The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-06-07
UNION c. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, JUNE 7, 1878

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money in tho road to build it, the road
reaps large revenue, builds up local
business of its own, induces people to set
| tie along its line, and makes every mile of
the road pay, even down to the last mile.
when nearing large city
Farmers can build their own private iron
switch on their farms at cost not exceed
ing Sl3O, and eau, at a comparatively small
cost, extend this indefinitely upon their
farms by laying Il wooden track, thus being
enabled to load their grain. wood and pro-
ducc without being compelled to haul dis,
tanccs Of five or six miles The rates of
freight can be made to eastern cities by the
narrow gauge, although on short local line.
as cheatfy by any f6nte or mode of 81 trans
portatlon. Hence it is not necessary to
build narrow gauge trunk lines to the sea-
board to gain all the advantages of rates.
| as the narrow gauge is now considered the
feeders and auxiliarics of the standard
gauge. The hobby of transferring freight
from the narrow gauge to the standard, aud
vice versa, has long since Disappeared as it
has been demonstrated that it costs less to
transfer freight at five cents per ton than
to allow your rolling stock to pass off your
line and keep track of it on foreign roads.
and the advantage gained by the use of
foreign cars is balanced by the mileage
charged and additional cost of repairs.-
The competing standard gauge trunk lines
of the country have an almost unlimited
capacity for business and arc so eager to
get all they can that they are willing to pro
rate with the narrow gauge roads on cuuit:
able terms; and the cost of transfers is so
trivial where the two gauges can be laid
alongside of each other, that the agent of
any competing standard gauge trunk line
will gladly make the transfer for nothing to
get the preference for this new business
The narrow gauge is then acknowledged to
be one of the most important feeders of the
standard gauge, and so acknowledged by its
officials in acceding to it all the advantages
when not in direct competition with it in
parallel lines. These advantages afforded
by the narrow gauge system have caused
revolution in the midst OF the farmers and
people along these modern highways, and
each man who knows of its practical work
ings asks himself the question: "What
can L do to have it pass through my farm 2"
Farmers who have heretofore fought stand
ara gauge roads ;Nc now the most cnthusias.
tic builders Of the narrow gauge, and arc
doing more to build up these luxuries in
their neighborhoods than any other class Of
people. 1t is Il conceded poirt that they
are the slowest to move in great undertak-
ings of this kind, but when they see clearly
through a problem no more persistent
active class of people can be found, and
the manner in which they are taking hold
of the narrow gauge, to gain all the advan-
tagcs Of the system while it is yet in its in
fancy, is.a credit to them
If these roads are built owned and con-
trolcl by the people along the line, the
communities through which they pass can
be assured Of accommodations under this
home management, and for this reason it is
better to build the narrow gauge instead of
standard gauge, even at the same cost, as it
will not be bought up by the standard gauge
lines as they do not want them. They do
not want any road that they cannot pass
over with their rolling stock. But if stand.
ard gauge roads were built instead, it would
not be long until they would be merged into
these grand trunk lines, thereby aboishing
any system adopted by any local home man
agcment. The narrow gauge system is the
outgrowth of adversely and poverty, hence
it must be run on narrow gauge principles,
which arc of the most rigid economy in de-
tails, and instead Of weighing down road
with Il superabundancc of officers, at high
salaries, II is to concentrate the several high
positions on one man who is competent to
fill them all, at nominal salary, and pro-
ducc the same income to the road that it
would to have each position filed separately
1t is to select for its management men
who are honest and capable, to look after
the trusts placed in their hands, and who
will look after them. With this equipment
or narrow gauge road, the averment has
been made, and figures will verify the facts
that there is not a narrow gauge road built
in Ohio that will not pay fair rate of in.
tercst on what it should cost for its construc
ton, if managed on narrow gauge princi-
Piles.
How 70 KEEP MEAT IN SUMMEn.-Thc
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Some sprinkle it well in all parts with salt
Others use black pepper pl"ntfully (wash-
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