Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-03-25
For the YorkviIIe Enquirer.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD.

The SOUTH CAROLlNA RAlLkOAD.
WHAT SUPERINTENDENT PECK HAS TO SAY
OF IT'S MANAGEMENT.
CHARLESTON, March Is, 1880.-An ex-
tract from the ENQUIRER, published in the
Nssus and Courier of this morning, requires
word of explanation on my part, inasmuch
as the report of the interview upon which
your editorial was based, was moulded to suit
the peculiar ideas of the reporter. In reply
to the question of the reporter as to whether
the South Carolina Railroad intended to make
a connection with the train of the G.. G. q A.
Road leaving Columbia at 1856 A. NJ, Ire.
piled that there was at present no such inten-
ton that to do so, would require the morn
ing train to leave at 5.45 A. M, instead of Z
A.. NJ; that the travel to the line Of the G.
G. & A. Railroad would form but very small
part of the total travel by that train, and
that such change would put to serious in
convenience large portion of the public
without materially bene6tting the other. |
explained to the reporter that the train leav-
ing Charleston at 9 p M, and arriving at
Columbia at $50 next morning, to which was
attached comfortable sleepers, allowed the
visitor to Charleston to transact an entire
days business and to arrive ut his home on the
G. G. & A. Railroad at the same time as
though he left at 545 the next morning THAT
this train carried the mails, and hence all the
additional accommodation this change would
give, would be to the letters mailed after 8 P.
NJ, and to the Ne,es and Courier. That in
view of these facts, did not consider it would
be just to the people living on the line of the
Greenvile and Columbia aud the Spartan
burg and Union Railroads, to put them to the
inconvenience of leaving at 5.45 A. NJ, for
the sake of getting the Ne,os and Courier on
to the line of that road one day earlier. ad-
mitted, of course, that it was desirable to do
this, and stated to him that whenever the C.
c. & A. Road would adopt the same rate of
speed as was made by the trains of the South
Carolina Railroad, it would be practicable to
leave Charleston at 6 80 A. M, and make the
desired connection, and that such connection
would be cheerfully made.
beg leave to say that you are in error in
the statement that Atlantis, Richmond and
Baltimore can be reached in shorter time
than Charleston. You can leave Chester at
l.4l P. M, and arrive at Charleston at $50
P. M. the same day. You leave Chester at
LOG P. NJ, and arrive at Richmond at $50
next morning. Returning you leave Charles
ton at 9 P. NJ, and arrive at Chester at
1855 P. NJ; or leave Richmond at 1895
P. M, and arrive at Chester at 1.4l P. M.
Your absence from home in one case is 48
hours and Is minutes; in the other, AZ hours
and 45 minutes. You will be absent one
day more than this if you 60 to Baltimore or
Atlanta and have a full day at either place
in which to transact business. No change
which the South Carolina Railroad could
make would allow you to be absent from
home any less time than by the present or.
rangement You could only save one nights
travel; and ifyou 60 to Richmond, Atlanta
or Baltimore you must travel two nights in
stead of one.
The refusal to make the connection desired
by the Nous and Courier, does not, therefore,
arise from any desire on the part of the man.
agement of the South Carolina Railroad to
force the mountain to come to Mahomet,
but from the conviction that Mahomet is al
ready as near to the mountain as it is practi.
cable for him to get.
I desire also to say, that in arranging its
schedules, the convenience of its patrons and
not what you please to call the convenience
of the South Carolina Railroad, is consider.
ed Nor am / aware that it would be any
more convenient to the South Carolina Rail-
road to leave Charleston at A. NJ, than
at 5.45 A. M. But where, as is often the
case, all cannot be fully accommodated on
account of conflicting desires, then the con-
venience of the greater number is provi-
led for. So far as know, this is the prin-
,iple which Controls the movements of lon-
ger and equally important lines"
The management of the South Carolina
Railroad do not underestimate the Importance
If promoting trade and travel beteen Char
eston and points north of Columbia. 1t
las done and is doing all in its power to
10 this But it cannot ignore nor change
he fact that the interests which control the
of the G. G. & A. Railroad lie
n diverting trade and travel in another di.
'ection, and that whatever is accomplished in
his direction, must be done solely by the
south Carolina Railroad, without the coope.
alton, if not against the influence of the G. G.
A. Railroad. mention this, not to com.
,lain of the management Of the G.. G. & A.
but to show you that it has been
ther causes than the policy of the South
Carolina Railroad, which has diverted trade
md travel from the metropolis of the State.
70 far from the policy of the present manage
nent having done this, our records show that
he business of the South Carolina Railroad
las been increased during the last yeas, over
hat of former years. from points ontheC. G.
I A. Road. Yours respectfully,
JoHN B. PEcK,