The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1873-08-20
Chicago and the South Atlantic Rail
road.

ElSeWNc our feauerS Will unu Iue
official proceedings Of the Hartwcll
Railroad meeting, on the 18th in
slant, and as germaia to the same
subject, q letter from the Hon. Ro-
bert Rae, of Chicago, to Col. Henry
Moore, Of this city. .'...
A perusal Of these documents will,
we think, convince the most scepti-
Cal of our citizens that this move
ment is not one for buucnmbe-that
the people of the W st are in ear
nest, and that there is an earnest
movement springing up all along the
line intervening between Chicago and
the South Atlantic coast. So far as
we can gather from Mr.. Rae's letter
it is proposed that roads, whether
complete or partially so begun, shall
lie united under o common charter
from the Federal Government for the
purpose of International commerce,
following side. by side with a move
ment already inaugurated by the cit
izens of Illinois and New York for
the same purpose, and Mr.. Ray asks
US "to initiate our New York breth-
ren" by calling a meeting in support
of their action, which looks South:
ward instead Of Eastward. We see,
therefore. that this is not an isolated
movement, but one presenting such
strony combinations and affiliations
as to give an assurance Of great
weight and influence, both upon Con-
gress and the capitalists Of the North,
if not OF absolute success
1t will be seen also by Colonel
Muore's letter chat there is every
probability of a concerted and com
bined action of the advocates Of the
Greenwood and the Hartwell compa
nies. So that we in Augusta will No
longer need be divided on that most
perplexing of all railroad questions
The question of route. The friends q
both these projected enterprises are
now moving energeticalIy and with
enthusiasm, and in the right direc
ton. When the proposed compro
mise shall have been ratified by tht
respective companies, it will res
upon. the exertions Of the friends o
either line which, shall be extended
from the trunk line common to both
IF the friends Of the Hartwell line arr
indifferent, they get no road, or if th'
friends of the Greenwood line become
lukewarm in their support, their pro
|iect will fail. But by the indication
at present we incline to the belief thu
! neither will fail. Those up on th
Greenwood line have already made
survey, and we are. informed hav
already subscription list equal t.
: the sum that will be required 1
t grade and prepare their railroad 70
; the iron. Nor have those along th
: HartweIl Road been idle. Thei
cash subscription list from Anderso
: to Petersburg foots up three hundre
p. thousand dollars, beside large sui
1 scription in laSd at current marke
u value. Ebert county. we are assured
: will carry her subscription to on
hundred Thousand dollars, and Lincol
: to fifty or sixty thousand more. S
: that there is in sight subscriptio
! on this line Of between four and fy
9 hundred thousand dollars.
q We think that the time for actic
!, on the part of the city and citizens
e Augusta has arrived unless we pr
= pose to set down idly and be switcht
:, off the great highway between II
r great highway, and Cuba, as in tim
s. past we have sat idle until we has
|. been switched off the great highwa
Q. between New York and New Orlean