The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-08-10
Air Line RailrOad--The Directors Meet
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The Directors of the Air Line Railroad met
in Columbia, as our readers were informed last
week, on Wednesday, End of August, for the
purpose of locating the route between Green
vile G. H., South Carolina, and the town of
Gainesville, Ga. The meeting was convened'
as we learn, at the Nickerson House, about
four o'clock in the afternoon of Wednesday.
Soon thereafter, an invitation was extended to
Messrs. J. S. Murray A. Il. Broyles and B. F.
Whitner, representatives of the town of Ander-
son, to present the claims Of the route by this
place. This invitation was accepted, and
Messrs. Broyles and Murray made arguments
in favor of the location here. They were sup
ported by Messrs. J. P. Reed and j. w. Harri-
son, members of the Board of Directors. The
Chief Engineer submitted profles and esti-
mates of the survey recently made through this
section by direction of the Board, and Maj.
Thos. B. Lee submitted report as the Engi-
nees employed by the citizens of Anderson
Both of these gentlemen were subjected to q
sigid examination as 10 the merits and demerits
Of the route by Anderson, and an earnest pro-
trscted discussion Of the subject was kept up
until after midnight As longths direct vote
was taken on the question of locating the Road
by the town of Anderson, and 1t was decided
in the negative by an almost unanimous vote.
An effort was then made to locate the Road by
the Perryville route, but this was likewise re-
jected, and the Executive Committee was
charged with the duty of adopting the line
which, in their judgment, is most conducive to
the company's interests. From the best infor-
nation We can obtain, however, there is a
strong probability that the route by Perryville,
on the Blue Ridge Railroad, will be selected as
the favored one 1t has been the favoritc route
of the Chief Engineer and somo of the Direct
ors for months past, and we have no doubt that
they will influence its location.
Of course, this is grave disappointment to
the people of Anderson. As the projectors and
prime movers of this Road, and as the legal
corporators, they have watched the progress of
the Road with the deepest interest. Tho char
ter was obtained from their hands less than five
years ago, and by fraudulent and deceptive
means. The most solemn. pledges have been
violated, and promises were freely made only
to be broken. Hence, after years of patient
toll and expectation, this great thoroughfare is
wrested from their grasp, and others are to reap
the benefit of their labors. We will not pre-
tepd to forecast the future action of the Ander-
son people in regard to their legal rights under
the charter to compel the location here. Sound
and able lawyers have expressed the opinion
that tho present company are bound by the
terms of the charter to adopt the route by An
derson. But we do know that the most shame
full trickery obtained the charter from the
original corporaton,, and that there has been a
deliberate system of dclusion and deception
practiced upon our people for the last several
years. We will take occasion shortly to give
concise history of the Air Line Railroad, so
far as the connection of the people of Ander-
son with that corporation is concerned.