The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-03-04
Another Railroad 70 Union. go


According to the following, whicb We clip
from the Ners and Courier, there Is some
prospect Of The ful6llment Of our long cher
ished bel ef that the town Of Uni will be
put iu direct communics ion ia the City
Of Charlotte aod its numer US ouil,ts 10 the
North and every other quarter Of the coan-
try.
we nave never wavered in our be ief that
n raiiro ad from here to Charlotte or from
Charljte through here to some important
railroad point in Georgia, yra$i be built,
but, perhaps, not in our life time, AMI prove
u be one Of the most popular and profitable
roads in the South, ,--certaiuly more bene-
ici Al TO Charlotte ond Uoion than any other
70 I'd now spoken Of.
Charlotte is undoubtedly one Of the most
prosres ive .anI substantial inland cities in
the South, sitting, a, il wer', ia the midst Of
railroads running to and from every impor-
ttnt CITY, nth and South. East AMI Yves,
a.mo.t every seaport. There is as much
slid wealth and business pluck and energy
in Charlotte, rs in any City We ever knew,
AMI while her citizens may no: take rs long
and fast strides as those Of many intensely
boomcd c ties, their steps arc quick in drec-
ticn Of Charlo,te's welfare and the public
gool always steady and forward, upon solid
ground, never wayering or backward.
lc.ilcs, the route outlined f,r the new
road runs through as fine business. sgricul-
turil aud mineral country rs any in the world
while its spleulid unloveloped watcr-powers
and unbcr lands are only awaiting railroad
outlets TO market 40 make them attractive
aud profitable to capital and labor.
la our opinion, u railroad from Charlotte,
y. c., to ElbcrtIn, Ca, on the line marked
out, would be one of the grindest and most
bcncticitl enterprises, for all concerned, OF
any wonow know of:
DUE WEST, AUUEviLLE COUNTY. February
- .-Notwi hstanding the fact that tnc price
Of cotton is extremely low and the people oi
the country generally burdcncd with debt,
there is II rumor that another railroad Is To
be built in the near future. Very little that
i dchnuc Is known about this enterprise.
For the prcscn, the ;ermiui of the road are
' naflOlIf, Nbltn NaTOiluh, auu lsiOCibpH'
Georgia.
Tins new read, it is sail. will touch al
the following points: The Savannah River
will b: c;OSsci At point opposite Lowndc>-
willie. From l.owuicsvllc it willpaSs through
due West. Donallsvile, I.aurcns. Union.
cross Broal River in the ueighborhool oi
smith Ford, thence to Hickory Grove ON
the Thee CS thence to Elvin on tho Narrow
Tia igc. thence 10 Charlotte, crossing the Ca
nwnn N,vcr near Wrights Ferry. The
lcug'h of the r1ad will not be more than lIU
miles. rac route is through one u! the best
mineral and agricultural sections III the
South.
1t l. claimed hy those whD nave n perfect
knowledge ui the facts III the case that. while
the people living in the region Of cVuutry
through which tnIs new road will run are
wthiu Comparative short distance of some
rallrolI they are III fact n long distance
tr"m mlr1ci. A., the existing railroads
IA lhs Sc ION run ia the wrong direction.
Ia -olhs from puYali,yiic to New York
nearly half n much tine is consumed in -
| .ng from rouall-Sl.c 10 Greeuvtl!e. a!>'
utucc II /: Iiy miles. rs Is necessary to Z
| from Grccl,ll le u New Iork. The sam,
| ielavS nrc ext cricncci in the shipment o
ireiChts