Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-05-20
RAILROAD NEWS.
THE ROANOKE AND SOUTHERN

TIE n SOUTHERN.
Says the Charlotte Observer of Friday
\. correspondent at Roanoke, Va, says that
"the engineer corps engaged in making
preliminary survey Of the Roanoke and
Southern railroad, are making rapid pro-
gress in their work, and report favorably
as to grades.' The engineers are work.
ing in the direction Of Charlotte, and
the result of their work will be eagerly
awaited by our citizens. Two routes will
be surveyed southwark from the Virginia
line through North Carolina.
CHARLESTON, CINCINNATI AND CHICAGO.
Says the Shelby 1moru: The future
Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Rail-
road is pushing vigorously its work toward
rapid completion from Blacks, S.. c., to
Rutherfordton, n. c. A large force under
the sub-cOntractors is at work. Grading
the route, trestle building and delivering
cross-ties are being rapidly pushed, and
everything promises that the train from
Enthusiastically will be runningo on Septem-
Der |, 1886. Some promise an earlier date
and affirm August as the time. Mr.. B.
Blanton has the ~cross-tie contract from
Blacks to Sandy Run, oyer 20 miles, and he
has given bond for the delivery of them
before July 2G on the whole line.
The Shelby NeW Era has the following
concerning the operations north of the Air
Line Railroad Col. Thad. Coleman, who is
surveying the line of the Charleston, Gin
cincinnati and Chicago Railroad between
Rutherfordton and Marion, has his corps
now at Viewers about milesfr from Mariors
Col. MatSOn, with his corps, is at work
about 20 miles north of Marion, going over
the mountains toward the Tennessee line.
Col. p. T. Dickinson is to be south on the
10th to inspect the work that has been done
on the trestles and bridges between Blacks
and Forest City. Col. r. a. Johnson, gen.
eral manager Of the Company, has just pur-
chased the finest lumber mill in this coun-
try. 1t has a fifty-horse-power engine and
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES boiler and is located
on a fine tract of land, purchased by Col.
Johnson for the company, near Webb's
Creek. Col. r. T.. Allen, of Harrisburg,
Pa, has been selected to haye the entire
management of the mill. He will employ
about 80 hands and is now preparing a camp
which will include a c0mmissary. The first
lumber Col. Allen will saw will be used for
the trestle on Webb's Creek, containing
over $4,000 feet Of lumber. He will then
get out lumber for the stations, warehouses
and platforms on the road. Mr.. Franklin
G. Power, Of Grafton, Va, is now engineer
in charge Of the work between Shelby and
Blacks, while Mr.. w. B. Hooker has charge
Of trestles between Shelby and Rutherford
ton.
The Rock Hill Herald of Thursday says:
1t is now considered certain that the rail
road has been located to Yorkville as we'll
as to Rock Hill. We are informed that a
majority of the freehold voters in Cane
Creek, CLIPS Creek and Pleasant Hill town.
ships, in Lancaster county, have signed Pc
titiOns asking the County Commissioners
to order elections in the townships named
on the question of subscribing to the pro-
iected railroad. The citizens of Indian
Land township, Lancaster county, held a
meeting at Belair last Monday to ask the
Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Rail-
road Company to consider the practicability
Of a route southwark by the way of Ivy's
Mill on the CataWba River. 1t is stated
that Indian Land and Waxhaw townships,
in Lancaster, will both subscribe literally if
the company will build the road through
that section.
In reference to the proposed subscription
in Lancaster county, the Reriew of last week
says: The county commissioners held a
meeting at the court house last Saturday for
the purpose of considering petitions present
ed by freehold voters in the townships of
CLIPS Creek, Cane Creek and Pleasant Hill,
asking for an election to determine wheth-
er these townships shall subscribe to the
capital stock of the Charleston, Cincinnati
and Chicago railroad. 1t being ascertained
that a majority of the qualified freehold
voters of the respective townships had
signed the petitions, the county commits
sioners decided to order the election pray
ed for at an early day. Formal notice Of,
the election will probably appear in our
next issue. The c., c.. and c.. Railroad was
represented at the meeting, by Major Jas.
+. Hart, of Yorkville. The several amounts
which these townships propose to subscribe
are as follows CLIPS Creek, S39, 900; cane
Creek, SO, 900; Pleasant Hill, $40, 900; max
ing a total of ST., 900. 1t is estimated that
the amount required to be raised by tax
alton to pay the interest on the bonds to be
issued by these three townships for the
sums named will be $500 on the thousand
of taxable property.
OF the survey in Sumter, the Udtchman
of the 18th instant says: Major Ramsaur,
with the engineer corps of the c., C. & c.
Railroad, reached Sumter last week, having
run the preliminary survey of the railroad
route from Camden to this place. 1t was
run by Smithville and Heriot's Cross Roads,
and we learn that the engineer is highly
pleased with the route except at Smithville
where it is tortuOus and grades high but
the engineer is satitied that he can find a
shorter route, upon a re-Survey, of 6 or s
miles. This he could not now make as he
was compelled to run another route from
Lancaster across the CataWba River, and
then to locate the line for contractors from
Rock Hill on to the North Carolina line
through Yorkville.