The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-10-05
COL. BOONE At HOME.
He is Again in the Rail
road Swim.
ZonesuUc (Ohio.) Times, Sept. e9.

For the information OF the people of
GAINESVILLE all of whom are Interested
IN the success of Colonel Boone, II
short statement of the present condi-
ton of his Black Diamond railway pro
ject is not out of place.
This railroad movement of Colonel
BOOne's calls for the construction of
1853 miles of road, at Il cost Off
single track. $48,65O, OCEAN average
cost of $32,747 per mile of tracl1)-if
double track oof of $e7, 7,55oo;oOO, (an average
cost of S54. .083 per mile, or $27,O41 so
per mile of track.) Whilst the work
cut out by Colonel Boone is one of
great magnitude, still he is the only
head center so to speak. BY his plan
of promotion he has taken the public
residing along his several lines into
close co,partnership. which makes it
practically impossible for any of the
old corporations to upset his plans.
Colonel Boone, who is now in Zan6s-
! vile. says he is well pleased with the
subsidity carried last Tuesday at Green
field, Ind, and that lie will give Blue
River township along with Green
| township, of Hancock county, another
chance to redeem itself. Colonel Boone
says he now has all of his plans well in
hand and practically little to do but
which, with the old construction work
done before the war. he will have fully
five millions of dollars with which "to
put the polish on the pianO''-a favor
itc expression Of the Colonel's.
Col. Boone reDorts that Sir Tomas
). Tancred will be at Greenfield, O.,
Tonight; New Holland, o., Friday
night, and Columbus, o., Saturday
evening. Some of Colonel Boone's
plans are unique and differ materially
from those i'll vogue. He says the time
has come for Il change-everything
else has changed excepting the way
railroads are operated. Amongst the
innovations to be made by the Black
Diamond system are:
Ito open the road as IL toll road
highway, allowing the trains of foreign
Black Diamond Highways upon paying
toll at so much per ton per mile, and
SO. much per passenger per mile-in
other words operate the road upon the
same principle Il turnpike is handled,
free to all upon paying toll.
BY declaring the road Il toll railroad
highway will forever prevent any por-
ton of it's line from being Darallellcd
by new construction.
2.-The Black Diamond to be Il two
ccnt-permilc road with this induce
mcnt to encourage the public to travel
one day Ill every month the rate for
passengers to be one cent per mile
each excursion day to be known in ad-
vance by adopting the plan OF having
it one day later than ill the previous
month, barring Sundays. Thus if the
first excursion day was October /, the
next would be November 2, December
8 and 80 on.
Colonel Boone says the New York
Central is the greatest and best local
road in the world. It's passenger rate
was, fixed by the legislature of New
York Mt two cents per mile, made at
the request of the late Commodore
Vanderbilt, who was not q railroad
man, but q steamboat man. Colonel
Boone says he gets his ideas from his
training during the Star route days.
Colonel Boone was known as the Star
Route Prince, the records Mt Washing
ton showing that he controlled ut one
time more than ff00 contracts with the
u. S. government, in fact about one
sixth Of all the service then in opera
ton. Colonel Boone says that while
he had to pass through the fiery fur
mace of persecution yet with it all he
is proud of his Star Route record. 1t
is from his Star Route experience, says
Colonel Boone, that he has the tact and
energy to tackle the buildins of the
Black Diamond system which when
completed will comprise 3,115 miles Of
road. If any one doubts that Colonel
Boone is a bold and daring operator,
he should consult the history of the
two Star Route trials Which has been
published iii book form.
Colonel Boone will join the inspcc-
ton party at Columbus Saturday even
ing: We CLEAN the following from our
exchanges:
GREENFIELD DEroT, IND, Sept. 81
The railroad election in this (Ccnter)
township to-day for a?a, 400 s.hs::!y-
for the construction of the Intlianap-
oils, Vevay and Tilewatcr Railway, of
the Black Diamond System, was car
ried. The majority in the township
for the appropriation was 403. In Blue
River township the amount of S17,-
841.10 subsidy in the interest of tic
railroad was defeated by 70 majority.
Mr.. E. E. Watts, civil engineer, of
Princeton, Ind, in charge Of the Black
Diamond railway. surveys in the
HOOsier State, with 225 miles already
located and 325 miles projected, was
at the Grand yesterday.
"The lines surveyed in Indiana go
through the best coal and agricultural
lands in that State" said Mr.. Watts,
(which would be q most valuable feed
er. to any railway system. The coal
area is $500 square miles. and many of
the veins run from " to 81 feet and
the quality is fine. Pike county, which
the line crosses for twenty miles. has,
according to the latest reports of our
Geological Director, the best coal in
the State in vast quantities. The line
also runs through the picturesque
French Lick and West Baden Springs
Valley, familiar to many Cincinnatians.
It is my opinion that the road will be
built, and if the report of the great
English Engineer, now examining the
surveys is favorable, and the expected
British capital is put up, the entire
system of 1868 miles can be constructed
in 18 months. With corps of survey
ors / located few years since 90 miles
we did not start surveying until Au-
gust 10, and by January of the fol-
lowing year, less than iye months, the
line was finished. Hundreds Of miles
of this projected Black Diamond road
conld bo builttas rapidly as upon the
level plnins of the west. and! with fOTii.