The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-06-01

the corporation. Aid from that source
can not be expected. say this with no
view to discourage you,. but merely refer
to it as a matter of duty. / have been
informed that the work which has been
done on the road is of the most enduring
character, and upon that point our peo-
pie require instruction. What the peo-
pie want is q clear account of what dis
position has been made of the money
already contributed, and I feel confident
that recognizing the Importance of the
enterprise, our people will do their part
to support and forward it.
The other officers elect having taken
seats assigned them at the head of the
hall, the president called for the
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
from the meeting at Anderson on the
Both of March last.
Several committees, charged with the
investigation of the prospects of the road,
its material interests, and other matters
of interest relating to the great project,
reported progress, and announced that
they would be ready to report before the
adjournment of the Convention.
G. w. Charleton, Esq, of Tennessee,
moved that a committee of five be ap-
pointed by the chair to ascertain and re-
port the amount per annum of coal con-
sumed by the City of Charleston, its cost,
and from where shipped. Prof. Smith
seconded the motion and Mr.. Charleton
said in support of his motion that there
were large and valuable coal mines in his
portion Of Tennessee which he was con-
vinced could supply Charleston with
better coal than she was now getting, at
cheaper rates, if the Blue Ridge Railroad
was completed.
The motion was then adopted, and the
chair appointed the following committee !:
T. H. Heald, Tennessee; W. R. Tuttle,
Tennessee, and w. L. Trenholm, J. A.
Blake and Robt. Mure, of Charleston.
On motion of Mr.. Charleton, COM
mittee of five was also appointed to ex-
anime into the marble interest of North
Carolina and report to the Convention.
Mr.. Charleton stated that his object in
making this motion was that he had re-
Gently learned that very superior quail
ty of marble had been found in large
quantities in Western North Carolina, and
as this interest would be one of the items
which would go to enrich the Blue Ridge
Road when completed, he thought that
the Convention should be possessed of all
information on the subject.
Mr.. Hoyt thought that the necessity
for the appointment of this committee
was obviated by the fact that the Ander-
son convention had appointed commit
tee to look into the very same matter, to-
gether with other matters.
Mr.. Charleton said that he hoped the
Convention would not oppose the motion.
A committee could do no harm and
would be able to report specially on this
matter, with more facility than the other
committee, which was required to attend
to number of things.
Mr.. Geo. R. Walker moved that the
motion be laid on the table, on the
ground that another committee was not
needed. This was lost. The motion of
Mr.. Charleton was then adopted unani-
mously.
The following committee was then ap-
pointed by the chair to select speakers
for the session, and arrange for the re-
ception of the public in the large hall !:
J. A. Hoyt, J. w. Harrison, J. B. E..
Sloan, I. NJ. Greer, w. A. Wardlaw.
After few remarks from Col. Harri-
son upon the necessity for large audi
ence at night in order that the people
might know why they had come down
from the mountains, the Convention ad-
iourned to meet at s P. M.
Evening Session.
The Convention reassembled at half
past o'clock, the president, S. Y. Tup-
per, in the chair.
A motion was adopted providing that
the Convention meet to-day at 10
o'clock.
The committee appointed to select
speakers to address the convention then
announced the name of COL w. L Tren-
holm, who was greeted with hearty
round of applause. He said that he was
commissioned, in the name of the COM
mercial community of Charleston, to ex-
tend hearty welcome to the delegates.
Charleston, in one direction at least, had
a boundless prospect. There was no bar
rier between Charleston and Europe. In
the other direction there was mountain
barrier, which had to be cut through; q
highway had to be opened to the West
and Northwest, and the realization of
this fact gave rise to the project of build
ing the Blue Ridge Railroad. The fact
that the enterprise had not yet succeeded
was no reason for the abandonment of
hope. He extended to the Convention
the thanks of the community of Charles
ton for having by their presence revived
the hope of the building of the road
Charleston would make no vain promises,
and although its citizens were not yet
ready perhaps to contribute again, they
did not give up the hope of building the
Blue Ridge Road. The presence of so
many delegates would encourage the peo-
pie, and impress them with the necessity
of contributing allin their power to COM
plete the road.
Prof. G. D. Smith, of North Carolina,
was next introduced. He said he came
here to advocate views intimately con-
nected with the interests of Charleston.
The only two questions involved in the
discussion were, first, whether the invest
ment was a safe one, and second, whether
it would pay dividends. He would un-
dertake to show that in his section Of the
country the freight lists would support
the road. On the contemplated Blue
Ridge Road there would be freig each
way which would pay the road hand
somcly. There were mines Of superior
coal, carbonate ofzinc, copper, iron, mar
BILE, in addition to the vast mineral re-
sources of Western North Carolina
Quarries could be opened within few
miles of the contemplated railway and
the transportation would pay the road.
The only obstacle in the way of working
these quarries was want of transporta-
ton. The construction of the road was
a question of great commercial interest
to Charleston, and he trusted that its
completion would be crowned with Gel
ebration which would be the dawn OF an
era of commercial liberty.