The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-11-11
Another Big Enterprise For
Charleston.

/ A prominent business man from the
up-country was in the city yesterday,
aod in conversation With reporter for
The News aud Courier told of q splen-
did enterprise which. if carried through.
would increase. to q very great extent.
the prosperity Of Charleston. His idea
lie to establish q bleachery, where ell
the cotton goods manufactured in this
State and elsewhere eau be brought to
be bleacbed. There is no factory Of
this kind in South Carolina.
II have always watched with the
keenest interest the Developments being
made 10 Charleston. !" said the gentle
man. saod I am very much encouraged
With her future. The coming Of an
| electric street railway and through cot
| ton steamers to Europe at this time
seems to show that a new era is about
to dawn The election Of Mr. McKin-
ley will give confidence to the capital
lists throughout the country, and with
IN the next few months millions and
millions Of dollars will seek invest
ments. The money men at the
North have paid dearly for their expe-
rience in the West, aud their eyes are
nov turped to the South. the only seq
tion of the country where they can
make profitable and safe Investments.
just nov Charleston has two new enter.
prises On foot. where outside capital is
invested. and in short time / expect
to see others follow.
..Tbe establishment Of a cotton
bleacbery in Charleston would give EN-.
ploymeus te, the very best class Of labor
All cotton goods manufactured in South
Carolina have to be sent North to be
finished. ard are then returned here to
sold Before We can purchase these
goods We have to pay the freight t6.
and from the North besides the commits
sion Of the third man. We raise the
cotton, manufacture j., and there is 90
reason Why .ae should not bleach Il
here q home.
'.The railroads would come IN for
large share of the profits. The goods
would have to Be brought to this city,
apd tbeo, when finished, would 90 to.
t6e different msskets. The Coast Zine
the South Carolina and Georgis, Plant
system. and. 10 fkcs, every .line would
be benefited. The Louisville and
Nashville fol. sometime has been look.
Ing to Charleston for 5 -terminns. and
This enterprise would no doubt be ., big
ioducemeDt TO them to move. The
Louisville and Nashville vould enter
the city if she could get the freight.
Besides line of steamers could be es-
tablished to South America. The EN-
ished goods would be sent theres and
the steamers returning could bring
coffee and other goods for the United
States These goods would naturally
be shipped 10 the North and West,
thus giving the Louisville and Nash
vile. as we'll as other roads, "a large
amount Of freight to be handled. With
the steamer line The home port would
be made all the more important for ex-
port as we'll rs coastwise trade The
merchants 10 this city, too. would de-
rive much benefit from such an enter
prise. Push aud energy is what We
need most; thecapital can be easily se-
cured when the scheme has been fully
explained.
.Auother important question will be
the water supply. This cat, be brought
from Smiths Springs. about ten miles
from the city, or..else from Edisto, ifthe
artesian water will not answer. The
water can be gotten here very cheaply,
and in any quantities.
Every yard Of cotton goods mauu-
factured in the State has to be bleached,
and there is no reason Why this oanrot
be done at home. It takes Is cotton
factories to supply one bteachery.
Charleston conld easily have all the
goods from the mills 10 this State ship
ped here if the bleacbery were ooly es-
tablished. The freight on ma0ufac-
tured stufs is higher than cotton in the
hales md all this eYtra amount wnuld
be given to the local roads. There is
no sense in our paying double freight
to and from The North for bleached
goods manufactured right here at home,
when it can be saved
'sThis viii be great thing for
Charleston, and | believe that if the
business men will only consider it in
the right way they will not hesitate to
push the scheme through to successful
termination. News and Courier.