The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-14
The TROLLEY LINE
PROJECT FOR BUILDING hun.
oREDs OF MILES OF ROAD.
From { hsrleston to Augusta, Colun-
bia and Charlotte Via
CrarsebuTs.


opsng plan fer organizing the sousn
Csro,ins paoHc Service Corporation,
vas in Charleston recsntly sHd gave
Al interview 20 TIE News sno cous-
Ter MI. Van Essen il part said:
Engineers in the employ OF those
interested in building the RAILROAD
p,ojec:e6 bT the South Carolina Pub
Lie Services Corporation hsve been
making investigations through the
Csroli1as for soma sine.
1.-THE railroad, IS originally plsnn-
ed. wss . system Of brsIcd lines TO
connect the manufacturing towns OF
she State with Cciunois; from thence
the min line Hou!S rsscl Saysnna1
Wis Augusss, with branch running
from Augusta &c O:sngeturg. AItss
considerable progress had bsen msoe
slopg these lines NJ. Lawrence u
Pinckney finally sccceeGed IN orinsHs
sufficient influence to besr, talough
efforts he1e AID visit to New HolA'
20 get the parties interested TO en-
tsrtsin proposition to run tne man
line tron, Colunbis to Chsrlsston,
connecting with the same leeoer Anes
AZ was intended il the original propo-
sit,on at Columbia. ana also ool4o2ns
a line from Augusta, jo!ng tie main
line st or resr Orsngeourg.
later visiting tie different com,
rnunisiss with the representatives CT
the new ros6 snd carefully iavesti2a,
ting their rslstiTe values It Was hnsllS
decided 20 a5cp5 Mr. Piackaey's sus.
gsssicc. Tao corps 0. engineers saa
other working cf8!s!s Of the com psnv
srs alrssdy st wo,k On the new locs
tion.
This rosd will be electrically equip.
ned, in ssric5 sccorcaIce with the
highest modem Standards. snd will
be adapted for high speed o2erasion,
handling both passenger and frelgaa
business in train loads, giving the ao,
vaatsses OF cleanliness ano comfort 70
the riding public and placing cars at
the occrs Of factory and Industrial
entsrpris:s fer tie delivery and ship
nent Of freight.
THIS trs vii Hesr the same relstion
TO Charleston thst the CenGrst o.
Georgia R.slvays bsaIS to Savannah.
Al o. tie other IL porLant railroads
in the State run parallel to TIE coast
Their interests necessarily lie IN gath
eriop business f.on tie inland ans:
ssspo1t towns and carrying 1t to tasE
Northern ueymirt for Eesaipment. Bu!
this new company muss, because OF
Its geographical position, handle lis
business through the port OF CasrLes
ton, whicn viii be the principal oer'
minus Of the -a!lrosd.
Charleston leeds lire that Will
build up uae business CT the port snc
ADD to the prosperity OF The city. this
csn be done only By railroad Eesca'
ing the inlsnd manufacturing and az,
riculsure communities and carrying
their products to Charleston fer CON
eentrstion, Es-eauus'ug, export or re-
Shipment to the N)!tn and Other
markets. Such a line will mako CaaI
lesion a grca5 Wholesale and joo5ing
market, supplying the staple conno
dities OF living and manufacture, sha'
will ba consumed by the merchants
and populsce Of the inlano connual
ties.
Every student OF commercial de
yslopmect now realizeS that the vel
fare u SEP municipality Is largely II
the hands Of lis transportation Lnes'
Esd the gce&a trans ojnttne25al rail-
rosd dsvelo2nen5 to the West centred
st Casrlssloa Instead Of New Yors
city the commercial history OF the
North and South would hsYs been oif
ferently written. It IL TOO late &C
make Charleston such a commercial
METROPOLIS IS is New York, but 1t NAY
become the commercial metropolis 0.
the South sno check the present prsc
tics Of sending all Southern proouos'
and ,scsivLng all Southern supplies
over transportation lines that nust
from their geographical location, wori
to The bs1ef5 CT Northern cities ano
the desrimert OF their own.
"Mc. J. J. Tsrmes. who is the per
sonsl representative OF the anancia
interests bshind the enterprise, sno
hiss chsrge It sll fnancial and egs
matters, will after November 10 r.
main permsnsEtly IN the South. Mr..
Times las extensive real estate sno
com nscoial interests II New YofR
cisy SID for 8 number OF years has
been connected With large fnancia
operations.
"Au matters sppsrtsinirg to en-
gineering construction, trs ii; and op
ersslcn will be under my direction. ]
developed the freight tr:fl, OF the
Brooklyn Rspic Transit OF mpany ano
had besn Il Charge Of subWay anc
other extensive construction Work OF
that line. Pr,or to his connection with
the B. 8 T., he hsG the n snagenens
OF electric and steam railroads s1o
steamboat lines in NV York State
and Nav jersey.
''Tns locating engineer, A. 7. Jonss,
was formerly assistant engineer In
charge OF tne es5snsive Improvements Is
on ths Lorg Island division Of the
Penusylvanix R.i.1ta!.
MI. ". ". Wells resigned his po
sition as agent IN charge OF the sur-
face tselgn5 business OF the Brookl5 n
R.ptd Transit to assist in the 6evel
opnens Ct SIMILAR business here.
''T6s wonderful Development that
hssinnediaGely followed soe construc.
tion Of E.m l4r lines elsewhere de
nands the cCncsntiasion Oh au ousi.
ness interests OF Charleston to the i'm,
ne5iste construction and operation
OF this read. Charleston ought not
fail to grasp the significance OF thls
opportunity, the vast sova1tages Q!
which cannot be oyeresansteo. Al