The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-04-07
UNIONS RAILROAD NEARLY
COMPLETED.
But the Southern Has Inter-
posed annoying Obstacles.

The people of Union arc up in
arms because the Southern railway
appears to be trying to keep the
Union and Glenn Springs railroad
from entering that city. The new
road is to be connection for the
Scaboard, and will knock the South
ern out of thousands of dollars in
freight receipts, for the principal
stock owner OF the new road is Col.
lT. Z. Duncan, president of the big
mill at Union and largely interested
in other enterprises in that CITY. It
is said that the Southcrn's freight
receipts at Union aggregate s54, 600
a month, or nearly $3.50, 600 a year. =.
Col. Duncan is president of the
Buffalo mill, capitalized at $780,
600, and the Union mill, capitalized
at 81 100000. Mr.. J. A. FAINT,
president of the Monarch mill,
capitalized at $3.50, 900, is also in
terested in the movement to get
the new road into Union.
The Southern railroad last Sep
tcmber secured Il temporary injunc-
tion to prevent the new line from
coming into the city by crossing at
grade the tracks of the Southern
around the Monarch mill. This
injunction was subsequently, dis
solved, but before the track could
be built across the sidetratks it was
necessary to secure permission from
the railroad commission.
Yesterday there was delegation
OF the leading business men of
Union before the commission and
they urged that some action be
taken to let Union have a compet-
ing line, and at as little cost as
possible. The members of the dele
CATION were: Mayor r. L. McNally,
Mr.. Laurens G. Young, Mr.. Mac
beth Young, Mr.. B. f. Arthur,
president of The Peoples Bank;
Mr.. J. A. FAINT, president of the
Monarch mills, and Mr.. Thomas
McNally, president of the chamber
of commerce. Mr.. r. H. Welsh
was present as the representative of
the legal department of the South
ern railway.
The gentlemen from Union did
not hesitate to express themselves
forcibly in regard to the policy of
the Southern railway, and it was
decided by the commission after
hearing the pQrgupcgts THAT g,3 pQpf
the route of the projected railway
and see if that is the only feasible
way in which it can reach the city
of Union. Mayor McNally claims
that it would cost $50, 900 addi-
tional to build the road more cir
cuitous route, and as this is home
enterprise and not branch of
either of the large systems it should
be encouraged by the railroad COM
mission of the state.
Maj. w. Loring Lee of Sumter
was employed to make the survey ,
each of the railroad companies con-
cerned being assessed $50 to pay
Maj. Lees expenses. 1t is thought
that he can get through within a
week and can make a report in
order that building operations may
be taken up at once, either on that
line or on some other. Mr.. l.. G..
Young is the one most interested
i'll the construction of the line, and
he stated that the building opera
tions have reached point within
two miles of Union and the con-
tractors now want to get into the
city.
The Union and Glenn springs
railroad will be operated from
Prides, station on the Georgia,
Carolina and Northern line of the
Scaboard, to the city of Union, a
distance of IA miles, and thence to
Buffalo, three miles northwest of
Union. Subsequently line IA
miles in length will be built from
Buffalo to Glenn Springs, from
which point there is now no indc-
pendent line running into Spartan
burg. This will give both Union
and Spartanburg connection with
the Seaboard, although the Union
and Glenn Spring is an independent
line, not owned by the Seaboard.
While Spartanburg now has connec-
ton with the Atlantic Coast Line
by means of the Charleston and
Western Carolina, Union has but
one line of railway and that is the
Southcrn's line between Columbia
and Spartanburg. 1t can be seen
quite readily how much the city of
Union would be benefited by an