| From the Western Democrat (Charlotte,
N.C.) |
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| February 24, 1863 |
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| Shelby & Broad River Railroad |
| This road has now been
chartered by the States of North and South Carolina. The Company will
be organized in a few days, and we understand that arrangements have
been made to place immediately under contract that portion of the road
from Shelby to the Magnetic Iron Works, Cherokee Ford, Broad River.
The Company are authorized to connect with either the Spartanburg
& Union Railroad, the Charlotte & South Carolina Railroad, or
the King's Mountain Railroad at Yorkville. If the Company should
connect with the Spartanburg & Union Road, at Spartanburg Court
House, the road, by the extension of thirty-two miles to Greenville
Court House, will, it is claimed by its friends, become the route of
the air line from Atlanta to Richmond, and will shorten the distance
from Charlotte, N. C., to Atlanta about 125 miles. |
| Charleston Mercury |
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