The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-09-06

ovens and other development work.
We expect the output Of these mines
to be from two and a half to three
million tons a year.
..Work on improving the coal and
ore docks at Toledo is under way, and
we are building a fleet for carrying
coal and ore or the Great Lakes.
The Evening Post has on several oc-
casions printed accounts of the pro-
gress of arrangements, looking to the
perfection of the plans for the coming
of the big system to Charleston, and
consequently the scheme Of the pro-
moters is generally understood here.
While the high officials Of the Gin
cinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railroad
and of the Marquette system, which
is to be part of the new and greater
system, have been at work, financing
the scheme, the Charleston and South
Carolina promoters have also been at
work, with the result that the plan
for the construction Of the connecting
railroad links and the traffic arrange
ments with the railroads have been
made, with also the purchase and op-
ton Of two valuable water front sites,
the option being on the old iernoline
works place at the foot Of Calhoun
street, for a freight station, and the
purchase Of the extensive Cunning
ham and Payne tracts in the suburbs
of the city, adjoining the property of
the Standard Oil Company for coal
sheds.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton and Day
ton railroad is one of the largest and
strongest systems of the great middle
Western country. 1t has its terminal
at Chicago, Springfield, Detroit, Gin
cinnati, Toledo, Fort Wayne, Find
lay, Ohio, Olney, ILL.,, and Ironton,
with many connections with other
large railroad systems. The Cincin-
natl, Hamilton and Dayton includes
along its road many Of the largest and
most flourishing cities Of the Middle
West.
The route to the ocean, which has
been determined upon, provides an air
line to the ocean for the distribution
of coal through this section and also
giving an outlet for the shipment of
Western grain.
The big system has acquired several
small railroads which have been con-
solidated between Ironton and Butler,
near Bristol, Tenn. The Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton will construct
the road from this point to Chester, S.
c., where the Charleston Construction
Company will build a connecting line
to Camden. At this point the North
western Railroad, owned largely by
the Wilson interest will form part of
the new system, as far as Sumter,
where connections will be made with
the Atlantic Coast Line to Charles
ton.
The Charleston Construction Com
pany will be organized with a capital
stock of half a million dollars to build
the road between Chester and Cam
den. Half this sum has already been
subscribed. The Cincinnati, Hamilton
and Dayton Railroad will subscribe to
the bonds Of the construction COM
pany.
It is expected that President Zim-
norman and other officials of the big
system will shortly come to Charles
ton for a conference with local inter-
ests, and also to inspect the property
which has been acquired and to make
a general survey Of the situation. A
number of conferences have been held
at New York during the past few
months and the final satisfactory cul-
mination Of the arrangements for the
road has been expected by those who
were acquainted with the progress of
the operations.
The coming of the Cincinnati, Ham
ilton and Dayton Railroad to Charles