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

say, however, that there should be no an
tagonism between the two roads. They
would not be too much for Charleston.
The Spartanburg Road was not the right
route for Charleston. The people of
Charleston had not made up their minds
not to give money towards this project,
were not opposed to it, and when the
proper time comes and the matter is
brought to their attention they will put
up their money.
Mr.. Kelsey, of North Carolina, thought
that delay at this time would be fatal.
The only way to build up Charleston was
to build the Blue Ridge Railroad. The
entire trade of the Northwest and South
west must inevitably come through the
Rabun Gap, and it only remained for
Charleston to say whether she would take
that business or let it go in another direc-
ton.
Mr.. G. R. Walker made an eloquent
response to the remarks of Col. Charleton
delivered on Thursday night. He re-
minded the Convention that while Ten
nessee had only built sixteen miles of
road, South Carolina had built a contin-
tinuous line road from the seacoast to the
foot of the mountains. There were also
ffty-six miles yet to be built across North
Carolina. When the gap was graded to
meet one side of the line then they could
frighten Charleston with the bugbear of
another route; until then South Carolina
would not scare worth cent. Before
Tennessee could accuse Charleston of
apathy it should say what it would do
toward building these fifty-six miles in
North Carolina. Charleston was not pre-
pared to put up dollar to build road
through a wilderness until there was an
assurance that the line would be COM
pleted on the other side.
Gen. J. w. Harrison desired to throw
a little oil upon the troubled waters, to
calm this tempest in a teapot. The dele
gates had no fault to find with the man
ner of their reception in Charleston ; but
they did not intend to lose sight of the
magnitude of the enterprise and to pass
the time in recrimination. The road
could only be built by united action on
the part of the people of the four States.
He suggested that if the people of the
four States would unite and make appli-
cation to the National Congress they
might get aid in the building of the road.
Col. Cannon, of Georgia, stated that
last night he thought the funeral sermon
of the Blue Ridge Railroad had been
preached. This morning, however, he
felt little more hopeful. He was one
of the parents of the Blue Ridge Rail
road, and had been nursing it all his life.
He was free to say that nothing could be
expected from Georgia, and they looked
to South Carolina.
Judge Reeds resolution was then
adopted.
Mr.. Head submitted the following re-
port of the committee appointed to report
the amount of coal consumed in Charles
ton, which was received as information :
Your committee would beg leave to re-
port as follows: Total amount of coal
consumed in Charleston per annum, 15,-
600 tons; price, $3.50 to $40 per ton
$3.50, 900. Tennessee hard bitumen coal,
as shown by Judge Templar's and Col.
Ferry's report, would cost, delivered in
Charleston, $3.50 ton, saving to the
city of about $4,000.
T. H. HEALD, Chairman.
Col. Charleton presented the report OF
the committee appointed at the last con-
vention, in reference to railroad connec-
tions, as follows:
One all important question in regard
to the Blue Ridge Railroad and its con-
nections is the relative distance by this
line and those already in existence to the
great West, of which Cincinnati and
Louisville, in the Ohio Valley, may be
taken as the representative points through
one of which those at greater distance
must be reached. By the lines already
constructed Louisville is seven hundred
and eighty-two miles from Charleston,
and Cincinnati eight hundred and eighty
nine miles. This distance, however, will
soon be diminished by the completion OF
the Cincinnati Southern Railroad to
Chattanooga to seven hundred and forty
six miles and seven hundred and sixty
eight miles respectively. To gain this
saving of one hundred and twenty-one
miles in reaching the Southern railroad
system, Cincinnati has already expended
$1O,0O0,OOO and has voted S6,0OO,OOO
more. If this amount should prove
insufficient for completing the work, the
heavy investments already made will in
sure that the remainder will be finished.
Should the Blue Ridge Railroad be COM
pleted to Knoxville there is no doubt OF
the extension of the Knoxville and Ohio
Railroad to connection with the Gin
cinnati Southern Railway near the State
line of Kentucky, which will require but
about twenty miles of road to be con-
structed in full, the grading having been
already completed on the remaining six
miles. This connection will make the
distance from Louisville and Cincinnati
to Knoxville two hundred and ffty-two
and two hundred and seventy-four miles
respectively, instead of four hundred and
forty-eight and five hundred and fifty
five miles by the existing railroad lines.
The intense rivalry for the Southern
trade which exists between the cities OF
Louisville and Cincinnati renders ii al.
mOSG CcTldlIl IudI VIC houio'A '-AN
Nashville Railroad Company will COM
plete its Knoxville branch to a connec-
tion with the Knoxville and Ohio Rail
road as soon as it shall be assured of the
completion of the line south of Knox
Vile. This was favorite plan with the
late Hon. James Guthrie, president Of
the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Company, whose reputation stands almost
unrivalled for ability and success in rail-
road management. This road has already
been completed to a distance of one hun
dred and forty miles from Louisville,
leaving but sixty miles still to be built in
Kentucky, and upon this sixty miles
considerable amount Of work has been
done at the northern end. The remain
der of the work lies through a region
very favorable for railroad construction.
as is also the case with the nineteen mile;
yet to be graded in Tennessee on this
line, the latter including only three miles
of heavy work. By this independent
line the Louisville and Nashville Rail
road Company would reach Knoxville in
practically the same distance as,yla the
Sou+born Railroad without