The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-07-23
COLUMBIA. sc.
FridayjsMornins, July %, 1875.
The Railroad War.

inst, headed "a Railroad Conspiracy
Against the People," appears to have
fallen into several errors in reference to
the Southern Rail.ouy Security Company.
Their known character for f.irness, prc-
cludes the idea of Intentional injustice;
but injustice has been done, and thev
are now asked to make the proper cor
rection. They state that 1.-The interests
of the Southern Security Company lie
away from this city and State. For them
it has done nothing, and will do no.
thing" Let us see. The Security Com
pany controls 731 miles of road; of which
461 miles are in South Carolina, 245
miles in North Carolina, and 81 miles in
Virginia. Thus, over four-sevcnths of
Its interests lie in his Stute. If We give
the company credit for ordinary sense,
we must believe that they will continue
to cansllttheir interests by building up
the country along their lines They have
invested millions in this State, in build
ing new roads, (the Air Line Railroad
and the road from Sumter to Columbia, }
and in rc-laying and cqaipping others.
Again, the Nems and Courier. states
TINT lin the case Of the Charlotte, Co
lMmbia and Augusta Railroad, the local
stockholders have no rights that the Bal
timore and Philadelphia stockholders
acknowledge or respect" In this state
ment, they have again, no doubt, unin-
tentionnlly done great injustice. Had
they been acquainted with the facts, they
would have given the Southern Security
Company stockholders credit for such
consideration ns majoritics rarely exhibit
towards n,inor1ties. OF the eighteen Di-
rectors of the Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta Road, only four nre stocklold-
ers in the Southern Security Company.
Again, they charge that the Security
Company seeks to divert business from
Charleston. This is not so, Ms any one
who knows the amount Of cotton, &c,
received in Charleston by tie North
eastern Road can tell them.
They err again when they charge the
Security Company with being parties to
any conspiracy against the public"
That company had nothing whatever to
do with instgnting the ..bloclu,des" to
which they refer. They We're no party
TO the Pooling Convention. True, some
Of their roads were represented there,
but so were nearly, if not MI, the roads
and lines leading from New York to
Atlanta, and from the West to Atlanta.
By-the-way, while on the subject of
''blockades," they were probably no:
aware that the Grccnvillc and Columbia
Road, corporatcd by the South Carolina
Railroad, served the Very sane notice on
the Charlotte, Columbia anl Ausustn
Railroad and the Wilmington, Columbia
and Augusta Railroad, that they censnre
the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
for serving on the South Carolina Rail
road. If they have not Knocked the form
for their article of the Goth into "pi,"
perhaps it would be well for them to re-
publish the article, inserting the name
of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad
for the names Of the Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta Railroad anu the Security
Company. Ha&i
If the charge they make, that the
Charlotte Road people" are obliyious Of
tho fact that railroads have duties as well
as rights. be true, it is equally so rs re-
CARDS the "Greenville md Columbia
Road people," and the threats uttered
against one must be regarded as uttered
against the other. In our Judgment,
these repeated attacks on Northern capi-
talists who have invested money here
are calculated to do harm. =, ~
We trust that shs Ns,os and Courier will
understand That nosimpniesion Of un-
fairness on their part Is Intended. They
haveno doubt given the statements as
they received them, and they wilt
doubtless. sksssfa,ly y make fshe corrsc.,
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