The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-22
The CUMBERLAND GAP GONE.
MCCORMICK, ABBEvILLE, AND ALL THE
FRIENDS THOU HADsT, LEFT IN THE
LURCH.
The Granite City OF Greenwood is Re.
toicing Over the Capture of the
Great International Iron High.

Great International Iron High
way.
We see by the newspapers that Mr.. Potts
has promised 10 build the Cumberland Gap
road to Greenwood, and that the Granite
City is very much elated thereat.
The people Of AbbeviIle know how 1t Is
themselves, and know how TO sympathise
with their enterprising neighbors. Periodi-
cally for the last ten years we have been al
ing engine as it came, metaphorically speak,
ing, over the distant hills and fertile valleys
OF Long Cane.
ed TO Edgeteld a lter his recent visit to Able
willie. he gave us "Hail Columbia" whatever
that may mean. We also understand that
he was afraid 10 undertake to build the road
to this place, unless we first issued our town
bonds.
OF course, after expressing such fears Of
people whose record as debt paying COM
munity is unsmirched, to issue them would
on our part that We were untrustworthy.
For this reason, we presume the town will
likely wait for Mr.. Potts 10 comply with his
part Of the contract, which We presume he
He and others have had long time in
which TO build the railroad from Edgefield to
Abbeville, and many times our expectations
have been raised to the greatest heighths. and
and as often have our hopes descended 10 the
Greenwood is happy now. She has just as
much chance 10 SeL cumberland zap TOdu bs
we had, and that surely is enough to make
Nv We T are not Informed by what route our old
lover will find her way to Greenwood, but we
presume that McCormick's hopes are blast
That has ever been the way with that old
road.
It would at any time 60 to Mccormick un:.
Abbeville would be everlasllngly ruined.
Then IT would come to Abbeville and McCor.
mick would swoon and almost die.
Now II will go by Greenwood: Poor, hckle
That old road dances around and smiles on
But the coy and artfal thing has always
given It's most ardent admirers the dodge.
| Abbeville county Is the birthplace of this
wonderful road, and II now seems that this
| benefactor of the whole human race In all
parts OF the earth is to give Its paternal an
The dream of the Hon. w. X. Bradley will
not be realized because his idol has strayed
of after strange cities, and temporarily, at
least s making our sister TOW town very cry happy
road. II has whispered hopes to more people
| and done II oftener perhaps than any road on
earth, and its dlsappointnents OF: failures m TO
come to time has teen as remarkable as It's
facility for raising hopes.
Abbeville stands pledged-legally and NOR
| ally-to pay five per cent OF her property TOT
the construction Of that road. to this place
uQu ADDeVlll6 WAL Us lIle TOdus UuI <aooc'
VILE hasn't been able TO get IL, we wish our
sister town great Joy In winning our old
| love.
There ia no accounting for what q tickle
| lover may do, and Greenwood had better tie
on to this road with hooks Of steel, and with
interchangeable written guarantee-and that
| town should require real and substantial evil.
dence of earnestness on the part OF contrac-
tors.
When this road was first started as local
road, our citizens gave literally, out OF their
own private purses. toward grading 1t. When
| that money was about exhausted. q great cor
poratlon was formed, and the proposed length
| of the road was greatly extended, and every
thing was turned over TO the new company.
| Abbeville has had to modify her contract
several times.
First-The railroad magnates wanted moth.
Ing but the completed roadbed and the right
OF way.
Second-After long wait. and anxious e1.
pectation on our part, we were told that we
must voie five per cent. In bonds. They were
voted.
Third-When the time was about expiring,
we were asked 10 extend the time. Exten.
! sion granted.
| Fo1fth-When the extended time was about
to expire, Mr.. Potts demands bonds. No
| work being done, and exhibiting no evil
dence of any intention to do any, the town
| hesitates.
| Fiith-It is threatened, II we do not issue
| the bonds, that the road will be built to Green.
wood.
slxth-It is now proposed to build the road
| to Greenwood.
II the railroad folk are now as much in
earnest about building the road TO Green
wood as they have been for some five or ten
years to build 1t to Abbevllle, then Green
wood will have nice time.