The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-27

berry and Laurens .and Greenville
and Laurens roads, which would be
something like 100000. Franklin
to Knoxville is some ninety miles by
Tennessee river and Maryville link.
This would possibly cost some
S720, 900, which, with Tennessee and
North Carolina subscribing S500,000,
would complete the line from Colum-
bia to Knoxville as follows:
Miles.
Columbia to Franklin .... .165
Franklin to Knoxville ........ go
Total ........ 255
But it is claimed that this route
can be shortened twenty miles by
taking route across the Smoky
Mountains, by, we believe, the Fra
zier river route. This would reduce
the distance from Columbia to Knox
vile, say to 24o miles, at cost Of:
Columbia TO Franklin =. 81 100000
Franklin to Knoxville 100000
Total s2,12O,OOO
Leaving s22O,O0O to be made up
in individual subscriptions or kept
as fixed charge on the system.
Now let us see what this new route
means in competition with the Geor-
gia and Atlantic route. Find it:
Miles.
Chattanooga to Charleston ,446
Chattanooga 10 Knoxville ITO
Knoxville to Columbia -. .240
Columbia to Charleston 127-487
We see here a competing line even
with Chattanooga. But it is 5l8
miles from Knoxville to Charleston
via Atlanta, and by the Franklin
route it is but 392 miles, going round
the Tennessee bend and by Ma-,v !e
connection. This shows q saving Of
126 miles, and comparing it with the
Asheville and Morristown route we
see saving of "a miles, and with the
shorter route from Franklin we see
a saving of 14I miles on the Georgia
route, and 40 miles on the Asheville.
But with the road finished to
Laurens, and operating with roads
converging to that point, we see a
road from Greenwood to Columbia
8S miles against S4.3 by the Green
vile railroad route. From Green
vile to Columbia 1o2 miles against
1925 by Greenville railroad. From
Spartanburg to Columbia 10l against
SO by present route.
Take it all in all, the Columbia,
Newberry and Laurens road comes
into the field fully prepared to take
care of itself.
Should the Cumberland Gap and
Chicago route ever come into active
operation, the new road would tap it
at Pickens Court House, with the
shortest route from thence to Charles
ton, drawing through the heart of the
State, and making at the same time
a close connection with the Central
system at Laurens for Savannah and
at Columbia for Wilmington, with
saving Of some eighty miles on the
Georgia route from Louisville to
Savannah, and of ninety-fve miles
from Louisville to Wilmington.
But as route reaching a coal Gen.
tre this new road would put Colum-
bia 255 miles from coal, NewberrY
PIT, Laurcns 1877, Greenville 153;
against Columbia 394, via Augusta,
Greenville 298 by Atlanta, Laurens
324 by Greenville. and Newberry 352
by Laurens-showing saving for
Columbia of 139 miles in her coal
transportation, Newberry 135. Lau-
rens 1876 and Greenville 1856. We
see, then, that the Columbia, New
berry and Laurens means business
every way, and only wants $4,000 to
put the ball in motion. We cannot
believe the people of Columbia, the
Fork, Newberry and Laurens will
hesitate in putting their shoulder to
the wheel without delay. And let it
be understood that the subscribers
become the stockholders and manage
their own affairs. At all events, let
US begin the work without delay.
-Cotunabia Register, 18th.
One ofthe excuses for killing the
census amendment to the appropria-
ton bill in the Legislature is that it