The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1890-09-04
Qnlv Thirty Miles Manted

there Is no picCi'liHS "i"'U '''
he condition of any part OF the
country IN the future. and the very
near future at that.
Such was the wise utterance ct II
Broad street broker to q reporter lor
81 e Nems and CO"rier We tard"y III
the course OF il conversation e. on TIE
railroad opportunities OF Charleston.
81 ook at Camden he continue 81.
ten wears ago it was known as dead
town. 1t was bottled up at the end
Of a spur Of the Sou Ii Carolina rail
way, and nobody ever thought o! go
ing there unless for specific business
and he generally got away rs soon
as he cond. The last t,w years
have wrought wonderful change III
the famous old town. The 8 Us
Railroad has connected it with the
outside world. and it is now flourish
ing as it never has before. Hotels
have gone up. the place is full OF
tourists every winter, and no town in
the South has better prospects Ii
is the key to the s7eat Northwest
and in seeking Southern port eV'
cry carload of the product OF the
trans-mountain has to pass through
it.
Now, it is on this point Want 10
sneak inleuard to Charleston. Cam
den is the Key that Will admit to
Charleston the eraineries OF the
W4st: it is not hundred and fifty
miles from us. and still We have not
the connections with her We should
base, although the construction and
equipment Of thirty miles of road IS
all that is necessary. What Char
lesion needs is a line from Camden
10 Sumter. We would then have
connections ever the Atlantic Coast
Line roads, and would have almost
an air line from this city to Clncin
nat, and from there TO any point IN
the " est by convenient and well
equipped routes. A road has already
been surveyed from Camden to Sum
ter, and the charter is he'd hy re-
sponsible company, but for some
reason nothing Las been done to
wards the construction Of it. Ii the
uoneyed men of Charleston would
form 4 company aud buy out this
road it could be butt for mach less
than half q million. and it would not
only pay the stockholders handsome
| ly but would help Charleston more
than you would have any idea of at
first glance. TIE bus ness men OF
the West do not 90 to New York
and other Northern ports with then
goods of choice. 1t is matter ol
necessity with them, because there
arc no direct lines 10 the Southern
ports. but if We would buill one
straight ont to the West then the
m matter would lie settled, and III
warrant the assertion that the husi
ness of Charleston would be quad
rupled in less than five years.
The mater is especial y impor'
tant now while the East Shure Term
nal is under construction. When il
IS completed we will have q line
down to the ships in the docks. and
whole carloads OF grain and Other
freight can be put in the vessels ut
mere fraction Of the cost now re
CURED. Tie 8 C's is now being
pushed into the richest country or
the American continent, and if we
do not 90 something in the nex'
wear or two VIC will not reap a cent
of profit from the immense bus ness
j: will soon be transacting. The pro
duce to be exported will be sent to
some other port in this part Of tho
country or will go North lo7 ship
ment. The possibilities for Charles
ton are now immense. With this
through line in operat On we coul"
have steamship lines running tG
ports all over the world in n few
Years, and We wJu'd scun bo, III ur
into one Of the most important ports
in tI.is part of the world. As said
before, IN these days OF rallroad'n9
you can never predict the future Of Il
place, and if We will go ut it Alright
there is no telling What Charleston
will reach ir the commercial line. -
NcarS nnd CONricr.