The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1886-03-03
THE RAILROAD WILL BE
BUILT IF LANCASTER
DOES HER PART.

the harleston, CiIcinnatti.& Chicago
Railroad Company, TO run their Road
through Lancaster county. making
Lancaster Village a point OH the line.
We now call upon Lancaster to do
her part. Itis certain the road will
be built and if it runs along the
Catawba River, OH the Chester. side,
why, Lancaster is forever undone. The
reasbns why >Eahca.ter will be ruined
aro too apparentstoha have to- be brought
| TO the attention of refiscting men. We
urge upon our people tn cooperate
with Rock HILL in an effort to
secure the road by the way of that
town and this place. We feel
confident that the road will be built.
There are already about 800 hands at
work between Blacks, in York county,
and Rutherfordton, aud that large
force is being augmented as fast as
hands can DO secured. The route
Southwark has been definitely located
as far as Blacks and in the townships
of York and Catawba Gin York county)
elections are psndfag for subscriptions
for $4,000 each, and in EbeuezeF
township (this township lies between
York and Catawba) a petition, for the
signatures of freeholdsrs, is being
circulated and on Saturday last nearly
the requisite number of names had
beon secured to ask the County Com-
missioners to order an election in the
township for subscription Of $18 900.
Cherokee township Gin which Blacks
Is located) has already voted a sub-
scription of $4,000. II, thsn, tho
pending and contemplated elections
shonld result in the affirmative, and
they doubtless will, the townships of
Cherokee, York ,Ebenezer aud Cata W ba,
will have made an aggregate subscrip.
tion of $4,000. If tho Company
should accept this subscription, this
would carry the road through York
County to the Chester lius;}n the
direction of Lancaster; but in the
! absence Of any assistance from Lau-
+ caster it is highly probable that the
, road will not pass this town, (but,
If it should come by the way of Rock
: Hill, and that is by no means certain)
after going below few miles, the
: route will be Southwark by the way
D of Fort Lawn to Rocky Mount, or by
t the way of Fishing Creek Factory and
3 Richburg to Rocky Mouat. The COM
pany have surveyed a route from
: Blacks to Chester and have run ex-
q perimental surveys from Blacks to
: York, thence to Rocky Mount by the
Is.-ls-sz1't-t-ft our, zuu Hre now
engaged in running an experimental
line from Rocky Mount to Yorkville
via Rock Hill. The survey shows the
distance from Rock Hill to Rocky
Mount to be seven miles further than
from Smiths Turn Out to the same
point. and The distance from either
Rook Hill or Smiths Turn Out being
about the same to Yorkvilie, it. will
be seen that to come by the way of
Rock Hill from Yorkville, the Com
paay. will have to 60 seven miles out of
thar way. However at a. recent con,
ference at Rock Hill .5etweem the
officials Of the road and Rock Hitl's
business men the guarantee wssanaau
that If Catawba township would give
$4,000 and Ebenezer proportionntely
ss much, the road should come th rough
that town if it ahould be located to
YoEkville. Ebenszer, however, would
only agree to make an effort to give
$4,000, much less than she could
have given under the constitution, and
the giving Of that amount i. by no
means certain. There ia considerable
opposition and the proposition may be
voted down even if the election should
be ordered. Hence, there is no certain.
ty that the road will pass through
Rock Hill, but in any event, If it
should not cross at Landsford, it will
run to Rocky Mount and cross tho
EiTer in that ne;shborhood. TIC psra.;s
this would be suicida! to both. Rock
Hill and the town of Lancaster. We
hope to diver: sucha disaster, and
irssmuah, as our town has az muoh or
moro to lose than Rock Hill by the
building Ofa trunk line 50 near her
doors AMI yet too far Off to afford COM
petition, it would seem that our policy
is to join hands with Rock Hill and
thus assure the building of the road
through both places. The officials
have stated that they certainly will
not cross the river above Rocky Mount