The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-01-15
The Greenwood, Anderson and Western
Railway.

The negotiations which have been
pending for the past three weeks between
the Green wood, Anderson aud Western
Railway and tho Carolina Midland Rail-
way for the lease and option to purchase
the latter were concluded yesterday, when
all of the papers connected with the mat
ter were approved by the respective
counsel of the parties in interest and ar
rapgements made for the turning over Of
the possession Of the property on next
Wednesday. The parties who leased the
road and who contemplate purchasing 1t
and extending it westward are men of
large means and considerable railroad e1-
perience, and carefully examined into
the situation before concluding their
negotiations. Il is stated that lin mediate
arrangements will be made to extend the
road In the direction of Greenwood. 80
far as the Southern terminus Is concerned
1t will probably be either Charleston or
Savannah. dependent upon what encour-
agement IL given to the projectors OF the
enterprise TO go to either city.
The lease has been guaranteed by the
American Banking and Trust Company
of Baltimore, Nd, large and Influential
trust and surety company, and II is un
derstood that this corporation will also
be trustee under the mortgage when the
extension Is begun and the new bonds
issued.
The officers of the new road are as fol-
lows: Mike Brown, president and treas
urer j. l.. Villalonga, vice president;
T. M. Mordecai, general counsel; L. g..
Harris, uperlntendens; Thomas b. Lee,
chief engineer.
A Reporter for the Sunday News called
upon Mr.. Mordecai and requested from
him statement of the aims and objects
of the new company, aid was informed
by him that he was not at liberty to dis
close anything further at present other
than that the papers had been executed
and that possession of the road would be
delivered to the new proprietors on the
18th That Mr.. Villalopga, the vice
president Of the company, was the proper
person to apply to for the future plans of
the company, and that he was absent from
the city yesterday.
Col. Mike Brown, who is the president
of the new railroad company, has been
ia. the city for some weeks, and he was
found by Reporter for the Sunday NeUs
a. the Charleston Hotel yesterday. He
said that be did net feel at liberty to dis
cuss all Of the plans Of his new company
at this time, but that there were some
matters Of interest to Charleston which
he would be glad to talk about. Col.
Brown said that some of the plans of the
company were matured, while others
we're merely in process of completion,
and this fact would, he thought, account
to the public for his silence on certain
points. He said that the first objective
point Of his road would be Batesburg,
and the second would be Green wood.
Men of known ability were interested In
the enterprise with him and whatever
plans were finally agreed upon would be
carried out. The first step which he
would take would be to put q full corps
of engineers in the field, with instruc-
tions to survey at once route from the
present western terminus of the Carolina
Midland to Bstesburg, from there to
Green wood, and from that point lines to
Anderson and Greenville respectively.
In regard to the Southern or Southeastern
terminus he was not prepared to speak 80
confidently. He was inclined personally
to make such arrangements as would
bring his road to Charleston, but eavan
be neglected. One thing he would say,
however, and that was that he was ready
to meet any fair proposition that Char
lesion might have to make. Charleston
had been trying to build road To the
West and thsre had been endless talk ON
that subject. IfCharleston meant busl-
ness she could show her hand. It was
just about eighty miles from Charleston
to the Southern terminus of his road, and
he was ready to sign contract to build
eighty miles west If Charleston's Con.
struction Company or any party of repu-
table business men Of this city woulo
agree to ell up that gap.
Lol. Brown said that Savannah was, he
believed, anxious to have the road ex
tended to her limits. He had had assur.
subject, and he knew Savannah business
men we'll enough to know that they
meant what they said.-Charleston Sun
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