The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-07-26
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The allegation has been made in
some OF the newspapers OF that see
tion that the railroad company on
that day ran the trains by The "cut-
OFF, and the implication Is that this
was done III Il spirit Of petty revenge.
fulness because the road had been
forced to make the cut off. This Mr..
Simpson quietly denies. He says it
was not customary to stop the trains
there and the only stops that he
knows of having been made were on
one or two occasions when he was
maxim" an inspection Of the "cut-otfn
and the foreman Of the grand Jury
and other Ncwbcrry officials we're
along.
Mr. Simpson admits that it was a
hardship for those going TO the bar
'bccuc TO be put off at Old Town,
two miles on one s4%c, and at Chap
pells, three miles on the other side of
Inc cut-oif'; but those were the
nearest stations and he had no alter
native. For there were three trains "A
day each way and hundreds or pas
scngcrs who did not got off for the
barbecue and, Furthermore, to have
stopped the trains on this occasion
would have given him Il great deal Of
trouble for all time.
just a few days ago he received D.
request to stop a train between CO.
lumhia and Als,nn for pleasure par
ty. The official position Of some of the
gentlemen was Snch that the request
was wellni"h demand, but Mr..
Simpson was forced to comply with
the rules of the company. There are
frequent requests to stop trains be
tween stations, but the only time
that ne has done so was to let sick
person be put off at her home on
strctchcr instead Of carrying her on
to the station two miles away. This
was against the rules Of the company.
| but the ease was urgent.
The Southern Railway company is
| positive in its orders about stoppinv
at non-stopping points, for if the APP
proaches to the track were such that
somebody in the hurry should get
hurt. then the superintendent would
very likely lose his position. There is
no station and no good place for
stop at the "cut-otl'. lie says. and
for that reason it would have been i'll
vitlng trouble to have stopped the
trains al the place designated. ,
Mr.. Simpson feels that he has bee;,
placed in false light Ii 50 far as
he has been charged with not favor
IN" the opcnin" of the pond, where
IA he did rc">:nmcnd 1t over the ad-
vice to the contrary from his cnsi-
n"crs. Had the people Of the com.
mnnitirS along the line sen! in the
proper kind of petition in time for
"'m I" h"vc taken The matter up with
TIE ""n"ral srncrinIc cnlcnt. he mi rh'
have been able to- have stoppcd the
trains nearer TO the place Of the bar
bccuc. but no such request came to
him. Furthermore. the barbecue was
~'vrn by private parties and ;hry and
a. 'tr railroad company worked M
thc attendance.
In rcc"unIil.@ in The State Of YES
irr'lav the work which has been done
on his division Of the Southern by
Superintendent Simpson. it was stat
rl that he had recommended that de-.
pots be built at two stations whore
even the railroad commission had
-tatrA Che business Of the rompan,.
did not justify it, Mr.. Simpson vcs.
'crday asked that the statement be
made tha, no reflection was intended,
II The commissioners seemed to
Hl"k that the publication reflected
upon Them. The commissioners re-
":'"d III acr,rdamcc with tic fact, :,
an! The point is that Mr.. Simnson is
30 eager TO rive the people along his
mos what th"y wish that he recon-
mcndcd even what impartial Judges
N the case had reported to be tax
on the road without adequate revenue
10 meet that expense. The judgment
Of the commission he believes to havo
been correct.