The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-12-04
Tlie Isluo Tsidgs RlEhiIsoad.

" sAAt.ao q ~ tklusb ID keb-
tin along. 1sos1lber Ailaafic.
js - Z :, --s--s. + 8 s ga
Tie Rlno Ridgs RhilEoaa.
Th.s great enterprise. the line of .whicE
was indicated In his day by MIR. Colllour
aud the work on syhicssss was beEun silearsa 4
+ ly twenty yeara ago, has bseii Suffered Ia
lie dormant for several years. Tho littie
work done on it by the Radical party af-
ter the war sVas more OF d speculation
than IN honest desdre to cctSplete the
road md ibepsde the State. The great
IpUT1E5vv E the f11s i i1is5 iISSis itjt e
sight OF lid the bad management of the
Ee5ty iu power and the line of conuec-
I tion with the Fest marked ont BY nature
scemg shout 60 be abandoned. Shall otits
people permit this without any effort 10
complete the road Shall this line "a,
superseded by other sqd itiofa distant
route, end ss;s Sta i5a isiiitals by roTis
hoTding her Western frontier and cnffy-
Ing trade aud travel int0 Ge0fain and
North CaToliaa, Wo iiope not, This
road should be compl eted ss Il iconTei-
ience aud assa necessary Btinulsnt to TIE
developm of our State. we have IA.
ways cnntended that its canpl ton visa
q certainty, rDsskedF ott by nat tnre ana I
demanded by cur int eFealht but I'll must
admit that the longer il ~. delayed III B 4
more injury We sustain, ss1po can CON
ceive of no mere important matter de-
lnandiDg the attention of our5 present
Legislature g than che compilation Of this
road. It may be we nre unable To appfo-
priate money ut this time to- shis end B
but cannot some scheme be devised i,
whereby Q pri7at corp poration Reild take
the WORK and carry it on3 We think If
the taegial lgtr 70 would pass an net donat-
ing theiinterestt Of thel State, If my, III +
the road to any company Who would TN
dertakeits completion, and further. wanld
donate 70 such company three hundred
or more cunvicts Without wsReB for Z
proper length Of tipss, stses oonlpany 10 4
feed, clothenl and gitnral lhsnf, that tissut5 8
Ons in q year would, with taeW6 slblia,
ss;sssssll Z take the cosnpie ietiet & the rotf
This wouid cost the S sase nothing, for NE
believe there are now Abort Eeyen hiins
dred conyicts on the psnischt tiarH rolls.
and many OF them ore fasrs eS out sc
nominal wages. If crime contiaues; In I
five years We win have ffteen hundred
sdling sway their time, Whila tllis great
enteFpfiee Is neglected. If no goii pafly
lIT 30 tii ii,b q q es.i
could carry it on at liitle expense with
convict labor and taus reap 4 Y 81 great
benefits likely 20 hoW sfTou, It.
Would the rosd, In Is pecuDiary p0int
of view, be O paying Investment 4 ssF
think it would, es it would: ..Sa the short
est Inc from Che grain aud meat pfodttc-
ing sections Of the w EeEsFIo tli6 ssa cDzst
and 10 the cottonib belt of the Sout
reason fETtiier iI1nt tf1e i5ze u IN gl5i
eyer IN Ar III leF boa WnicllSg
renlpneEatiyes and which sss iitta ,sile feysl.
opptene OF tho county wi II ineEeHEs an
nunl g, uuderHt tRnd tbat fourteen:
treight and four pas enger tFains we're
ergagsd on tLlis Scad one day last seelss
ard thne sys skla sts iInnfense rolling atooks
anq ;epIen did road h ca tI barely able
TO 90 the business fiei need Of 1t sEssuld
nos = airecE sco., czloil H zsit e the sHest
sAN Sttitl s3sttst stptltt tltA r.
4aFlss, Issis tls isGaEsle alrEe
P02ulo1s AND thss Iil atsd =: tlatitar
turing reso otiTces aloIg this Inc were sfe-
yelopeu. Wo nigh Bately coileluds the
business Of the road would ii q sitass5. III
aact. II com sd tliiE fUad yzotlld bG-
come ct once q 1eeden to the Air Line
Hoad. To- q ps0j 20 Ted road tEorl tV alfalfa,
seneca OK q eIG0n ito Rnnah.
ands also ail1fd g disc come ection Sgi
en3 gea ns Chayisat toIA. IN hsl cnb estimate
the business oE e!lcl b 9 rad slla
can ygIi JIs IIa m iIIfIu u5uGI q u tETE
\ 1904 tueynlQ pm mt pf the C:sn itTg through
which ,it would pass il Is sn er1teFpffae
worthy the c1sst der ntion Of our ST
he no II III liTanek nj Tho cfsa s,5rs
tiou ae thIs roaEs IS 4 rlattor Of il 5 stI,aIl
| tinp6rtnnce Tho EbntII ana SVess. " 81
lsgrfeuftdral 81 rple. afs and iIlo;sl l,s 81
siosely alliea ifl TSol tlas but ti iSy are l3y