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THE NEW NARROW GAUGE.
A Perfectly Successful MeetinS---Ev.
erybOdy Enthusiastic and Conf.
dent---WOrk to BeSin Immediately
Som Schemes Suggested.
Greenrilte Ne,Cs


Greenrite NeUs.
The gentlemen from this city who attended
the meeting of the Stockholders of the Allan:
tic and Great Western narrow gauge railroad
at Ninety-SiX returned last night. They are
unanimous In the statement that they are
say they, have never seen q meeting In which
there was such u spirit of business and ear
nest determination and confidence;
The meeting was harmonious and oil pres
ent we're Of enc mind, determined to begin
practical work without delay and push ahead
over all obstacles. AS we stated In THE n EwS
yesterday, Col. II. z. HumInett was called 10
The presidency by the unanimous voice of the
STOCKHOLDERS. who were willing to let him
make his " terms IN ncceptingi and practl.
cally asked nothing more than his name mt
the head Of the enterprise, and his counsel III
It's conduct. Capt. Kirk was ELECTED vice pres
ident: The directors are Capt. +; A.. Smyth,
of Pelzer; Col. james Mccullough. Of Green
Vile: DEF ". Chiles; Of Edsefeld;, q. L:
Jackson. of Ninety-SiX; w: Scott hllen' OF
J. Hewitt, Of Johnston's; l.. NJ. Moore, Of
Ninety-SiX; ]. b. Huinbcrt, OF Laurens. f:
NJ. Pope of Ninety Six, was elected secretary
and treasurer, and Capt. W. ); Xix clllet en-
/. Jackson and +. a. Common were elected ex-
eculive committee. Mcssrs. Conner, Hum
bert and Allen were appointed u committee
ON the revision OF the charter.
Will be begun next week, and a. soon as that
Is completed dirt will be thrown. Captain
Xix Is confident he can grade the ROAD froul
sight and will hurry forward as rapidly as
possible. Grading will probably be begun ny
Christmas.
Columbia Register.
There seems to be no end {. THE enterprise Of
the Mountain City. We hear of q brand new
enterprise which, as VIC are informed, Is al
ready fairly afOOt, though MOI ninety Gays
old. This is n scheme to take up me Ola Ior!
Royal and Greenvilie uneXpired charter anu
build Il narrOW-gauge and from Greenrllle VIA
Pelzer's Mills to Mincty.SiX. and thence 70
Johnston, OH the Columbia and Augusta road;
thence in the air for the coast. we are IN
formed that S7O,OW or SSO,0OO have been al
This scheme will hold water, If GreenVll!e
has the haruihoUd to undertake 1t In dead
earnest. There can be little doubt tnat inc
road will look Tor a connection with charles,
ton. 1t will be seen that the airline from
Johnston to Charleston passes through
Branch willie, 129 miles III length. But by dc.
tlecting to Orangeburg, and thenceDy AIR IN
10 Charleston, the distance iSal3l miles: me
route through O~rangcburg, then, VIII pc Inc
better one. But another route from johnston
via Barnwcll, would he 13i miles 10 Charles
ton. Between the Barnwell and the Orange.
burg routes, with five miles difference only ID
in favor Of the Barnwell route. At Barnwell
the line would be s. miles from Charleston
and passing through Bcaufort's Bridge, Riv.
ers' Bridge, Ruckllead and Waterboro, y y
miles from Savannah, passing, dilectIy
through Allendale, Iawtonvillc, Robertville
Purysburg. BY adopting the Barnwel route
then, Charleston and Savannah both wonlc
be taken on the line, and Charleston ana Si
vannah both would he forced to contribute tc
the scheme. Or, should Charleston refuse
Savannah would certainly take 1t up at the
bidding OF the Black Swamp. LaWtonVille
--1 n f.ra1yr nor M
irons, and who are able TO build the road from
Barnwell to Savannah themselves, savannah
combining her contribution to crossing INC nv
err Mt her door and assisting IN building INC
far as Charleston is concerned, 1t Is hard TO sec
| why she would turn her back on n ROUTE
hearting Colleton II Barr well, elVlno ncra
valuable cotton and lumber tradC anu IL route
of 2l5 miles to the mountains. anc;, WIN 4
line extended 80 miles from BarnWeil 10 Au
gusta, and airline narrow-gauSe route from
Charleston to Augusta on the original old Inc
first sought between Charleston and Augusta:
Now let US see what this whole sheme OF
road would cost. From Grecnville to Barn:
well we see Il line Of l26 miles, from Barnwell
to Charleston via Wnlterboro 90 miles. from
Barnwcll to Savannah Via Allcnd:lle IL miles
say $1,000 per mile and footing up a tntal cost
OF 81 ,352,0W. ThelOw cost taken Is fortified by
the fact that a large portion OF the wnolc
route would require scarcely any grazing,
and the very best TIMBER cOulu DC eoC Oh tHe
very roadbed at tile very lowest possible cost
Al this low total cost VIC would have Il Green
! Vile and Charleston road Of zig miles; a
Greenvlllc and Savannah road Of 20 miles, q
Charleston and augusta of 12S miles, IL Sd
vaunah and Augusta roud of ~ miles. and Il
Greenville and Augusta road Of l4 miles
covering q milcs &c all told Of $40 miles, with
but 33S miles of track, and greatly shortening
The distances between all points. save rom
G~reenville to Augusta, which would be eight
miles further than by the Greenville and AN.
gusta and Knoxville roads.
We see here II saving of track rs compareu
with present routes to Charleston anu Slran'
nah, and ctween these cities and Augusta
;s follows:
MILES
Greonvillc to III .272.5