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

1he raiiroad undertakings o
this State-the devious Grcenvillt
Railroad, staggering and faint
tho cautious Northeastern. weary
and worn, but making q galtan,
fight with small means tho nam
moth South Carolina, much abus
cd and more worthy, creeping te
the top Of dividend hill; the in
choato Savannah and Charleston
which has swallowed many "mil
lions and will not swallow more
tho litigant Augusta, whose mot
TO is never despair; tho small fry
of Laurens, and Kings Mountain
and Coalficlds, and Anderson, ant
the like, Of whom least said is
best all these undertakings, by
their wealth, their SUCCESS, and
their mighty future always to be
the tuturc-tempt the ring at Col
umbia to now adventures. and en-.
courage them to spend moro mon
cy-not their own"
The soundcst in condition, and
tho best managed road in the
State, does not appear in this list
-wc mean the Charlotte e. S. c..
Railroad Under the able and
energetic management Of Colonel
Wm. Johnson, this road has ap-
parcntly recovered from tho dis
astcrs 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 filty-two, and
is eagerly sought by capitalists at
;hat price. From having recent
~ passed over nearly all tho roads
IN the State, wo can unhcsitaL.
ingly say, that there is no road
that compares with il for tho
sm"o;hn"sS of its track and the
comfort Of its coaches. The con-
ductors arc attentive and gentle
manly, and study the comfort OF
their passengers.
Considerable spleen has been
ven;lla;e'! against thc rlvSilen,
ana Directors Of this road, for tie
line Of policy they have pursued
IN the infringement OF tic road.
when summed up, it all amounts
to this, that the road has not bccn
run exclusively in tho interest of
Charleston. The President and
Directors have had some regard
Tor tho interest Of tho 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
"small fry" arc enumerated the
Anderson and Laurcns Roads. The
former Of these Is Il oart Of the
great Blue Ridge scheme, which
undoubtedly has fried good deal
OF lat out Of South Carolina, and
if the editor will try tho Laurcns
Road, on an August afternoon, he
will come to the conclusion before
no reaches his destination, that he
has struck q large and long "rry."
AS to tho "litigant Augusta" tho
records Of tho Courts show that
it has been much more "sinncd
against than sinning."-Buttling
for the right to cxist, against the
unrclcnting hostility Of a rapa-
clous corporation, it has only been
"itiganL' when dragged bv every
species ofvcxatious litigation be-
fore tho Courts Of the State. It's
record in this whole matter is
clear. The effort to squclch it in
its incipicncy began at Columbia,
and rs soon as its enemies wcrc
bafl1cd and routed there, they
rushed round and took up posi-
ton at Graniteville, there to make
q death struggle for its dcstruc-
ton. Fortunately for the good of
tho country-thc up.conntry ospc-
ciAlly defeat has again fallen to
tho lot Of it's advcrsaries and it
is to bo hoped that tho childish
and puoriIo policy now pursued by
tho South Carolina Railroad in re-
forcncc to taking up and letting
oft passengers at Granitcvillo-~or
rather as to tho not taking them
up and lotting thom' oH--will bo
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