The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-01-26
ATLANTIC & FRENCH BROAD r.. r..
The Trunk Line from tho Coast 10 CincIn-
natl.
staff Correspondent Me,rs and lbwier.


Courier this morning that contract had
been signed for the completion of the
Atlantic and French Broad Valley Rail.
road was received in this city with many
indications of popular surprise. The
up'country members of the Legislature.
especially from the sections more directly
interested in the construction of the road
are very much gratified at the turn things
have taken and are confident that the
road vii! now be built.
Col. . G. King and Col. S. l.. Camp.
bell, through whom ,he negotiations on
the part of the New York Syndicate
were conducted, were at the Columbia
Hotel this morning and had long and
satisfactory consultation with representa-
tivas of the Edge6eld, Trenton and
Aiken Railroad. They will meet the
board Of directors of this road Mt Trenton
10 morrow and complete similar con-
tract TO that just entered into with the
directors of the French Broad Road.
Col. King is Vice. President of the
Cumberland Gap, Morristown and Ohio
Railroad, which is to form one of the
links i'll the new through line from
Charleston to the Northwest. He is
largely interested in the valuable coal
and iron deposits of the Cum oerIand Gan
country, and has done much to advance
the Interests of the new railroad Col.
Campbell has for thirty years been en-
gagged in railroad affairs, and for nine
years was connected with the Marietta
and Cincinnati Railroad as purchasing
agent. He is now here as the represen.
tative of Messrs. Child & Oliver, of New
York, who in turn represent syndicate
OF capitalists. l called on him this
morning and secured the following inter.
estlng facts about the road which prom
ises to do SO much to develop the COM
merclal interests of Charleston and the
State. Col. Campbell said:
I'VE have already concluded n contract
with the Atlantic and French Broad
Valley Railroad from Edge6eld to the
North Carolina line, distance l29 miles.
We have also arranged the preliminaries
OF q contract with the Aiken, Trenton
and Edge6eld Railroad, distance %
miles. This gives us q total distance of
l52 miles in South Carolina. We have
already arranged to extend the line
northwardly from the State line across
North Carolina and East Tennessee into
the Kentucky coal fields at Cumberland
Gap, distance of $50 miles. We pro.
pose to build line from Cumberland
Gap, 43 miles, to connections with Lou
isville and Cincinnati railroads, already
in active operation. The roads with
which we will connect are the Louisville
and Nashville, the Cincinnati Southern
and the Knoxville Central. The entire
length of our completed lines, reaching
from the Kentucky railroad connections
to Aiken, South Carolina, where we will
x,,,s
way, will be 375 miles, forming the short.
est possible line that ever can be built
from the South Carolina coast to the
great Northwest. This line traverses a
greatly diversified country, opening up
the finest and most extensive coal fields
on the Continent, bisecting every known
'ariety of iron ore, developing the rich
marble deposits of Tennessee, and her
zinc, lead and copper mines, furnishing
an outlet for the timbered wealth of a
hitherto undeveloped region Of country,
and supplying the Northwest with an
open and easy route to the South Atlap-
tic coast and the ports Of Europe and the
world. The continuation of this road, or
lines OF road, will bring the coal fields of
Cumberland Gap nearer to Charleston
than any other coal fields, and will make
Charleston one OF the most important
and cheapest conling stations on the At
lantic coast. 1t is estimated that the
coal traffic alone of the road will fully
justify the building of the road and pay
the interest on the capital invested. Be-
ing the shortest line to the Northwest
this road will also furnish the cheapest
and easiest line of transportation for the
grain and produce Of the country through
which it passes and from the great North.
west beyond.
"The line completed, Charleston will
be able to compete successfully with the
Baltimore and the Northern markets
Charleston is nearer by FIVE to ak hun.
dred miles than any other importing city
in the Union to the coffee growing re-
gions and the sugar producing countries
and to the rice fields of the world. With
the proper Improvement Of the entrance
to her harbor and the cheap coal thai
this road will be able to lay down at her
docks to supply outgoing steamers with
fuel, and being the shortest possible line
to the grain fields Of the Northwe.:, it is
confidently believed that the groceries tc
supply the Northwest will hereafter be
largely imported by Charleston houses.
Another most important branch o.
ouolhcSS luuI VIII Ut ueVelOpeu ID tnt
trade i'll yellow pine lumber, for which
there is constantly increasing demand
among the car builders throughout the
entire North.
"The road can be constructed at 9
moderate cost, not exceeding q total cos
per mile of $4,000. This includes The
road completed and ready for business
There are no grades in the line over sew.
enty-five feet to the mile
"The conditions of the contract which
has been made with the Atlantic ap;
French Broad Road are that Child
| Oliver, who represent an Independent
syndicate of capitalists, complete thu
road by the 3lst of December, 1884
They expect to complete the entire line
of 375 miles by that time. 1t will tax,
some time to complete the consolidation
of the several roads of which this linz
-:!i be composed, but active work vii
be begun in very short time. Unit
the consolidation is completed the worl
of constructing the French Broad Roao
will proceed under the old direction. o
the entire line something over fifty mile
have been graded"
| = A Florida company has been 81
successful in making paper from palmet
to that it is said twenty mills will b,
erected in sections of the State wher,
palmetto trees are abundant.
= A lady in this county recently CAV
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