The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-10-24
That Union Depot.

The following letter from Movor
lo.iy and petition from the bus;ness
anu professional men of this city in re-
ference to a union depot being erected
mere have been forwarded to the Su-
perlhtehdants of the three railroads
that terminate i'll Anderson
Tile MAYoR's LETTER.
OFFICE OF MAYOR,
ANDERSON, S. c., October 10. 1900
DEAR SIR: herewith send YOU ne
tition signed by the mercantile, pro-
iessioiai ana social element of our
City, praying for union passenger
depot to be built in this town. I'VE
could get hundreds more signers but
thought this amplc) trust that this
request will be granted Anderson is
rapidly becoming Il manufacturing
Wy having invested about two mil
non dollars i'll manufacturing enter
pris"s. lis population within q radius
OF |. miles from Court House Square
IS ABOUT 10000. Its mercantile interest
larger, think, than any town in the
State OF the same population. Yet it
Is known fact that no town of canal
population in the State has as inade-
quate depot facilities fo, passengers "a
this. The main station has a little
room about 1S feet square, entirely too
small to accommodate passengers the
other station is simply freight depot.
Anderson is surely neglected and treat
ed more like little way station than a
great commercial centre. We are GER
tainly entitled to better treatment, and
l am satisfied that when you examine
this matter closely that it will be a
pleasure to you to extend to Anderson
the same facilities that you have done
to even smaller towns, and give lis q
good union depot. Please let me hear
from you and obligc.
Yours respectfully,
&. r. TOLLY, Mayor.
L. S.-Similar petitions have been
sent the other two Railroads.
PETITION.
DEAR SIR: The City Council Of An
dcrson, $. c., and the undersigned
citizens and business men, patrons of
said Company, submit that the time
has come when there should be better,
more commodious and convenient depot
facilities for passengers coming to and
leaving the City Of Anderson, and sub
NIT the present arrangements are
wholly inadequate ard inconvcnient.
This appeal to each Of the Railroads
nntnIInU m 20
captlous spirit, but is from business
standpoint, and the City of Anderson
Is entitled to this consideration ut the
hands Of the Railroads, bee use,
lst. The only passenger depot is tho
small and inadequate building now on
the Blue Ridge Railroad, having been
placed there some ten or eleven years
ago while Anderson had no manufac-
turing industries, and since that time
the population Of the City has nearly
doubled and the population is daily
increasing.
End. The City Of Anderson is in the
center of one Of the best agricultural
Counties of the State, and the business
interest of the City has greatly increas-
ell IN the last ten years, and tho i'm
mense amount OF freight brought to
the City as will be shown by the books
ofyour Company, will show the con-
slant progress and development being
made i'll manufacturing.
3rd. That strangers coming to An
dcrson complain OF the poor accommo-
dations furnished by the Railroads for
the patrons of the road.
We submit, therefore, that the three
roads entering the City should unite
i'll building suitable and convenient
union depot for the use of said roads
and for the comfort and accommoda-
ton of patrons of saidroads. Respect
fully submitted.