The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-06-06

uouiu hot DC SUld unless enotipl, yra, r,isa,3
70 insure the road. If they rot the to.,,
shey would then have the article for ,yb;ct
they bargaincd, aud the price of bons.
would have nothing To do with ,hs pr,,oy;e.
~ OF the trade II was simply question
az TO whether the road would be worI, fiftv
thousand dollars 10 the town or NOT. IF n
would, the tax ought to be voted. If Il
would not, the tax should not be voted
lie believed 1t would pay. BY the new
read competition would forcc reduction
oil the rates of freight over the Greenvilie
ana Columbia Railroad. The fact chat
ireights are high in Augusta does not show
tliat the connection would not be 3. good
one Tor Anderson. for freights were carried
through Augusta TO Char, eston from A..
iaita cheaper than TO Augusta. rhe same
would be trna Of Anderson with the new
road. The Savannah Valley Railroad
would combine with the Georgia Road to
bring ffeights from Atlanta and the West
70 Anderson cheaper tben the Air Lime and
the Greenville and Columbia Road. It
would combine With the Charlotte and
Augusta Road to bring them from the
North cheaper than the Air Line and inc
g. q c. This would afford us competition
which would reduce our freights very ma
terially. It would pay because the cotton,
groceries, &C., which would go and come
over the road would run it with economical
management. Il is better line for Ander.
son than the Port Royal Road, because that
road would be of as great advantage to Alb.
Deviiie as to Anderson, and wou.i build
intermediate towns also. He said that If
the Savannah is to be made nsvigable this
road Is o necessity to Anderson, for steam
boats build up towns the same as railroads.
and If they should run on the river we
must have railroad here to- give us the
advantages of competition. He claimed
ssias this road would bring back q great deal
OF the trade OF Anderson. and save the
town and county about fifteen thousand
dollars in freight on cotton alone, and TINT
.t would pay US in q great many other
ways.
Col. Brown replied, contending that this
road could not bring back our trade, as it
%cGid ;ios cross :!se river ;io- :i;e Ar Line
road to get here, and that the people Of
towns who have tried building railroads by
taxation--as Greenville and Spartanburg-
were tiled of their subscriptions.
Capt. a. t. Broyles next spoke, saying
there were two things he hated-one was
the Greenville Railroad, and the other was
Gen. Grant. He was in favor of this road
because it would give us competition with
the Greenville road, which has been op-
pressing our people Cor many years. He
had not heard the resolution read, but
from what he had heard of 1t he was oppo.
sed to it. He had not had the pleasure of
hearing the reasons of the gentlemen favor
ing it, and thought this meeting WAS n sur
prise. 1t had been called without notice
on saleday when the people of the town
we're busy and not expecting It, 1t should
take no action. 1t ought not to attempt to
forestall public opinion. He favored @ full
discussion. He, too, was opposed to voting
subscription without guarding carefully
against loss to the people. This should be
done. He ,ked the temper of Col. Browns
opposition. Thought his propositions were
fair, and was willing to discuss them, and
leave it to the people to decide upon. He
dwelt upon the necessity for the town of
Anderson to do something to better its
present condition, and urged forcible rca-
sons why the building of this road would
benefit the town.
Capt. W. D. Evins spoke next, and al
though he objected to the persons who were
allowed to vote, he was nc. willing to
throw this enterprise off entirely. He
shongsit something should ~ aonc II build
up onr town, and perh.rE this was the
most available one which presents itself.
The resolutions were then withdrawn,
and the meeting adjourned, subject to the
call of the chairman.