The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-06-07
MANY NEW BRANCHES BEING
PROJECTED IN THE STATE.
Union Road Completed and May Be
Be Extended to Spartanburg.
-Greenyil.e Also to Hace a
Road.

jected pictures unusual activity in
railroad construction in this State for
the immediate future. Whether the
Seaboard or the communities interest
ed took the initiative in the several
different enterprises that have been
blocked out to extend the Seaboard's
territory in the low country as well as
in the prosperous Piedmont section,
where the cotton mills alone furnish a
big freight business, is Of no immed-
late concern to the numerous South
Carolinians whose business will be fa-
cilitated and property enhanced in
value by increased railroad facilities.
Certain it is, however, that activity in
these various projects has become
marked almost simultaneously.
The Union and Glenn Springs rail-
road has just been completed and put
in operation giving Union and neigh
boring mills a Seaboard connection at
Pride's, and movement has been
started at Spartanburg to build a con-
nection between Buffalo, the present
western terminus of the new road,
and Glenn Springs, which would bring
the Glenn Springs railroad into use
as far as Roebuck, which is only six
miles from Spartanburg, the most i'm
portant cotton mill county in the
State. The Seaboard could then go
into Spartanburg over the C.. & w. C.
tracks Or build a line of its own from
Roebuck.
Then in the opposite tier Of Pied
mont counties there is q scheme to
esta blish a. Seaboard connection for
Greenville, with its numerous cotton
mills. at Greenwood by an extension
Of the old Carolina and Knoxville
road from Greenville to Greenwood.
This road is now in operation from
Greenviile nearly to the North Caro-
lima line, and the Seaboard would
sylyania county and almost to the
Tennessee coal fields. A completion
Of these two spurs in the Piedmont
would with the construction of 80
mile line between Greenville and
Spartanburg give the seaboard a belt
line through G-eenville, Laurens.
Greenwood; Newberry, Union and
Spartanburg counties.
The men backing the proposed
Chattanooga. Anderson and Atlantic
railroad. which represents a consoli-
dation Of two similar schemes, are
not talking for publication much just
now. but the newspapers published
along the line Of the proposed route
apparently place great faith in the
ultimate success of the enterprise.
The officers are Albert A. Martin.
Chicago. president: Frederick A.
johnson. Chicago. first vice-president;
J. E. Bcazeale. Anderson, secretary.
N addition to these the members Of
tie directorate are ]. r. Lea, Chica-
go; y. B. Nicely, Milwaukee; P. z. Nc
Gully, ST., 3. F. Whitner, J. ]. Fret
well. Anderson; r. A. Handy, Clay
ton. ca. Columbia. business men have
manifested an interest in the proposed
road, as it is thought here that the
line might be extended by this city.
5u. so far as the merger papers filed
here a few days ago show the Angus
ia territory stands just about as good
chance Of getting the road, which, it
is thought. viii have it's coast termi-
nus at Port Royal.
There has been no revival recently
of the project to establish a Seaboard
connection for the manufacturing
town of Rock Hill at Harmony, which
men from that section here recently
say that there is good reason to hope
that the line Will be built in the not
far distant future.
But Sumter and Charleston seem
confident that the scheme to establish
a Seaboard connection for them at
McRee and again at Munroe with the
proposed Carolina and Virginia road
will succeed. The proposed route is
1S5 miles long and extends from
Charleston, through Berkeley, Claren-
don. Sumter, Lee, kershaw and Ches-
terfield counties. The new road is to
cross the Georgetown boa,
line nearr Sumter and Columbia and
Georgetown are therefore more or
less interested directly.
Still another Seaboard scheme pro-