The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-11-18
I'LL: RESILT,
RAILROADS IN THE STATE.
Now Roads, Old Roads and Roads thai are
to be Built.


AT Il recent election held in Bull
locks Creek township, York county
OH the question Of subscribing So, UUl
to the capital stock Of the Georgetown
and North Carolina Narrow Gauge
Railroad, there were $40 votes pOllcd.
Only 81 votes were pollcd against tho
subscription, the majority in favor
being PHI.
The people along the line of the
Augusta and Knoxville Railroad are
loud in their complaints of the cXccs-
sivc freight charges of that company.
The consequence is that large quaint
tics of cotton arc being shipped by the
Savannah River. Ii is alleged that
the railroad in question has advanced
twenty-five cents per hundred pounds
and on other classes of freight pro-
p%ortionatcly.
The Branchvillc Banner, speaking
of the opinion that is held in some
parts of Collcton county that the cor>
porators will apply the 5000 0 of
county funds to the building of the
road only from WATERFORD TO Green
Pond, says: cit has Eccn suggested,
and by those who have means TO in
vest in such an enterprise, that if the
corporators wish to dispcl such i'm
prcssions from the public mind, and
establish the fact that their 0pposrrs
have misconstrucd their intentions, and
at the same time invite the investment
Of private capital in this enterprise,
let them have the survey made ut once,
and when operations are begun let it
be simultaneously done ut both Green
Pond and B%ranchvillc, expanding as
they 60 equal amounts on both ends Of
this road"
The work of laying the rails on The
Savannah Valley Railroad is being
actively pushed forward. The con
struction party have arrived 1T the
river. and are o putting up the tenn
porary bridge, which will soon be flu
iShcd, when the cars will pass over the
stream and track-laying will be con-
tinued.
The people of Johnston. Ed9clicld
county, are making efforts TO raise
such a subscription as will place John
ston on The line OF the road which it is
proposed to run from GrcCnvilla to
Port Royal, or some point On the At
lamtic coast. At n meeting recently
held at Johnston Capt. II. b. Waters
and Mr.. W. j. lluict were elected
delegates to Il railroad meeting to dis
cuss this matter, which will be held AT
Nincty-SiX on the 18th instant.
The friends and advocates of the
narrow gauge road from Augusta to
Ncwbcrry met at Edgcticld Courthouse
last Monday 10 discuss the building OF
that road and the branch road from
Nincty-siX to the main line. 1t is cX-
pcctcd that the people along the pro-
posed route from Nincty-Six TO the
main line will build that part Of The
road by private subscriptions. it is
estimated that the main line can be
built for 100000.
The Edgclicld Chronicle says "that
tho bright visions looked for from the
several railroad projects in view have
undoubtedly failed to bring any wave
Of business prosperity to Edgcticld. Ii
is about time now for the people TO
stop dreaming and waiting and 90
to wNr~ and build u narrow gauge
railroad"
The Abbcvillc Press anil Bnnne",
speaking of the proposition to levy a
tax to grade the proposed road from
Enright's to Abbevillc and Greenwood,
says: "lf IL people desire to levy Il
tax for a road which would promise q
fair return we will, no doubt, make nc
objection. But we certainly will not
join q crusade to levy the tax when
there is manifest opposition. We arc
opposed 10 lynch law, no matter
whether applied to persons or proper
ty."