The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-27
I,,+ sbo,ld the road be extended,

DuG SEOulu toe to"N .Il
from here to kennerly's there would
~. found u ms st excellent line. an"
on with nothing to ithpede III We
,n,rc to Enorec liver. This stream
cau be eas.iy passed. th'n on [" u
ion the county is Il h"anf'i''' lever.
therce to Glenn Springs the c""n'';
is billy. hut being sm"l!. can oe e"Si'
IL cut through, with only one stream
Fair Forrest. t. pass. From Glenn
SWINGS to Spartanbrr4 the route i
favo. an:., only one stream II Fhe way
q secon. n.! crossing of Fair Forrest oe-
inc necessary. The people OF 9paa.
tanbnlg might wish to rnn on 10 0an' I
nry City, to that there c'n'd be no o: o.
lection as it wonld give co:'nua'
lion Of the narrow suag" line on
northward. H., ,t
4Tl Now as to the probable cost
Of tb, road. if huilt through. u dls.
tance Of l42 miles. 1t is.a fixed l"ct
thot ,,,row on lge reads IAN he bnilt
for $1,000 per mile. The cost o. n41
miles wonld then be S5G9.OOO. lhis
sum wonld also equip the road.
9TH. The most momentous qucs-
tion here arises. How is THIS mon
~ 70 lr ,uise,l? We ale Of tie opln-
ion that the most equitable and judi
cious plan is to raise it by taxation
op,oriione,! about as follows. 0ay
Anpnstn raise 100000, Edgeiield
s150,OOO, Newberry $4,000, Union
s75. 600 and Spartanbnrg S5o,ooo'
making s550,OOo, which we think
would take the road to Spar tanbnlg.
The first step in tie matter sonld
be to Lave is early as possible vote
of the counties on the suiject of q ta!,
and that shonld be done speedily.
Newbsrry would vote the Tux, Union
has already done SO.
Now We tbink it may be safely as
serted that after the first yesr, the
people would not have one cent OF
the tax to pay. The bonds could be
placed on the market and sold as
money wculd lie needed. They can
easily be sold at par to rue 20 or %
Years, bearing 7 per cent interest.
Men of onr own State would buy
those bonds as an Investment, if they
should not, Northern men will gladly
take them. Ny readers will see, t'Iat
the length Of this road has been CIV
en-. the estimated cost and what IS
deemed the most feasible plan for
building it. We wonld have you bca
in mind that the narrow guage road
has many advantages over the broad
gauge. They can run much sleeper
grades, and make short curves, but
or the proposed line there will lie no
heavy grades or short curves.
9TH. The question will naturally
arise as to where abor can be secur-
ed to build this road? This might
be arranged. by making application
to the Legislature for convlcts, and
pni them OF the road. Under good
treatment. and at such prices and on
such terms as the State could afford.
We are not given to boasting. but
will venture TO say, to The friends Of
this laad, that if they will place tllis
enterprise in my hands, that Is to
make me- the head Of the road. and
carly ont the suggestions as to taxa
ton, and give me two active mer as
assistants. and 81. nty OF labor. l
woull complete the road in twelve
months :om the Fl! It nf January next.
| would place the entire road nndcr
contract. To do this it would re
qnire two expert engineils. The
peop'" of Prosperity will. doubtless.
be willing to submit to additional tax
alton to build the extra six miles of
road. This ronte was suggested by
lawyer Of this pace Ills views
struck me very forcibly.
The income of the road wonll more
than pay tine interest on the tonds
by the time they come to maturity.
Who is to be benefited by this road :?
Certainly the farmers.
1t is ali nonsense to say that the
benefit will all be with the 10 el chants.
This road will create competition
which will lessen freights, this will
enable the merchant to sell his goods
that much less to the farmer. Hence
1t will be easily seen that tile farmers
as a class are the men who shonld
take the greatest interest in this en-.
terpIise. J.P. *.