The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-01-26
OUR RAILROAD INTERESTS.

BY reference to an article printed on
our first page, it will be seen that the
Atlantic and French Broad Valley Rail-
road has been formally turned over to
Messrs. Child & Oliver, representatives
of New York syndicate, who are to
complete and equip the road in first class
style by tho 6rst of December, lSs!
The road is to run from Edgefield ria
Troy, Abbeville, Due West, Bolton, Will
liamston, Easley, Pickcns to the North
Carolina line, on the original survey, and
is guaranteed to form link in an indie
pendent through line from tho South
Carolina coast to Ohio, making direct
connection with both Louisville and Gin.
cinnati. The terms of the transfer re-
quire that work shall be commenced by
the 1st September, 1882, but it is expect
ed that five hundred or thousand hands
will be put to work grading the road
early in the Spring
The Directors of the road arc TO be
congratulated upon tho favorable terms
Of their contract with the syndicate, and
the friends of the enterprise are justly
jubilant over the prospects of its early
completion, and we sincerely hope they
will not be disappointed. To build the
road, over three hundred miles long, and
tho most of that distance through noun.
tains and mountainous regions, within
the limitedtime will certainly be grand
achievement, and the results that will
surely follow in the way of developing
the resources Of the country through
which it will pass will be worth millions
of dollars, to the South rs we'll as to The
West.
The question, What effect will this
transaction have upon the Savannah
Valley Railroad, which has been rival
in some respects of tho A. G. F. B. r. r.,
naturally suggests itself; and there is q
very general feeling. we understand. that
the Savannah Valley will go under.
But this is mistake. The chances for
the success of this road are as good now,
if not better, than at any time in its his
tory. The Directors are not discouraged,
and are going ahead with the enterprise,
and are determined that it shall not be q
failure. It ia trne that Il LOCKE .c=s. s :hs E.
the promised help from the South Caro-
lima Railroad will not be received, but its
auccess is not. and never was, contingent
upon help from that quarter. 1t was de.
sired from the outset to make direct con.
nection with Charleston. and thereby
assist in building up our own metropolis,
but Charleston has shown so little inter-
est in the enterprise that the Directors
are now turning their attention to the
overtures from Augusta, and in all prob
ability before many weeks elapse its con-
struction to that city during the next
summer will be assured. There is q very
strong feeling along the line of the road
to make Augusta the terminal point of
the Savannah Valley, and we have no
doubt this will be done. To wait longer
On the South Carolina Road, or TO ever
sxpect any encouragement or assistance
rom Charleston, would be folly, and we
rope the Directors will no longer wait on
be slow movements of the South Caro-
ina Road. Like the city OF Charleston,
seems perfectly satisfied with its pres
pt achievements. 1t does not seem to
are for anything more than it now has,
1i If local roads are built in the State