The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-09-13
THE AUGUSTA RAILROAD.

The railroad meeting at Lowndesville
on last Saturday was quiet but enthusi-
astic and substantial success. More in
terest is manifested among the people
along the proposed line than has ever
been, and although our people are poorer
now than before the war, the prospect for
making speedy success of the long
talked-of construction of road from
Anderson to Augusta is much better to-
day than it was before the war, for de-
spite the fact that there will probably be
no such large subscriptions to the capital
stock of this new company as the old
Savannah Valley Road received, yet it is
now certain that by the proper effort two
men along the line can be induced to
subscribe where one did before, and by
this universal interest sufficient sum
can be easily raised to construct the link
necessary to put us in close communica-
ton with Augusta. Indeed, if Anderson
Court House will do its duty the compile
ton of the project at an early day is an
assured fact.
The company organized at Lowndes-
vile on last Saturday is, of course, only
temporary, and intended to secure char.
tered privileges and raise subscriptions,
after which permanent organization
will be effected; but we congratulate the
friends of the enterprise upon selecting
so suitable President as Mr.. Latimer to
shape the destinies of this road in its in
ception. He is thoroughly enthused
with the Importance and feasibility of
the undertaking, and has the ability, the
energy, the public confidence and the
determination necessary to carry it to
successful end. The importance of a
direct connection from this place to Au-
gusta must appear to every one, and the
reasons are strong enough to induce ac-
tiyity in the enterprise on the part of all
persons who wish to give new impetus
to the trade and growth of Anderson, as
well as to develop the beautiful and fer
tile valley of the Savannah. Not only
will this road place us in direct commu-
nication with Augusta, but it brings us
some thirty miles nearer to Charleston,
besides linking US by advantageous lines
of road to Port Royal and Savannah. It
would be a perpetual barrier against
freight Determinations ia the future, and
would also give us the benefit of COM
petition in prices between Savannah,
Augusta and Charleston. Not only this,
it places US in such position as to ensure
the location of the through line from the
West by Anderson whenever it is COM
pleted through the mountains. The con-
struction of the line from here to Dorn's
Mine will be very cheap, and the use of
convict labor will reduce it considerably
below the estimates heretofore made.
The opportunity it will furnish our mer.
chants for supplying the hands employed
in building the road, and the employ
ment it will afford persons in the various
positions it will have to dispose of, insure
the return of much to this or any COM
munity on the line of what they may
subscribe. We have another opportuni-
ty to place ourselves upon the high road
to prosperity. and We hope no narrow
views will prevent us from grasping it.
Every man should subscribe as literally
as he can possibly afford, feeling that
thereby he will not only enhance the
value of his own property, but that he
will benefit his neighbors' and posterity.