The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-12-12
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On Monday at 12 o'clock there was
call meeting Of the business men
and citizens generally of the town OF
& Lexington for the purpose of meeting
Mr. VanEtten, the general manager
of the South Carolina Public Service
Cooperation, and to hear the PROPOSE
lion for bull ling the electric railway
from Charleston, 8: e., to Charlotte,
N. G, q. distance of 500 miles.
The line will come by way OF Or
angeburg, Sandy Run, Bakersville,
New Brookland into Columbia; from
Columbia twill take. q direct line to
Winnsboro, Chester, Rock Hill, on to
Charlotte, a. G. g., With a loop from
Coinnh::a through Brooklan1 70 Lex
ington, Rocky Well UP through the
Ella section to Etheredge, Fox, Mt.
Wiling, Emory and to Saiuda court
house, thence to Greenwood, Abbe-
vile, Anderson, Greenville, Spartan
burg, Union and connecting again at
Chester, completing. the loop. A
branch from Saluda court house to
NeWberry ON up to Laurens, and In
the up country will sbe reached.
The meeting was called to order by
Col. Geo. Bell Zimmerman, who NOM
mated Mr.. Samuel B. George, our
worthy Clerk of the Court, who is
always full of pluck and energy, ever
ready to take hold Of anything that
has an eye for the betterment of his
town, county and state, as chairman.
ID. r. HaltiWanger was elected secre-
tary. :
Mr. yanEtten, in an impressive and
business-iike manner explained the
object of his visit. He asked that
we, the citizens Of Lexington, as Well
as all those living along the proposed
route. cooperate with them in
their work. That so per cent. OF the
stock had already been subscribed by
northern capitalists, and there only
remains 10 per cent. to be taken up.
This ten per cent. is to be subscribed
hy parties along the proposed line,
not by the people of Lexington alone,
but by parties living in the towns and
country alike, along the, whole line.
The line, if. compile will be 500,
miles IN length, and at an estimated
cost Of $40, GOO per mile, it viii take
ten million dollars to construct the
road. s.
There are thirty engineers now at
work on the survey and the first
corps VIII reach Lexington in. about
80 days.
Mr.. VanEtten spoke of the great
valne of these railroads to a country.
That besides hauling passengers,
freight, ETC., they could carry the
children along the line to and from
school. That in most cases where
these railroads have been built, the
value of property increased double In
very short time.
At the end of Mr.. VanEtten's adj
dress, and at his suggestion, Col. Tim
norman moved that the Chairman
appoint committee of five, with the
privilege of increasing the number at
any time, to assist the promoters in
every way possible with their project,
which motion was carried. Chair
man George appointed the following
gentlemen on the committee: Col.
George Bell Zimmerman, John J.
TAYLOR, w. P. Roof, G. M. Harman
and Alfred =. Fox.
The following resolution was Of
fered by Mr.. Zimmerman and unani-
mously adopted:
Be It resolved, that it is the sense of
this meeting of the business men of
this community, that the plan for the
building of an electric railroad through
this cennty, as proposed by Manager
VanEtten, is heartily. approved and
endorsed; and that the same have the
hearty cooperation Of the citizens of
this vicinity.
- Mr.. VanEtten was accompanied by
Mr.. w. w. Wells, also representa-
tive Of the above company. Both
these gentlemen are of pleasing per-
sonality, good conversationalists and
It was pleasure to have them with
us on this occasion, and especially on
the mission on which they came. A
hearty welcome awaits their return.