Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-03-11

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THE SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD.
A reporter for the Charleston Ne'os and
Courier recently interviewed Mr.. Peck, su-
penntendent of the South Carolina Railroad,
on the subject of making close connection at
Columbia with the G. G. & A. Road, thereby
placing Charleston in closer communication
with the up-country than at present. The
superintendent informed the reporter that
there is no present intention of changing the
schedule on the South Caro- ina road so as to
make the connection desired. He said that
"the South Carolina road has very little trav-
ell for the Charlotte road, and the present
schedule suits the public very we'll that the
making of the connection at Columbia would
not be to the advantage of any body except,
perhaps, the Ners and Courier"
For the information of the Charleston peo-
pie, it is deemed not amiss to say that just
such policy as that indicated by Mr.. Super
intendent Peck, has had much to do with d.
verting the trade of the Piedmont section
from that city-the metropolis of the State,
in whose prosperity all our people would re-
ioice. But it is idle to talk about the people
of the upper counties having business relations
with Charleston, when Atlanta, Richmond
and Baltimore can be reached in shorter
time. Mr.. Superintendent Peck, whether he
means to do so or not, pursues course the
effect of which is to drive traffic and travel
from the commercial city of the State. He
forgets that while his road could be an impor-
tant feeder to that city, emptying into her
lap the products of rich and fertile section,
it is after all but local in its significance, and
cansat control the movements Of longer and
equally Important lines. The railroad e:7sm ; stem
of the State, or Of he .south,,will hardly stop
to consult the convenience Of the South Caro-
lima road, nor will it be seriously affected by
the movements of that road and in this re-
spect Mr.. Superintendent Peck might derive
a lesson from Mahomet When that worthy,
after calling the mountain to him, discovered
that it was not likely to obey the summons,
with courtesy rarely witnessed these days,
the accommodating prophet gracefully and
Internationally walked up to the mountain.
In the circumstances, Mahomet could have
done nothing neater.
But our own people, as we'll as those of
Charleston, may congratulate themselves upon
the fact that within few months at farthest,
new outlet will be opened from this section
to the City by the Sea-a line that will be
entirely independent of the South Carolina
Railroad. When this line is completed, the
management of the South Carolina Railroad
may discover that much of the freight it has
heretofore handled will 60 over the new line,
and the necessity for close connection at Co.
lumbia may then be even less than at present.
The new line to which we refer will be over
the North Eastern Railroad to Cheraw thence
by the Cheraw and Wadesboro Railroad to
Wadesboro, where connection will be made
with the Carolina Central, which line connects
with the network of roads concentrating at
Charlotte.
The distance between Cheraw, (the northern
terminus of the North Eastern Railroad) and
Wadesboro is 26 miles. The Cheraw and
Wadesboro road has been graded the entire
length, and trains are running on it 20 miles
from Cheraw, leaving only six miles to finish,
for which the necessary iron has been ordered
and will be put down at once after its arrival.
Then the people of the up-country can 60 to
Charleston within resonable time, though to
do so they may have to travel around their own
State and through another-all because the
various lines extending from the North to
the South do not arrange their timetables to
suit the convenience of the South Carolina
Railroad.