The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-11-22
FOR CONSOLIDATION AGAIN.
[Register, November 2l.J

Register, November 2l.J
F,DrroR OF REGISTER: In reply to
the Director, who was the spokesman
Of the Columbia and Newbery Rail
road for not consolidating with the
Three C's, beg respectfully 10 state
that am unable to agree with nm as
to his conclusion or the force OF ms ar
euInent in the local column YESTERDAY.
The Directors first point was liiill as
the Three C,s offered to take the assets
of the Columbia and Newherry. fall
road and build it, that they, the al-
rectors. "could as we'll use their own
assets as any one else"
This we think is q clear begging the
questions. The object Of the good pe0-
Die Of Columbia and the Dutch foTA
was to build road. Now, Will the
Director presume to say that corpora
lion which only mas about S6o,ooo IN
hand TO comp!ete road which Will
require above $500, GOO, can Dullo Ina'
road in as shorta time as, for instance,
the Richmond Terminal or Atantlc
Coast Line can, if either should adop,,
itand build it? Thenif the Richmond
Terminal can build the road III less time
than the directors Of the Columbia ana
Newberry, why could not the Three Us
do likewise? =
This brings us to the second point of
the director, which is, that they have
built the piers ola bridge and graded
TWENTY-FIVE miles in two years. 'He
Thought it was as good pr"poTtionate
progress as the Three Cs itself has
made"
What has the Three C's done III much
less time? November II, 1887, It had
ten miles of railroad running in South
Carolina. To-day, except a short space
near Blacks, it has one hundred aud
five lO5) miles running from Camdento
Blacks, with a bridge and piers over the
Catawba superior to the one over the
Rroad. besides tunnelling-under and
crossing over FIVE railroads. While the
Columbia and Newberry is grading
TWENTY-FIVE miles the other road builds:
enuips and runs one hundred and five
miles: while one spent $50, 900 the other
exnends one and balf million, and
builds a road far superior to any ever
constructed in the State, except, per-
haps, the Robinson syndicate road.
The Director asserts that the scheme
of the Three C's is a grand one, but as
vet it i, 20 be seen whether or not IL lsa
success. Why, what better evidence OF
success does he wanto Never in the
history of railroads in this State has
there been such success-l05 miles OF
splendid road built and fully equipped
in q little over one years time!
Now, during this time the Columbia
and Newberrv scratched over twenty
two miles of road, which required little
labor to grade. Now, trust the good
people of Columbia will not lay much
stress on this point made by the d.
rector. And when Colonel Johnson
saws he will build the road through
Newberry to Blacks in a years time,
thev will say: '!He has done as much
last year, why may he not do it next
year?"
But the Directo~ is afraid, when the
Three C's gets to the mountains, 1T will
fail, and the Columbia and Newberry
ret "bottled up." This is pure de-
fusion. Why, the thing is bottled up
now most efectually, and the people OF
Columbia and Dutch Fork want to un-
bottle it quick, and no set of directors
have a moral right to keep the work
hack upon the surmise that The Ihree
C's might run against mountain IN
Kentucky, or that some other road
might come to Columbia in the future
and want it! What the people want
is the road, and no dickering about the
chances of an extra price four years
hence, when, by present calculation, 1T
will be built The money Columbia
will make by establishing trade with
Blacks before August, will be worth
more than $4,000.
That the Piedmont Improvement
was established chiefly in aid OF the
railroad must be a mistake OF your re-
porter. The stockholders bought the
lands to make money and they thought
the public enterprise would help them
Nearly every director is a stockholder,
and it is their "nest egg" But If as
public trustees and private corporators
thew can fulfill their complex relations
with perfect satisfaction, they will per-
form a very uncommon feat.
To sum up, Mr.. Editor, the question
comes down to this, whether Columbia
shall have the road in one year or four
wears. If the directors say the latter
let them call the stockholders together
and submit it tothem. PROGRESS.