The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-10-05
col. BOONE 1t HONE.
He is Again in the Fail
road Swim.
zancsriuc (0hio.) Times, Sept. 90.

For the information of the people of
GAINESVILLE all of whom are interested
in the success of Colonel Boone, a
short statement OF the present cOndi-
tion of his Black Diamond railway pro-
ject is not out Of place.
This railroad movement of Colonel
Boone's calls for the construction of
1868 miles of road, at cost Off
single track, $48,650, ,000-(an average
cost of S32,747 per mile of track)-if
double track of S67 $780, 900, (an average
cost Of S54,O83 per mile, or $27, 80
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 o-partnership, which makes it
practically impossible for any OF the
old corporations to upset his plans.
Colonel Boone, who is now in ZaneS-
vile, says he is we'll pleased with the
subsidity carried last Tuesday at Green
field, Ind, and that he 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
secure the voting of the subsidies,
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. favor
tie expression Of the Colonels.
Col. Boone reports that Sir Tomas
6. Tancre1 will he 1T 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 in 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 a toll road
highway, allowing the trains OF foreign
corporations to be, passed over the
Black Diamond Highways upon paying
toll at so much per ton per mile, and
so much per passenger per mlleIln
other words operate the road upon the
same principle a turnpike is handled,
free to all upon paying toll.
BY declaring the road toll railroad
highwa will forever prevent any pOr-
ton of it's line from being parallelled
by new construction.
2.-The Black Diamond to be Il two
cent-per-mile road with this induce
ment to encourage the public to travel
one day in every month the rate Tor
passengers to be one cent Der mile
each excursion day to be known in ad-
vance by adopting the plan OF having
it one day later than in the previous
month, barring Sundays. Thus if the
first excursion day was October 1, the
next would be November 2, December
and so on.
Colonel Boone says the New York
Central is the greatest and best local
road in the w0cld. Its passenger rate
was fixed by the legislature OF New
York at two cents per mile, made at
the request of the late Commodore
Vanderbilt, who was not a railroad
man, but a 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 at Washing
ton showing that he controlled at one
time more than 100 contracts with the
U. S. government, in fact about one
sixth Of all the service then in opera
tion. 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 ,, ,115 miles OF
road. Ii any one doubts that Colonel
Boone is Il bold and daring operator,
he should consult the history OF the
two Star Route trials which has been
published i'll book form.
Colonel Boone will join the inspec-
ton party at Columbus Saturday even
ing. We glcan the following from our
exchanges: