The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-07-17
MENDERsONvlILE r. R. MEETING,
North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Goor-
gis and Virginia Represented.

HENDERS0EVlI.LE r. b. MEETING.
North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Goor-
gia and Virginia Represented.
Columbia Register.
On the morning of the Sd, at 1880,
we made our departure from Columbia
in the elegant and comfortable coach,
through the kind courtesy of Colonels
Palmer and Dodamead, put at the dis
posal OF the invited guests from Colum-
biz. This party consisted of Governor
Simpson, Mayor Stanley, Attorney Gen
eral Youmans, ex-Gov. M. l.. Bonham,
Hon. Jos. Daniel Pope, Col. +. w. Nc
Master, I. d. Kline, Superintendent of
the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Road, Judge Andrew Crawford, Major
u: w. Seibels, Captain John s. Wiley,
Alderman w. 3. Lowrance, Col. John 4.
Sloan. Jacob Muller, Esq, Justice J. @.
Marshall, 2. B. Hagood, Joseph Daniel
Pope, jr, l.. d. Childs, .;r., John p.
Thomas, jr., John +. Sutrhen, Charles
a. Tew, w. Mob. Sloan and our hum
bio se'e of the Register. Everybody
SCENE bright and In for tho trip, and It
was not long before we circulated into
the car of the old Getty by the Sea-"
where we found that veteran Of the
Chamber of Commerce, President Saml
Z. Tupper,- supported by Col. VIM. L.
Trenholm. Mr. John L. Sheppard and
Receiver Fisher, the representatives of
the city: We were glad to meet, too,
Captain Post, Of the United States En-
gineers, who was also in attendance
There were other gentlemen from Charles.
ton who united with the Charleston rep.
rQrnntutSnn onA o~o1tt,L1,, IL AZ.
list. Among them were Messrs. e. T.
Gaillard, P. T. Lawton, E. J. Gage and
Major A. Vanderhost. We made good
time to Alston and took the Gpartanbusg
and Union train with little or no DELAY.
and, after brisk and delightful run,
taking on many friends at Union, we
arrived at Spartanburg at $50 D. m.
Leaving Spartanburg at 4 p. M, with
four coaches and an ordinary road en-.
gine, We dashed away for the Gland of
the sky." We made a delightful trip TO
the tootof the mountain pass and started
mp the steep g-ade at slow pace and
,scrept along one curve after another, when
our iron hofse "pished I" and after 8
shaw r. "shaw "shaw!" we came to o
stand-stiil. Two Of the coaches were
then checked and the engine took up the
tWo otners quickly to the top of the grade
at Salu1a and returned for us. when we
were aoon switched alongside and were
OFF at dazzling speed for Hendersonyille,
8 where we arrived solle minutes before
O'Clock p, m. Let it be understood here
that We mad not the e. Y. McAden, the
engine used for heavy work, or there
would haya been no detention whatever.
; We heard but one expres5ipn in connec-
a ton with this feat of engineering in
climbing the Blue Ridge. It is pro-
llonnced on all sides Wonderful success.
Whenever the transportation and travel
Y needs 1t, fresh engine, kept at the foot
OF the grade, will enable eny tysin to
climb the grade with perfect ease in fif-
{ teen. or twenty minutes. With this ex-
eeption, or for So Gailes of tho route from
{ Spartanbnrg, there ia no reaaon why 80
! Milea per hffEiF for express trains cannot
{ 30 made as safely as 10. The iron ia
ksssvy, the trestles are all short, aud the
work substantial, so that when through
travel calls for it three hours Is all the
time that need be consumed to make the
run ftnm Spartanburg to Asheville.
The South Carolina Road by making
{ connection from Columbia TO Orange
burg, as the CROW. flies, over the best of
1 essss se:::sss tets, makes saving of @. least 10
miles, thus avoiding the long expensive
trestle through the Santee swamp, and
cutting the distance between this city and
Charleston TO 1l5 miles. Next, connect
49, = and ,SSS Tfn, nIi.rnnie ronte, sne spar
4 tb;a cass I fa rsJ,,noi Iso"u or WIN ColuI1pla,
si,a S;sfa Ssst ~ 70 90 miies, making
49,. aiis .av .,nn Sharle1yon 20 spartan
uo nilic1. -, ans route, thels
~ Tnirr,e;a a.o;u .ss Tna1iestoh lour nours
ts,bS,rst ..5 tLas a t,.s .nencs 70 SPar-
.snu Shsuve tnLss. 70 AsneVllie--
t,n,,,.. I, ~ a.a,a -. .em nonts. Adding Two
on,, l.; a,i sr Ky LIN IA louTs aass WE'VE
90 sa,,s .lss MN ossioiy De required
T.sau;no. ~ rborIastn., % tgseon sho 10 Asneviile.
d distancA of 26S gmi;es from fha sea
Forty. tygc miles =, - : csrries ,,,s tn pint
sza more OF compteteu
iiyS .noufa, incluulngs stop
tgses, nnts us ag Al orflstown, 3b3 miles
vile ny the sss ssniSessea Rnad s,ti Yaa a,
miles from Cumberland Gan, where ali
( the A4Vestefn We roads will make connection
With the great North Carolina route 60
The Hea There q no reason, then, leay-
. ghaTISsIG ,, 81 @ s;,h Why as KpoxyIlIs 10
3 S S tssile s1 ilos ne ms9e
nay, Through TO Louisville or Cincin.
lI.si ia y n honrg b assd 30 minntesl This
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