The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-01
THE RATTLE OF THE RAILS.
ALL SORTS OF RAILROAD TALK AND
SHOP GOSSIP.

A New Town to be Surveyed on Judge
Cothrau's Land - Thirty Acres
Needed for the Big ShOps-GoOd
Feeling Between AbbeviIle and
the g.. G. d N.-GOod Luck for
Both.
Mr.. Winder is expected to come to Able
Vile this week to SETTLE the matter of the sur
vey of the land for the shops. The land Is to
be bought from Judge Cothran, who will sell
at fair price all that may be wanted
The Judge Will not be here In consequence
of a telegram calling him TO Washington on
railroad business, but will sign the title Us
soon as the plat is made out after his return.
Judge Cothran will at an early day have
and laid off into streets and building lots.
In order that perfect satisfaction may exist
between buyer and seller the lots Will be sold,
without reserve, at pubic auction, loI what-
offer inducements TO buyers who intend 10
build houses, the Judge Will sell the land Tor
small cash payment, the balance on annual
or seIni-annual or monthly pay "ents LOT nVe
wears at six per cent. interest on the credit
portion. Those buyers who may be short OF
funds Will then get all the credit they need TO
aid them in the laudable purpose Of prov1d-
ing homes for themselves and their families.
The land is high aud rolling and furnishes
4 beautiful place on which TO build town
The drainage is perfect. the place Is desirable.
through the clay subsoi which furnishes the
purest and best water in the world.
Although the weather for the last two
weeks has been extremely uniavoraOle, Yet
conside derabe work has been done Ia that time
preparing the Siue tracks anu moving art LOT
additional lines.
When the railroad bill was pending Mr..
Winder, fearing uniavorable legislation, order
ed the plans for the shops 10 be greatly redac-
ed, but since the law has been studied, Mr..
Wlnder has concluded to go on with his orlgi-
purpose In establishing car shops In which
all kinds of work may be done. 10 all friends
of Abbeville this Is truly gratifying. Whlle
our own citIzens have never faltered in their
desire for the shops and have never doubted
the sincerely OF the railroad folk In their
promises to put up their shops here, yet the
noise and exaggeratiou about the effect OF the
railroad legislation was more or less annoy
ing 10 our people. From the very tirst the Ut
most cordiality has always existed between
the railroad tolk and our people. and, geogra'
phlcslly speaking, we are'in the right place
on the half way ground between the ex-
tremes These two circumstances have al
ways given us assurance that we would be
the winners OF the iavors Q, III the falifoaG. m
goodwill OF the railroad for Abbeyille, we
would cite the promise OF Mr. W1nder 10 put
IN a side track from the main line 10 point
on the land which the Messrs. Allen, of Clin-
ton, have traded for from Mr.. Thomson on
which TO establish their woodshops and lum-
Der yard. The side track will spring out from
the I'LL DetWeeu tue IieotieS O. JUG uePoI
and come high up the hill toward MIR. Chaun-
cey Miller's home, necessitating the another
Lestle across the public road. That work will
be done without delay, and the erection OF
their shops will be commenced very soon.
1t will afford our people great pleasure TO
learn that the building Of The BELT Line
around the city Of Atlanta has been album
dainty satisfactory to the railroad authorl-
ties. Among other good results TO come 70
the company from The construction OF the
line, IL the probable location OF one
Of the largest car shops in the country.
Mr.. Winder has secured for rich syndicate
the option on three hundred acres at 500 an
acre, ON which 1t is contemplated TO put ma
chinery which will give employment to one
thousand mechanics-this iacL alone eStao-
fishing on the Belt Line city OF five thous-
and Inhabitants. The advantage which
would accrue TO the railroad from the success
of such an enterprise would be difficult TO
estimate II the shops to be established In
Abbeville should employ one hundred hands,
and the town would thereby take ON new
liIe what would be the result II II were en-
larged so as to employ one thousand men?
The town Of Abbevllle and the e., G. n.
railroad reem 10 be entering on a prosperous
and happy career In their history.
Neither Abbevile nor the railroad has
been blowing balloons. but they have been
quietly laying substantial foundations on
which to tix their hope of future progress
and greater growth.
Among the incidental advantages which
the shops bring Us, We learn that the Cotton
Compress now located at Elberton, Will be
brought TO Abbeville.
An iron foundry will probably be removed
from Westminster TO this place at no distant
day.
The Allen door, sash and blind factory OF
Clinton Is to be brought 10 Abbeville.