The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-03-27
SCHEDULES SATISFACTORY.
Both Railroad Commissioners and
Southern officials Approve Plans
Proposed BY tho People.

ule on the Southern and are really
! impatient to see it put into effect
and had hoped that it would be done
at least by the first Of April.
! There was understood to bc slight
! protest from Greenwood bnt we nrc
satisfied that our friends in Green
: wood after they have given the mat
! Ter Il trial will withdraw all protest
and wonder why they objected to the
, change. by this arrangement the
Southern can run lis schedules as ad-
Major Earle is very favornbly
tcr'lay from Columbia, where he at
tended meeting of the State Rail
road commission to consider schedules
on the Atlantic Coast Line and the
Southern Railway.
Major Earle is very favorable
impressed with the plan. submitted
by Col. Il. w. Hunt, Mr.. Brooks Nor
gan and Mr.. Henry A. Williams, for
All early morning train fro Grecnvillc
, into Columbia, over the Columbia and
, Greenville line Of the. Southern Rail
way. He understands that the schcd1
uic proposed is also satisfactory to
the railroad authorities.
- 1t is said. that passengers from
Charlestulri for .Greenvillc and other
Piedmont: points will mot be greatly
ine"nHenitncedb by tile breaking of the
Columbia connection that the new
schedule would. effect. Passengers
from the low country could reach
Greenriue just as easily over the
S"nthern..to Spartanburg or over the
Charleston & Western Carolina. by
way of Ncwbcrry and Laurcns. There
would be some Inconvenience to Il few
people coming through from the coast.
bnt this is immaterial, and more than
offset by the very great accommodate
ton Which the. new schedule would
afford. I" large percentage of the
travelling public.
1T is understood that the new
schedule will go into effect about
April 10. =.
1.-The Southern has found it neces-
sary t" use heavier locomotives when
the Columbia and Greenville line
trains are unusually heavy. When the
. standard small engines of the $1,000"
class have to be replaced by bigger
: locomotives the authorities use those
Gf the "90O' class. taken from the
other lines of the Savannah division.
. Fh"-e are hardly as large as the ''Ten
hnndred' class. which draw the vesti-
+; bulcd trains. but are powerful and
speedy
And the Stale says locally Of the
c'Ian." IN speaking Of morning trains
INTO Columbia:
'Thr railroad commission is more
and more impressed with the plan
submitted for Il morning train into
Columbia over the Columbia and
Grcenville read. The schedule pro.
posed by Col. Hunt, Mr.. Brooks Nor
ran and Mr.. Henry A. Williams is
said to have. been approved by the
railr"da authorities This means
that the train which leaves here at
midday will be held until 4.3O in the
afternoon. .,..
: 'The passenger frcn the Charles
ton train for the upcountry can get
to Grcenviilc just as easily by way
OF Spartanbury, aud those for New
berry could go over the C.. N. and l..
SO that really it would not put many
to Inconvenience if the Greenville
train should be held until later in the
afternoon, whereas the change. would
nc n very grr't a"rnmn,"da dation to
large perccnto Of the travelling pub
lie which nov nscs that line. 1T is
understood that tho change will 60
into effect about the 10th Of April.
t SThe Southern gayc notice that it
would pnt in considerable improve
! ments On the sidctrack at Silver
| street. in Newbcrry county.
'ln the near future the depot 1T
Nin"ty-Six will be moved from the
centre Of the town to point where it
will not be of annoyance to the peo-
pie of the town. 1t is said that the
location now used affords a chance
for danger to people crossing the
tracks Supt.E Henry A. Williams has
announced that the Southern would
make the change" W. .,.S
We havos% long wondered why tho
papers rand the people Of Columbia
/ seemed so Indifferent as Ito. passen-