The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-19
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INHERENT Forests. .;.r.

Tic par: Il tine route oi the proposed
Columbia. Ncwbrrry and !.aurcuS NHiI-
road between Pro~pclity Hm' tol!'!nhia
parity, consisting OF Nr. y. DrCaT!"nr.
OF Charleston tie resident ril"iiIrrr Of
the South Carolina Railway. Nr. II. &.
! No>clcy. Senator Sli. AMI Mr.. l.. E.
Boland. The party arrived in Columbia
this cvc::in~. Eavilg ridden about forty
miles since leaving Prosperity this morl:-
Ing.
Mr.. DcCaraGcuc. when asked his
opinion rs an engineer in regard t" the
proposed roltr. expressed him> a. be-
inc We'll pleased win il; He says ;hat
tie line OF this road will RIM upon or
near the ridge OF He two slopes or water
she'd. falling Oh one side to Broad
River and the other to the Saluda.
OH that route and the grading will offer
no difficulties.
Mr. DeCara,iruc went on TO say tl'at
the country trlvcr>cd in his ride to-day
is one OF the finest and most prosperous
in the State. that tie farms are models
OF cultivation. the people are all busy.
satisfied and thrifty. ard with plenty OF
children all full OF health. The cngiD-
ccr considers the land Il the most favor
able for grape culture. The rouir ira
verses 4 fine section OF ilHtarpcl timber,
and also fine oak and hickory timber.
The other members of the party. cN-
pres>e the lsclvcS equally as pleased
with the proSp Ct aS the engineer. The
l,l ~ oil l,n +
tention OF ali. The ilM,l> are spoken OF
a. rich and the people prosperous and
scli-sU>taining. In the Lexington Fork,
through which the road VIII run, there
are 5000 inhabitants, and nearly three
fourthS OF them are whites. Township
No. Q, in NcWbcrry County, is ready to
vote Il tax OF $4,000 to grade and lay
the ties on nine miles OF this road from
Prosperity to the Lexington line. Six
thousand dollars more has b rn raised
there by subscriptions. The townships
in Lexington arc moving to levy SINH
lar tax to grad" the ro,.d through tine
Fork.-N. r.. T.. IN Ncr& anU Co}rIcr,
18Th mst.
We are glad to final that the friends OF
the Columbia, Ncwbcrrl and LaurcHS
Railroad are moving Oh successfully
with this valuable enterprise. and we
believe that the road will be built at an
early day. The right men and the right
road have taken hold OF it, and we are
confident that they will carry it through.
The three townships OF Lexington
County through which it is proposed to
build the road. return real and personal
property as follows: Broad River, $751;
$4,000; Fork $2G9, 10000: Saluda $l91.-
G40.00. Total $40. $1,000. Nearly ! OF
a million. and this does not include the
railroad property in Broad River town.
ship. SO you will see that these people
are able 10 build 4 broad gauge them
selves ii they want il. bit the South
Carolina Railroad as evidently ready to
help them. as is shown by the interest
manifested by sending ont their engineer
to inspect the route. The friends OF the
Narrow Gauge had better hurry up, or
they will find Broad Gauge pushing for
Romc) Ncwbcrry before they get we'll
under way. And remember that the
engineer says that $4,000 will easily
grade and put ties on the Broad Gauge
from prosperity to The Lexington lire.
S. miles. and it is estimated that $40, 900
will be sufficient to grade and tie the
road from Prosperity to NcWbcrry G.
II. The total tax and subscription to
carry it from the LcNi lgton line to New
berry, distance OF fifteen miles. will
therefore not exceed $4,000, and will
give us all tie advantages in freights
we want. Yet, we are asked to sub
scribe $4,000 to build Il Narrow Gauge
to Saluda. Would it not he we'll, as the
roads are Ill changing their gauge, to
ask Mr.. Mitchell TO give lis standard
gauge for that money: lie ought to be
able to afford it.