The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-03-10

torial thus happily characterlzes
the different Railroads of this
State: .- ~,......
sThe railroad undertakings OF
this. State-the devious Greenville
Railroad, staggering and faint
the cautious Northeastern. weary
and worn, but making a gallant
fight with small means the man.
moth South Carolina, much abus-
ed and more worthy, creeping to
the top of dividend hill; the in
choate Savannah and Charleston,
which has swallowed many mil
lions and will not swallow more !;
the litigant Augusta, whose mot
to is never despair; the small fry
Of Laurens, and Kings Mountain,
and CoalfeIds, and Anderson, and
the like, of whom least said is
best all these undertakings, by
their wealth, their success, and
their mighty future-always to be
the future-tempt the ring at Col
umbia to new adventures, and en-
courage them to spend more mon
ey-not their own"
The soundest in condition, and
the. best managed road in the
State, does not appear in this list
we mean the Charlotte, & S. G.
Railroad. Under the able and
energetic management of Colonel
VIM. johnson, this road has ap-
parently recovered from the dis
asters of the war, and is moving
slowly, but surely "to the top Of
dividend hill" The price of its
stock has advanced from thirty
dollars per share to fiftytwo; and
is eagerly sought by capitalists at
that price. From having recent
ly passed over nearly all the roads
In the. State, we can --unbeSltat-
ingly say, that there is no road
that compares with it for the
smoothncss of its track and the
comfort Of it's coaches. The con-
ductors are attentive and gentle
manly, and study the comfort Of
their passengers. ... .,-s
Considerable spleen has been
ventilated against the President
and Directors ofsthis road, for the
line of policy they have pursued
in the management of tie road.
When summed up, it all amounts
to this, that the road has not been
run exclusively in the interest of
Charleston. The President and
Directors have had some regard
for the interest Of the section of
through which the road runs, and
have shaped their policy in accor:
dance with that Interest This it
is, and nothing more: Among the
"smal fry are enumerated the
Anderson and Laurens Roads. The
former of these is part Of the
greatiBlue Ridge scheme, which
undoub btediy has fried a good deal
of fatout of South Carolina, and
if the editor will try the Laurens
Road, on an August afternoon, he
will come to the conclusion before
he reaches his destination, that be
has struck a large and long FRY"
As to tho stlitigant Augusta" the
records of the Courts show that
it has been much more. "sinned
against than SHINING Battling
for the right to exist, against the
unrelenting hostility of rapa-
cious. corporation, it has only been
"litigant" when dragged bv every
species ofvexatious litigation be-
fore the Courts Of the State. Its
record in this whole matter is
clear. The effort to squelch it in
its:incipiency began at Columbia,
and as soon as it's enemies were
bafied and routed there, they
rushed round and took up posi-
ton at Granitsville, there to make
a death struggle for its destruc-
tion. Fortunately for the good of
the countryside up-country espe-
cially defeat has again fallen to
the lot ofits adversaries; and it
is to be hoped that the childish
ndpuerile policy now pursued by |
the South Carolina Railroad in re-