The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-13
THE cnARnEsroN CONVECTION.
Somo Pertinent Rcmarks on tho Exciting
Break at Columbia--Why Charleston Is
Interested In Keeping q Close Connection N
with tho Up-Country.

sumo Pcrtincnt Rcmarks on tho Exlstng
Break at Columbia--Yhy Charleston is
Interested In Keeping Close Connection
with the Up-Country.
From the Yorkville Enquirer.l
A reporter for the Charleston Ners
and Courier recently interviewed Mr..
Peck, superintendent 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 commune
cation with the up-country than at
present. The superintendent inform
ed the reporter that there is no present
Intention of changing the schedule on
the South Carolina road so as to make
the connection desired. He said that
''thc South Carolina road has very lit
tic travel for the Charlotte road, and
tho present schedule suits the people
very we'll; that the making of the con-
ncction at Columbia would not be to
the advantage Of any body except, per-
haps, the Ne,0s aa,d Courier"
For the information Of the Charles
ton people. it is deemed not amiss to
say that just such IL policy as that indi-
Gated by Mr.. Superintendent Peck has
had much to do with divcrtiny tho
trade Of the Piedmont section from
that city-the metropolis Of the State,
IN whose prosperity all our people
would rejoice. But it is idle to talk
about the people Of the upper countics
having business relations with Charles
ton, when Atlanta, Richmond and
baltimore can be reached in shorter
time. Mr.. Superintendent Peck, whcth-
er he means to do SO or not, pursucs a
course the effect of which is to drive
traffic and travel from the commercial
city Of the State. IIo forgets that
while his road could be an important
feeder to that city, emptying into her
lap tho products Of n rich and fertile
section, 1t is after all but local in it's
significance, and cannot control the
movements Of longer and equally i'm
portant lines. The railroad system of
the State, or of the South, will hardly
stop to consult the convenience Of the
South Carolina Road, nor will it'bc Sc
llously affected bv the movements of
that road; and in this respect Mr.. SUI
pcrhltcRdent Peck might derive les
SON from Mahomet. When that wor-
thy, after calling the mountain to him,
discovered that it was not likely to
obey tic summons, with q courtesy
rarely witnessed these days the accom-
modatiiig prophet gracefully and un-
conditionally walked up to the noun
tain. In the circumstances, Mahomet
could have done nothing ncater.
Butour own people, as well as those
OF Charleston, may congratulate them
selves upon the fact that within q few
months at farthcst, a new outlet will
be opened from this section to the City
by the Sea--a line that will be entire
~ independent Of the South Carolina
Rail Dad. When this line is complct-
ed, the management of the South Caro-
lima Railroad may discover that much
OF the freight it has heretofore handled
will 60 over the new line, and tho nc-
ccssity for close connection at Colum-
bin may then be even less than al pres
cnt. The new line to which we refer
will be over the North Eastern Rnilroad
to Chcraw; thence by the Cheraw and
WadesbOro Railroad to Wadesboro,
where connection will be made with
the Carolina Central, which line con-
meets with the network Of roads COLI
ccNtrating at Charlotte.
The distance between Chcraw (thc
northern terminus Of the North-East-
ern :RaiEoadD and Wadesboro is twen-
ty-six miles. The Cheraw and Wades-
boro road has been graded the entire
length, :And the trains are running on
1t twenty miles from Chcraw, leaving
only six miles to finish, for which the
necessary iron has been ordered and
will bc.put down at once after it's ar
rival. Then the people Of the up
country can 60 to Charleston within
reasonable time, though to do so they
may have to travel around their own
State and through anothcr-all because
the various lines extending from the
North to the South do not arrange
their timetables to suit the conven-
icnce Of the South Carolina Railroad.
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