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


PROPOSED CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
The proposition to change the schedule
of the Greenvillc and Columbia Railroad
in connection with the South Carolina
Road, so rs 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 case,
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 10 Arierson, as the present
schedule is arranged, occupies from 915
p. M. to 3.45 p. IN. of the next day, or
eighteen and q h. # hours, while the new
schedule would take from 8 a. m. TO $50
p. m, or sixteen and 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 q
letter can be mailed in Charleston for the
9.l5 night train Monday and reach An
derson at S.45 p. m. on Tuesday. The
";erchsn. III Anderson can upon lis re-
ceipt arrange to procure exchange or at
tend to other business connected with it
and reply so as to have his answer in
Charleston Mt 10 o'clock p. m. on
Wednesday, SO that it only requires forty
eight hours and thirty minutes to write
and receive n reply, while by the new
schedule q letter must be mailed In
Charleston on Monday night to leave at
o'clock next morning. It would reach
Anderson at $50 Tuesday night, but
COLD not be answered that night, es bust
ness is closed, aud the morning train
would pass before !. could he answered.
TIE reply then would be mailed on
Wednesday and reach Charleston st IL
p. -. on Thursday, having occupied six
ty-five 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 20 Greenville and
Walhalla, and to nil points on the Spar
tanburg and Aehyille Railroad. 1t
would, therefore, bo of no possible ad-
vantage to the business public, and, Us u
consequence, the citizens of Anderson,
and indeed of every town above Honea
Path, are as n 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, IL it has any effect at
all upon the busi less OF the city, will be
injurious and 10. beneficial.
In its effect upon the travelling public
it will be equally as bad If not worse.
The through travel must be aroused be-
foro 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 ita destination, if
the point be higher up than Honea Path.
I. en.irely pree!ndes The r.ops!e.y of
ladies travelling alone, for in case Of
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-
ccive them, and disagreeabie 10 the faini-
lies in many instances to receive at such
unreasonable hours. It wo,,ld be un-
pleasant to those who might have to
travel some distanc4 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
II .=l.s .=-s5 coi.. .ii .. q. = to pTivatte
conyeyances and the balance to stay at
home. Those. who have to leave Charles
ton would es a general thing prefer leav-
ing at $40 p. m. ard getting to the end
of their journey before the next night, as
at present, to leaving at 8 a. m. and trav-
elling from to 11.8O p. m. Again, as
the achednle now stands very conye-
nient connection is made at Seneca City
for both the North and West, while
uader tho proposed change 1t would be
about as bad as possible.
There is also one other consideration
which should receive the company'a 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
smother hour Of work in shifiDg, &c,
and then reqnire them Ia. be up four
0rhaIfpast four in tHo morning, to be
ready for starting agaih. Is 100 great 8
tsx, and ifsrch schedule is adopted the
company ought In Justice 70; its en-
pl6yeea % provide q duplicate set of
has. AZ. .la.sa
Nov the foregoing are sonlD OK the on
teetions to me changs, and itaoniy ads
vantage thai 80 eaH ee Is thai IL will
give polats above colambia the NS.es
ard CbilSiey 4. day enoneF This would,
ofeosIse DO acceptable e8d very highly