The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-07-02
Atlanta and Charlotte AIRLINE Railway.

Atlanta and Charlotte Airline Railway.
The following circular really speaks for itself,
but we cannot allow the opportunity % pass Of
saying that il is but one Of the mauy effective
and most commendable efforts Of the enterpris-
ing managers Of the Airline Railway 10 en-
courage immigration, to build up trade and to
make the. country through which their road
trave.ses populous and prosperous. How very
different has been the course pursued by the
managers Of the South Carolina Raiiraals.--
Only about six years ago the Airline ROAD was
completed, through wild sparcely settled couu-
try. with scarcely town or settlement Of any
note along its line, except Greenville and Spar
tanburg, but now we see its course dotted at
every few miles with thriving villages, their
church spires, school houses, Factories and
mechanics shops giving unmistakable signs Of
moral, intelligent and prosperous settlements.
On the other hand, look along the lines Of Rail-
roads through this State, and where will you
find, save at few Of heir terminal points, such
signs Of thrift and prosperity? AS we said
few years ag,, il appears to us that the whole
dim Of the managers Of our roads was to build
up trade at both ends of each road, by competing
for through freight, and making the intermedi-
ate and less prosperous points on their lines
pay the losses thus incurred, thereby crippling
all industries at local points and driving local
freight from the roads. No effort hes been
made by the Railroad managers to increase the
population aiuns their lines aud tbesshy In.
crease the local freight and travel-which is
always the most profitable business of the road.
To-day We see only the same old villages, and
they with very few and unimportant improve.
ment, that we saw thirty years ago, from
Charleston to the ends of the roads leading to
that City. All business enterprise has been
thus driven from the interior towns and settle
ments to the extremities Of the State, where the
tide Of prosperity is setting in, where liberal
railroad advantages arc offered, where markets
for sale or purchase can be selected aud where
the railroads increase the population, enhance
the value of property and diffuse thrifl and hope
oil along their lines. Charleston has lost her
best customers in the State by the lehargy and
short-sighted policy Of our Railroad managers
Col. Foreacre and Mr.. W. J. Huston re
doing great work for the Piedmont belt of this
country, and by their enterprise and liberality
will make their road the most profitable, Ms II
now is the most popular and interesting road to
travel over. in the country. We sincerely wish
oil our roads were in such capable and enter
prising hands: ~"
ATLANTA, June 18th, 1880.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Biedermann, of Mount
| Airy. Ga. have this day been appointed agents
OF this Company, to represent it in the capacity
Of Immigrant Agen,s in Europe, with headquar-
| ters At Zurich, Switzerland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Biedermann will sail about the
10th of July. Any one having relatives or
friends in that country, who may desire their
services in conducting them to this country as
settlers, can confer with them for the next TWEEN.
~ days at Mount Airy, Georgia.
These Agents are vested with authority to ap.
ply EmigraDt Rates direct from Europe to any
point on the Atlanta & Charlotte Airline Rail.
way, and to represent the Company in the dispo-
sition Of the Lands entered upon their Land Reg.
istry.
BY order Of the President and General Man.
ager. w. j. HousroN,
Gen. Pass. & Ticket Ag't.