The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-04-16
THE &. y. AND l.. Il. K.
Completed and Accepted by the Commits
sioncre Pleasant Trip-Schedule to
be Put On by First OF May.

On Tuesday morning a special train
on the G.. y. and l.. r. r. reached New
berry a little after II O'Clock, having on
board the railroad Commissioners
whose object was the inspection and
reception Of the road from Gary's Lane
to the junction with the & &. and y.
lust this side of Clinton. The compile
ton of this road gives Newberry the
advantages Of another through connec-
ton to the North.
The Herald and News is glad it has
been completed. The building Of this
road received the encouragement and
endorsement of this newspaper from
! the inception of the enterprise to its
completion. There were many persons
at the beginning who did not think the
road would ever be built and looked
upon it as only an idle scheme. TO Mr..
II. G. Moseley's enterprise and energy
too much credit cannot well be given
for the building of this line. lie was
its first president and worked hard and
| faithfully for the success of the enter
prise. He was aided and encouraged
largely by Rev. j. a. Sigh, Messrs
Geo. S. Mower, and NJ. a. Carlisle, and
several Columbia gentlemen. Among
the inspecting party on Tuesday were
the three commissioners, Duncan Jer-
vey, and Thomas; President Childs-
Engineer Chas. Ellis; Donald Nc
Cume, Agent South Carolina railroad;
at Columbia, &. o. Little, train dis
patcher; Hon. l.. D. Childs; MIR Wat
son ofThe State; Mr.. Robert Sheely Of
lexington; Rev. J. A. Sigh Mr.. H. c.
Moseley and possibly one or two others.
At Newberry the party was joined by
the following gentlemen: Congressman
George Johnstone, NJ. a. Carlisle, Geo.
S. Mower, w. H. Wallace, L. w. c..
Blalock, J. J. Lane J. w. Coppock, f.
S. Motto and the Editor of The Herald
and News.
The road had already been accepted
by the commissioners as far as Gary's
Lane. From that point the commits
sioners viewed it from the rear of the
coach, and after reaching the junction
they held a short meeting on the side
of the track and accepted the road after
ordering few matters to be attended
to. 1t is good road and the commits
sioners were we'll pleased with it. 1t
will be opened for traffic and regular
schedule put on not later than the
first of May.
President Child's and Engineer Ellis
acted as hosts on the trip and made it
very pleasant run. They are both full
of energy, affable and obliglng and
seem to be the right men in the right
places. From the State of yesterday we
make the following extracts:
THE PROBABLE SCHEDULE.
President Childs stated that the road
would be in full operation by the Goth,
or by May at any rate. Full through
connections are to be made with the
North. The probable schedule will be
as follows: Leave Newberry in the
morning at s, arriving in Columbia at
10 O'Clock. Leve Columb bia for Clinton
at II a. m., arriving there at l p. m.
This train will make through connec-
tions East and West with all trains on
the G.. G.. and n. Road. 1t will meet
both the G., G. and \. trains, immedi-
ately returning and reaching this city
at 5 p. m. The last train will leave
Columbia at 6 p. M, arriving at New
berry at p. m., AS will be seen, these
trains will be run so as to accommodate
through traffic, and at the same time
bring the farmers along the route to
Columbia in the morning to transact all
their business.
TIE CONNECTIONS TO BE MADE.
The connections to be made by the
road from Clinton were obtained from
Engineer Ellis and are as follows: The
q. G. & \. road is now completed as
far as the Savannah River. The road
will now run as far as Portsmouth, Va.
Towards the South it is completed as
far as Elberton, Ga, and next October
the authorities expect to have it flu
ished to the terminuS-Atlanta. BY
this route it will be much nearer to At
lanta than by any other route. The
points touched going Northward are
given below. The road will cross the
Spartanburg and Union at Fish Dam,
the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
at Chester, and will then proceed to
Monroe, n. G., Weldon and Ports
mouth. Running towards the other
end, Greenville,l Abbeville, Elberton,
Athens, and end in Atlanta, where
connections will be made for the South
and West.
THE HISTORY OF THE ROAD.
The construction of the G. \. & L.
Road was originally started by subcrip-
tions of townships and individuals.
The work Of surveying the route was
begun in 1886 by Engineer Charles Ell
lis, and Mr.. H. c. Moseley, of Prosper
ity, was elected the first president.
The work dragged along until in the
spring Of 1888 the Congaree Construc-
ton Company, composed entirely OF
Columbia men, however, took charge
of the road, and eighteen months ago
the work was pushed rapidly forward
and the road completed. The road has
cost over $3.50, ,O0O--something over three
quarters of a million dollars and all
this is Columbia capital. Mr.. Childs
succeeded Mr. Moseley as president in
1889. He says that Engineer Ellis en-
tered the company as a stranger ana
leaves it standing high in the estima-
ton of all the officers. They regard
his work as wonderful.
CORRECTION.
The State omits the fact that three
Newberry men were members of the
construction company and put in their
proportion of means and work. They
were NJ. A. Carlisle and Geo. S. Mower
of Newberry and H. G. Moseley OF
Prosperity.
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