Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-04-07
/ The Rabun Gap Route.

The Augusta CHroatctc ana Constau
ttonalist seys that the time has come for
Augusta to control railroad route to tho
West, piercing tho Bluo Ridge and reaohing
Rabun Gap, which has properly been called
the Thermopylae of tho Georgia and
Carolina railroad systems. Pending the
com pletion aud extension Of the Augusta
and Knoxville Railroad shows disposition
10 control the Northeastern Railroad Of
Georgia, from Athens to Lulu, with the
object of exteudiug the limo to Rabun Gap
aS soon as possible, ut which point any num-
ber of Western lines aud Northern oom-
binations will be willing to Unite 10 forming
u through route to the West. It is not
generally known that such rond through
Rabun Gap is about ono hundred miles
shorter than through Chattanooga.
The following is an extract from an
article published 10 tho Athens Chronicle:
The completion of the Augusta and
Knoxville Rsilrosd is now certainty.
That road hopes to be 10 the trunk line
from tho West, via Knoxville to the sea-.
coast, either at Charleston or Savannah. 1t
is self evident that all its business will be
80 much taken from tho Georgia Railroad.
Then again, if the Macon and Brunswick
Railroad is extended to Atlanta, which is
fact within tho range of probabilities, tho
quota of freight that comes over the West"
orn and Atlantic, aud the Atlantic aud
West Point Railroads, will have a new and
important outlet to the see, which will also
bo rival Of the Georgia Railroad. Then
also the road from Anderson, South Caro-.
lima, to WalhaIn, crossing the Air Line
Road at Seneoa, begins to aasume evidences
of being pushed through the Blue Ridge.
This roud must carry part Of tho Western
freights, and add to these the treatened
com mbinations of Jay Gould with the roads
in Alabama to get to the sea by fanking the
Georgia, (and possibly tho Central and we
see the probability Of the Georgia, at no
very distant day, dependent upon its local
business. The Georgia then must have
Western connection that shall at least
rival these others, if it does not outstrip
them. If it cannot be obtuincd ut Atlanta,
We must, of course, look to tho terminus
at Athens. If then the Georgia must have
on independent Western connection through
Athens, its interest in tho completion Of
the Northeastern becomes paramount.
WASHINGTON, Aprit "a caucus
meeting of the Republican Senators has
been called for 10 o clock Monday morning.
1t is rumored that tho President advises a
postponoment Of the pending contest for
possession of the Senate Offices until after
the executive nominations shall have been
disposed of. A proposition to adopt this
course of action will be brought before the
caucus for discussion, together with several
other topics suggested by the pact and
preaent phaqea of fha 6nnHlncl
New YoRK, April Judge Donahue,
of the Supreme Court, in Chambers to day
granted, uron the application of Charles II.
Pond, John w. Garrett aud otters, stock
holders of the Atlanta, Charlotte aud Air
Liue Railroad Company, an injunction pro-
hibiting the directors from leasing tie road
to the Richmond and Dauv:lle Railroad
Company, and also an order to show cause,
rcturnabIe April 9th. why tho injunction
should not be Continued during the peud-
cncy of an action commenced to-day, enti.
tied Charles II. Pond and others against
Hiram W. Sibley and other directors and
officers of the Atlanta and Charlotte Rail
road and the Richmond aud Danvile Rail-
road.
DUBLIN, April 4.--Details of tho riot at
Bolloghaderin on Saturday show that the people
attaoko, the nolicc wi ho ero obl;1ol 10 6ro T.,