The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-04-05
The So. Ca. IsaiIreAd.

dent his salary was $4,000 PEI annum,
the present incumbent receives BIO 900
Mr.. Gadsden's successor receive I $1,000
per annum. He held Office uutil 1854.
when he resigned. Mr. JohnEaldwell
then took charge of the road, I was in
a very bad condition at that tir8s. Mr..
Caldwell put it in good runni iSg order,
managed the road exceedingly FELL, and
piid the stockh lers a divid4ld of s
asd 10 per Q. Mr.. Caldwell waSwithou,
any doubt, the most able presa lent the
road ever had The present Incumbent
has had charge Of the road sincs Mr..
Caldwells resignation, and tRs result
shows for itself how the road las been
managed. ST. Matthews is Nicely en-
dorsed by many stockholders Thsre is
one gentleman employed as Travelling
agent, who retired from business on
account of i'll healsh, perhaps his con,
neetions can control large v.te in the
coming election. There is an, agency
established in New York which must
cost from fifteen to twenty thousand
dollars per annum, which shou be re
duced.
There are and have been certain
agents Mt the head Of the road Who have
received large salaries, and in retusa give
very little service. Within short
period certain agcut on the line Of the
road was drfaultcr to the amount of
several hundred dollars, this agen, is
still retained so the writer is iniorlncd.
The various stations OIL the line of
the road il sadly neglected, and espc-
cially the one at Oranscburg, where
there is not sufficient accommodation to
transact the business properly apd salts,
fy the jus, public demand. T is oue
Of the most important statiohsSh the
road There is more frci hit received
and shipped from this point than from
ury Two way stRtious OF TIC road. Be-
aidss more freight is charged by about
33 per cent a distance Of 80 miles,
than is charged ,yr l30 miles, hence the
patrons of this County are entitled to
SOME consideration
The company has also land age. t
who does not seem TO be very sharp
This age:.t Dold certain lot ON the line
Of road for 800. Somtime afterwards
lot in the same plase, not as valuable
as the other, sold f. $3.50 shrough tho
agency of seme oil the stockholders.
1t seems strange that Committee Of
the Board Of directors should make \
report just on the eve of the Convention,
favorable to the present administration,
7 bis was Devsr done before This CON-
nsittes sa.s: .'Thc ,casnM Why the
Georgia Rail Road ard Barking Go.
took controlling interest in the Port
Royal Road was because the Georgia
+. K. Go. feared that the s. G. Il. 4.
would pass iuto tho hands Of Georgia
party and be run in the interest of
Georgia The very reverse is the case
The Georgia Road knowing how badly
The South Carolina Road was managed
they thought it TO their interest to make
"a connection with tho Port Roj al Road
This is certainly more reasonable con.
clusion to come to. 1t is simply propos.
ferrous that tho s, c. r. r. can pass into
'he bands Of Georgia party, whom the
majority vf the steck is o1nsd by our
own people, furthermore the only way
the road ean be run to pay the stock
holders |" 10 run it as it will pay best
aud Il at is 1has those par.ics who owl
stock in our road will do. rhs road
never can be warhe5 any other way a,
long as South Carolina holds the ajoriL
ty Of the stock.
They cry down Mr. James. Thi,
gentleman is large stock kholder, anc
has sono rights He locs not wish t,
control the road, but he is very aesirou,
to have it so managed as to pay tn .
stock holders something.
Phere is certainty one great advants g,
in having parties in Georgia to have ar
intoTSst in our road for they will use
their influence to bring business to il.
II is about time that the up country
stockholders should. devote como atp. n
ton TO this great enterprise. iaqaire iD,o
the earnings of the road, aud in wha
way the money is expended.