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Great Inducements A Glimpse Of Georgetown South Carolina
Georgetown South Carolina presents a population around 6 000 with a suburban segment of about 2 500. It boasts an annual commerce of 10 000 000 and port tonnage near 500 000 tons with 1000 miles of navigable rivers. Rail connections link to North South East West via Georgetown and Western Rail Road at Lanes with Atlantic Coast Line, plus a Marion line under construction. Freight ships sail to New York Boston Baltimore Wilmington Charleston and tributary rivers. A robust Chamber of Commerce, multiple banks, new 65 000 post office and customs house, land association offering city lots, a fine graded school system, broad churches, a modern hospital, factories, and large saw mills. The harbor has 18 feet at the ocean entrance with ongoing dredging and jetty work, and the government has spent 2 000 000 on harbor improvements. Georgetown advertises ample water, sanitation, electric lights, macadamized streets, free ferries, and abundant business and manufacturing opportunities including proposed opera house, marine railway, street railway, cotton mills, tobacco, rice, and many other enterprises.