The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-04-08
THE SEAPORT OF TaE SOUTH.
etlaugseEaa Asserts nIsiri' eislias 10 oaRSia-

QAhdtfIeFfsa ;vyfla fletd az lRTn-..
tiay. paPfesidant frsIsna,s stataS sihe XII.
ject of the meotine 70 he the receni;on 20 ~
Tho preliminary renort upon the advsn,a. a.
-gss 5f tiils city az M d poit of i,iaSoyt and
export. and the COMMUNICATION nj the nd: nd.
visibility OF recornmend;no "a Nat;nnai
hankfups .ny,. l-Ts7p 1i,' -
The Committee On s5yeateru trade ntas.
seuted Their renort ne foi,ows f-o
Ahe Report
70 Tie Chamber Of Commerce o; CKc7fleS-
ten.
,he, special pammittee appointed vby
the, GhambeS sof Commerce flor. ftlia
purpose Of exhibiting the varied ad-
vantages Of the City of' Chaslestone as a
port Of import AID seEport af6c the >tsaae
and comgaeree of the{Initad States. and
efC6iitfaI and s5hsh q Amalisa ths M West 81
Indies and Europe, beg leave to submit
the following preliminary report, in the
hope that It will heye the effect of di-
recting public attention, here and else
where to this important subject. . no
Fifty years have passed since South
Caroline first protested the building of a
line of railroad to connect this city with
tho great food producing region of the
Northwest. Upon the uncompleted Blue
RiGge Railroad, and upon distant lines
an Tennessee expected to be connected
with tho South Carolina system of rail!
toatis, this State and city have expended,
at different times, several million OF dol
lara TIE k..ssk:sfs,!s sps ioas .he 7Tar ,5,ir,np
Ridge line, and the State in 1865 found
herself withoutthe Western connections
70 which. the neople had looked forward
for thirty years, while the railroads in
the. .Etate were worn out or shatterea.
The frat task was to reconstruct and
equiB tho toadHaffeaSly in Operation. BIT
at no.tif1es eafly5 orr sate, has skeF8 been
an abandonment OF the hope and pur-
pose TO carry out the plara,u;hich our firr
sighted citizens proposed ia the earliest
days of railr1ad,buildin in the United
States.
From 2ses efiifiuiIigoY American SaiIs
road history the directive point was the
great grain.proYing region Of the Wet.
Before thas time prod9co and mannfIc-
tures were hauled in wagons or followed
the watercourses. The great tide of i'm
migration had mot set in. and States
now teemine with population and over
flowing with agricultural wealth were on
the outer limit of civilization. The
States Of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois. wis
. H.. l..
sas and Nebraska had n population of
q million and a half and were barely
selfsnpporting. To-day a net work of
eighty thousand miles Of railroad covers
the country. and in the States va shsve
namefi haze popnIation ;t,f thirtesn
million annla. Who. ia cnnauArca ar! II,
ugrieaitulu, ara cousplcuousiy active.
cIear.sipbtsd and en6eTrfnrising.
Tho dat Atiaiitfc Eify Which sticceeled
in rsaching. the. mine of commercial
wealth in the West yyes New York There
IL was Effected by the Erie Canal which
was completed in 1885,. THE profIitcts of
the West chem beganstS SRIii an outlet at
New York. Twenty.five wears later mo no
iron road had vet crossed the mountain
barriers which separate the seaboard
from the great heart of the Continent.
and the movement Of the Western nro.
duc.s was syconfiped TO Transportation. upon
ti,erGreSt nysrs that drain into the Enif
Of MEXICO. Still with each succeeding
year the food Of agricultural wealth rose
Influx of population and tho improve.
enabled one man to do the work osmany.
Tie Arst railroad that penet-ated 10 the
West was the New YORK ana E,ie. B Next
came ths New York Central. The re.
suls of their completion. and Of the -oner.
,,tions nf The Eric Canal III starsI;rp5 and
encouraeinp. - : e -,''N>
In the Year 1859 the totaI TONNAGE
,noEkiy Tss,Els ss1ISsn 10 the .ErisS Is3S 4
CalItyas s3aSSa and ifha fkrie Canal y1as
: knn nm tnns 10 1850 is ha..i ;..s.-.....es1
tn eEno s,gg;tt,, aIii in ;s;s i.
~ S5tlll 00il tons rha tonna@e NJ yesssja
erteres ak .ff,a 7Tess Ss7s ...sssa
ed in the same nronort;on i IN = LEI ie5S ; K
Il was ! eeI (l5lfl lin tI R6n p, mn nnTi ans
in IS7e. sJG6f .S2b tons. rho minors and
exnorts oi New York Citv sar The same
naIioJs ,gara 90 fa,in,ys. ~ T., M Jeen esEE 81.
nm nm .sin 1870 Ssil4 nm 0fSls tonS =,
1870 SsSa i,ilil ar, 'Ysy'e -, $50. $50. :. :.
pb;IaIeInh;a .saa- the neyt At,ont;c
citv ~ stan tba Wester,, ressrvo;r :. md
ls VA sc4edfi 4 i1elv And tbat sI,e tohnaga nf
vssseIa enie5efl at thst .,,,rt o.rai,,ajiv Il,
;ncySsds5 f;sT, ss nm tor,s - Iaso =,
a7s M t5iltS llf tons n.y. in isSS ans and = 1siS Si Gao 10
inns in 1870 y,hile The s;n,nnst s,,J
exnort Sa yyisb thas M, : ~
IN 1850 ik a,,nY,nfes ta SSn mn, mn 3 :,
1sz6 fo S3g b(j(J' 'fIilil ard IN issS IL IL
S7l nm nm, = -, i = =
- Bsi.imoreg WAS tho nexf in fhs racs
and ~ sfsSnla sli {l;fi;aSsIt;ss :, Il
,,,,si,e,i Is,. e1.,,;p,,a5 no H.
s,erass sss the ,r,o,,ns ranisii9 po;nea % NJ,
nor next floor sivai. wa fi,fi fbat the he
tonhare of Baltimore. which he'd failef,
M !. n J 4 irrue 49, q