The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-02
RAILROAD FACILITIES. ,

Ahc artieic WHICH %o publish below comes 10 II
| III the Colu,nl'ia e., oa!r;., and contsin5 con,
p:nnid which are ccrlainly new 10 U.s. That tweiy
s'"rekeepers OF urconrille and Abbeyllc slloul,
| have gone 10 Baltimore and Now iGri We tlinl
very likely, aud that they should hsvc sent tho.
g'oi5 c:h Charlotte ani Columbia. instead q
through Charleston, we think was also very likely
but VI the necessity Tor either tho ole or the uthc
We sec no proof aldncrd in thi. article We al
init ttiatsths delay uf fourtcln hours Mt Cou,u,i
il an Inconvenience, but ali thr railroad sins q
omission aihl commission justly cl.arReabo Oh tn,
Sonth Carolina Rsilroaa2 II seems customary il
COLUMBIA to !ilr all their bills OF complaint upo,
| The snpr5sitiOn that >" the lesser and interior
\ railroads IN South Carolina arr Ia fx their schet
ueS between breakfast tinlu AMI early sunset, an,
tiiat all the ugl work is tu br douc Oa protitles.
| trains hy tho South Carolina Railroad Company
Tho best answer FOR those complaints is Tor tn.
rninplanauts to- ,earn what in the rllth al 10 ih,,
working ni main trunk r.a,s, surfing from cities
Dos iie Baltimore and OHIO railroad sta,l lis trai,
10 suit the "Winc'esicr' .ullnrcliul,, ur lilo Win
chester Road coutorm is schedule 10 that nf the
main stem
After they have this information We propose
| that they call on Presidents iAMMrIT anl .IuuS.
son. and suggest that they con nccl with tic
South Carolina Road up and down.
Tho press of Chareston has alwaya been cul oil
from an extensive up.conntry crcu,tion because
the railroads OF that section have ever, rufusoa
| cloHc connection with Tho principal morning train
fro,h Charleston. and the delay OF fourteen haurs
is now and always has bccu cllargcabla OIL these
interior connecting roads.
ho believe tho story about wagoning to Athens,
60 miles, instead of to Walhalla at Tho head of the
Greenvilo road, because tho latter company is
stripped of rolling STOCK baro Of means, and can
furnish but little transportation: and tho Euow ledge
OF tho heavy losses in tho past from delay, keeps
people who mn5t have dispatch from this road
When The writer suggests "put facilities upon
the road VIC agree with him. md beg TIM, he will
SEQ Presidents JOHNSON and HAMMErr at once. The
prico of a ton Of guano to Columbia from Charles
ton, $50 mes-so shipper informs us-is 81 90.
From Cincinnati 10 indianapolis, lis miles, n GO.
What do The Greenrilto and Columbia road, a, I
tho Charlotte Railroad chnrge on gnano for Gj
mesP
We were informed, SOME days ago, that n night
train was contemplated to Columbia as soon as il
conld be arranged for, aud when business would
warrant it. We have no doubt We will have tho
pleasure of announcing this at all early day. In
tho meantime, howevor, finsc and monc, can bs
saved by the facilities now existing.
SERIOUS MATTER FOR CuARLEsroS.-For the
botwoon the several railroads Of the State and nr-
tisans thereof i'll which all sides have been handled
without gloves. Wo arc not disposed to bestow
ccnstire nnywhore: but We desire to call public al
tenton 70 one startling fact, which is at once a
lesson, illustration and warning. In tho carly part
ot the season, ten or twelve Of the merchants of
Gresnville, Abbeyiile and Anderson Districts mu-
tnally agreed to buy their goods in Baltimore and
New York and to his end visited thuse cities in
person. Their freight, Instead OF coming to Co.
luT6ia via Charleston, reached here via Charlntte
and, in scverai instances, prior to tho arrival oi
tne merchants themselves. 1t is needless 10 snv
they were delighted with the susccss of their ex-
pertinent. They had aavod both Time and money
goods.
Now let us look into the matter. Why did not
these gentlemen go to Charleston as usual? Here
IN the answer: Two merchants not long ago
started from Greenriile, one for Charleston. the
other for Baltimore. Strange as it NAV appear,
;asSf nEa EaS tft6&poEe rs af R sh suas
the Charleston buyer began to trade there. No
rontc the traveller went through to s destination,
making regular connections, and by the other he
lost noarly fourteen hours in Columbia, and
reaches Charleston alter the business houses were
generally closed. In other words, an up-cnnniry
merchant has no inducement held out TO him to go
10 Charleston because Baltimore is just as near.
Columbia to the const few weeks ago, seventy
wagons from Tho upper edge OF Pickcns, lIeywIrd,
Jackson and the noiShboring conntics oil North
Carolina might have beon seen vending their way
to Athens, Ga, for market Waalla and rail
road was within ten miles, md Athens dist at six
ty miles. II did not pay 10 take the cars. Fnur
days ago, two car loads Of cattle We're brought
from GIeenrille en- route intended for Charleston.
The owner. disappointed because hc could mi 20
through, and was obliged to hire loi that night
10 keep his stock hore, declared in positive man
her, that hereafter he would drive his cattle 10 Au
gusta and seek Savannah an outlet. Put fac-
tics upon The roads for their transportation, and
as we are informed, five THOUSAND head Of cattle
will bo transported from The up country before the
first day of January.
Tho finest npples can DO bought in North Caro-
lima Tor forty Or fifty cents barrel. Tho freight
upon them TO Charleston amounts almost to pro-
hlbition. So with various marketable articles
which may DO named-therc is no encouragement
to the producer to sond them twenty miles from
homo by rail. Not long ago ton Of guano nlid
bo brought from Baltimore to Kingrille for nearly
the price that was charged TO bring II from King
Vile to Columbia-so, at least, wo arc assured.
Now, all OF those things are discouraging to our
people, They act like an incubus upon enterprise
They dl6hearton merchants. Givo us through
connections, low freights and quick trips on our
railroads. and there is no reason why our people
should not stay ut home and trade here; but WHOM
party can reach Baltimore from the heart of
South Carolina and commence business at the 6nme
hour two days aftorward that ho would commence
bnsiness in Charleston, the merchants of our own
"city BY the Sea" might MS well shut mp shop.