The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11
THE G., c. & N. ROAD.
TrackIaying West OF Tigcr River.
Work on the Road in Abbeville
County-..New Depot Site at Abbe.

VILE.
The work OF building the g., {. & \. road.
PROGRESSES steadily. Contractors now cover
The whole length of the road from Clinton to
Atlanta, and the men and implements ioi
moving dirt and stone are to be fonnd a..
along the route, while the pier.builders are III
all the streams. -
The track layers crossed the Tiger River
bridge-twenty-five miles west or Chester
last Monday week, and 1t is fair to presume
that they nre reasonable distance IRON ron os, .ni
side has been nearly finished to the Saluda:
In Abbevile the work has gone on splehulu
ly, although there Is yet TO he done some
grading ut various points In the county.
About month ago track-laying WAS com
menced at point about three and hall
miles west OF Grcenwood-or eleven miles
eastIof Abbeville-nnd continued east 10 a
point about two or three miles beyond Green
wood ito where they have caught up win tne
graders, SO that now there are nearly hve
miles OF track laid In this county.
Looking west from where they c9mmenSeu
until there Is a break In t finished grazing
That work, however is being rapidly pushed
AS we understand, the trestling for Curltall
creek is ready, and will be put in very soon
Two or three miles further west, Long Cane
will be reached. At that stream The contTac'
tors have been buslly engaged Tor months
driving piles and making 4ter neGessary cess nc mr
piers to support the iron bridge. The work OF
laying the piers was TO have been commenceti
last Monday or yesterday morning. and
it is thought the piers Will be finished IN aD9us
six weeks, or less time. The piers are TO rise
more than thirty feet above low water marx
The bridge is of iron, and the cars VIII pass
over the top. or on the rool, at HeiShI VI
about fifty feet above low water mark: On
the east side of the creek the track Will reach
the bridge from high bluff. On the west SIDE
of the stream the cars will pass OH the DrluSe
on to trestlng which Is about one thous'
and feet in length and at conSideraOie eleVa.
tlon. We understand that the bridge Is ready
and that the work OF preraring the trestllhG
Tor this place Is far advanced.
Coming west, and toward AoDcfliie, tiieIe n;
is about Il mile OF light grading which has moi
been commenced. The grading OF the olher
part Of the road to Abbevillc Is nearly nm
ished. Only few breaks here ana there are
in the line. Below the Fair Grounds, ana
Just out of town the contractors have had
much rock to contend with. The rock Is IN
boulders and very hard, but we presume the
track herenbout will be cleared long before
the track layers cross Long Cane creek.
Last week Major Temple-lhc General Sn.
rcrintcndcnt Of the road-and Mr.. Lee, Alr.
Cloud, and perhaps other engineers on the
road made IN examination oil the Srounu, anu
determined upon the Location OF tue ADoe, !ots
willie depot, which Is To be put near pats
Bridge" on the wagon way 10 the Blue llill.
Alrcndy the workmcn are removing tho
stumps preparatory 10 lerelilns the plat una
widening the trackway thercnbout.
The reader will now start with us at SaVall'
and return to Abbcrille.
The contractor for building seven stone
piers for the bridge across this stream Is under
obligation 10 finish the work by the nrst OIL
September the cost OF which, IL was estimat-
ed, would he nearly so OOJ.
we are not informed If any work has been
done on the grading from the river TO the
Savannah Valley Railroad, some three miles
east Of the river.
Bcginnlng at the Savannah Valley road. the
grading on the g., Z. Il n. road is about finish
cd to Little River. a distance OF five miles.
1t is expected that construction n train nnI
force of hands may arrive on the savannah
Valley road ut any time, when tracklaylng
will begin from that road TO Little RIVER.
This work, IT, Is thought will be finished by
the first Of august, ,rna Wheh The piers urc 10 W
The contractors for grading from savannah
to the Poor House-two miles OF AbbeVillc-
are now working about Six miles west oil
The grading from the Poor House TO Able
Vile is nearly finished.
The contractors are engaging cross lies TO be
delivered between Abbevi!lc and Little River
In the month of August, and IT Is presumed
that they contemplate laying track from Lit
tie River toward AbbeVille in that mohth ana
September.
The talk is, that the track will be laid the
entire length OF Abbeville county by the time
the bridge Is finished across the Saluda, SO
that when the train crosses that stream II
may make long run on ready finished
track, about the first of October.
Ii such good progresses should be maze Alb
bcville will greet It's coming with joyous
shouts and make the welkcn ring with a
heartfelt god speed, as 1t hurries onward to the
Gate City.
We see from the papers that the work Is go.
ing on bravely In Georgia, and that some oi
the railroad magnatcs said recently that the
new road would reach Atlanta III time TO car
ry oil the cotton crop.
The following estimates of distances Is be-
lleved 10 be very nearly correct