The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-09-27
SOUTH EDISTO RIVER
SHOULD BE IMPROVED TO GU1G-
NARD'S <LANDLNG.
Uaps. Adams VIII Secure the Facts
!, Before He Acts Upon the Request
The Charleston Evening Post says
she project Of developing the Edisto
10 Recommend 1t

! The Charleston Evening Post says
she project Of developing the Edisto
river. for navigation between Char
lesion and Orangeburg is. taking on
more extended range, and it is
now proposed to have the south fork
OF the river improved. by the Feder-
al government. that the river COM
Raerce may be carried on as far as
. Guignard's Landing, q meeting hav-
: ir !; been called.to be held at Spring
field for conference on the subject.
at this meeting at Springfield, 1t
lis planned to have Capt. E. M. Ad-
! ans, corps Of engineers, U. S. A.,
in charge Of the river and harbor
work in South Carolina, attend with
sCongressmen Lever and Byrnes. The
s idea Of the promoters of the scheme
( is while the improvements are being
: made to the river, the work might
ibe extended farther up the river and
]: made to serve larger section at
small additional cost:
The South fork of the Edisto Riv-
.er reaches up into large agricul-
tural section, and the movement of
the products Of che soil would of
itself furnish goodly proportion of
the freight to be handled. The more
. extended the river improvements,
( the larger will be the river business
to be handled.
Preliminary, of course, to any re-
commentator of the United States
engineer officer for the proposed i'm
provements, it will be necessary foc
the people Of the section to show
that the business justifies the perfor-
nance sof the project and this is
the special endeayor which now en-
cages the commercial element Of the
section, and on its showing depends
whether the government official will
recommend the project and the gov
ernment will make the appropria-
tion for the work.
The following Is copy Of letter
which is low being circulated among
the twons which will be benefited
by this project, and speaks for itself:
Springfield, S. c., Sept. %, 1910.
z. My dear Sir: At the request of
Congressman Lever, am writing
1you to ask if you will cooperate
with US In furnishing Capt. Adams
of the Federal government, statis-
tics that will prove the Importance
nf the government opening up the
South Edisto river as far. as Guig-
nard's Landing. 1t lis important
THAT you have committee to get
up the shipping Importance of your
town. Gross; amounts shipped out
Of it, and amounts shipped into it.
The meeting will be held at
Springfield at a date to be named
later.
Congressman Lever and Brynes
Will meet Capt. Adams here and af-
ter holding a reception the party
will proceed down tho river as far
as Bamberg, where we Will be met
by another party. If you are inter
ested, know that you are, write me
and I will give you detailed infor-
nation. Respectfully,
JAMES II. TANNING.
If it would pay to clean out the
North Edisto River, we cannot see
why it would not pay to clean out
5the South Edisto River also. Both
streams run through fine agricul-
fural sections and the people in both
would be greatly benefited by having
these rivers made navigable. We
hope the efforts being made by the
Springfield people to this end will
meet with success There is no
reason why should not.
BranchviIle Locals.
- WALLACE Pafhea SaFt 1oet Mondoy