The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-06-28
THE GREENy1ILE AND COLUMBIA RAILROAD


Our amiabe and excellent friend of the Green
Vile Mountapeer, in copying paragraph from this
paper in relation to the wholesale thieving, COM
planned of few weeks since, as in vogue upon the
Grcenyille and Columbia Railroad, has the follow
ing:
ave are gratifcd at being able to state that
President Hammett has already inaugurated meas
ures to stop 'the plundcring of packages" between
Columbia and the upper termini of the road. We
are inclined to think that this great evil is al
ready checked, and that hereafter there will be as
little complaint of stealing the Greenville and
Columbia Railroad as on any other in the State, If
not less"
This paragraph would be Indeed cotiscling, were
it not that the facts they exist do not bear out
the opinion Of otr usually well-infOrtned coempo-
rarv. The ..measures" have either not been sim
aucuraed" or they have proven totally Intellectual
in the ACCOMPLISHMENT of their design. Reliable
narties have informed Us this rcck that their goods
vet reach them in the condition "plundered pack
ages, with this notification however, that hereto
fore these operations have been conducted on the
"wholesale" principle while now there is evidence
that the rogues are only prosecuting ''retair'
trade. How soon they may conclude to enlarge
their field of operations depends upon the time
when the stocks of goods arc more generally re-
plenished than Mt this dull season, unless Presi-
dent HAMMETT will not only naugurate, but carry
into full effect sanitary measures for the relief OF
this alarming disease. We hope TO record his ell
tire success in this desirable work, and that ere
long.
While upon this subject Of the management Of
this Road we feel inclined to add another count
to the bill of Indictment already presented. The
promised reduction Of freghts has fallen far short
of public expectation, and there is general and
earnest rcmonstrancc against the injurious effects
of the present high tariff on certain leading articles
of merchandise For example, we will take the
prime necessity of consumers, salt, which is an
article that in numerous instances controls the di-
rection 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. c. R. r
was 10 cents and on the Greenville and Columbit
Road S1.35 per sack, making the total cost o.
place. When this transaction occurred, tor We
are speaking of veritable fact the article
could be purchased in Athens, Geo., for $3.50 a
retail. Now, the largest portion of trade which
this town enjoys is by far that coming from the
western side of tho District and the adjoining
counties in Georgia. and it is to the interest of oui
merchants and business men to cultivate and nour-
ish this disposition to purchase goods in Ander.
son. But when the adjacent town of Athens, By
the liberal conduct Of Georgia railroads, is enabled tc
offer superior inducements to these people, there
is small probability that the once thriving and
prosperous village Of Anderson may become i'm
bued with her former spirit and enterprise espe-
cially when the Greenville Railroad, which Should
be her greatest friend, is about to "ill the goose
that lays the golden egg." In all seriousness the
high tariff of freight has materially injured the
prospects of our merchants, and unless some re-
lief be found, the old system of wagons and watei
had best be resorted to. Undoubtedly there
would be more competition, which in our humble
judgment is the only method whereby this mo-
nopoly will cease. This is frank and candid, and
is meant to benefit the Road and all concerned in
its prosperity and success.