The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1883-06-06
Carolina Cumberland Gap and Chi.
cage Railroad.
TPickcns Sentinel

In another column of this issue we publish
mn article from The aiken Journ"L and R"rl"iV
and one from the Nems and Courier In refer
cncc 10 the effort now being made by the city
of Grepnville to divert the Carolina. Cumher-
land Gap and Chicago Railroad from It's nrisl-
nal and proper course by way OF that place:
We also publish the rather eXultant editorial
remarks of the GrecnriHe .Ne"s over the quasi
endorsement by these journals Of the propo-
siti0n. The NrWs In republiShinS the articles
from the .JournnL and RericW and the Ncms
ami Cburicr, places head lines over them which
plainly Indicate that Grcenvillc expects to be
hrnehttcd Mt the expense of somebody else.
There Is n good deal of meaning in. "Grccn-
Vile on top" plain hints of the success a
flank movement" Now we wish Grecnrillr
well, We would rejoice to see her connected
with this grand trunk line Of rail way II branch
to this place, FasIey or some other conven
lent point. but PickenS and EaSley have rhar.
tered rights which they DO not proroye 10 sur.
render without a murmer.. 1t was By the
brains. energy and money Of these places that
the success OF the enterprise was made posi-
BILE. The two places nave expended In the
neighbOrhOod of ten thousand dollars, ana
the grading between the two points Is about
completed.
4 good dcnl of grading has been done below
EnSley IN Anderson county, which would ali
Greenville succeeds. G~reenville proposes 10
give slN.0O to have the road "dive-ted" by
that place. Where 1t is proposed to 90 after
getting to Greenrille we do not know. but or
course IL LIlc InOulldlllSt III ClO~SCN IL va oS
lone Mt Eastatoe Gap. as there Is no other
practicable crossing In the state. we suppose
that they will try to run up by Marietta. then
up the Oolenoy or on the Twelve Mile hills IN
this c0unty-anywhere to miss PirkenS and
Easley or nnyother place that might possibly
come in competition with Greenville. But
seriously, to make the detour necessary (. go
by Greenville would cost fully n half million
OF dollars more than to build the road upon
the present located and chartered line. From
Aiken via Edgeficld. Abheville. Bolton. Eas-
ley and this place, there Is not q water course
of any consequence to cross. ana there VIII
not be scarcely Il bridge or treStlc to build. as
II runs all the way on the ridge dividing the
waters Of the Savannah and Saluda rivers.
1t Is a route that seems TO have been sptcialiy
designed by nature for the construction VI Il
railroad. If the road should be run BY Green
vile, this ridge would have to be left AMI the
Saluda river would have to he crossed twice.
The distance would he considerably increased,
Eesrnaps itfe hn or t t%cehty wW,o1,nea s a mot mn INV y'Ef for
the additional bridges that would nave 10 DC
built on that route.
We remember well that when this grand en-
tcrprise was in Its Infancy and we were try.
inS to bring It's Importance to the attention OF
the public, that Grcenvillc (some Of Green
Vile ut least threw all the cold water upon 1t
that they possibly coud, and we nave had
Greenville men to laugh In our face when we
mentioned the road 10 them-but presto!
change. Now since by the money, perSerycr-
ance and brains OF Pickcns men the road has
been made n possible success. 1t is proposed to
rob her Of its benefits by the money of some
body else. There Is T. principle Of honor that
obtains In all business Ms well as private
transactions, and we do not believe the COM
pany will for a m think Of entertaining
any proposition that would he d~ishonorable.
and that would rob the people Of Easlcy and
possibly Pickens, Williamson and If the
money, time and labor already expended up
on the road, and that too Mt a cost trcbblc the
amount to make the change that Greenville
proposed to give them. No do we believe
that the Legislature will, when these, and
many more facts are presented, consent to
amend the charter so rs to allow the road to
be diverted from It's present route.
FLANK movements" are not always success
full and Plckcns and Easley will See that the
present one Is n failure. We are willing to
help Grecnville connect by n branch with the
road, but we are not willing to lie: Greenrille
cut our throat. That had as we'll be under
stood now.