The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-21
WOHK BEGUN
ON TEE NEW ELECTRIC RAIL
WAY TaAT WILL
Connect Charleston, 0raugeburg, Co.
lumbia and Augusta Some Facts
About the Enterprise.

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II the purpose OF the South Csro
lima Public Service corporation 8 new
ly organ,z,d concern with capital o
ten million dollars, are carried cut
this state will witness g transports
tion Development within the next tie.
years that will silsnce the now con
slant CRY OF delayed passenger trsin'
and delayed freights and revolution!z'
the business Of the state. This vii
ts the first strictly electric railway
Development in the South. lt Is moi
to be q trolley system, but s trolley
less electric system with a high rate
Of spsed sn6 a heavy freight carrying
capacity.
Mr. Van E.ten, one, of the pronot.
ecs OF the scheme, who is st Orange
tuyg now with 8 number Of his asso'
ctstes arranging matters for the es
tablishns1: Of an important terminus
here says thst the general plsn fo1
development in this state had been
finally determined upon and that tie
system would be built as rapidly as i.
could be laid out and tbs tracks laid.
he expected to have the system tn
operation throughout the state within
two years, starting from Charleston.
''Columbis Is to be the home OF the
general Offices Of the company" he
said in answer to questions, "snd we
are to rsdiate from there to Charlotte te
and the Piedmont. We will first g.
tnrl ugh Colunbia and branch out just
beyond there Tor Charlotte with one
line and Spartarburg With The other,
taking in Greenville in the loop back
to Columbia OF down to Augusta. The
objsct is to get an outlet to the sea
FOR all that rich Piedmont country.
Coming up from Charleston we will
branch at O. .snge5urg, one line going
to Aueusta and the other going to
Columbis.
Answering other questions, the pro.
moter said that 1t could not be said
lust get what exact routes sny OF the
lines would take. That matter de-
pends cn the grsdes largely" he ssio.
1--WE are after 2 high speed and want
to avoid grades OF more than cne per
cent. We will first PICK out the most
importsnt town We want to make be-
tween the several functional points I
havs just mentioned to you and make
them, getting to the principal mill
towns and other important interne-
date centers the best way We can,
considering the grades"
''And how sre the cities and towns
you touch expected to come across?'
How much purchasing Of bonds viii
they be expected to do?" 1.-THE COM
psny has plenty Of capital, - vas the
reply. ''We won't ask the cities and
towns FOR anything but franchises to
enter them, and all we want Of the in
ter7enipg territory Is rights Of way. "
Tee Co!unbIs Record says Mr.. Ar
tsmus E. Lsgsre, Of that city has
signed a Two year contract with the
company to do engineering work, and
he begins operations this week with 8
force Of assistants between Columbi
and Charleston. From what has bsep
printed So fa1 shout the new project
many people have acquired the idea
that the the only object tie company
has is to construct q line between Or
sngeburg and Charleston. The new
company mesn business, and we be-
lieYe that within the next Two years
Orsngeburg will DO connected with
Charleston, Coiunnbis and Augusta
with s first class electric railway.