The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-12-08
NUMBER 40.

property have been much Increased. lie thinks
that IN another year Of prosperity there will DO
few better roads in the South. The Commission
er discusses the various questions arising from
| the mutual relations of the corporations owning
the roads and the people who use them. You
are respectfully referred to his Report for tho
views he expresses. They are entitled to weight
as coming from one whose position has given
him opportunities of impartial observation, and
/ whose opinions have been maturely considered.
Many interesting tables accompany the Report.
lhcy are, however, incomplete account of
| some oil the roads failing to make their returns
| In proper time. am unable, therefore, to give,
MS desired. n summary view ofthe condition and
| working with us of these imp rtant factors in
| the life of to-day.
| Several important new railroads have been
projected and considerable progress has been
| irade as to the construction of them. The Edge
| Held. Trenton aud Aiken Railroad Company and
the Atlantic and French Broad have been con.
sohdnted with certain North Carolina, Tennessee
| and Kentucky roads, whose objective point at
present Is Lexington, Kentucky, under the style
OF the Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago
Railroad Company. The organization has been
perfected and contract has been entered int for
rapidly PUSHING the construction Fifty odd miles
OF the road have already been graded in South
| Carolina. When completed il will be much the
shortest line from the Northwestern trade CEN
| tres to the South Atlantic and must prove of in
| calculablc value to the State. 1t will realize the
| dream fifty years ago-the direct and indcpcn-
uen' e"nnee.'on oi our commercial metropolis
| W"h inc ohio valley. Some grading has been
| uohe on 'he savannah valley kailroad from An
| "ersom 'o"nris Dorns Mine on the Augusta
aud Knoxville Road. On the Spartanburg,
Laurcns and Greenwood Road the grading is be-
| Ionn', Rood ,,; g - o Wv, W. s u
ON the North. Eastern Railroad wort has recent,
| ly been ccmrcnccl =
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Tho orror;,oj ,,;,;,;. ,.
comnon;ns ~ g., '''r. W' 0onsiSS - VI e'sh'y one
numhor;na y a-c I 'oaun'eer iroops N"n't').
| No,;i ' '"' ''"' '"e"'! cohphh'es Vi
| aggregate 5 5,56l The AJiutont nnJ Insncc,,r
General reports the general condition of the
niitih' In every respect, better than when he
! inspected them in 1881. The officers are moro
conversant with their duties, companies better
| uriiieu, anu more general spirit of military
emil usiasm pciva les oil ranks More than one
| half of the companies of the Volunteer Troops
| would compare very ftvorably with ike organ.
cations of any other State of the Union. This
| Improvement is TO be attributed in great mca-
sure, to the encouragement given 10y the liberal
appropriation made by the General Assembly at
| It's last session "to enable companies 10 maintain
their organizations and TO increase their eff
ciency
Many OF the old companies have been dis
| handed, and perhaps ii may be advisable 10 still
| further continue the system Of wedding out the
| ineihcient corps, as the number of men given
ABOVE can very well he reduced to the extent Of
| one ni'h leaNlhg. IN round numbers, about
| i,ooo men OF nll arms-a force amply sufficient
| Tor all purpose.
Inc appropriation asked for the militia is
s=I''oo'
rARpoNs AND coMMurA1ioNs.
to exercise Executive clcmcncy in twen,yfy
instances of which ten have been combinations
In another communication. vii law nefor.
you, as required by law, n full statement Of each
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of a century has been varied by strongly con-
in saci rrrio" onI ;nst preceding the evil war;
the highest point which had marked our pro.
greSs g since ns English colony landed upon The
its heroic enorts-iis ,l;sastrous rcsni,s Of ,ha
aJcu.,nH'ion "nonr OF two centuries of industry.
property, there remained the ashes. Thc land
atone was left encumhcreh with debt, and with
usurious rates. Then came the frs, % neriol OF OF
reconstruction the painful struggle for bread
soc;c,v slo,YIv oLnn,; iyr t'' o"SE, ''enons
conditions and the native energies of the white
winnin~ ;,s ,va ",I' 20 nd"a'm, n,'Sns' s"poor"y
1876 this unhappy period ended, and today
vou ns % Is aSne ne GSnin. lad eeore
ordered smooth working and economic govern.
ment' and Of " harry and prosperous people.
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