The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-03-18

thoritics OF the Georgia Central System. and
to report the result at a meeting to be hcrcaf-
ter called.
Col. OF. Calhoun said:
l have always bcen in favor Of the
Cumberland Gap Road through the
mountains, but IN this matter we ought
to go slow don't let us leap in the dark
these resolutions say go ahead and tax
the town 3 per cent. for the c.. G.. g.. Il
T.. Road, and raise an amount Suilicirn,
to grade the the other route there j.
no law yet chartrring the other road :; |
think ! understand the reason of this
antagonism between the friends Of the
two roads; the people think if we tax
ourselves SO. 900 to build the Culnbcr-
land Gap, we will not then tax ourselves
SlO,WO for the Vcrdcry Road they
don't believe, if we 20 ahead with the
former even if Charleston obtained her
T3GO,ND that we would tax ourselves
for the other route. | differ with Mir.
irnrt rs to tn" advantage Of Charles
toms offer. If Charleston had met our
proposition we would have gone to the
mountains; she doesn't propose to sub
scribe Il cent: but simply to take our
bonds For which W" tax ourselves she
says we will raise $5W.WW to take up
your bonds. How would the road to
Aiken benefit Abbrvillc? What is the
5. e.. r. Il. able to do All she promi-
SEES Is to haul the material to build the
Road, at reduced rates; this was not
our desire this was not meeting our
} proposition we shouldn't fool away
our time while Charleston dilly dallicS
we want present relief; 1t is objected to
: the Ncldcry route that we have nothing
definite from the Georgia Central Road
: rs to what it will to if we grade the
, Road what more definite have VIC from
Charleston 1t is proposed to appoin,
, Il committee to- wait upon Raul let one
. also be appointed to wait upon Charles
I ton and ascertain her Intentions if
y Raoul is to be pinned down, let Charles
= ton also be pinned down.
j; Colonel j.. II. Robertson said
| am Of opinion that there is not so
;. much OF d~iSSrntiOm IN bad feeling
among us, rs some would make believe /:
/ | am satisfied that we arc Ill! agreed that
we need Il rail roah the only thing for
I lis to determine is. which is most a.tvan-
!. tageOuS to I'll" town.; thought this
! meeting wH% called, in the Interest of the
. Cumberland Gap Road: it WAS called
by Chairman OF ti.. a;ijnuyu"i Meeting.
to receive the r.'r,i! y: the ,t.i, :,,..s to
Charl"St"E, il seems to :!ir t;,a! - an yr
e should dn: i is ln.$t for Us To ~:i.;:.S
alone. not to a:itaic this IiMr cr that
everything is progressing very v:'l: let
II us wait and see If Charleston will raise
Il T5U,ND; let us stand by the ~rrSolu-
tons of 11St January, till Cha, lesion
fails | am therefore "prnSc,i TO the
t resolutions | have always been Il Yer
derry man, | am Il Cumberland Gap man:
% let us carry out II proposition in good
n faith nr,I tNf f,nnk 80
till we see what Charleston does IN the
other hand if we vote $4,000 to the
:. other road, why, Mr.. ltaoull may well
say | won't iron your road to Vcricry, |
will have nothing to do it.. | wash my
n, hands of YOU; therefore | say, let Us
wait and sec.
y Mr.. W. y. Ice said
| came into this meeting with %un,,rci.
dcd views; | am Il friend to all rail road
+ enterprises; | thought thos,. were prop
or resolutions endorsed by The meeting
Of the 3lst Of January we then APP
pointed delegates who have made their
report; Charleston is not prepared to
say definitely if she Gun raise The money
"a We need we must await the action oil
d Charleston two roads are proposeH5
us. the first is the great high wAaattom
49, WOO XIV lO
til" West, the second IS the road to Yer
>, !,ry, w" agreed to sec what could be
n done with the former, ard made an offer
to Charleston to raise II certain sum up-
on condition that she raise n like SUN:
Charleston has done better than that ;
She has agreed to grade the Road to our
. very doors upon liberal conditions ;
! then us 90 on with our proposition ;
o there H..ould be no fc"lin. in this mat
$ ter: il | had the gift OF tongues and
II words that Solnc are blessed with, |
: could speak all night on this subject; we
o arc all Abbcvillc men. not Cumberland
: Gap men, or Nrr,tcry men, but all inter-
Il e>."d in the welfare and prosperity of
r .\bhcvilic.
Mr.. +. &. Graydon said
have not come into this meeting as
the advocate or antagonist of any
spe:ial line; let us consider in the first
place what we arc committed to and are
bound to carry ont on the 3lSt OF Jam
: nary we adopted resolutions in favor Of
+ the Cumberland Gap Road. and sent del
rGat"S to Charleston, and this meeting
has heard their report we arc here to
: adopt some course, and decide upon
what is best for Abbcvillc to do we
want relief. immediate relief it is said :
8 why our only hop" Of Immediate relief
lies in the Carolina Cumberland Gap and
: Chicago Road VIC have no authority to
build any other now, no charter for any
< other road we could not condemn a
foot Of land for right Of way, and have
y no right to pledge the town to anything
). but the Carolina, Cumberland Gap and
y Chicago Railroad it is objected that
Charleston is illiberal in not putting up
money; that is tho experience of all roads,
capitalists are not noted for their libcr-
atty every road in the State has been
built by the people grading it and the
! capitalists taking up the bonds itsecms
= to me Charleston is liberal !; she offers
to take $500 UO Of the bonds and allow
, MS to lock up our bonds till the road is
arour very doors; the fear is expressed
that the road will never go on to the