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

u The EtiifOr Qt IA" Charleston D1Ry Nt9rs:
writer IN your isso Of the 1Gtli permits his light
10 Shine from Athens, Ga., but hc il cvidontly
under 6HioRs influences, and MS consequence, lu
says great many things which arc only assPr-
lions, without proper authority therefor, for hc
docs not produce evidence. This s to be regretted
bcca'tsc great injustice is done by these III natur-
| ell scribblings against corporation, whcl, under
very considerable difficulties haa done some
service to this city, it cannot but DO admittod and
If il not possible for it to furnish yolvot cushions
and tamask curtainr for tho accommodation Of lis
| night trarol, which statistics show amount OIL al
average to throo porsous per train-it should Lu q
subject OF regret, but as NO aro living in
n community whore good many OF us, who had
| lnNIrica III tho past, now must forcgo them,
itBhonll mol bc matter Of SURPRISE TINT tho s. G. H.
IT,, which lost hearty by tho 'great uarch '
should uni at this time bo any bottcr off than
most of the people who went through tho sa,nn
melting process in 1865. But thoro ia an cridcut
willingness in A. d. C's letter, perhaps from igno-
rance. To giyo circulation to the slaniors which
interested parties forever making against this
company.
lie says hi "bo rises,' 6r., at being told that
II il tortoise lno," when lio could have taken
the schedules for freight and passenger trains,
anu by n comparison with other Southern roads,
denied me st0teneai without much effort evcn il
tho thcrniomctOr was 9j degrees. Again somo ono
says, thatit is" rlsurly bohnd tho timoy." What
is meant by this IL s hard to say for II any Rail
! road, which was in ruins in 1865 can show il bot
tor rcsnscitation III two year than tho S. G. H. r.,
with tho means available for tho gigantic work to
bo done, NO would lilp to hsvo the facts and win
admit Tho allegation 10 be true. But when wo
look aronn,l for examples, wo find npnc go sup TO
the ngc' ns this much abused s. c. Railroad.
Compare the work OH tho;;. c. L. r. from july 1885,
to February, 1866, aud thon ace what has been
dune on Tho Charleston and Savannah Railroad
for similar porind Of tino -say from tho tnte OF
the sale, some months ago, to this timc-and Tho
comparison must satisfy unprejudiccd minds that
the South Carolina Railroad stands pro cmnout for
tho success OF its past Two yoars' administration
This writer, in the worry agony OF his indigna-
tion cries s'Shamol shame I" but we have heard
this samo cry raised against some OF our first
business houses, because they charged the current
rate-lt per cont.i' q MONTH, We have heard
other houses denounced for various nets of
omission and commission too humorous to
mention, but wo do mol think less Of thom
on this account, perhaps for the reason that they
manage thor business gool deal as tho South
CarollnH Railroad manages thoirs-to mako money
To meet their obligations And wo doubt Fry much
if any of the so-called ''go aoad, up to tho ago"
gentlemen would appreciate tho sluationif ovory-
body demanded of thom what public ciamor de-
mands of the South Carolina Railroad-that they
should work for nothing und pay their own on
ponscs.
wc lo,not know who "a. b. c." is, but hd pro
mscnous charge against certain officer, Of the
South Carolina Railroad" &C., is pusrilc and nm
becoming, unloss it is based on facts, equal to
proof to conviction" Unless such statement 10
laid mt once before tho Board OF Directors, OF the
:. c. r. r. Co., with names and specifications this
attack can bo with great justice branded as
II slandcr. Tho writer tells us in conclusion
tliat Blk persons were going North, vil Atlanta,
and mono coming this way, but he docs not mon
tion that ho took any pains to show them that thoy
wcro making worry circuitous rouio in so doing
and honce wo infer that it was pleasure for hin,
to $50 thom journeying in that direction.