The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-09-21
R. r. COMMISSIONER EARLE
WRITES OPEN LETTER
Concerning Situation In Union In
Reply to Postal of Complaint
Written by H. [. SCaife.

lHlSSlOlcI JuO. II. Edrlc,aS OF
Greenville. The next ,daySMr
H. L. Scaife of Union, wrote Mfsl
Earle a postal, copy Of which
appears below, < for lplaining of
all trains. Mr.. she montaals- -. :,
matter up and frown 81
lowing letter tdrlanx, Hsl
sending a copy tnced I'd SOW uyhs
in The TINES 91ponsa sapprecil Ga
Greenville, S. c., Sept: IS, soSs
Mr.. H. L. Scaife,
Union, S. G..
Dear Sir
Your postal card, which seems
to be countersigned by Henry
M. Holmes and E. H. Scaife
dated September 9Th, just re-
ceived. The postal is as follows:
Dear Sir:-The Southern
train due here at 11.35, a. m., is
l:20 late, the same old thing.
Have missed important connec-
tlon at Carlisle. For the sake of
the long suffering people please
90 something, or resign your
job, and your resignation will be
UNANIMOUSLY accepted by the
people of Union. Please get a
move on you about this thing, as
the people of Union are getting
hot under the collar.
Yours truly,
H. L. SCAIFE.
In the first place, | am sur
prised at man of your intelli.
gence writing this on a postal
card. / have not had, nor do l
believe the Railroad Commission
has had, single written COM
plant concerning this matter.
1 have, personally, numerous
times checked up these scheS
ules and taken the matter uol
fEsikts faksn 3 Mtsne tine HhAiassHpe hiaasHper rWiAiaa,s yth4{
many times of their own volition
and we now have the matter up,
and have had it up, with Mr..
Spencer, the General Manager,
for some time, and only day
before Yesterday the Commission
wrote him again demanding an
answer to our communication
concerning this matter
fail to understand%vhy the
Southern Railroad officials will
allow the condition that exist on
the S. u. & G. and G. q T..
branches of their road to con.
tinue. Their tracks are IN bah
. shape, their rails are too llgh.s
for the heavy trains which aZ
! pulled over them, the bed is NJ
: ballasted except in few p "a
for a short distance, ann "a
:, seems to me that any ing
;, thew cannot use on Y 81
u of their main lines, they n puC
: these branches and the Rkrailr
j Commission gets the biz Ealhe
it. .,klo+,r
10 During the last Legi siator
% % cot up a bill, which W III: as iii
:. duced by Senator Mau ao'n, H.,
l 70 passed the Senate by Il p nate
le pui MARGIN. giving the Mail
: e Commission Con authority to eihtS,
= an expert mechanic to N
;. - anime these engines, and af1
Is v such examination, if in thy
p T. Judgment these engines VIII
~ y INIT for the service for viii
n, ~. they are being used, the CT
W. mission would then have RI
T. to condemn them. The u
Il. never.left the Committee h5
IN of the House of RepresentatM
Id and although l am informed
ha Itu the Committee heard the ri
a;r M roads side of the case, mol
ei ~ single Commissioner was
iu ~ ouested to appear before /,
ne .he Committee, and the bill .'dieS
Inc the natural DEATH" If the Legl::
'md Ir ture will not give US authorl
'No and continue to pay no attent
TO our recommendations, w
of course, the people will have
suffer. If the good people
this State would not go OIL Iat
ned tangent on the liquor queSti
lere and elect their Legislators s
Mr.. DIV on this one idea, but SEP t.
) to they sent men to Columbit v
eek will pay attention to ah>
,an- departments, possibly the F
road situation could be ham
better. Out of the four or
. bills introduced at the reques
lica- the Railroad Commission at
roud last session of the LePainPl1
,,,oe - - of tboro naeC