The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-24
THE SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD.

To the Editor Of Me Charleston Daily Ne,rS:
writer in your issue of the 10th permits his hght
to shine from Athens, Ga., but he is evidently
under bilious influences, and as consequence no
says great many things which are only asSe'-
lions, without proper authority therefor, for he
does not produce evidence. This is to be regretteu'
because great injustice is done by these LII natur-
ed scribblngs against corporation, which uhocf
very considerable difficulties has done some
service to this city, it cannot but be admitted ana
if it is not possible for it to furnish velvet cushlons
and damask curtains for the accommodation OF i1s
night travel, which statistics show amount on ah
average to three persons per train-it should Do
subject Of regret, but as wo are living III
community where good many of US, VINO hao
luxuries in the past, now must forego then'
itshoudnot be matter of surprise, that the >. u H.
R., which lost heavily by the ''great n:arcn'
should not at this time, be any better OIL tnah
most of the people who went through the same
melting process in 1865 But there is an evident
willingness in A. B. C's ettsr, perhaps nom gno-
rance, to give circulation to the slanders WHICH
interested parties are forever making sganst tnis
company.
He says hi, "bile rises" &c., at being tolo tna'
it is tortoise line," when he could nave taheh
the schedules for freight and passenger trains'
and by comparison with other Southern roaos,
denied the statement without much effort, even IL
the thermometer was 95 degrees. Again some ohe
saws, that it is {; utterly behind the times. Mna'
is meant by this, it is hard to say, Tor II any f-
road, which was in ruins in 1866, can show Det-
ter resusc!tation in two year than the s. o. II. H.
with the means available for the gigannc "ork TO
be done, We would like to have the facts' anu VIII
admit tho allegation to be true. But wnen We
look around for examples, we find none SO up 70
the age" as this much abused B. y. hairoau'
Compare the work on theS. c. R. p. from July looo'
to February, 1866, and then see what has peen
done on the Charleston and Savannah halroaa
for similar period Of time-say from the date Oh
the sale, some months ago, to this tlme-ano tne
comparison must satisfy unprejudiced minds that
the South Carolina Railroad stands pre-eminent Tor
the success of it's past two years administration.
This writer, in the very agony OF his mdlgna-
ton, cries ssShame! shame !" but We nave neard
this same cry raised against some OF our nrst
business houses, because they charged the current
rate-11 per cent. month. We have neard
other houses denounced for various acts Oh
omission and commission too numerous to
mention, but we do not think less OF them
on this account, perhaps for the reason that tney
manage their business good deal as the South
Carolina Railroad manages theirs-to make money
to meet their obligations. And we doubt very much
If any of the so-called ego ahead, up to the age"
gentlemen would appreciate the situationr every
body demanded Of them what public clamor de-
mands Of the South Carolina Railroad-that they
should work for nothing and pay their own e1-
penses.
We do not know who "a. B. C" is, but his pro-
miscuous charge against 'scsrtain officers OF the
South Carolina Railroad" &c., is ppsrile and un-
becorc lg, unless it is based on facts, equal TO
ssproof to conviction" Unless such statement ls
laid at once before the Board Of Directors OF the
s. c. R. B. Co., with names and specifications, this
attack can be with great justice branded as
slander. The writer tells Us in conclusion
that six persons we're going North, via Atlanta,
and none coming this way, but he does not men-
tion that he took any pains to show them that they
were making very circuitous route in so doing,
and hence we infer that it was pleasure for him
to see them journeying ia that direction.
Y T.