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

According to the following, which We clip
from the Ne,cs and Courier, there is some
prospect of The fulfllment Of our long cher
ished bel eff that the town of Uni n viii be
put in direct communica ion W th the City
Of Charlotte aud its numer us outlets to the
North and every other quarter of the coun-
try.
We have never wavered iu our belief that
n railroad from here to Charlotte or from
Charlotte through here to some important
railroad point in Georgia, YrSsd be built,
but, perhaps, not in our life time, AMI prove
to be one of the most popular and profitable
roads in the South, h,--certainly more bene-
fci Al to Charlotte end Uuion than any other
ro I'd now spoken Of.
Charlotte is undoubtedly one Of the most
prosres ,ive and substantial inland cities in
the South, sitting as it were, 10 the midst of
railroads running 10 and from every impor-
tlnt CITY, N9rth and South, E,st and West
asmo.t every seaport. There is as much
slid wealth and business pluck and energy
in Charlotte, as in any City we ever knew,
AMI while her citizens may no, take as long
and fast strides as those of many intensely
boomcd C ties, their steps arc quick in direc-
tion of Charlotte's welfare and the public
good, always steady and forward, upon solid
ground, never wavering or backward.
BESIDES, the route outlined far the new
road runs through as fine business, aSricul-
turil and mineral country rs any in the world
while its spleudid undeveloped water-po wers
and timber lands are only awaiting railroad
outlets TO market 10 make them attractive
and profitable to capital aud labor.
Iu our opinion, railroad from Charlotte,
n. c., TO Elberton, Ca, on the line marked
out, would be one of the grandest and most
beacfcial enterprises, for all concerned, OF
any wenow know of:
Due WEST, ADBEvlLLE COUNTY, February
Notwithstanding the fact that the price
of cotton is extremely low and the people OF
the country generally burdened with debt,
there is n runor that another railroad is TO
be built in the near future. Very little that
is dchnue IS known about this enterprise.
For the present the termini Of the road are
Charlotte, North Carolina, and Elberton,
Georgia.
This new road, it is said, will touch at
the following points: The Savannah River
will b, crossed at point opposite Lowndcs-
vile. From Lowndesville it will pass through
Due West, Donaldsville, Laurens, Union,
cross Broad River in the neighborhood OF
Smiths Ford, thence to Hickory Grove on
the Three Cs. thence to Elvn on tho Narrow
Gauge, thence to Charlotte, crossing the Ca
,awba River near wrights Ferry. The
Length of the road will not be more nan lot
miles. The route is through one OF the best
mineral and agricultural sections in the
| South.
1t is claimed by those who have q perfect
knowledge of the facts in the case that, Will,
the people living in the region of country
| through which this new road will run are
| Within Il comparative short distance of some
railroad, they are IN fact q long distance
| from market. All the existing railroads
in the sec ion run in the wrong direction
la going from Doualdsvillc to New York
nearly half as much time is consumed in go
ing from ponaldsville TO Greenville, a dis
tance of Forty miles, as is necessary to G
from Greeavitle to New York. The sans
delays arc experienced in the shipment o
freights.