Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-03-03

hands Of Now York and Bus,on capitalists
It should hc remembered" continued The
speaker. "thut the only completed railroad
from the Northwest to the Southeast is tho
Chsttaoooga and Atlanta, now contrulyd
by tho Louisville aud Nashville Cuupuny
The freight business OF this lihe is 40 great
that the trains almost touch each other, and
the fuciiities for doing the husiocss Of the
section ore totally inadequate. The com.
pletion Of the Blue Ridge Rosd will supply
u went thnt has long boen felt. II will he
u trunk line, fully nble to compete with the
ChAttanouga and Atlanta iins, sud will
reduce tho distance from Chicago aud
Cincinnati to the Southeast ports by about
two buodrcd miles. The parties controlling
tho Blue Ridge Road at both ends aro now
organizing for it's rnl,id COMPLEXION" The
e-tmated cost Of the work is $4,000
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From. the Chaflestou Ne,os and Courier
THE BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD AND WESTERN
CONNECTIONS.
1t is reported that number of New
York and Boston capitalists ore preparing
to takc possession Of the remains of the
Blue Ridge Railroad aud push tho road
through to completion. What has been
published on tho subject will bu found else.
where.
There are CLEMENTS Of great vitality 10
the old project. A vast amount Of work
has been dnnc. at cost Of over four mil
lion dollars in ootual money, and. 10 South
Carolina, tke scheme will havo tho support
OF the whole OF the counties lying along
the line Of til South Carolina and Coun.
h'a and Grecpville Railroads, aud of the
EigciieId and Tronton uud Savanpah Valley
Railroads.
The fire. sep, if the Now Yrrk aud I3ns-
tOu capitalists are in earnest, will be, W..
presume, to ohtain nontfol Of the railroad
aud chartor. in wh"t position the concern
nnw ia nohudy seems to know The Blue
Ridge r ilroad iu South CaroIiua hys been
| sold once. and WAS attempted 10 TIC sod TWO
nr three times; aud tho Knoxville and
| Maryvi!le R,iroid Ol.c Tennessee eud of
shc lipe) has heen bough. nv Mr. Sihley. of
the Air Lioe Rliiroad. With . clear titl..
to the whole wort: suy new Company would
have, M u OASIS Of operations. the oumple-
| I'D road FROM Anderson to WnihuIla. snd
from MaryvlIe t" ROCKVILLE, ne we'll us the
tunneIiog aud grading already done 81
intermediate poihts I he eatimato is that
| the Iuad can be completed for three mill on
| dollars, mud This sun could Dot he hetter
spent lhau in giving South Carolina tirec,
| communication with the West.
The Act of Assembly Of Fvhruary 20.
1881, remiis the taxes then due by the
| lSlne Ridge R.i!roa3, aud such as nav be-
cnme due duIing the next three ypnra it
| work were begun on ar fefurc Juue l. 1881.
| nnd the fitch scctinn OF tho Act pledges the
| faith Of the Suite that ell taxes shall be re-
,uitted for twenty years, nn condition tn st
the work begin cy June l. 1881, and be
completed w'thin three yonrs This shows
| tho disrnaiton IT the Legislature to give
| all practicable aid III the cousfructioo of the
road.
We DO not exactly understand whnt is
published concerning tne funded ind guar
untced deb. Of tho Blue Ridge Road This
vii! be explained, We suppose, if there ie
| anything substsDtiol iD the present revival.
II. Tho gossip ahon, tho recent sale of
The A'nn'ic, Mississippi and Ohip R"il-
road oontinurs, aud the latest explanation
of its Significance cone~ from Philadelphia.
The NorM american snys that tie upward
teDdenuc OF Philadelphia md Rrading and
Jersey Centrsl r ,ilro.d stocks wus fully
ao"ounted for by the belief tiut these rouds
are to become part of new trunk lioe from
| New Orleans aud Mobile to New York
The Louisville aud NnshvilIe's icased or
controlled branches utford communication
with Mcmphis, St. Louis. Selmu. Montgom.
I, cry, PeDssooln, Mobile aud Ncw Orleans
| They include, it SAYS, the Memphis line,
the Nashville and Dec,tur. tho South nnd
| North n ALBANIA. the Nashville nud Chstta-
nooga, the Mobile bud Montgomery. the
New Orleans mud Mouiie, the Selma und
Montgomery tho Pensacola aod Selma, and
the ST. Louis uud Southeastern Railroads,
with several litte feeders in K"u,ucky,
! Teooessee nud Florida. The Western nd
A'autio to Atlanta, the Georgia 10 An
gns,a and tho Georgia Central to S,v,unali
oso oprrato their lines IN cloae and friendly
connection with tho LnnisviIle aud Nssh-
/ vile. As before mertiopod, The pl,n ia said
! to bn TO connect the Atlantic, Mississippi
! aud Ohio Railroad with the Shenandoah
! V"llny Railroad. and So obt#in direct CON
mu"icution with Phi'adclphia ADD New
York The North Ameritan says: "J'he
system of rpilrnads which thus secures "a
excellent metropolitan ou' ct ia seen t. ex.
t"nd its trauches literally over the whole
South. East of the Mississippi Nor can it
no pruuoupccd less fortunate for Philsdcl
phia than TOR New York. To soy nothing
of tho advantages Philadelphia will un-
doub'e!Iy derive from al iumenso i'm
provemeul in the business of tho Rcrding
aod Shennnd"nh Valley Roads, large
part Of the through trade of tho Truuk
L'ne will naturally Aog into this city