The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-11-29
ANOTHER RAILROAD CoNSOL1DA-
TION.
The Allan &c, Greenri1le s Western Railroad
May go to the Three C's-What
/ is Behind the Proposition.
1Greenyille News, 23d. |


. There is prospect of an unexpecte d
development in the affairs OF the Caro-
lima, Knoxville & Western Railroad
Company.
The promised development is in the
nature of the secession OF the old At
lantic, Greenville d Western Company
from the consolidation with the Caro-
lima, Knoxville d Western Railroad
Company. a meeting Was held at
Ninety-Six Wednesday looking to that
end. The meeting was composed of rep
resentatives Of the stock held in the At
lantic, Greenville Il Western Company
by certain townships in the counties
oi Abbeville and Edgeheld. The meet
ing was called, it was understood, by
the County Commissioners OF Able
vile and Edgetield. There were no
representatives present from Oak Lawn
and Dunklin townships III this county,
but it is understood that those town
ships are in sympathy with the move
lnent.
At the meeting resolutions We're
passed declaring Lne consolidation OF
the Atlantic, Greenville d Western
road with the Carolina, Knoxville 4
Western void, and calling a meeting OF
the original stockholders of the \. u.
s. w. company at Ninety-SiX Oh the
18th of December, for the purpose OF
recognizing it separate and apart
be remembered that the consolidation
of the A. G. 4 W., the line projected
from Greenviile to Augusta, Of which
the greater part had been already
graded, was ratified by stakeholder
meeting at Ninety-SiX. The consolida-
ton is now to be set aside, it is said, on
the ground that the meeting ratifying
the consolidation was called by Presl-
dent Humbert and not by the county
commissioners OF the counties through
which the road passes, as the act pro
vides, and Oh the further ground that
the terms of the consolidation have not
been complied with by the new com
pany.
What does this move mean? 1t is
whispered from semi-authoritatlve
sources that the Three C's road is after
the Atlantic, Greenville 4 Western and
that when the meeting to organize Is
held at Ninety-SiX in December, the
Three Cs will make definite offer tor
the transfer and building of the line
from Greenville to Augusta. Such d
move as this has been whispered be
fore, but never with such apparent au-
thoritativeness as now. 1t is s,lid that
unofficial representatives OF the Three
Cs We're at Ninety-SiX Wednesday.
It appears that the move to do away
with. the consolidation was started
with an eye single to releasing the road
so that it might be free for negotiations
with the Three Cs people.
On the other hand, it is believed by
friends of the c., K. & w. that the OBJ
ject of the Three C's is to get possession
of the old A, g. & w. line SO as to use
the lower end from Johnstcn's to Au-
gusta as the best means cf getting into
Augusta. The Three C's has absorbed
the Augusta & Newberry line, but has
no suitable route into Augusta, it is
said. AS the A., q. & w. has posses
sion of the most practicable route into
the city, it would be to the great ad-
vantage ofthe Three C's to secure the
lower end of the road and leave the
upper section from Greenville to John
ston's incomplete.
There are some who believe the move
means great things for Greenyille;
there are others who do not think it
will amount to anything so far as this
city is concerned