The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-03-15

letter In the Newberrv 'If6rdtd. he cor
RESPONDENT seems to be working IN the
interest OF Foot Point, but we omit the
portion ofthe letter extolling the advan-
tages OF that famous anchorage where,
it is asserted by some, the Navy will yet
be ordered, ''There arc now lying IN the
Harbor the .. S. Fleet, composed of the
monitor Dictator and five on~six of the
largest vessels of war, scarcely one OF
which could enter the harbor of Char
'icston, and yet here they lie in peaceful
security and enter without the slightest
difficulty. In few weeks there will be
four or six more monitors and about
thirty or forty vessels Of war to MAXI
this permanent rendezvous for the feet
OF the North Atlantic Squadron The
present city ofPort Royal is improving
and ina few weeks large accession will
be made to its population and to its bu-
slness. The r. r. shops which have
heretofore all been ccntered in Augusta.
are beng removed and established at
Port Royal. Cottages are to be erected
Tor the operatives, shops TO be construc-
ted, offices to be organized, and the place
VIII assume more busy aspect than was
wont. President Wilson is very stir
ring and jealous officer and since his
administration. much has honn dono.
PRECEDENT KING. of the Georgia r. r.
which is in harmonious accord with the
Fort Royal r. r. was in town a few days
ago on tour Of inspection and observa
tion: and is delighted at the present
outlook for botl: Roads.
10 divert the trade of the great West
from other established channels, and to
Its granaries pouring its stream of grain
and produce through your section, YOU
must guarantee and afford it cheap,
direct and unrestricted outlet to deep
water facilities where vessels of the hcayi.
est draught may receive from alongside
the docks the grain in bulk so as to
incur as little handling as possible.
ms can be done at no South Atlantic
port but Port Royal, where vessels NAV
safely ride drawing "a or 90 feet of
water, and where the channels are close
In shore and the berths for shipping
wide and commodious. The connection
OF Port Royal with the interior, therefore,
must precede, and thus invite a proiec
ton from the West for the latter to
receive greater facilities than are now
obtained elsewhere. A connection with
Charleston merely promises nothing, as
even If it were attained her uars will he
an lnsuperable barrier to great CONNER
clal supremacy. 1t is with an eye o this
that shrcwd capitalists are mapping out
great Railroad extension through the
centre of the State, to utilize the hitherto
neglected ocean point which Nature has
given us and which seems destined To at
tract more and more attention and en-.
terprise In propotion as its claims are
more appreciated and ventilated. Our
great need here now is an intelligent di
rection of our agricultural LABOR. which is
abundant and cheap. We want a d1versi-
ned gardening and truck farming indus
try. The soil and climate are suitable and
congenial for the raising of any and eve
ry variety of vegetable and market pro.
duce, and with the facilities now enioyed
OF steam communication to Northern
markets and railroad communication
with the interior, ready market can he
found for all surplus productions not
consumed locally. The thrifty, indus.
trlous and intelligent white farmer now
scarcely making living at cotton
planting upon two or three hundred
acres of worn out hillside in our npper
counties, could here make an abundant
hying upon half the outlay of toll and
self denial If devoted tn the cultivation
and care OF ten acres upon the fertile and