Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-02-09
THOSE MISERABLE SCHEDULES.

A Citizen Makes Some Suggestions Which
Are Deserving of Consideration.
Editor of the Yorkville Enquirer:
am in full sympathy with the sugges'
tions of Merchant" in his communica'
ton to The ENQUIRER last week, con.
cerning the situation Yorkville finds itself
placed in respecting railroad facilities.
have doubts as to whether boycott
would be the most effective remedy OF
not.
We have two railroads intersecting
here, The Carolina and North Western
embraces the old Kings Mountain rail.
road from Yorkville to Chester. This
road was built by the people of York
vile, principally, at cost of OO,OOO'
When it was consolidated with the c. d
L. Narrow Gauge, York county gave the
new system 100000 more, and the people
of Yorkville considerabl private sub
scription. Chester county also gave ii
800, 900 besides large private subscrip-
tions. Of capital stock amounting, il
I remember correctly, to about $340, 1000,
York and Chester counties gave nearly
four-fifths.
We have turned the management. Of
this road over to our North Carolina
friends, and as might naturally be expec-
ted, it is being operated for the benefit Of
their section. All trains are run solely
with view to connections with the Caro-.
lima Central at Lincolnton, and the West
ern North Carolina at Hickory. If a res
ident of Yorkville wants to 60 east via
this road, he will find himself waiting at
Gastonia from ga. IN. to $50 p. m.; or if
he takes the south end, he will spend a
night in Chester before he can leave that
place. II when away he should be bold
enough TO attempt to get home by this
road-say from Columbia,-he can reach
Chester about 7 p. M, spend the night
there, and get in next morning at 8
a. m. Or he may reach Chester from the
south about 7.45 a. M, to find that the G..
& NV. has altered its passenger schedule
and has just moved off. He waits there
until $40 a. M, and gets aboard freight
train that will enable him to reach York
Vile between II and 2 o'clock that day.
IF the unfortunate traveller attempts to
get home by the northern end Of this
road, he may, with good luck, succeed in
making the trip from Charlotte to York.
Vile in five hours.
Such discriminative management is not
only pitiful, but cruel. I am not sur
prised that Merchant" suggests boycott
Of this or any other road that seems to be
operated on the idea that its sole purpose
is to benefit one section and punish an
other. But beg to suggest that this road
is very largely-to the extent of nearly
four fifths-the property of the people of
York and Chester counties. Let York
and Chester bestir themselves, and take
the necessary steps to regain the control
of this property, and operate it for the
benefit of all stockholders and all Sec
tions.
I think a public meeting should be
called, and it should emphasize the griev-
ances of this community in the most en-
phatic expression it can give.
The other line-the o. r. & C.--has even
worse arrangement of schedules If pos
sible. see that it is suggested that it pro-
Yorkville to Charlotte via Blacksburg.
This would be of some avail, and expect
ancy awaits the act. There is no reason
why this road, rs we'll as the c. & NV,
should not start their freight and passen-
ger trains from opposite points each
morning, so as to enable travel to pursue
its natural channels. A little effort and a
little more tendency to regard the wants
of suffering public, would be somewhat
surprising; but would certainly not be
unbecoming a railroad management.
CITIZEN.