The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-11-30
The Baltimore Southern Central Railway
.-.r System.

| We have from time TO time alluaed 10 the
purchase or lease of Southern roads by parties
| in close connection with the Pennsylvania
| Central. For time it was believed that these
! operations were being made for the benefit o.
that road Some months ago we discovered
that this organization, under which this South.
ern consolidation was being effected, was an
independent one5 and we have heretofore 6een
restrained by prudential motives from speaking
on the subject. Now that the system has at
tanned proportions which make further secrecy
unnecessary, we give to the public details which
will be OF. unusual interest.
| Some four years ago, the great body OF the
Southern railroads, being still In dlapldated
condition from the wear and tear OF an'ex-
hausting war, their stocks and mortgage bonds
being in a very depressed condition, their
means and credit being limited, and their CO.
operative organization, not only incomplete,
but checked by the antagonism OF special In
terests and narrow views, a movement was IN
augurated by Mr.. w. T.. Walters, Of this city,
which, he believed, would not only yield large
profit to himself and his associates, on money
invested, but benefit the city of Baltimore by
adding greatly to its trade. 1t seemed, indeed,
evident that compact organization OF the
great lines of Southern intercommunlcatlon,
under a system controlled by one head, kept in
full working order, thoroughly equipped, with
regular and speedy passenger and freight trains
running at the lowest paying figures, must me-
cessarily improve the condition OF the whole
Southern country, and lead, consequently, TO
the. development of this, its natural ana most
important market. i.s.. -. =.
:, over seyen million dollars have already been
expended in actual cash outlay, and up to the
present time, by purchase of stock, q control
ing majority in number of most important
lines of railroad, comprising in all ,425 miles,
has been secured Besides this, control has
been obtained, under lease, of 1853 miles addlr
tional. These combinations already comprise
complete lines from -
Richmond, uia Danyille and Charlotte totAt-
lanta; .;.i". ,ed,. : -
Richmond. via Weldon and Wilmington to
Charleston and Augusta and from .n.
Atlanta; u;a Knoxville, to Bristol, from which
connection will in all probability, be made
with Danyine by General Flournoy's road,
u which will be constructed.
Additional roads, have been built, and all
are. or are being put, in first class working or
der and thoroughly equipped. - -
:. 1t will thus be seen. that this new company
now controls both the main lines south from
Richmond, the North Carolina roads, the Chief
roads of South Carolina, two main roads IN
Georgia, and the important lines OF East len,
nessee. These combined Southern lines WILL
have direct communication north OF Richmond
with Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and
New York, both through the present lines and
by others to be built in friendly alliance with
the t1ew organization. a.. ~
The programme will be complete within two
wears, when facilities for freight traffic, and
passenger communication, will be afforded the
entire South that will not only be simply uh-
rivalled, but cannot be provided by any COM
peting interest, ut less than double the outlay
of this Company, rs control of these roads have
been obtained ut an average cost OF about nifty
cents in the dollar on the original cost In times
of gold currency1and cheap labor. Baltimore
will have complete communication with the
whole South by lines of railroads 200 miles
rearer than New York. Atlanta will be placed
in direct communication with this city by a
route 100 miles shorter than any existing one,
and passenger trains will traverse the entire
distance, $50 miles, in less than twenty-four
hours. upon the final completion of the Char
lotte and Atlanta link, to be finished within
eight months. 1t follows, as matter of course,
that the enterprise of this new organization
cannot stop here. From Chattanooga and
Atlanta, it is butts railroad step to New Or
leans and Mobile. L. -. 20, ,.iJ,,
!: The great benefit to be derived by the South
from o. thorough; organization OF a, complete 81
system of roads under one management, laHy
equipped, and free from thea petty annoyaHces
of locM interference, must be apparent 20 eye
w one. Such system must tend to develop
immensely those great home interests, agricul-
ture and manu- ufactures, upon which the very
vitality. indeed we may almost, say existence,
/ of the,South now depends, To Baltimore the
advantages of economical transportation and
cheap travel must abeiyery great. We shall
thus be thrown into more Intimate business
and personal communications with those with
whom we are allied by common sympathy, and
with whom, we have always contended, our
most important commercial interests are insep-
arably united. There is no risk In predicting
that, in the staple. article of cotton alone, the
receipts in this city for the first year after the
final completion of communication with the
leading business centres of the South! will be
increased fully, 100000 bales. There will not
only be a vast increase OF receipts from the
South. but there must necessarily be an enor-
nous addition to the supplies shipped to the
South Baltimore will not only become allarge
l,exporting mart, but its, foreign importatlons
must of necessity grow very Largely. 81 i ]
/ ioFor prudential reasons we torbear }1or tne
present giving further facts In regard 70 nego-
tatlons now IN progress, WHICH ~ 'l!u w
| ly to the magnitude Of this enterprise; we
will only add that the organization which con,
trols these operations is in no way connected
with the Pennsylvania Central. It is necessa-
| rily a most dangerous competitor for the Balti-
more and Ohio Road, its prime movers having
had the sagacity and the tact to obtain quietly
| most important leading communications, from
which our State road is now completely cut OIL
baltimore is at; least to be congratulated upon
the fact that, no matter what else may be said
of it, it has grown great enough to sustain more
than two considerable railroad enterprises
BalttinlsQQrs B3aalttiint1lsQQr gazette, 81 .z..o.i.2 .lr.
1t is remarkable how much sooner the
weather sets i'm "bitter eoldn to those furnished
with handsome furs, than to those not so torth' tortt
! - A. saloon keeper, having, started business
! in a building where trunks had been made
| ,a - ,fr;ond ,vbot hc had better do with the