The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-11-13
At the Crossing of the Hiwassee

AT the crossing OF the HlWassee. |
Some three weeks ago our quiet little
villages were invaded by a corps of en-
gineers, headed by Major Anderson,
who, believe, is native OF McMinn. /
They Immediately set TO work survey
ing line OF railroad from Charleston to
Rabun Gap. The line runs up the river
to w. A. Denton's, crosses the river at
Weir's Island, and then follows the east
bank up TO Rabun Gap. Major Ander-
son was here this week. He reports
that they had reached Unaka mountain,
and so far had found the route very
easy one, but that he will nov have a
rough country for fifteen miles. On
the route surveyed il is eleven miles
from here 10 tie Savannah farm, aud
one hundred from here to Rabun Gap
the route being nearly an air line. Our
people knew nothing of the proposed
railroad until the engineers came aud
commenced their business IL seems
that Congress, to ap2ease the clamor for
cheap transportation in the West, or
dereG the survey Of three routes from
the West to the Atlantic seaboard: one
from Gunter's Landing; the second
from the mouth of the Hiwassee, up
that stream to Rabun Gap; the third mp
the French Broad; and upon whichever
route is found TO be the cheapest and
best il is proposed to build n double
track freight line, using the river as far
as practicable. We have no sort Of fears
Of the French Broad route, and believe
that the Hiwassee route will be found
TO be the cheapest and best, and that n
great freight line will in few wears be
built along this route, having Charles
ton rs its western terminus: for the HI
wassec can be made navigable all the
year round with half the money that il
would take to build road from here
to its mouth.
We learn that we arc TO have new
bridge soon. the old war bridge that we
now have having been patched up about
as long as It can be. Some contractors
were here the other day making osti-
mates for an iron bridge. The Rail-
road Company would do our people
very great kindness If they would give
us double-track bridge, such as VIC had
before. The toll would more than pay
all the expense OF watching the bridge.
This now costs the road about eighty
dollars month. 1t is said that the
original charter Of the Company COM
PEELED them to keep double.track
bridge here. If any such law ever ex-
listed it is to be presumed that it was
long since repealed; but we think the
road would do clever thing, and also,
make money by restoring the double
track bridge thatwe had before the war.
Our farmers have taken advantage of
this fine fail TO do great deal of good
work. They have sown large breadth
Of wheat and put IL in well, and many
ofthem hav their corn land turned
over. The experiments that have been
made in this community with cotton
this year, have proved success. Judge
Collins has something over four thou
sand pounds of seed cotton, and is not
done picking. He estimates the yield
at half crop owing TO the unfavorable
season, and yet no says it paid him
much better than if the land had been
in corn. He will plant cotton next year.
Haney Il Charles gin does capital work.
They have about thousand pounds of
lint that they have bought from those
who had but small patches of cotton.
One man do WI the river made nineteen
dollars worth of cotton on little more
than a quarter of an acre of ground.
There will be about twenty bales of cot.
ton made in this community this year,
and those who are judges of the article
say the lint is as fine as any made IN
middle Georgia Our people, in COM
mon with democrats, white men and
good men everywhere, are reoiced and
exceedingly glad over the result of the
elections. BRADLEY.
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Buffers Defeat.
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