The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-03-27
From the Lakes to The South Atlantic Coast.

From the Lakes to the South Atlantic Coast
Our readers are familiar with the fact thai
efforts are now making for the construction O.
q through line of railroad from Chicago to ths
South Atlantic coast. It is proposed to hold {
convention in advocacy of this enterprise a
Augusta, Ga, about. the 10th Of May, and there
is yet another proposition for representatives O
the people along the line of the projected route
to meet in Indianapolis in May, at the time
the National Agricultural Convention will be
held there Both Of these propositions are as
yet imperfectly understood, but we presume
that the projectors will agree upon the time
and place for a general convention Of its
friends, and invite every community interest
ed to send delegates. When the proper time
arrives, suitable arrangements will be made Il
secure representation from Anderson, as Vi
are directly and largely interested in the pro
jected movement, as will more fully appear by
a perusal of the following article, copied from
a late number of the Beaufort Republican,: ~
TIE business men Of the West are deter.
mined att5 find additional means of transpotta-
tion for the corn and wheat Of their section to
the markets. of the East, the South and TO Epi
rope Toward the South especially they look
for market. The great cotton producing
States. cannot raise corn SIS cheaply asit could
be, sold to them; from the West, lif9only the
present enormous charges for transportatjpn
were reduced. !, IF an, air line freight railroad
were now in operation from Leavenworth,
Kansas; to Port Royal, corn shipped without
breaking the bulk, could be sold in this market
for so cents per bpshel iand yet yield q greater
return to the producer than he now receives
The effect of such prices for foed on the pres
perity of the Cotton States can hardly be esti.
mated, for the average cost of raising corn in
this State must he at least one dollar per
bushel. 5p'':.i'7 II: 90 l5e -. p- 2i'i fcH 20
Chicago is moving in the matter ALSO. Chi
cago is &C present Ghe. centre of the grain In
terest, The demand there is for & grand air
line road 10 the seAboard. sfllpla i.sf' Il j. Z
The rnoyenlentlis is on foot which is very, GER
tain to secure the building of the line as far as
Knoxville. But short while since a meeting
wastiheld iin Indianapolis for the purpose OF
organizing this movement. The meeting was
held in,aconjunctionI with the indianapolis,
Delphi and Chicago road, which forms q link
in the proposedgreat chain, ,and:was composed
of large number of delegates living along
the entire proposed route, as far as TO Lexing-
ton, Kentucky. The temper of the discussions
during that meeting was favorable to the enter
prise, and knowing the unlimited resources and
vast wealth of the West, there can be no doubt
that the road will be built to Knoxville, if ftthe
people DO desire. It is; in fact, conceded that
the construction of such a road ,-as nearly as
possible in direca line from Chicago, through
the blue grass and mineral region of Kentucky,
is merely aquesticn of time. M DIR
Having thus reached Knoxville, the next
question is the nearest and most practicable
route to the best harbor on the coast. !. ~
It is from this point that the road chartered
at the last session of the Legislature-the An
derson, Aikenand Port Royal-comes in as the
needed link. By she Blue Ridge road to An
derson, thence through splendid virgin coun-
try, to- connect with the Port Royal, is the al
most certain route to be selected. be
1t would, we think, be best to make Augusta
the objective poins from the Blue Ridge road.
The distance from Augusta to Knoxville would
be;273miles.T Of9this apart has been built
and much more graded. Probably two mil
lions of dollars lworthsof avaiiabiel work has
been done on this route through the mountain
region. From Augusta to Port Royal the road
is, finished, ITO miles making in all 1913 miles
from Knoxville to the best harbor in the coun-
try south of the Chesapeake.
At Augusta ffeight W9uld have the choice of
routes or destinations to q greater extent than
at any other point CEsfleston, Savannaf and
Port Royal are open to them on equal terms at
Augusta 51si re51.ii - saifss -ri reia
:. We believe that before the year is out, an
earnest effort will be made to- rescue the, Blue