Savannah morning news., 1886-01-02
RAILROADS IN CAROLINA.
Lines that Have Been Built In the Past
Five Years.

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Five Years.
In 1850 there were, says the Nelcs ana
/ Coar'er, l,4G3 miles OF railroads in South
Carolina. Since that time 240 miles have
1 been completed. The new ROADS traverse
the following counties: Abbeville, Barn
/ well, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Colleton,
/ Ed2eheld, GeOrgetown, Laurens, Marl-
/ boro', spaltanburg, sumter. Williams
I burg
! The following is complete list of the
railroads constructed since 1880. number
| NJ mi'es Of each, points connected, and
! the aggregate cost:
Augusta and knoxville Railroad--COn-
meeting Augusta, Ga, with Greenwood, >.
c., 5l miles i'm south Carolina.
I'arnWeii Rauroad-Connecting Barn
well Court House With Blackyille, Q
miles.
Central Railroad OF South Carolina
Connecting sumter with Lanes, 40 miles.
Cheraw and Salisbury Railroad-Con-
pecting Cheraw with WadesDorO', \. c.,
II miles in South Carolina.
EutawNllle Railroad Connecting Al
mile station with Holly Hill, y miles. To
be continued to Sumter Court House.
Georgetown and Lanes Railroad--COu-
Meeting GEORGETOWN aud Lanes, 50 miles.
Greenwood, Laurens aud Spartanburg
! Railroad (CnneCtinL Greenwood with
! NpartanhurE Courthouse, 66 miles.
Savannah Valley Railroad-To connect
| McCOrmicE with Anderson Courthouse,
! ! miles completed.
south Carolina Pacific Railroad-From
! North Carolina state line, whore it 10 ns
the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley rail-
road, 10 Bennettsyille. 5. c.. 10 miles.
The cost Of construction was 81 $4,000.
The following are some Of the more i'm
portant roads projected and in course Of
construction: Work on the Savannah
Valley railroad is in progress, and on the
Aiken. Edgetield and Trenton, the Green
Vile and Port R0yal, connecting the
mountains and the coast, uaS been sur
Veyed from Greenville to JohnstOn's, on
the Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta;
the Narrow Gauge from Augusta, Ga,
via Newberry. to Union and Glenn
Springs, and the route from Spartanhu burg
to Union, and another from Shelby, n,
c., via Ga6ney City, to Union.
The western townships Of York county
are much Interested in the projected rail
road from the Ohio river to Charleston.
Another route has been projected
ihrOugA sumter county to cross the san
tee at Wright's Bluff and tap the Will
WinGton, Columbia aud Augusta railroad
at Sumter.
IAere are Two projected railways
through the county, neither as yet located,
Wright's Bluff and strike the Wilmington,
Columbia and Augusta railroad at sum
ter. The other hpe has made more pro-
-ress and is called the Georgetown and
North Carolina railway The PROJECT is
from GEORGETOWN to lanes. s. miles then
come citing with the Northeast ern railroad
10 Charl sion, J2 niles from lanes over
the Central 10 sumter, 80 miles; from
Sumter to Camden, so miles; thence to
Lancaster, 80 miles; th 3nce by way Of
! Rock Hill to EorkVle 81 miles thence
/ to North Carolina line to connect with the
| road to Shelby. 30 miles, aud thence by
roads already constructed to Cincinnati,
making, il is claimed, route 210 miles
shorter Than to any other south Atlantic
port.
A narrow gauge railroad connecting
| Nnety-SIN, in Abboyille, with Greenville
is contemplated The length OF the pro-
posed line is about 50 miles
The people of Fairfield have in view the
building OF road IT, connect Camden and
ltidgeway. Another suggested route is
TO connect Greenville and AlstOn. An
other is from Chester to Camden.
A road is prof cted from Lydis, in Dar-
hngtOn county, to Lancaster c. II. 1t
VIII open up d very ine country in parts
of Darlington, kershaw and Lancaster.
The Augusta, EdEefeld and \ewberry
road Will run from Augusta o Newberry
across he tuii length of Edgetield county.
Another road is projected from Green
Vile to Nnety-SiX, with fine prospects of
being built.
The Aiken. CHICAGO and Cumberland
Gap railroad has been partly graded in
Aiken county.
At its last session the Legislature char
tered the following roads: The Augusta
and Abbeville IA lroad. the savannah
VALLEY ana EihertOu railroad. the Chester,
Greenwood ald Abheylle railroad, the
Blacksille and Alstou railroad, the Wilm-
/ ington, ChadbOurn and Conway railroad.
the Cheraw and Camden short Line rail-
road, the Mount Pleasant and sea View
railroad, the Orange burg and Lewisdale
railroad, The COlum bia. Newherry and
Laurens railroad. The Orangeburg and
/ Nl.aty-SiN Narrow Gauge railroad. and
Lhe Eastern south Caru!Lna raIlrOad.