The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-16
TRAINS ON THE C. s G.
e, K.
Expected to Break Out in Il New Place,
and More, mot Only Through T-ains
to Cincinnati, but Double Daily
and Sunday Local Trains.
rSnecial TO News and Courier. I


COLUMBIA, January l2-The Column
bia and Greenville Railroad and It's
branches traverse very large section
of the most prosperous territory in
South Carolina, vet while other rail-
roads have doubled and trebled their
facilities for travel during the last ten
wears, this line has logged along since
1850 on substantially the same old
schedule of one regular weekday tram
each way and none on Sundays. " hen
ever people have asked why this line
did not run Sunday trains they have
been vaguely and unofficially Informed
that there was something in its charter
or in the statutes Of the State which
forbade such concession to the spirit
of progress by this particular road.
Other railroads have invaded its terri
tory and reported a double daily pas
senrer schedule every day in the week,
but on the Columbia and Greenville's
lines there is writ for over fifty days OF
the wear mo thoroughfaro." For thirty
six hours every week 10 passenger,
whatever his emergency, can be trans
ported over the Columbia and Green
Vile Road. The capabilities of the line
are not developed. 1t is not the public
convenience it was intended to be, and
which the rush of business in 1890 de-
mands that it should be. Is it not time
for change? Some good people may
and do object to Sunday trains, but
why should all the roads but one run
them and that one be kept out of line
with the others. If we are to have
strict Sunday law, let it be a general
one, without discrimination.
But whatever opinion may exist as
to the reason for this long "bottling up'
of the Columbia and Greenville on
Sundays, it is ascertained that there is
no excuse for it in law. Neither in the
charter nor in the General Statutes can
any prohibition of Sunday passenger
trains be found.
New lines, which will run daily
trains, are cutting into the territory OF
the road, and change will have to be
made to meet their competition, and to
win for it the legitimate business to
which it is entitled. The Bureau hopes
that the day is near when passenger
trains will he run over the Columbia
and Greenville seven days in the week.
1t not only hopes so, but has reason to
believe that in response to the public
wish the authorities will inaugurate
such schedule.
More than this. 1t is understood that
the operation ofdouhle daily trains each
way over the line is under considera-
ton at headquarters, and will probably
be determined upon. What a conve-
nience it would be if passengers could
leave Charleston at p. NJ. and reach
| Greenvile early next morning, or
leave Greenville late one evening and
reach Charleston at II o'clock next day.
The putting on of trains to connect at
| Columbia with the Charleston trains
arriving here at 10 P. NJ. and leaving
here at 6 4. NJ. would place the Column
bia and Greenville on an equal footing
with its competitors, and by greatly
facilitating travel correspondingly in
crease the intercourse and business be-
tween the sections. The proposed Char
| lesion, Columbia, Asheville and Gin
cinnati sleeping car arrangement will
be great thing for through travel.
Now let US talk up the local travel and
see five cannot have two passenger
trains each way over the Columbia and
Greenville every day in the year.