Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-04-29
SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY APRIL % 1880

looked harbor with deep water to tho
wharves, is ample room for tho whole ship
ping of New York. Tho Ashley aud
Cooper Rivers, broad and deep, extend for
miles along the peninsula on which Charles
ton is built. The wharves at tho Eastern
sidoiof the city have, at present aocomno-
dation for fully 200 vcssols of average size.
Ihero Is storage room for 100000 bales Of
cotton, as we'll as rico, naval stores, so.
Five cotton presses are in operation with
capacity Of 5000 to 1000 bales day.
Last year they compressed 100000 bales of
cotton. Charleston has tbrco rice mills,
with a capacity of 230 ticrces of COO
pounds each por day. Last year they
pounded $1,000 tiorccs. Excellent sites,
however, available for tho erection of clcva.
tors and other structures required for the
economical handling of bulky freight.
These can be found, with deop water. on
10th sides of the city. Tho Legislature
has authorized tho construction of canal
to connect the Cooper and Ashley Rivers
above the city, aud along this canal, WHOM
ever 1t shall become necessary, accommoda-
tlon can be given 10 through frciehts equal
to what Baltimore has and New York
needs.
The population Of the city is over &c.
OO0. a more cquablc climate is not to be
found outside of the most favored regions
OF Italy. The health of the city is re-
markably good and there are mono Of the
malarlous fcvcrs with which riparian ports
arc apt to bo afflicted The markets arc
we'll supplied at every season of the year.
The public schools are old established and
we'll managed. The credit of the city is
high, and tho administration of tho city
government is in the hands of Mayor aud
City Council who enjoy the entire conf
dence OF tho community, and conduct the
municipal government as they manage their
own affairs.
Tho banking facilities arc sufficient for
the present business of tho city, and oupa--
bic Of indefinite expansion The supply of
Of labor is abundant at reasonable rates.
The manufacturing business of the city is
large and increasing, and in tho one article
OF fertilizers the production here this sea-
son will be over $4,000 tons.
Charleston, it must always be rcmcm-
bercd is already au important city transac.
ting large business. The shipment of
phosphate rock, mined in South Carolina
amounted last year to 199,3G5 tons, aud
the receipts at this port of the, principal
staples for tho year ending September,
1879, were ns follows: Cotton, 502,GG5
bales; rice, 10000 ticrces; naval stores,
304, 1000 barrels; lumber, 100000 feet.
The value of foreign exports lust year was
$l9,G07,S97.
Tho single drawback in Charleston is
the comparative shallowness of the water
Oh the bar. There arc at present about
eighteen feet of water on the bar at high
tide, but the National jcttes in process of
construction by tho United States Govern
mcnt, under tho direction of Gen. Q. A.
Gilmore, will increase the depth of water
to ut least twenty six feet, making Charles
ton incompnrnbly the finest port and harbor
on tho South Atlantic.
10 mako Charleston fully available for
Western business, it is only necessary to
complete the lines of railway to Knoxville.
On the Blue Ridge Road thcrc are 156
miles to be completed, counting the Knox
vile and Mary7iIlc lines as finished. a
large part of the grading and tunnclling
has been done. TO complete the Spartan
burg route it is only necessary to ill the
gap of 63 miles between Wolf Creek and
llcndcrsonvillc, the present terminus Of the
spartanburg aud Ashcvilo Railroad
About half Of the grading has been
dono.
The principal distances from Charleston
by tho different routes arc Oh follows:
PRESENT ROUTE.
Charleston to Augusta, miles 1877
Augusta to Atlanta I'll
Atlanta to Chattanooga 1873
Chattanooga to Cincinnati, 1856
Total distance 1872
BLUE RIDGE ROUTE.
Charleston to Columbia, miles $50
Columbia to Walhala 150
Walhalla to Maryviile (unfinishcd) l56
NlaryviIlc to Knoxville, 16
Knoxville to Cincinnati, via Now
River and Carcyvillo 2S1
Total distance 742
AsIIEvILLE ROUTE
Charleston to Columbia, miles 13O
Columbia to Spartanburg, %
Sparanburg to Hondcrsonvillo 40
Hcndersonville to Wolf Creek(unfnish-
cd) G3
Wolf Greek to NIorristown 80
Morristown to Knoxville IL
Knoxville to Cincinnati 28l
Total distancca GOT
The construction of tho projected line
from Greenwood to Augusta will shorten
the distance from Charleston to WalhaIla