The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-08-10
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Sunday Morning, August 10. 1873.
Railroad Movements.

ports of railroad meetings on the I'd in
slant, at Greenwood, and on the 9TH at
Anderson. There is portion, and q
very beautiful portion it il, of South
Carolina, that is awake on this vital
subject. Spartanburg, Laurens and
Greenville show deep interest in the ex-
tension of railway from their several
points over the mountains to Asheville,
and down the French Broad to Wolf
Creek, and thence to Knoxville, and on
to the Northwest. Chester and York
Are engaged in the construction, or
making ready to do so, of narrow
gauge to Lenoir, North Carolina. which
will connect them with the North Caro-
lima Western extension. From the
Eastern shore, at Little River, point
in the County of Horny, under the
auspices chiefly of Senator Dunn, road
has been projected to run through
Horny, Marion, Marlboro, Chesterfield
and Lancaster to Chester. We believe
that the survey from Cheraw towards
Lancaster is going on. Mr.. Townsend,
President. is pushing the Cheraw and
Salisbury Road to completion. And
now cheering accounts from Anderson
and Abbeville. The extremities of the
State are alive, though the heart may
be paralyzed. Vitality may at length
return, through the vigor and energy
which encircles it. To be in accord
with the general movement in this
State, Columbia should push forward
her manufacturing advantages. and
take steps to secure her great water
privileges.
The meeting at Anderson, it is stated
in the Intelligencer, was very large and
interesting one, comprising the SUBJ
ssantial citizens OF the County, who are
thoroughly aware of the Importance OF
securing place in the great line of
road from Chicago to the South Atlantic
ports, and ready to make large sub
scription when the proper time arrives.
Several good addresses were delivered,
and the following preamble and resolu-
tions unanimously adopted:
Whereas, the people OF Anderson
have, for many years past, earnestly de-
sired O railroad connection with the
great grain-growing country of the
North west; have hailed with much
satisfaction the recent projection OF the
Chicago, Augusta md South Atlantic
Railwny, which proposes to connect the
great grain emporium of the West with
the South Atlantic coast by q direct
route, and have recently expressed an
earnest wish TO secure, if possible, the
location Of this grand trunk railway by
Anderson; and, whereas, we believe the
surest means to the attainment of this
end is diligently to apply ourselves to
tho construction OF tailroad from An
derson, the Southern terminus OF the
Blue Ridge Railroad, ria AbbeSille
Court House., to the most eligible point
on the Greenwood and Augusta Rail
road, in the direction of Augusta, Ga,
and Aiken, South Carolina, road
highly desirable in itself, and to earn
estly cooperate with all friends Of this
enterprise. in devising means for its ac-
complishment; md, whereas, convon-
Anderson, Abbeville, Edge6eld, Barn
uCAI hAo oCadtcAtS Al thU AhtCi Va
such enterprise. has been called to meet
at Abbeville Court House on the 18th
day OF August instant, to consider wha.
shall be done to further and dpromote the
construction of said railroad, and We re-
gard it Of great Importance TO our local
interests 20 bo represented in such con-
vention. and to take such other pre-
iminary steps as shall not only eyince
our own earnestness in the work, but
shall bo necessary, in our judgment, to
successfully inaugurate it. Be it, there
fore,
Reso!ued. That the people OF the
County and town of Anderson arc deep
y impressed with the magnitude and
Importance OF the contemplated railway
connection between the city of Chicago.
in the State Of Illinois, and the South
ern Atlautic sea-board, at Augusta md
Savannah, Ga, and Port Royal and
Charleston, S. c., by route that will
include by direct ad parallel lines the
cities OF Indianapolis. Ind., Cincinnati,
Ohio, Louisville and Lexington, KY,
and Knoxville, Tenn, and thence
tErough the remarkable natural deprcs-
sion OF Rabun Gap in the Blue E:idge
Mountains, traversing the territory Of
+. this State to the points before named,