The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-10-21

I am in receipt OF yours of the 7'h inst,
with Pres. Cieveland's com mmunication,
aud note, 'the Commission will insist that
the road must run their mixed train on a
schedule" We trust the Commission will
accept only OF such schedule as will ena
ble passengers to make reasonable speed
and avoid undue Inconvenience and delay.
If the company is To be allowed To stretch
Its schedule according to its own ideas, for
its own convenience solely, possibly the
present go as.you please running OF the
Irsins may be as good as We will get. l.
is fi,ty nine miles from Anderson To Nc
Cormlck, snd we would insist that tour
hours Is all that should be asked in which
to run the train through, either way. 30,
President Cleveland pleads poverty for
this road, com plains of want OF business,
and yarv kindly invite. the Board of
Trade to help him cut. Really we thluk
our people nave doue very we'll ON this
line. Anderson and Anbeville have put
into the enter prise Sl2S, 600. and have long
and quietly submitted To the slight re
rurps. The passenger earnings on the 3
v. Road are light, 10 be sure N"tolng
surprising about this. Ouly dire necessl
ty. as Mr. Cleveland ssems TO sppreolate,
will drive passenger over the 3. v. n H.
It is eighteen miles nearer 10 Cnar!eston
over Mr.. CIeveIano's line from Anderson
than by auy other, and the ocly oreaK GU
an Eastern and Western route via sea
board AIR Lne is made by him s.N
houn Fails. Yet our people 20 oy some
other rouIs. The reason why ls gwen III
the running tune usually made aud 20 as
Won 6lesse schedule ou this oranco.
The GreenpiIle ahd L,urens branch nf
S1t-S SfLty n "a nh
O we'll ss this Anderson branch, but 1t Is
nevertheless favored with double dolly
passenger train and regular freight WIN
pa-sepgsr accomuodatlons.
IL appears that Mr. Cleveland has In The
ossr submitted 10 your BJa:d figure. TO
sh ow that the operation of the 5. V. Road
ia entirsly unremuuerative" 1t Is no part
of n , business To dispute Question OF
this kind, with an able railroad nan aud
his figures against me Innrder 10 satisfy
Yourselves as 70 whether this road Is Going
spy business or not, 1t might % we'll al
This iuuctute 10 investigate the monthl'
reporLs atlscheI To Nj Q eveiaud's e'm
Thesr lep ,rts OF The rnnnlng
Of trains ON tue 8 V. 4 'sd, lntended oply
20 give In detail the cau-es of the delays oI
trains, are valuable otherwise, as clearly
showing that busiue.s Is ratcer orlsk Oh
the 8 ". They read ell through ke
this, adelsy ed by heavy train. doubling
Bordeaux bill" ''neavy way work, on
Bordeaux bill on account OF heavy Train,
transferring freight" drilling loading
CATTLE" &C, Ga three evenings only the
train left McC,rm,ck on time, aud oniy
thrice arrived At McCormick ou time III
Septem ber. Only SIX Tunes during the
same mouth uId It reach Anderson on time
tn ruy opinion Mr.. Cirveland has now
more business on IN = V Road than hr
can handle with safety aud dispatch With
the one tram aud single crew Toe best
evidence Of this bsiug true ia contained IN
nis own documents the reports TO which
I refer. and which he, in such perfect
.sirness, has submitted u your bJaro.
Respectfully y,urs.
j. M SULLIVAN,
Pres A b. Uf II.
T need add nothing to the foregoing
though, Mr.. Editor, IL might interest tne
nublic 10 read the reports "t running time
made i,y trains mum bsrs 19 n,.d 20 "n tnr
Anderson branch of the & W G. Il Co
inripp the months OF AusunJ anu S-p-
tembsr last, but 1t is tao tnucn to ASK the
spsce. These repnrts show that II al eu
,ine breaks Down on The malu line or
..lsezhere on The system its place Is su p-
piled with the eugins-the Only eDglue--
OF the Anderson branch Passengers sod
freight left ON equal foo,ing for once
These reports also show that we have ou
the Anderson brauch, not only mixed
uassepger aud freight train, tuta material
train. also In other words the same train
hat hauls passengers and our freight. also
supplies the Railroad Company With 3
lumber, piece by plecs-csr lot or les"
than car lot-tor repairing its tanks,
bridges, crossings and culVerts
Anderson unkes no war "n the manage
meuts uf the G. q w @. Railway Co es
uecislly Just num-~ heu we are all ln the
dark about railroads in general, and
Thomas and Ryan in particular.
We prefer To believe that President
Jonn B Cleveland has only forgotten Us
mporarily amid the many rapld Changes
In railroad circles Of late. We read ~
concede that his first .uty is t' DIS Com
psny, ~hlch be serves 30 we'll. IL Is
hardly possible for him to neglec! the 5
v. much longer. Possibly II we lig6tou
the s'heayy trains" little frou M.CJr
mick and CaIhoun Falls to Auders,u, We
.nay be better reme;u befed b, oGt ra'lr'au
friends In the future MERoaANF.