The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
WORK BEGUN
ON THE NEW ELECTRIU RAIL.
WAY THAT WILL
Connect Charleston, Orangeburg, Co.
lumbia and Augusta. Some Faots
About the Enterprise.

If the purpose Of the South Caro.
lima Public Service corporation o new
ly organized conoern with q capital OF
ten million dollars, arc carried out,
this state will witness q transporta-
tion development Within tho neAb ten
years that will silence she now con.
slant ory Of delayed passenger trains
and delayed freignts ana revolutioniz-
the business Of the state. This will
be the first strictly electric railway
development In the South. It is not
to be 8 trolley system, but q trolley.
less electric system with q high rate
Of speed and heavy freight carrying
capacity.
Mr.. Van Etten, onesof tho promot.
ers OF the scheme, who is at Orange.
burg now with number Of his asso.
olate7 arranging matters for the es
tablisLa.o1t Of an important terminus
hero says that the general plan for
development In this state had been
finally determined upon and that tie
system would be built as rapidly aB 1,
could be laid out aud the tracks laid.
He expeoted to have tho system In
operation throughout the state within
two years. starting from Charleston.
Columbia Is to be the home Of the
general offices of the company" he
said In answer to questions, land we
are to radiate from there to Charlotte
and the Piedmont. We will first 60
through O lunbla and branch out just
beyond there for Charlotte with one
! line and SpaTttiasiibbuTg with Uiie otiloT,
taking In Gfeenville In the loop back
to Columbia or down to Augusta. The
object 10 to get an outlet to the sea
for ell that rich Piedmont country.
Coming up from CHARLESTON we will
branch at OrapRehurg, one line goi az
TO Augusta and the other going to
Columbia.
Answering other questions, the pro.
moter said that IL could not be said
| Just yet what exact routes any of the
lines would take. THAT matter de-
pends OF the grades largely" he said.
I'VE are after high speed and want
to avoid grades Of more than one poi
cent. We will first piok out the most
important town we want to make be-
tween tho several functional points
have ju,t mentioned to you and make
them. getting to the principal mil
towns and other important interme
diate oenters the best way we can
considering the grades"
And how are the oities and towns
you touch expected to come aorossp
How much purchasing of bonds viii
they be expected to dopn r"The com
pany has plenty Of CAPITAL was th.
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4 towns for anything but franchises t,
enter them, and all we want Of the in
tervening territory is rights of way.
The Columbia Record says Mr., Ar
temus E. Legare, Of that city ha
signed a two year contract with th
company tc do engineering work, an
he begins operations this week with
forco of assistants between Oolumbi
and OhsrleStOn. From what has beel
printed so far about the new projec
many people have acquired the ide
that the the only objeLt the compan
has Ia to construct line between Oh
angeburg and Charleston. The ne'
company mean business, and we be
lieve that within the next two year
Orangeburg will bo connected wit
Charleston, Columbia and August
with q first Class electric railway.