Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-04-14
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arge share of confidence and popularity as
IS possible for a member of his party. BY
natural instinct and taste, both will be pre-.
vented from acting as prosecutors, or show
ing much favor to the Mackey, Taft, Smalls,
Purvs and Hurley gang"
THE RAILROAD COMBINATIONS.
In addition to what we published last week
bearing upon the lease of the Atlanta and
Charlotte Air Line Railroad, by the Rich
mond and Danvlle Railroad Company, the
Atlanta Constitution publishes the following,
the plans Of the lessees, being an
with Col. T. M. R. Talcott, who is
described as the general manager Of the
Richmond & Danville Railroad:
81 cannot say" remarked Col. Talcott,
"what the details of our policy will be- The
Richmond & Danville Company merely wish
es to conduct business in business like way,
without any determinations! against any one.
The return of the Atlanta and Charlotte road
to the Richmond and Danville Company is
but the restoration of it to the original pro.
Jectors, for Col. Buford, the president of our
road, built the line we have just leased"
"How long is this lease for, colonel ?" asked
the reporter.
"The lease is perpetual"
"Then this thing is permanent, and on that
account the more important p
"Fhat is just the way the matter stands. J"
"Well, sir, | trust Atlanta will not suffer
on account of your freight rates."
ave could not discriminate against you if
We desired to do so. The matter is regulated
by the Southern Railway and Steamboat As
sociation, and, besides, it is not our idea Of
conducting business. There will be no change
in freights to Atlanta certainly no discrimi.
nation against Atlanta"
"COl. Foreacre will not remain with the
road under the new management
"He has consented to remain for short
time until the new company falls more into
the grooves"
"He is high.salary man. I understand
he receives $4,000 per annum. Will Col
Houston remain with the road?"
"It is our intention to retain him. He il
out of the city now, and when he returns il
might not suit him to accept position. W.
would like to keep him, however, though moi
as general passenger agent. That position
Mr. Pope fills for the entire system of roads. >
"Will any other changes be made ?"
"There are no changes that I anticipate
further than that Of Col. Foreacre, who re-
tires"
"What will your company do toward de-
veloping the country through which the Air
Line passes ?"
"We will carry out the work begun by the
Atlanta and Charlotte company, completing
the Roswell road and operating all the
branches"
"How about the shops Will you keep the
shops in Atlanta ?"
"By the terms of the lease we are required
to maintain the shops here"
"Where will the Offices of the officials be
located p
"Of course the Offices of the officials will
be located in Richmond, where they can al
be together. We have division superinten
dents, however, and such an official will
doubtless live in Atlanta"
Colonel" observed the reporter, "you are
familiar with all this matter; is there any
thing else of interest that you can give me ?
Nothing more than this: We learned to
day that the lease on the building occupied by
the officers of the old company had just ex
pired, and we have renewed it for two years.
"You are general manager of the Rich
mond and Danville railroad, and have con
troll of 1,422 miles of railroad, have you not ?
"There is a little more than that. The
Airline branches will run it up 10 about
l,450 in round numbers.
THE AsHEvILLE AND sPARTANBURG ROAD.
Concerning the sale of the Spartanburg and
Asheville Railroad, on Monday of last week
Mr.. R. Y. McAden, of Charlotte, one of the
purchasers Of the property, gave the following
information to the Charlotte Observer few
days after the sale:
In reply to question as to who the pur
chasers were, Mr. McAden said:
"You may say that it was the Spartanbure
and Union Railroad"
"Who owns the Spartanburg and Union
Railroad ?"
"With the exception of few shares owned
by gentleman in Union county, S. c., Mr.
w. H. Inmann, of New York, Gen. Austell
of Atlanta, Mr.. H. B. Plant of New York
and myself"
"Then the report that the Clyde syndicate
owns any part of it is untrue?"
"Well, when l left Spartanburg there were
no signs of it, nor do know that they want
it."
"It was an out and out sale then ?"
eyes, subject of course to confirmation by
The court. The order was to require the
payment of $4,000 down, and one-third al
Ihe expiration of ninety-dsys and so on, and
to give security for the remainder. We antici
pated the ninety days arrangement by simply
paying one.third down and giving mort.
gage on the road for the remainder"
"The road is, therefore, in the hands of the
purchasers ?"
ut was turned over Immediately and a
meeting was held at which W. H. Inmann
Of New York. Gen. Alfred Austell, of Allan.
ia, Mr.. Joseph Walker and Mr.. D. R. Dun
can, of Spartanburg, Messrs Taylor and Lord
Of Charleston, and myself were elected q
board of directors. They elected me presi-
dent of the road, and Maj. James Apder.
son, who you know has been the receiver
superintendent. I took charge of the road
yesterday evening, and issued the necessary
orders"
"You are now president of the Spartan
burg and Union Railroad ?"
"Yes, and the two roads will continue to
be operated together, as they have been.
Each, you know, is sixtY.nine miles long, or
about that
"No changes then are contemplated"
"None; and only one has been made. We
had to change the name, and so made it the