to locate the
route hence to Charleston upon perfect air
line.
The Ledger reports that the County Com
missioners of Lancaster, in accordance with
the recommendations of the grand jury, have
subscribed thirty thousand dollars to the cap
tal stock of the Chester and Cheraw Railroad
Company.
The corporators of the Spartanburg and
Asheville Railroad have recently held a meet
ing, and commissioners were appointed to re-
ceive subscriptions in Spartanburg and Union
counties. The Spartan has been assured that
if the sum of s25O,OOO is raised along the
line of the road from Columbia via Union
and Spartanburg, the road will be built.
finantial anb Commercial.