The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-28
THE NARROW GAUGE ROADS.
\ Queer Talk by President Mitchell
"iis'' ''Grcenvillc Branch and
What he Proposes to do with
it--RmarkabIc Gas or
bad Rcporting.

bad Reporting!
"GeS. all tie Red Line roads in the
Carolinas will center at Augusta
said Col. Mitchell to the Evening
News to-day.
How will the scarlet line run:
asked the News man.
The first or main stem will run
from Augusta to Edgcfield c. H., ther
there vii! be branch road from that
point 80 miles to Abbeyile, another
10 miles to Grecnville. and the
straight line to Newberry 10 miles.
| have just returned from the latter
town, where l was rendered $4,000
in seven per cent. twenty year bonds
to aid the construction Of the Au.
gusta, Edgefeld and Newberry."
Will that road terminate there?
Il think not. I was met at new
berry with proposition from Union
County to extend the line to Union
court house and to Yorkville in York
County. Both these counties pro-
pose, | was told. to issue bonds for
| 100000 each. These bonds can
readily be sold at above par, and Au-
gusta would thus have about l33
miles Of narrow gauge running al
most direct north through very rich
country"
What about the Greenvillc branch?
1T will be 10 miles long. and
grading is now progressing rapidly
on that line, and to-day | received a
proposition from Polk county, n. c.,
to extend it through that section.
This county proposes to issue S30.-
coo Of bonds to aid the extension.
Now, if you will examine the map
YOU will see that one Of these roads
would eventually have Knoxville as
terminus and the other Charlotte.
n. C. In all there are 331 miles Of
road projected, all having Augusta
for their objective point. Some Of
these roads were projected to cut
Augusta off by passing through Edge
field court house and on to the At
lantic coast, but by some manage
ment we have succeeded in turning
them all to this city.
The red lines are many it seems?
Yes, and they are all proper back
ing to float per cent. bond at par
and interest. These lines are like
the A., G. S.. intended as feeders to
Augusta. They pass through the
richest counties Of the South.
They would bring US more trade
than we could obtain in any other
direction. You may rot be aware Of
it, but lands in western South Caro-
lima are the finest in the State and
readily sell, in six to eight miles Of
q railroad, at $50 to $50 per acre"
What is Augustus chief need now?
Trade. She needs patronage
from as many persons as can be
brought here. We can get all the
goods we want if we can sell them,
and the sure cure for determinations
in freight rates is to sell goojls sufi-
cient to make it an object to freight
agents not to discriminate adverse
ly."
When will you begin grading on
tie Newberry road?
Il shall start an engineering corps
in about two weeks. and if you will
cast your eye, about that time, to the
top Of Schultz S Hill, yon may see tie
flags Of Carolina and Georgia float.
ing over the camp. BY June lst we
will have finished the grading on the
Sandersville road, and then the two
hundred men now working beyond
Gibson with a splendid equipment
will attack the Carolina hills
What have the citizens Of Augusta
subscribed to the Newberry road?
"Thirty-fve thousand dollars to
date. l want fifteen thousand dol
lars more from the people Of augusta,
and the subscription list will stand
as follows; Augusta, $4,000; Edge
field. $4,000; Newberry, $4,000; 4
total Of S1G6,000, or about S2,-i00
per mile, which forms pretty good
basis for an Issue Of only S324,O00
Of ) per cent. bonds. You will OBJ
serve that the issue Of bonds is about
double the stock list, or , to l, and
before tie war such an issue Of bank
bills beyond the capital was consid-
cred good banking. Hence the Red
Lines, as you call them, ask Our peo-
pie to invest, not to give. .-A"ynstu
Ercning Ners.
Cuttings Of roses. heliotropes, etc,
will grow better if taken Of at the
junction Of tile old and new wood,
and should be cut off just below a
joint or bud. as the roots start from
that point, aHl If 9 bud is not left