The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-09-06

1t is II cheering sign Of tho times
to SEQ our people taking some in.
tcrcst in II matter which to DC
seems to be OF vast Importance tc
tho whole county Of Fairfield. |
refer to the proposed Marrow
Gauge Railroad from Chester tC
Georgetown.
The beginning of all public works
is the full and FREQ discussion Of
their merits through tho medium of
tho press. usk, then, tho use of
your columns to set forth few
points in connection with tho above,
named project.
We can got II Narrow Gauge
railroad if we resolve to have it,
feeling that it is Il necessity, not u
luxury. Our sister town of Chester
has become Il railroad centre. bv
simply using the means at her dis
posal, small though they seemed at
first. If it be urged that Chester
was in better condition at that timo
to undertake such works than we are
even now, [ would suggest that
the burden We propose to assum @
bears no greater proportion to our
present and prospective resources,
than that which Chester SO bravcly
took up bore to hcravailablc means.
We have the great advantage Of her
experience, both rs to the accom-
plishmcnt and tho fruition of her
great work Could we ask II moro
encouraging statement than Chcs~
| ter can mako us to tho result Of her
experiment !
AS to the direction in which VIC
must seek an outlet, the Chester
and Georgetown Narrow Gauge
offers almost everything that we
could ask. Suppose the road was
built and i'll successful operation
what now facilities does it afford to
, Fairfield ? On the north it opens
to us the Chester and Lcnoir Y.
G. II. r., which, by its connection
with the Air Line Railroad at Gas ,
tonia. has cmancip0tca Chester from
oppressive freights upon both cot
ton and mc"ch udisc But the
Chcstcr'and Lcnoir is..alrcaly almost
completed to Lincolnton, n. c.,
and the company has just accepted
Il guarantee 10y citizens of Catawba
county to extend the road to New
ton on The Western n. G. II. II.
Here, then, we have opened to lis
one Of the Grararics Of the South
that splendid Piedmont country OF
North Carolina, with which a wagon
trade has been steadily kept up fol
fifty years, throughout all our uppel
counties. Should no further extern
sions of the Railroad system in
North Carolina take place, we shall
have secured to ourselves incalcula
bic benefits by reaching these points
But the State Of North Carolina is
steadily pushing her great work
the Western n. G. r. R.-the las.
tunnel through the Blue Ridge is
approaching completion, and com
paratively short time will SEQ the
road built across the short interval
rio Ashville and the French Broad
to the great valley of East Tonnes
. see.
And mark, Messrs Editors, the
important fact that the above ex
{ tensions are not projected lines
, The Chester and Lonoir Railroad i,
secured to Newton by legal,
binding guarantee signed by the
8 best citizens of Catawba county
The State Of North Carolina i
building the ". n. G. r. r., Will
convict labor and by appropriation
0 from the State treasury. The vas
f expenditures already made rcnde
the completion of the great worl
. almost q necessity.
But not only do we reach tn
West by rail, but from Ashville t,
Winnsboro wo have compotin.
= lines, viz first cio, Statesville ant
: Charlotte, and the G.. G.. e. A. r r.