The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-02-12
CROSS TIES AND IRON RAILS.
Great Activity u. tIsc 5ror,4 Hr s:niId.
ing the g.. &. * y. EoaH---Iron 80
be Laid ana Bridges Duii:---E'ro-


ing the g.. &. * y. Eoah.--Aron so
be Laid ana Bridge. Nuii:---E'ro-
grcss Reported.
Work on Tie g., G.. & Y. road still progresses
herra bGu,.
Last Friday about fprty-nve wagons carts,
and Srraprrs. with an accompaniment Of con
tractors, males. nrgro.S and shorclS pnSSt q
through The village on their way t. the Has
kell place some fifteen miles west OF Able
Vile. where they will work for the contractors
in grading The road In that section. The day
was IL cold and bleak ole, and the head of the
column stopped for short time in front Of
McCracken's gcntemen's furnishing store.
The procession made quite q show. and ev-
eryhody turned out TO see It. The mules were
fat and sleek, and stepped as If they were
proud of their situation. The wagons were
new, and filed with all manner OF materials
from 1uking stoves tn pick axes. The men
were good looking and well dressed, orderly
In behavior, aud g"ntrnaniy IN t:i"'r inter-
course with those of our citizens 10 whom
they spoke.
they had just finished n job. They reported
hat considerable work was still TO be done In
that section, and thought that 1t would be
about the first OF August, before the trail II
the Clinton Gazette, will please nole this. II
we can get our end of the line finished by that
time we shall take pleasure In plcnicing With
him.
StiLluCtUl l'OilHclly - sun olhiHS ""oS ,
with limited force. More mules are expect
ed this week, and more shovels will then
move the dirt.
We hear that terms have been agreed upon
hy the Georgia Central by which the g., =. d
n. road Will be greatly aided.
IRON Is to be delivered on siding about n
mile and Il half above Ncrdery, where track
will be run for half mile To the main line OF
the g., C. & y. track, when the cross ties and
iron will be laid down as fast as Contractor
| sullivan may finish the grading 10 Long
Cane. AS soon as the iron Is laid TO Long
Cane, II is proposed to proceed at once to the
driving of piles and the building Of stone
piers on which to rest the great iron bridge
which will span the stream 1t about fifty feet
above the water.
\ contractor with a small force Of hands
mas heen found for the four or five miles OF
surface work between Greenwood and Long
Cane, and 1t Is said that he will soon have his
| The iron will be laid all the way from Green
wood 10 Long Cane in short time from now
| The contractor on the Greenwood section Is
working with might and main.
| The rock quarries are being worked with all
possible speed, getting granite for piers and
walls.
| 1t has been suggested that the track will
cross Long Cane before the cars reach Green
| wood, and IL has also been said that the GeOr
gia Central will deliver all the needed iron
stone, and other material ut the crossing near
| Hester The crossing Of the two roads Is
some fifteen miles west Of Abbeville, and
within two or three miles OF the Savannah.
| The last accounts OF the grading between
| Greenwood and the Saluda were to the effect
that every possible speed was being made.