The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-24
FRIDAYS FERRY.
IT &C NOW KNOWN, HOWEVER, AS
COLUMBIA, S.. C.
Ncw Voyage TO Carolina, with a jour
nal Of onc Thousand Miles T~niand"-Thc
rublic buildings aud Educational insti-
tviious ct south Cnrolina's Capital.

NEW York. Feb. 2l.-It was in l10S
that q certain John Stevens published. in
ni8 collections Of travels. "a New Noy-
age 60 Carolina, witlIa Journal OF One
thousand Miles Island This quaint
narrative. issued the following year in
separate form. was the personal oxpc.
Iicnce Of John lawson. surveyor general
of North Carolina, among the Indian
nations Of that province and adjacent
territory. I'm 11l2 he was captured and
killed by q predatory band of these .r.,
settlers. When Dc visited South Caro-
lima. iu 1900. there were probably three
thousand a~boIigncs within IFS colonial
boundaries. They consisted of ChorO-
KEGS. C~atawbas. Uchces and Greeks on
Muscogecs. the latter being divided into
twenty minor tribes. Lawson found the
C0ncaroc+ on "a river of thaf name. Their
town If "a dozen hut- was in possession
+ OF the sQuaws. Only one man was 90 D.
seen, and the women were occupied d.
gambling. Near this primitive and un.
inviting settlement was aiterward estah-
li,hed FRIDAY ferry" and in l1sj. on
Che 22d day of March, the legislature Of
South Carolina passed two important
acts. The first was 10 make q road from
Fridays ferry on The Cougaroe to the
town of Augusta. on the Savannah river;
and the second was 90 establish thc scat
of state government nj Friday feuy. 10
Day ont town there and to cali it Co
Iumbia.
Today This town dong "a city has a
F population aimo double that accounted
by the ccusus of 1850. whom total Of
IO.o3G was returned Since the terrible
might con1asralion of Feb. T.. 1865.
when over fourteen hundred buildings
were DESTROYED. Columbia has put on
many architectural eraces. lt3 site. o
beautiful one, about $50 feet above sea
Lowell. was originally timbcrc3 with giant
pines. oaks and hickOrics. Col. Thomas
Taylor was llstOwucr Of the lands. Ills
descendants still reside upon them. The
town was laid ont in 1884, 10 j. on a
granite promontory. POO feet above The
east bun, of tlc Congarce at les juno
ton with the Broad and Saluda rivers.
What are known as abe Great falls Of
tlc Congaroc begin 30 tho upper end o.
thc town, and within less than three
miles descend thirty-ix feet, iu ana cX
trcmc river width of onc-third OF % mile.
The city B., two miles square. with reo
taneular streets, lined with Tine shade
,rccs. Richardson street commonly
called Maiul Is lje feet wide. it5 road.
way macldamized and sidewalks uoati,
paved.
Columbia IS not only tine capital Of
south Carolina. but also thc county scat
of Ilchland. Us raturai advantages arc
unqpcstioncd. That it has Of recent
wears become the winter residence oi
opuient N0rthcruors. whose modern
Villas dot IFS suburbs. l.. ample testimony
II the localty's hcalthmlucss. an mn
ccasiug supply of spring water. tlat is-
sues from % valley between town and
river, is raised By steam pumps l29 lec.
at the rate of % million gallons per day.
Ihe city drainage is good. and, with 81
aorou5 soil. an cQudhie temperature. two
daily newspapers, electric lights. three
first class hotels. and only ten cent om
nibu5 charge O. and from the uuion depot
Cor Traveller and hi. erip~9cll thclc l.
no doubt that columbia "lI' nave q fa-
liant future. whether Engineer llollya
wonderful canal De completed next year
or q few months subsequent thereto.
When asked about that canal % spry
er.t..- otItlan lInt4 rUn suf 10 f.Eo
look az d.. This is the history and pros
pc.t ia hric.. Seventy years ago thc
tate Of South Carolina dug a watcrwa,
from the Broad river. above Columbia,
loa point five miles distant, on tAe SAT
flon tinted Consarcc, below the city
Tie two rivers were thus connected los q
channel along Che western edge Of thc
town. and for very many years tAis canal
wac used f1r purposes Of NAVIGATION.
The worl, ot charging it SO It could Dc
made available as factory water power
was begun in .ss2. and in five years
Thon. half comrlatal it uas coded tothl
.;+r. 5000 600 cfC r.r cont thirty roa,.
to~j. have locn thrown rno1 tbr
marriott
Tiro f~,.to.. |.Droint,l TX munici.
ral ontborifr boli ffo In fha canal
.rl or. ,-i.o..n.lg .~tri,i,g to socuro "a
NH lr,r,.~ ,.r,c,fv canal IN n OG0-
horse no.r.r D'riog tbo mast TEN years
local ,n-snnfaomre- have shown n five.
foll increase. As carly MS 1902 there was
, c-ott0nseod oil mill n ropewalk and n
Droffall. VINEYARD II Columbia. In
ls.0 there were fftv-tvo mechanical aid
manufacturing industries enumerated
with au annual product OF $685. 600.
The city has now tuo Of the largest cot
tonsael I'D mills in the south. There are
many l.undries. "a Hosiery factory, an
ice factory, "a Large cotton compress, a
shoe factory, q canning establishment,
TWO extensive coilon minis I'D course o.
erec'i3h, railway an. hl~cn4'0 s!ol' ""u
several H'"I ."d eli'' Alil.' AUG quar-
iYlAs "dDs'''e'" are ON i'Isesc~'"
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