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

The article which we publish pelo" coA.o' "
in the Columbia Chronicle, and CONTAINS eoiN
plants which are certainly new to rs. lia' t"e''.
storekeepers of Greenville and Abbovlle shouio
have gone to Baltimore and New York, We tnlih
very likely, and that they should nave 'en' '-'''
goods ria Charlotte and Columbia, lnsteau VI
through Charleston, we think was also very i'Aef'
but Of the necessity for either the one or INC o'c'
We see no proof adluced i'll this article. NC ~.
init that the delay of fourteen hours at toiin'D''
is an inconvenience, but al the rairoau Si''' "
omission and commission.j justly charSeapie oi ',i'
South Carolina Railroad? II seems custoi'iaff III
Coumba 70 file all their bills OF compiaih't up'n
the supposition that all the lesser auu i'i'1i 'o
railroads in SoCth Carolina are to fiX Their scne'
ules between breaisass time snd early suhSes' a"o
that all the night work is to be done on Pron'ie"S
trains by the South Carolina Railroad Company.
The best answer for these complaints is ior the
complainants to learn whatis the tfuth' is " .i''
working of main trunk roads, starting from cites
Does the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad stare us .ran
TO suit the s.Winchester' connection or the VII
chester Road conform its schedule to that u 'ie
main stem
After they have this information, we propose
that they call ON Presidents HAMMETr ana 'ohN,
BON, and suggest that they connect Will 'ne
South Carolina Road up and down.
The press of Charleston has always been cut on
from an extensive up-oountry circulation pecau'e
the railroads of that section have even reiuseu
close connection with the principal morning tfaiu
FROM Charleston, and the delay OF fourteen hours
is now and always has been chsr6eable on these
interior connecting roads.
We believe tie story about wagonlnG 10 Alnehs'
60 miles, instead of to Walhala at the head OF tne
Greenyille road. because the latter company Is
stripped of rolling stock, bare Of means, and can
furnish but little transportation; and the kowieoee
of the heavy losses i'll the past from delay keeps
people who must have dispatch from this ROAD.
When the writer suggests ''put facilities upon
the road " we agree with him. and beg thai he vii
see Presidents JOHNSON and HAMarETr at once. The
price of ton of guano to Columbia from Charles
ton, 100 miles-so shipper informs us-ls 81 oo
From Cincinnati to Indianapolis, lis miles, 81 60
What do the Greenyille and Columbia road, ano
the Charlotte Railroad charge on guano for =;
miles?
We were informed, some days ago, that night
train was contemplated to Columbia as soon as
could be arranged for, and when business wouio
warrant it.. We have no doubt we will have the
pleasure of announcing this at an early day. Ii
the meantime, however, time and money can De
sayed:by the facilities now existinga
ASER1oUs MATTER FOR CHARLEsroE. .-Ror the
lastStwo years "a newspaper war has been wagec
between the several railroads of the State and par
tsans thereof, in which all sides have been handles
without gloves. We are not disposed 10 DestoN
censure anywhere: but we desire to call public at
tention to one startling fact, which is at once 9
lesson, Illustration and warning. In the early par
OF the season. ten or twelve OF the merchants OF
Gre .nvlle, Abbeyille. and Anderson Districts mu.
tually agreed to buy their goods III Baltimore anc
New York, and ~ his end visited those cites II
person. Their freight instead OF coming to Co.
iumbia via Charleston reached here via Charlotte
and, in several instances, prior to the arrival ol
the merchants themselves. 1t is needless to say
they were delighted with the snscessof their ex-
pertinent They had both time and money
and insured promptness in the delivery OF then
goods.
Now let us look into the matter. Why did not
these gentlemen go to Charleston as usual? Here
is the answer: Tive merchants not long ago
started from Greenville one for Charleston. the
other for Baltimore. Strange as it may appear,
the latter was able to commence his purchases IN
a great lively metropolis at the same hour that
the Charleston buyer began to trade there. No
time had been willingly lost by ether-only by one
route the traveller went through o his destination,
making regular connections, and by the other he
lost nearly fourteen hours in Columbia, and
reaches Charleston after the business houses were
generally closed. In other words, an up-country
merchant has no inducement held out to him to go
to Charleston. because Baltimore is just as near.
What, then, do we want? A night train from
Columbia to the coast A few weeks ago, seventy
wagons from the upper edge OF Pickers, Hayward,
Jackson and the neighboring counties OF North
Carolina might have been seen vending their way
to Athens, Ca, for market. Walhalla and rail-
road was within ten miles, and Athens dist mt SIX
ty miles. 1t did not pay to take the cars. -Four
days ago, two car loads OF cattle. were brought
from Greenville en- route intended for Charleston:
The owner disappointed because he could not go
through, andwas obliged to hire lot tnat night
to keep his stock here declared, i'll positive man
ner that hereafter ne would drive his cattle to M Au-
gusta and seek Savannah as anoutlet.,5Pnt iaclll-
ties upon the roads for their transportation, and
as we are informed, five thousand head OF cattle
win be transported from the up country before the
first day Of January. - -
Tue finest apples can be bought in North Caro-
lima .1or forty fifty cents bsrrel. The freight
upon them to Charleston smounts almost to pro-
hibition. SO with variouss marketable articles
which may be named-there is no encouragement
to- the producer to send them twenty m1les from
Be brought from BALTIMORE to Kfngvilfe Tor nearly
the price that was charged to bring 1t from King
vile to ColumbiaLso, !, at least, weare assured
Now, all Of these things are discouraginG to our
people, They act like an incubus upon enterprise.
They dlshearten merchants. Give us through
connections, low freights and qcick trips 90 our
railroads, and there is no reason why our people
should not stay at home and trade here; but when
q party can reach Baltimore from the heart Of
South Carolina and commence busmessat the came
hour two days afterward that he would commence
bu siness in Charleston, the merchants OF our own
1lel,, hon