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

dent his salary was $4,000 pet annum,
the present incumbent receives BIO 900
Mr.. Gadsden's successor receive "a S7OOo
per annum. He held Office u1til 1854,
when he resigned Mr. JohnEaldwell
then took charge of the road, was in
a very bad condition at that tirSs. Mr..
Caldwell pu: it in good runni iSg order,
managed the road exceedingly Fell, and
p,id the stockhul lers a diridAd of s
AID 10 per o. Mr.. Caldwell waS withou,
any doubt, the most able President the
road ever had. The present incumbent
has had charge of he road since Mr..
Cnldwell's resignation, aud t6S result
shows for itself how the road ias been
managed. St. Matthews is fyeely en-
dorsed by many stockholders. ThSre is
one gentleman employed as travelling
agent. who retired from business on
account of i'll health, perhaps his con,
nections can control large v,te in the
coming election. There is an, agency
established in New York which must
cost from 6ftcen to twenty thousand
dollars per annum, which shou be re
duced.
There are and have been certain
agents at the head Of the road who have
received large salaries, and in return give
very little service. Within \ short
period n certain agent on the line Of the
road was dcfaulter to the amount Of
several hundred dollars, this agen, !.
still retained so the writer is i"ior,ned.
The various stations on the line of
the road is sadly neglected, aud cspc,
cially the one at Orangcburg, where
there is NOT sufficient accommodation to
transact the business properly apd satin-
fy the just public demand. II lis one
of the most important stations n tho
road. There is more fire., hit rcceived
and shipped from this point than from
ary lwo way ssRsious on Tic road. Be-
sidss moro freight is charged by about
SO per cent distance Of 80 miles,
than is charged i,yr l30 miles, hence the
patrons Of this County are entitled to
some consideration
The company has also land age..
who does not seem to be very sharp
This age:t sold certain lot on the line
Of road for SleO. Somtime afterwards
lot in the same place, not as valuable
as thS other, sold fr $3.50 through the
ze>ney ef some OF the stockholders.
1t seems strange that Committee Of
the Board Of Directors should make 4
report just on the eve of the Convention,
favorable to the present administration,
This was revsr done bafore This COM
nsis,es says: ..The reason Why the
Georgia Rail Road and Barking Co.
took controlling interest in the Port
Royal Road was because the Georgia
+. X. 60. feSsc6 that the s. G. II. r..
would pass iuto tho hands Of Georgia
party and be run in the interest of
Georgia The very re. rse is .he case.
The Georgia Road knowing how badly
the South Carolina Road was m,uased,
shey thought it TO their interest make
connection with tho Port Ro, al Road.
This is certainly more reasonable con-
cluson to come to. 1t is simply prepos-
ferrous that the s. C. r. X. can pass iato
she bands Of Georgia party, when the
majority of the stsck is Or nsd by our
own people, furthermore tho only way
the road eau be run to pay the stock.
holders is 70 run it as il will pay best,
and that is whas those parties who owl
stock In our road will do. The road
never can be warke5 aay other way "a
long rs South Carolina holds thu mai ORR
ty Of the stock.
They cry down Mr.. James. This
gentleman is a large stakeholder, and
has sonO rights. lie does not wish t.
control the road, but he is very desirous
to have it 50 managed as to pay tn I
stock holders something.
There is certainly one great advantag,
in having parties in Georgia to have an
into.Sss in our road, for they will use
their influence to bring business to il.
bt is about time that ths up country
stockholders should. devote como asten.
ton to this great enterprise. Inquire ip,o
the earnings of the road, and in wha,
way the monsy III expended.
urge the country stockholders not tc