The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-10-19

a Suggestive View Of the Past and
Present Action Of the Charlotte
Railroad. 49,
[Lcher 10 the Col,tn,Jd Register
EpIToR REGISTER /: J. have seen in
your paper one" or two articles re.
fcrring to tho new management of
the Charlotte, Columbia and Angus
ia Railroad, and giving them credit
for great and salutary changes in
the regulation Of their rates Of
freight, &c. 1t has moro especially
been stated that they would 10
longer allow determinations in favor
of either particular points or partic-
ulor shippers. Will you allow nc
to say tcw words on tho subject
And, in doing SO, will state first,
that my information is ha{l from tho
! best sources.
This road, as is probably well
known, is operated under the char
ter granted the old Charlotte and
South Carolina in the year 1916.
The object of this charters was, and
: still is. to secure uninterrupted cons
mnncation inland with thc North
and West nm Charlotte, anda c!nusc
was accordingly inSertcdarcuuirjnr
that the two oads ShoulA be con
ncctcI, tnat the gauges q, oull be
the same, and that the Connection
shnuld "ncvcr bc scvcped." The
spirit of this clause has been sYs-
tcmatically violated. 1t Was violat>
ell when tho track at the old Char.
lotte Junction Of tho South Carolina
Railroad was t,llcn up again when
contract WAS entered into between
the two roads which made it impos-
sible for freight to pass from one
road to the other, AMI again when
the passenger trains we're run in
such way as never to connect
This arrangement, it is said, WAS
forced upon the South Carolina
Railroad by MI. a. Pope, general
freight agent, Atlantic Coast Line !;
q apologize if T. have Omitted any
IinitialsD y but it is difficult to under
stand how q railroad corporation can
be forced into palpable violation
OF the law, however often they may
have been known to outrage the
public of their own FREQ will.
Whether this agreement is still in
force renains to be made known by
Mr.. Haas. 1t appears that the
northern-bound passenger trains
now connect. Does any one know
whether the other restrictions Of the
iniquitous contract have been re-
moved
And here it may be we'll TO note
en- poSsu1't a small matter Of fare
paid by passengers on the Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta EIilroad
stopping at Columbia. a passenger
from WiMnsboro to Columbia, for
instance, pays $190, or five cents
per mile on thirty eight miles, as
shown by their public notices, The
distance between the depots is
thirty"hv miles, tho other three
miles being, that portion of the old
road reaching from Columbia depot
to the old junction with the South
Carolina Railroad, part Of which is
removed, and none Of which the
passenger passes over. an free to
acknowledge there is no discrimina
tion here every passenger getting
off at Columbia is made to pay the
the extra fifteen cents with the ut
most impartiaity But am not SO
ready to conccdo the application of
tho same principle always in the
matter of freight rates over this
road. J. 90 not mean to say that
determinations are. made, to any
great extent, by the present manage
mont, in favor Of particular points
along the line of the ROAD, but I do
say that the rates have been SO ar
ranged as to discriminate as far as
possible against all Southern ship
pers, and in favor of Northern Ship
pers. In other words, I say that
the present managers propose to
run the Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta Railroad as feeder for
the Benefit of the Piodm ont route
North, and tho Richmond and DAM
vile road in particular, just as Mr..
A. Popc, general freight and passen-
ger agent, Atlantic Coast Line, etc,
used the road as ~ feeder for tho
Atlantic Coast Line. TO effect this
object tho first change mado was q
temporary increase Of the Southern
rates, and reduction Of Northern
rates. This was done by Mr.. Haas
order carly in September A little
later these were revised and the
SOuther1 o,ntes ware lowered To last