The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-02-11

brought by the roads ID the interior from New
York. He knew OF twn thousand tons bought
in baltimore and shipped to Savannah, and
sent by way of Georgia to Edge6eld. There
were complaints on all sides, and they should
be noticed. 80
President Magrath, I'm reply to Mr.. Seibels,
said, that if the complaints spoken OF referred
to tariffs, he would cbsllenge comparison with
those of any other road. AS forthe statement
about there not being moro than one-thlrd as
much guano moving on the road this year as
last, if that were true, the road must have moved
moro guano last year tnan he had any idea Of.
Tho fact WAS chat he had never before seen so
much guano on the road us there was ut pres
ent. In regard to THO two thousand tons
bought in Baltimore, and shipped via Sa-
vannah, he could sea no reason tor. the
transaction whatever, end would like to have
it explained. The tariffs on tho South Carroll
ma Railroad and the Georgia Railroad were the
same and their regulations the same. The
road was suffering noW for want of cars to
transport merchandise, because tho cars were
filed with guano and retained at way stations
as warehouses, because the consgnees Of the
guano failed TO recelvedt at the proper time.
10 afford such facilities and storage as the gen.
t'eman from Edgefeld. would seem to desire,
would take at least one hundred addition al cars
at q cost Of 500, COO.
Hon George A TrenL6lm also replied to Mr..
Siebels. He sand thath was willing to leave
legal questions to counsel learned in the law,
but that the best reply to the public clamor
against the road for failpg togive certain fhcil-
tiles was the fact that the stockholders
of the road had not receiked one dollar Of divl-
been furnishing tho pubise with the facilities Of
the road at the, mcre cost OF keeping up the
road and dsfraying the expenses OF transporta-
tion. IT the company had been mutual BEN
eft concern, with an agreement to return
shippers all money over and above expenses, 1t
would not have been better arrangement for
the public. The stockholders had furnish
ed the public it'll all the advantages OF o
great railroad at mere cost, while their
satisfied. Must the Stockholders 60 still fur
ther and put their hands in their pockets to
satisfy the clamor OF the people? The same
clamor had been made in Edgeheld District OF
the close Of tho war, whdn the very men who
clamorod against the ronG for charging twenty
five cents for carrying sack of salt for Que
hundred and twenty miles, were thems elves
Of salt twenty-one miles. When the company
was broken down and nearly ruined, and the
road destroyed, the same class OF men camor-
ed because the road charged as much for
freight from Hopkins Tdrnout to Charleston
as the peo lie who clamor d charged for haul
ing from Hopkins to Columbia. We work all
the ye IL round, earn nothing, and meet here
with long faces, because we have no dividonds,
and yet the public is not satisfied l main
tain that this company haa done it's duty to the
public.
am not going to ontes into the details of
the dispute between this road and the Columbia
and Augusta Road. But In regard to Mr.. john
son, will say this was sone Of the bost and
first friends that his schems had. I subscribed
one-hfth OF the entire capital Of the road, and
have always been wiling to meet HIM on fair
and liberal terms. But he never came. MIR.
johnson said, ~ am going to build road
IN opposition to your ROAD, and when it Is
finished will take away NOT only your bus-
nees between Granitevllo and Augusta, but
One-half Of your business het ween Augusta al uei
Charleston, but am not yet quite ready to
build my road from GranUaville to Augusta,
and want you to let me heve tho use OF your
track until do. For that will give you what
earn between Granitevllle and Augusta
l did not consider these LIBERAL terms at all.
matter, and replied to MIN personally I
told him that his offer was equivalent to taking
away half of our business aHss give us III return
one7tenth ofvs;at isE sou! "A ae.t
directors, for the sake OF popular clamor, be so
untrue to their constituents The thing was
absurd on the face of it. We were willing to
make money out Mr.: johnson, but could not
CITY Of Augusta $3.50 600 for the privilege Of
building our bridge across the Savannah
River. We had built that bridge at o
great expense, and it was incumbent upon
Mr.. johnson to pay us something correspond
ing to the expense we had incurred. The City
of Augusta had bound itself to us not to allow
any other road to cross the river at Augusta.
These rights and privileges, were valuable.
We had paid for them. Was there any impro-
prlety in going into the courts to enforce
them, merely because tho people clamored
against it ? Let them clamor. We want
nothing but what is right, just aud reasonable.
Who, that is q man, would yield his rights be-
cause OF the clamor of the populace AS one
of your directors, have done my best to pro-
tect your interests, and as long as you honor
me with your votes, l will maintain your
rights, and ]. ut least, will never succumb.
Loud apulause.l
Mr.. w. A. Courtenay arose and said
Mr. Chairman and Ge7alenae11-I meet the
gentleman from Edgefeld for the first time to-
day, and l desire to reply very briefly to two
points OF his complaint against the South Ca
rolina Railroad for the reason tha I can speak
directly to the point OF these charges, which
he tells US, have been the cause OF cIamol
against our road.
He charges that the citizens CT the interior
districts can only obtain receipts for guano q,
the Charleston depot, upon condition that the
Car is unloaded at'its destination within twen-
ty-four hours of it's arrival. May ask il this
is an unreasonable condition ? During the
past week my house has been shipping an on.
tire cargo OF guano to numerous points in
South Carolina. Georgia and Alabama. and we
were interrupted in the shipme ment of o portion
OF it because the railroad was temporarily un-
able to furnish TRANSPORTATION; and what, gen-
teInen, is the real excuse Of the road? Il aal
it from the president himself: sSuch un-
usual quantities Of euano are being offered
for transportation. larger in amount than at
any previous season, that the capacity OF the
road had been for a month past tested to it's
utmost" But, that is not all. A very grave
difficulty grows out of the delay at all interior
depots in unloading cars, and it is this use oil
cars as warehouses until consignees shall
make 1t convenient to haul OF their freight that
has put back the business OF the road Tor a
short time and caused this limit TO be put
upon the detention Of the cars. Is this uprea
sonable :? The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company has in use five thousand cars, and
yet, venture the assertion, that If o loaded
loaded within SIX hours after its arrival, the
agent would very soon hear of his delinq 1ency.
Now. our company, with great iberallty, grants
twenty -four hours indulgence, and that, it
seems, is the cause Of popular clamor against
the road. Bear in mind, gentlemen that
your company Is moving as mtlcl tonnage now
with three hundred cars as II did in 1850 With