The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-11-22
TdE UIHEN SIUI'
Register, November POI

A representative of the Register yes
teIday called upon director OF the
Columbia, Newberry and Laurens
Railroad, gentleman who has been
from the start most prominently iden-
tilted with the enterprise, and asked
from him q statement OF the reasons
against conserving to consolidate with
the Three C's road understood to be
held by the directors of the road first
named.
The director approached by the re-
porter expressed entire willingness to
give his view of the situation, which it
IS understood is that Of nearly, if not
all, the members Of the Board.
First, he said, the proposition made
them by tho General Manager Of the
Three C's was to take their assets and
build their road, and he thought they
could as well use their own assets as
any one else. ,
In the next place, the director stated
that, having organized two years ago
last June, they had already graded
TWENTY-FIVE miles Of road, built piers
for bridge across Broad River and
graded a mile within tie limits of Co
lumbia. This, he thought, was a good
proportionate progress as the Three Cs
itself had made, which had completed
only stretch from Camden to York,
and another in North Carolina. Their
scheme was grand one, but it has yet
to be proved a success by completing
the most difficult portion through the
mountains, where one mile would cost
500, 80 and other mile sections $50, ,OOO
each or thereabouts. Ifit failed, where
would be a road consolidated with it
"b tiled up' was the description of the
situation in such an event which he
gave. >,
He did not think the directors would
he doing right to expose the road to
anv such danger, and besides this,
without prejudice to the Three Cs,
there were other roads about as far adj
vanced towards completion as it was,
which might be connected with later
on. if the Columbia, Newberry and
Laurens was left free tc choose, and
such might pr to be more advan'
tageous than the present proposition.
In justice to the interests placed IN
their care, the directors though1 they
ought not to act hastily or without due
delibeiation and consideration of all
possibilities.
Continuing, the director said that
tl:ey had arranged for the timber for
the five trestles to be erected in the
CITY. that for one was already finished,
and as soon as all were ready the tres
ties would at once be built. Then they
would 90 to work saving the Lumber
for the superstructure Of the bridge,
and when that was ready the contract
would be awarded indeed, some ar
rappements had already been made in
that direction. The rails to lay the
mile of track in the city had also been
provided for, and the directors expected
TO cross Broad River with train by
spring.
As regarded the Piedmont Land I'm
proyeuent Company, in which some 0!
the directors Of the Columbia, New.
berry and LaureHs Railroad are inter
ested, the reporter was told that com:
pany had been Instituted first and
chiefly to aid and advance the building
of the railroad 1t supplied the timber
for the trestles, bridge superstruc;ure
etc, and took the roads bonds in pay
ment, which was what could not be
done with any one else. The timber
was sold at fair price, and all the
transactions were passed on by the full
board of directors.
In conclusion the director said, ths'
while the managers of the road did nc
advertise their business, but they hao
nothing to conceal and We're working
for the best interests of the road II
every conceivable way. They hac
promises of arrangements which woulc
ensure an outlet for the road wher
completed, and if the Three Is, a
stated, were willing to make trathc ar
rsneenents for the exchange of freight
they would be perfectly willing to to, d! d
so Shen the proper time came. Thel
whole position stated briefly was tina
/ they did not consider there was an!
] haste necessary about consolidating