The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-03-08
NEW TRAINS PROMISED
i BY SOUTHERN RAILWAY
9NSURES SPLENDID SERVICE
BETWEEN 9. AND G.. :
Anderson Pleased Conference Ac-
:, complished More Than Delegates
Had Ever Hoped.
Greenville News, 9TH.

w SGreenVllle News, Ith.
N OF his own volition and without So
~ licitation Oh the part Of the South
"a Carolina Traffic association General
d Manager Ackert agreed, at the con-
clusion Of the schedule conference
here yesterday, to put on two addi-
SY,tional passenger trains between
and Columbia, the under
Standing being that if the company
found at the end Of six months that
the earnings did not support the new
4 trains the schedule now in force
d would be resumed.
= The new trains will require addi-
RStional equipment and for that reason
Shey will not begin running before
sunday, March II. Mr.. Ackert said
asE,,hat the company would Immediately
Sbegin to make arrangements for the
+5&Srains.
W "A This announcement from the gen
Y1rral manager Of the Southern was a
- decided surprise to those who attend
ed the conference, and the informa
tion will be learned with great deal
q Of satisfaction by people all along
the line of the Columbia and Green
(Eille Railway. Not only will it put
hatan end to dissatisfaction with exist
ling schedules, so far as the Southern
XRailway is concerned, but it grants
"a wish Oh the part of the Traffic as
sociation and the towns and cities in
Vterested, which the business men did
hot feel they had right to ask. More
yhan a year ago an effort was made
Ato secure the third train, but the
ESoutherl Railroad demonstrated by
HITS earnings and expenses that the
3business then did not warrant more
2than two trains each way daily.
&Nnowing that, the Traffic, associa
Ytion made no effort yesterday to Sc
lture the third train and General
&amager Ackert's announcement was
G&nuine surprise.
~ If at the end of six months, the
9uthern finds that the new train is
s Hot making expenses, the present
fs'F$ssdules will be resumed with the
Aaz;option that the train now running
: ON Greenville to Greenwood will be
Antinued on to Ninety Six, where
x" track will be put in, allowing
Ue train to be turned around for the
kturn trip to Greenville in the after
Toon, as is now being done with
Greenwood as the terminal point.
!his will be done, should it prove
4cessary to abandon the third train
o Columbia, for the benefit of
N'eenwood and Ninety Six.
8So far as Anderson is concerned the
$vice on the Columbia and Green
Ole will be practically the same as
was before the schedules were
'anged several months ago, and An
>rson will ultimately secure exactly
lat the people there were asking
y r and good deal more besides.
, X1eneral Managcr Ackert did not
the conference as whole that he
hid put on the extra trains be-
I II nWColumbia and Greenville. He
81 Id until the schedule question
4 "a Been placed III the hands of
z ial committee for final adjust
.t, and most of the delegates to
@eeting had left the room with
Understanding that the continual
bf the local train to Ninety Six,
Z ,Al of Greenwood and that the
& 1t schedules would not be I'M
ga, it having been pointed out
D. kg> the conference that what re-
4 kAnderson hoped for should come
: the Blue Ridge railway.
! Anderson delegation when the
, S adjourned probably felt that
fadbeen defeated with the excep-
)" &6Rsome slight changes that had
HSlggested. AS it now turns out,
a nsgets great deal more than
81 hare had ever hoped for and
territory served by the Co.
&ia aft. Greenvile line is to profit
- astly improved service, which
Z t alfS@as brought about as much
q The agitation in Anderson rs
eEB other cause. ..s... ...
Yle the exact schedule OF the
IN to Columbia cannot be CIV