The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-04-17
PROPOSED CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.

PROPOSED CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
The proposition to change the schedule
of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad
in connection with the South Carolina
Road, so as to run through from Charles
ton in day, is now under consideration
by the proper authorities, and we are in
formed that portion of them favor the
necessary schedule. If such is the cases
we are satisfied it must be from the lack
of an examination into its operations last
year, for that schedule was neither an
accommodation to the business public
nor was it advantageous to the travelling
public. To begin with, the amount of
time saved by the change is not very
great so far as the up-country, which is
the objective point, is concerned. From
Charleston to Anderson, as the present
schedule is arranged, occupies from 9.15
p. m. to 3.45 p. m. of the next day, or
eighteen and half hours, while the new
schedule would take from 5 a. m. to $50
D. m, or sixteen and a half hours. It
would therefore be of very slight advan-
tage in point of actual time consumed in
the trip, while the disadvantages will be
immense. AS the schedule now stands 8
letter can be mailed in Charleston for the
9.15 night train Monday and reach An
derson at 3.45 p. m. on Tuesday. The
merchant in Anderson can upon its re-
ceipt arrange to procure exchange or at
tend to other business connected with it
and reply 80 as to have his answer in
Charleston at 10 o'clock p. m. on
Wednesday, so thst it only requires forty
eight hours and thirty minutes to- write
and receive reply, while by the new
schedule letter must be mailed in
Charleston on Monday night to leave at
5o'clock next morning. 1t would reach
Anderson at $50 Tuesday night, but
could not be answered that night, as busi-
ness is closed, and the morning train
would pass before il could be answered.
The reply then would be mailed on
Wednesday and reach Charleston at 10
p. m. on Thursday, having occupied six
ty-fve hours in going to Anderson and
returning, and having been in the Post
office considerably longer period. The
same would be true of express and of
freights, and applies to the whole line
from Honea Path to Greenville and
Walhalla, and to all points on the Spar
tanburg and Ashville Railroad. 1t
would, therefore, be of no possible ad-
vantage to the business public, and, as
consequence, the citizens of Anderson,
and indeed'of every town above Honea
Path, are as mass opposed to the
change, which they attested by numerous
petitions to have it abolished last year,
and, in addition to this, we know that
many firms in Charleston do not desire
the change, which, if it has any effect at
all upon the business OF the city, will be
injurious and not beneficial.
In its effect upon the travelling public
it will be equally as bad if not worse.
The through travel must be aroused be-
fore day some time in order to be ready
to leave, and then after travelling all day
must be kept up until several hours after
dark in order to reach its destination, if
the point be higher up than Honea Path.
It entirely precludes the propriety of
ladies travelling alone, for in case of
a failure of friends to meet them at their
destination they would be most disa-
greeably situated. 1t would be unpleas-
ant to persons visiting private families to
have to keep them up and waiting to re-
ceive them, and disagreeable to the fami-
lies in many instances to receive at such
unreasonable hours. 1t would be un-
pleasant to those who might have to
travel some distance in the country after
the arrival of the train, especially in
rainy weather. The proposed schedule
would almost entirely break up local
travel on the upper portion of the Road,
for the inconvenience would induce those
who were compelled to go to use private
conveyances and the balance to stay at
home. Those who have TO leave Charles
ton would as general thing prefer leav-
ing at @5 p. m. and getting to the end
of their journey before the next night, as
at present, to leaving at 5 a. m. and trav-
elling from 9 to 11.9O p. m. Again, as
the schedule now stands a very conve-
nient connection is made at Seneca City
for both the North and West, while
under the proposed change it would be
about IS bad as possible.
There is also one other consideration
which should receive the company's at
tention--the welfare of the employees.
As nov arranged those in charge of the
trains can stand their work, but to keep
them running to II o'clock at night, with
another hour of work in shifting, &C.,
and then reqnire them to be up by four
or half.past four in the morning, to be
ready for starting again, is too great
tax, and if such schedule is adopted the
company ought in justice to its en-
ployees to provide duplicate set OF
hands.
Now the foregoing are some Of the OBJ
jections to the change, and its only ADJ
vantage that we can see is that it Will
give points above !, Columbia the News
and Courier q day sooner. This would,