Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-07-07
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Tho Greenville and Columbia Railroad

The Greenville and Columbia Railroad
Olf amiable and excellent friend of the
"Greonsllc Mountaiuecr," says the ".Andcr-
son Intcligeacer,1': in copying paragraph
from this paper ii relation f. the wholesale
thicving, complained Of fow weeks since, aB
in Vogue upon the Grecnvillo aud Columbia
Railroad, has tho following:
:" We are gratifed at being able to state
that President Hammctt has already inaugurn-
ted measures to stop " the plundcring Of pack
ages" between Columbia and the upper termi.
nj Of the road. We ale inclined to think
that this great evil is already checked, and
that hereafter there will be as little complaint
Of stealing OH tho Grcenvillc and Columbia
Railroad as on any other in the State, if not
less" 49,
This paragraph would be. indeed consoling,
were it not that tho facts as they exist do
not bear out the opinion Of our usually wells
informed cotempory, The 'tmeasutes" have
either not been inaugutatcd or they have
proven totally Intellectual in tho accomplish
ment Of their designs. : Reliable parties have
informed us this week that their goods yet
reach them in the condition of "plundcrdd
packages with this modification, however,
that heretofore thcso operations have been
conducted on the wholesale" principle, while
now there is evidence that the rogucs arc on
'ly prosecuting a I" retail" tra lc How soon
they may conclude to enlarge their fields of
operations depends upon the time when the
stocks Of goods are more generally replcuishel
than at this dull season, unless President
i4ammctt will not only inauguratc, but carry
into full effect sanitary measures for the re-
lief of this Alarming disease. We hope to re-
cord his entire success in this desirable work
and that ere long.
While upon this subject of tho manage
mcnt of this, Road, VIC feel inclined to add
another count to the bill of indictment al
ready presented. The promised reduction of
frcights has fallen far short Of public cxpcc-
tation, and there is general aud earnest re.
monstranco against the injurious effects of the
present high tariff OH certain leading articles
Of Merchandise. For example, we will take
the prime necessity of consumers, salt which
is an article that in numerous instances con-
trolls the direction Of trade and traffic in the
interior towns. When Liverpool salt sold in
Charleston the other day for $500 per sack,
the freight on S. g. r. r. was 70 cents and
OH the Greenvi!lc aud Columbia Road ST .35
per sack, making the total cost of it S4.05
per sack laid down at the Depot in this
place. When this transaction occurred, Gor
we arc speaking of veritable fact,) the same
article could b. purchased in Athens, Geo, for
So. SO at retail. Now, the largest portion Of
trade which this town enjoys lis by far that
coming from the western side Of the District
and the adj oiuing counties m Georgia, and it
is to the interest of our merchants and bust
ness men to cultivate aud nourish this dispo-
sition to purchase goods in Anderson. but
when the adjacent town of Athens, by the
liberal conduct of G eorgia railroads, is enabled
to offer superior Inducements to these people,
there is small probability that the once thriv.
ing and prosperous village of Anderson may
become imbucd with her former spirit and en-.
tcrprise, especially when the Grcenvillc Rail
road, which should be her greatest friend, is
about to "kill the goose that lays the golden
egg" In all seriousness, the high tariff of
freight has materially injured the prospects of
merchants, and unless some relief be found,
the old system of wagons and water had best
be resortcd to. Undoubtedly there would be
more competition, which in our humble jadg:
ment is the only method whereby this monop-
oily. will cease. This is frank and..candid,
and is meant to benefit tho Road and all con-
ccrncd in it's prosperity and success.
EMPIRE. a correspondent, writing from the
city of Mexico, May 18th, says: