Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-03-03
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Senator Callisou Suggests That Hib-
Ter, TalbeIt Collins, Collier, Moss
Blocker Wise and Piekeus Hold a Rail-
road Meeting.

ME-sps EpiToRs: Nearly hall c:ntu-
rs has elapsed since the great sc4ea,o #
Building a railroad from Charleston TO.
Cincinnati was prominently ;i:''uss':! b;
the statesmen and capitalists d til Il day
What seemed to bs regard Il then as NJ
herculean enterprise. most Formidable to
contemplate, Is now ac.aANy n coa-se Of
construction. by different colnPanisi; ami
the !ondcst hopes G: lorg ego sro atoat
10 be realized
The French Broad Reiiroad il TO scale
the bsrriers Of the Blue Ridge at E.tatoe
Gap, and debuuch into the Knoxville
Valley, which. with tho roads il operation
and being built, vii! give rs drcc; l'ne
TO Cincinnati. The Savannah Valley Rail
road is making its way 10 Dorn's Mine,
which will fill the gap. bstween 'ha: p!sce
and tie French Broad. Tho Road from
Alike 20 ElzeGzll c. II. viii soon Be
: lied, leaving only Gap OF twenty-five
miles to the graded or built. And then
we will havc continuous hre o! Rail.
road from Charleston, the queen City Of
the South, to Cincinnati, tho porkopol:s
OF the North. west. 1t almost takes ones
breath away when we think Of the vast
ness Of this line OF railroad, after il shall
have been weldediuto one company. cross-
ing half continent, With its hundreds Of
|; ;m!lions Of freight and passengers rushing
from the sea 10 the Mountains and from
bsyond tho Mountains 10 the sss.
Now, Messrs. Editors. as understand
it, all the above named line is provided
for but the gap OF twenty-five miles be-
tween Dorn's Mine and Edgeield C. II I,
And my object is TO direct the attention ef
the people living contiguous to 1t. that
they may act promptly and secure tho
grading OF this, to US. Indispensable link
in the great railroad chain. Ii we fail 10
do our part in the matter, the Savannah
Valley Road, onco united with the Green
wood and Augusta, will have al outle. TO
tie sea pia the Augusta and Port Royal
Railroad; and the opportunity Of getting
railroad through the centre Of your coui-
ty may be lost for ever Once switched
of, and acc are OF for The great hereaf!er'
A country is just what tho people living
in it, make it. Men can subdue and de-
p9ss the sterility Of tho sol! on which he
lives; and when working in accord, be can
force reluctant nature 10 give bin beau
tiful harvest But where nature has done
50 e,ucb ard man so little, to assist in de-
veIoping our natural resources, as is the
case in this portion Of our County, We
think it should arouse Us from our Rp
Van Wlnkle sleep to that rrepressibe de,
termination that assures suceess in all en-
tarpriscs.
What say you, n,cn OF Hitlct, Tslbclt
Collins, Golfers, Moss, Wise ard PIckens !?
Shall we fil up this gap, or shall we con-
tinuo to lug through the mud to market
as the antediluvians did? would suggest
that VIC have meeting Of these Town
ships interested at some central place,
sometime in April. to properly consider
this matter, frausht with the highest hopes
Of great good to all.
Let US hear from you, gentlemen; speak
out, and remember that God helps those
who help themselves.