The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-10-23
A NEW CITY ON THE COAST,
VIII Foot Point Panou Amy Better Than
port Royal?

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COLUMBIA, October 14.--The dream,
| OF half Il century seem about to bt
realized, and the GEcSt water gatcwa,
On tho Atlantic cOaS, is to be thro wr
| open 10 the commnrcc OF the world a
| last. The south Carolina sinking funG
! commission has sold to the Macon ant
Atlantic Railroad Company three hun
ured acres OF marsh land at Foot Point
bcauiCrt County. sixteen miles from,
FORT loyal, on the opposite sid" of the
| nav, and about eighteen miles from,
! Savannah rs the crow flies.
The selling price Is merely nominal
one dollar per acrc--a3 the land is va;
ueieSs either for agricultural! or phoy.
phntc mining purposes. aud is bouph:
by tho above named corporation 70,
the purpose OF securing deep water ter
, ininal faculties. The purchase WAS
made through James =. nchrrE,or. -
! negotiating HTrEt fnr Wits =. %narl;.
president Of the iiacun aud .AtlaniiL
railroad. This roal is tho last OF :,
extensive system connecting Nrmnh!a
Macnn and HirmiuGliat:i with the 1t.
| ianiic coast.
II ia learned thnt several adiaccn;
plantations haze recently 0,eH Uur.
chased Ivy Tie Sa1hr c0GporAliUr, 4 ~
! uS2u AS thr site for 4 city. ans: that ;r,.,
work Of building whnrvv$. dernis. war,
hou>ra, c.".. and tn" !ayi,iE OH! o.? tDi;.,
intS VIII H@ inaHguratCi: At IN ,ar!y .l.y
Although there Hr" 10 rtnaphHtic 6:
mineral t"po5!tH ol tie I;;1IS sold. tbs
State, as Il mcra ,rntt-r Of rnr,n r,,.
serves 10 ijSrlI al ,.hnsr;,n,ic ,rI ,,in
urai rights. There is ais, 4 rinnsn -
! the dec, Of sale which provides That -
the railroad is moi, co,ynlr;nI tn Itn,:
Point in three vc1rs; tbh jand ,v;n ~,
vert 10 The state, II is rn,ti,frr,I, 49,
ppcted, however. chat thn rr,I VII, "
in OTrratiDn and trains r,.n.,;r,r g.,
Foot Point within c,mhtnn, n,n,,TT.,s
y diSDntr rh from N,crn ,l,tt.J a.,
9th inst. rayo the rnlInwinv VIVA ;"rnrn,. w.,
tion CONCERNING this transac,,nn i,''' '*'''.
"Ono OF lie iiorrst r,iIrr,j 'i',,.i''', ",;,..,
ever Proi"c;c, In the South c,rnn -
hGh" here to-day Oh tha return from
Now \ "!N - President VI. ). SnnrI;.
Vi lAc Mac"n CONSTRUCTION Goinpany
tHi0 tho Macon and Atlantic Hajiru"
Company. President Sparks ;,nnounf., $
that Foot Point, on ruiiCton River
a1DHt sixteen miles from purt Rnvaj
;Hid ih2 same distance from S;;yaunaI
has been settled on rs tito water :rr.
''t,'UH fi LilH NaIDn ana Atlantic
Wiic:', Is was nncc Thought, wou!a 90
|unV! I" >apo!h Snunu or Savannah.
"Ft., plan is 20 complete the line now
hi;!ihihE from hero to Guy.on, aud
;neNcc hy an :IiT lar t. the C0llHon
!;lYrr. The h@rber at Foot Point, it is
claimed, "ivcS thv deepest water south
OF Norio!N--twcn'y-two to twcuty-foul
lte% a' i'W water. ThcTnhi docks am
gram "icNatorH VIII !:r built, and It j.
clallnrH 'hl!, with the Western con
nIctl0h' oi the Macon and Atlantic
lue nc" pert Wiii h""o"Ic II lradiug eX.
portln& HHd importing point on thu
! 2oun" il'H!ii'!c c"aS'. Work ia going
.is'i' I'H"'l no" on the new line al,
Ne ne e'iIrr!'F'3H !" ioI u visionary one
iNc N'ouS:ii'' acres or land have
"Itc',"$ p'c!i n"nI;h' at the tcrmina
point ooI ioihC.
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