The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-05-05
RAILROAD MEETING IN WINSTON.

The meeting Of the President nnd Di.
rectors Of the North Carolina Midland
Railroad, which is in reality to be an cx-
tension of the Virginia Midland, in which
the Baltimore e. Ohio Railroad has
large interest, took place as announced
in Winston, North Carolina, on Tuesday,
the 22nd of April, and was largely at
tended by delegations from points in
North and South Carolina. From this
State delegations were present from
Yorkville, Union, Spartanburg. Gaffney,
Greenville and Anderson, each looking
after the interest Of their respective To-
calities. The Board of Directors, of
which Hon. John S. Barbour, member of
the present Congress from the Aexan.
dria, Virginia, District, is President, held
their meeting privately, and admitted
one delegation ut a time, hearing the
propositions they had to submit, and
then taking up another until all Of the
points interested were fully heard. At
the conclusion of the hearing, n resolu-
ton was adopted by the Board Of Dircc-
tors locating tho road rs far ~ Mocksyile
in North Carolina, and directing surveys
nf the different routes from that point to
Shelby, in North Carolina Tho charter
of the company ends in North Carolina,
and therefore they took no action towards
locating in this Stale, beyond passing a
resolution authorizing the President to
have surveys made in this Stnte along
such routes as he deemed best, provided
the points along such routes would defray
the expenses of such surveys. The pre-
vous organization Of the company was
continued, mud Col. J. B. Yates WAS
elected Chief Engineer of the company.
After session Of Two days tho Directors
adjourned, and President Barbour and
party visited Augusta and returned via
Atlanta, ut which point he is now stop.
ping. In Augusta he was assured of the
completion Of the road from Spartanburg
to Augusta mt an early day, the trains to
be running to Greenwood by the first of
September, and tho remainder to be COM
pleted in very short time. President
Harbour expressed himself rs greatly
pleased with Augusta, and advised the
city not to sell its stock in the road, but
to continue its ownership and control
of it.
The prospect for Anderson in this rail-
road venture is very encouraging. Our
commercial importance, the energy and
prosperity OF our people, and the excel
lent geographical position of the town is
such ns To invite the location Of the road
this way. To go from Spartanburg to
Augusta by Anderson would only be
somo sixteen miles further than to 90 by
Greenwood, and would be through O
much richer country, and one where the
local business would be much greater and
surer, for there would not be 80 many
competing lines of road touched upon it.
To. go from Shelby to Greenville and
Anderson to Augusta is said to be only
some eight or ten miles further than to
go by Spartanburg aud Greenwood.
Now, when Anderson IL reached, the
extension would be some sixty miles
nearer Atlanta, 80 that on the Spartan
burg route the extension, by losing six
teen miles on the road to Augusta, would
gain sixty miles on the road to Atlanta
and on the Greenville route, by losing
about eight miles to Augusta, they would
gain still about sixty on Atlanta. These
facts give Anderson considerable
advantage in location for d;verging
point to Augusta and Atlanta, but if the
company, for other reasons, should take
Spnrtanb"sg as n divergng point, then
Anderson oiiers very great material
advantages for the continuance to At
lanta. 1t 10 on the shortest and best line.
and in one OF the finest sections of the
South. 1t is fact, attested by CONNER
ciai men of judgment aud experience,
that the cottons grown in this belt of
country rank in the very best grade of
upland cottona, commanding an easier
sale and higher price than those grown
IN the lower counties. The distance
from Spartanburg to Atlanta by Ander.
son can be made at least thirty-five
miles neaTcf than the present Air Line
route, and the difference in grades and
curves will be equivalent to a still
greater saving in power and time, 40 .hat
we may safely claim that this line TO
Atlanta could easily be made at least
two hours shorter from Spartanbure to
Atlanta, which would secure for the new
route the passenger travel and the
United States mails between the East
and the Southwest.
The peSpie of Anderson, however, will
not depend alone upon these natural ad.
vantages to secure the coveted extension.
They are &C fully awake to its Importance
that they will work vigorously to bring
The road this way. Already surveys have
been provided for, and at the proper time
very substantial material contributions
0ill be offered to protect our interests.
and secure the realization of our hopes.
There is q harmony and lnanimity among
allofour citizens which augurs we'll for
onr success.
2resident Garfield haa at last become
sisasied of the Senatorial deadlock, and
:eipsto see that AlF. Conkling is favor