The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-05-24
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| Aho -NoMo anu COurl6r, or last Thurs
day, says 1T has been a good many years
SINCE anythlng like the activity which
mas prevailed recently has been man.
itested in Charleston railroad affairs
The interest in the recent sale of thf
South Carolina Railway and the more
recent formation of the South Carolina
and Georgia Railroad Company has, of
course, been universal and very absorb.
ing. In the furry which has attended
these events sight has been pratialIy
losC or some other matters which are
or great Importance to Charleston, Re-
Gently there'has been good deal of
Calk about one company or another be-
ing organized to build a road between
charleston and Augusta. The first
rumor Of this effect originated in
Augusta. a dispath from that city,
which was published some time ago in
The News and Courier, stated that the
Louisville and Nashville systems had
some Idea of purchasing the Port Roy
al and Augusta Road, and Of building
a line from Fairfax to this city. For
a while this scheme was pretty exten.
sively discussed, and created con.
considerable comment in more
than one section of the coun.
try. Interest in such project is
now very vividly revived by certain
statements which were made Yesterday
Inc factS given came from reliable
sources and are worth consideration
a gentleman who did not want his
name given, but who said his informa-
tion was thoroughly reliable, SAID to a
trported: "Were you aware that at
| tnis very moment the Atlantic Coast
Lane system is engaged in making
preliminary surveys for line CT road
| between this city and Augusta? 1t Is
tact. ana you will be perfectly safe
III making the statement: AS | under
stand me matter the Cost Line people
nave been thinking about this project
ior some time past. Their idea Ia to
build road from Ashley Junction in
'!s straight line as Is practicable to
Augusta, and they now have ont n
party or engineers making a survey for
such route The Coast Line never has
much TO say about i's own bu3iness.
Dn' Wlon lt makes up its mind to do q
thlnE IL generally loses very little time
IN uoing 1t. 1t SapOWerful system. with
practlcalIy unlimited means at its com.
mand, and 1t can very easily build this
new road II 1t hae q mind TO-" AnOt-
her gentleman who knew the facts
which are stated above said: my idea
about 1t is that the Cost Line Is very
anxious to got into Augusta. That
system has been restive ever since it
was smut out Of participation IN q
very rich Georgia tarflic by the loss of
the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Road. The management has never
ceased to cast around for some means
or recapturing the territory thus lost.
| nave been Informed that the SURVEYS
for the Charleston and Augusta road
are actually being made at the present
time, and as take it there is something
more than mere talk in the scheme.
The Coast Limo Is always on the alert.
1t IS always reaching out In one direc.
tion or anOtner The Wilson Short Cut
was no sooner finished than the Den
mark extension was begun, and now
that the Denmark Road is being COM
pleted it will not be long before you
VIII see the Coast Line laying another
track. If It's not between Charleston
and Augusta it will be somewhere
else.."