The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-03-13
ANOTHER PASSENGER TRAIN.
The Southern to Give Better Service
Morning Train Greenville To
Columbia, Returning in Af
ternoon.

Speaking OF ALI important confer
ence which is to be held in Columbia
this week before the railroad commits
sloners looking to some relief: Of the
congested condition of the freight
and passenger travel the Columbia
correspondent Of News and Courier
has the following to say in regard to a
matter which affects the people Of
iNewberry. The morning train on the
Southern from Greenville to Columbia
! and returning in the afternoon. in ad-
dition to two trains which We have
now each way. would certainly give
Newberry all the passenger trains she
could reasonably ask. It would be
great convenience to have morn
ing train into Columbia, and an af-
ternoon train out. which was eXclu-
sivedly a passenger train. and which
would have schedule and run on it.
If this arrangement is made, and the
C.. n. & L. freight is made mail train
Newberry will have as fine railroad
facilities as any city in the state. It
would be well for Newberry to be rep
resented at this conference which will
| be held before the railroad commits
Sioners, and at least show that she is
interested in increased passenger
trains. 80. =
Population, is increasing and the
country is more prosperous, and the
more opportunity you give the people
to travel, the more they will travel.
!! As to the letter Of Congressman
Wyatt Aiken to Vice President A. B.
Andrews. of the Southern. about In
sufficient service on the Columbia and
, Greenville line, the members Of the
commission say that this matter has
been under their advisement for some
time
At the conference next week, when
Assistant General Passenger Agent
! Brooks Morgan will be here from At
lanta, the question Of putting another
I~train on the Columbia and Greenvllle
| line. so as to have it leave Green
vile early and arrive here short
| time before noon and leave here about
5 O'Clock in the afternoon, will be
taken up and decided upon. A big pc
tition has been sent in to the commits
sion from patrons along this line Of
the road to this end. Such service
has been agitated for number Of
years, and it looks now as if it will
be put into effect with but little more
delay. This would give people living
along the line Of this branch oppor-
tunity to spend practically the en-
tire day in Greenville or Columbia
and get back that night.
This conference will also deal with
the question of dissolving the connec-
ton at Branchville between the train
out of Charleston, due here shortly
before noon for connection with the
trains to Greenville and Spartanburg
and Augusta The train coming IN to
BranchviIle from Augusta. carrying
= Pullman from Atlanta into Char
lesion, is frequently late. which
throws out the up-country connections
when the low-country train is turned
over to superintendent Williams at
Columbia.
But before the commission takes a
stand IN the matter it feels that 1t
should consult the travelling men s
organization, So the question Of order
ing this up-train not to wait on the
Georgia connection if that train is too
late, will be laid before officers Of the
Travellers Protective association.
In the event that late train out
Of Columbia is put on the Columbia
and Greenyille line this will enable
passengers delayed by waits at
Branchville to get up the country the
same day, and the matter Of arang-- ! !
inc rates so az to send these passen-
gers either by Greenville OF by Spar
tanburg for any Of these up-country
points reached By both lines, as hap
pens to be necessary in order to make |
the connection. will be another I'M
portant point to b. considered at the
coming conference.