The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1881-01-26
THE TEHUANTEPEC ROUTE.
Proposed Ship Railroad between to Two
Oceans.
From the San Francisco Call.


Oceans.
From the San Francisco Call.
Captain James B. Eads has como to
the mont again with his project of q
ship railway across rellauntepec. Tho
concession he has obtained from the
Mexican government places his pro-
ject in a line with tho other intcr.
oceanic routes, 80 far as right of Way
is concerned. Mexico, like Panama
and Nicaragua, desires to have the
route from ocean to ocean established
across her territory. Tchuantepcc is
about sixteen degrees north Of the
equator, and about eight degrees
north OF Panama. Nicaragua lies he
tween, but nearer Tchuaiitcpcc than
TO Panama. One great point of nd
vantage III favor Of Tchuantcpcc is the
fact thnt lis western terminus Is in tbo
Gulf of Mexico. The same BODY of
water viii ch will receive the frcipht
transported over the Southern Pacific
ltalIroad will also receive the ships
carried across the Tchauntcpcc roufe.
The railroad connects with the north
ern extremity of the gulf, and the shin
railway with the southern. The adj
vantage Of this connection in case of
war would be great, as it would be
much easier to close the Gulf of Mex
leo TO hostile fleets than to project yes
sells crossing from Panama into thc
waters Of the Caribbean Sea. CaDiain
Eads' method is new, but no doubts
are entertained among experienced en-
ginccrs of it's entire practicabilitv,
Ships may be transported in stavs, to
prevent stroining, or they may be
raised in a bed Of water and trans
ported across in that element, literally
mingling the waters Of one ocean with
those of another on each trip, Can-
tain Eads offers to demonstrate thc
entire practicability of his method at
his own expense. The feature Of his
proposition to which objection NAV he
urged is that which looks to a govern
ment guarantee of interest on $50
Oo0,O0O Of bonds. What he asks of
the government is much less tLan was
given the first Pacific Railroad, but
the governments policy has since
been somewhat changed. Railroads
are now built without any such guar
antce, or not built at all. Even Col
oncl Scott, with his trained LOBBYISTS.
did not succeed in getting q Bill
through, guaranteeing the bomds of his
Pacific road; but. while he has been
trying, the Southern Pacific has been
completed over nearly the same route.
without other aid from government
than thc right of way. 1t is possible.
however, that means will be fo,tud
which will prove such guarantee to
capitalists as to induce them to fur
nish the means fDr the construction of
Captain Eads' proposed ship railroad,
FREIGHT DETERMINATIONS api-
totion against discriminating freight
charges OH the railways is certain TO
cause an earnest debate, and, very pos
sibly, may result in protective lceisla
ton in New York. The position of
those interested in the matter is, that
the low rate of through freight should
be made the basis for local traffic
with the difference in cost, if any, add
cd. The small shippers, especially,
demand protection, and insist that tic
large shippers should not be favored
at their expense, nor should citizens of
the State that grants tho railway fran
chiscs he made to pay the deficit caus-
ed by competing for the through bust
ness. There is, no doubt, reason for
some of these complaints, but it is
difficult to sec why the rule of bust
ness, which enables q man to buv
$o,0o0 worth Of goods cheaper thun he
can So worth. should not apply to
treightage. Boston Herald.
IMMIGRATION FOR CARoLINA.-- Colo
mel Butler is maturing arrangements
to induce Immigration to South Caro-
INA on large scale. and of desirable
nj Il
details of his plan In his next monthly
report An important feature of this
plan is The establishment Of an Immi-
grants !lome in this city. A promi-
hcmt railroad official has expressed his
Willingness to favor an assessment on
inc railroads. of onc-quartcr Of one per
cent. Ill order to raise ten thousand
dollars for this purpose, if The State
VIII contribute an equal sum. and also
that the railroads should agree to
transport all immigrants free. The
Board OF Agriculture will, at al early
day, consider tho propriety of using a
portion of the funds of the Department
to further this enterprise. Colun6iu
RcgiSter.
Benjamin Harrison, the great
grandfather of the new Senator jl'oin
Indiana, was sent In 1774 rs delegate
from Virginia tn the Continental Con-
gress. From that date until his death.
III l79l,, he was prominent in public
affairs, being q gncr of the Declara-
ton OF Independence, twice member
OF Congress and three times Governor
OF Virginia. His soi, General Will
liam Henry Harrison, served his coun.
try, both iu the army and civil office,
from 170l until 1871, when he died,
one month after taking the oath of
office as President. President Uarri-
sons son, John Scott Harrison, was q
member Of Congress from 1863 to 1867, ,
aad died year or two ago at his home
III Cincinnati. General Benjamin Hur-
rison, the now Senator, was born Au-
gust 20, 1888. at his grandtathcr's
home at North Bend, Ohio, some flf-
teen miles below Cincinnati, on the
Ohio river.
MURDERED ABOUT DRINK.-A
homicide occurred near Batcsburg, i'm
Lexington county, on December 20tb.
Tie circumstances Of the killing arc
as follows: Mr.. Wesley Edison, who
lives In the Clouds Creek nejghbor-
hood, was on his wov homo oni ui,o,,