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cuss the practlcablllty OF running a III
|. of railroad. from Chicago to the Sout
Atlantic sea coast, and, while he was
favor of tiberality Of sentiment and a
d ton, he did not deem it proper to band
compliments with other routes than thu
Iunder discussion. .t
" Messrs. Henderson and Sheppard wer
y appointed a committee to wait upon tn
Committee on Business, and ascertai
at what time they would be ready t
present business for the Convention t
act upon. They reported that the Com
mittee on Business would appear befor
the Convention in the course Of an hour
which interim was occupied in hearing
remarks from R. NJ. Mckee of Green
vile, Tenn, upon the subject of narrow
guage roads. Mr.. Mckee advocated
, the system of parrow-guage roads, Oh
account of their economy and cheap
mess, and presented strong array o.
figures to sustain the positions taken by
him. ... ..
The committee appointed to look into
the charter of the Anderson, Aiken
Port Royal, and Charleston Railroad
Company reported as follows:
That as to otheavailability and legality
1of the charter, they are unanimously OF
1.-the opinion that it is good and valid.
Your committee lind in said charter the
names of one hundred and forty cor
porators; with a proviso thata majority
OF them shall be present at the first
meeting of the company. Your COM
mittee are of the opinion that legal
meeting of the corporators can be had,
as majority of those named in the
charter reside within the counties
through which this lineis proposed to
| run, and are vitality interested in the
success of the project. .,..
All of which is respectfully SUBJ
mitted. - ....,..-... ...-..-..
| S. J. LEE, Chairman.
On motion, the report was received as
information.
The Committee on Business appeared
and made its report. First on the reso-
luton as to voting in the Convention,
and second In three resolutions touching
upon all matters intrusted to its charge.
The voting resolution, as introduced,
read thus:
Resolved, That the voting on all
questions shall be viU0 voce, and that
each county of this State represented in
the convention shall be- entitled to as
many votes, and no me re, as such
county is entitled to in the Legislature
[of the State, when sitting in joint as
sembly !; as reported on by the Com
mittee on Business, eacA county was to
have but one vote. a., a, . So"
This action of the committee was
the cause of much wrangling, and
tho occasion of much stormy debate.
The intelligence and oratory of the
mountains were pitted against the sea-
coast, and the Chairman was frequent
Iy necessitated tu call tor order. At
ter long and passionate debate, a
resolution was introduced, by which
the voting was done by the county
delegations in the convention per cap
ita.
,~ After this question was settled, the
report of the Committee on Business,
comprising all matters before the
Convention, was. read for the action
OF the body, to which q minority
report was submitted by Mr.. Wood
of Aiken. The two reports of the
Com mittce were read. The majority
report was as follows: -. e.. -
|. Resolved, That this Convention is
deeply impressed with the magnitude
and Importance of the contemplated
railway connection between the city of
Chicago, in the State of Illinois, and the
South Atlantic seaboard at Augusta,
and Savannah, Ga, and Port Royal and
Charleston, s. C., by a. route that will
include by direct and parallel line the
cities of indianapolis, Indiana, Cincin-
natl, Ohio, Louisville and Lexington,
KY, and Knoxville, Tenn, and thence
through Rabun Gap, in the Blue Ridge
mountains,. traversing the territory OF
this State to the points before named,
thereby opening9up the most direct;
practicable, and economical route that
can be suggested for the exchange of the
productions of the great North West for
the products ana commodities of the
Southern Atlantic and Gulf States and
the West India Islands. -gt =. ..,.-. ,
Resolved. That from the Blue Ridge
mountains south, the most natural and
practicable route to the seaboard at, the
points above indicated is by way of the
towns of Walhalla, Pendleton, Ander-
son, Abbeville, aud from thence either
| by Dorn's Gold Mine and Augusta, Ga,
or by Edgetield, Aiken, Barnwell and
Allendale to Port Royal, or both, depend.
| ing on the means raised to construct
the, same.
Resolued, That the construction of q
railway from Anderson by Abbeville tc
Aiken, or Augusta, Or both, whether
any North western connections be made
or not, is of the greatest Importance te
1 the people. of Western and South west
ern Carolina from the mountains to the
seaboard, and to the cities of Augusta
Savannah, Port Royal, and Charleston
and, in the opinion of this Convention
measures should be at once taken t.
have the route surveyed and the work
of building the road commenced. -ra
i <Resolued, That-lfine delegates be ap
pointed to represent this Convention II
any meeting held during the ensuing