The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-02-26

both railroads use the present pas
senger station Of the Southern. Lat
er the suggestion was made by some
Of the citizens that in place Of UNI
brella sheds, it would be better to
move the building belonging to the
Southern, to the north side Of Pratt
street, with either end extending to
the tracks Of the Southern and c., N.
& L., which would obviate the neces-
sity Of the sheds. On account Of these
suggestions, the matter has been held
mp, and as he understood it, this
meeting was to determine which one
Of these plans would be adopted.
Mr.. e. NJ. Evans moved that it was
the sense Of the meeting that a union
depot be built at the junction Of the
two roads in Caldwell street.
Mr.. Simpson, the superintendent
Of this division of the Southern, said
that his road had always tried to
comply with the wishes of the people
and the railroad commission. That
they had tried to do everything that
they could. That the present depot
Of the Southern at Newberry was
good enough for any town like New
berry, that it would cost fifteen or
twenty thousand dollars to fill up
under the trestle, which would be
necessary in case the present depot
was moved across Pratt street. That
in his judgment the present depot
was sufficiently large, and he did not
sec any necessity for any improve
ment
Mr.. L. w. Floyd said that the pro-
ercss Of the town in the last fveyears
had been very marked and that in his
judgment, the depot should be moved
from where it is and union station
built at some other place, which
would be in keepin" with the growth
and progress of the community.
Mr.. A. II. Brown said that he knew
Of his own knowledge that there was
great congestion on account of lack
of space at the present site and it
would be impossible to put a union
station there that would be accepta-
bic and convenient to the travelling
public.
Mr.. u. T.. Wright said lie would like
to know how we were to get union
station. Can we ask the Southern
railway to do away with it's present
building, which has been there for
only short time9 He was in favor
OF union station and admitted that
| there was not room enough at the
present location to build it, but he
thought we could not get one at once.
That it would be better to have a
temporary arrangement and put up a
union station later.
DR.. w. E. Pelham was satisfied that
the conditions were not now what
they were when this station was built
and that the growth of the commune
ty deserves better facilities.
Mr.. 0. l.. Schumpert read the let
ter OF the chairman Of the railroad
commission calling this meeting, and
as stated in that letter, it was to
consider the depot situation at New
berry. He said that we had been
occupying the present depot of the
Southern for only six years and that
we mnst deal fairly and justly with
the railroad, and it would not be fair
OF just to require them to pull down
| this station and go to the expense Of
building another. He did not think
it would suit anybody to have the de-
pot moved to the north side of Pratt
steet. We determined two or three
years ago to put up sheds, now we
we're talking about something else.
We were altogether too changeable.
He agreed to the proposition that the
union depot should be at the foot of
Caldwell street, but he did not think
it would be just or right to require
the Southern railway to go to that
expense at this time.
Mr.. A. II. Brown said that the town
has almost doubled itself in five years
aud he thought it but just that we
should have union station.
Mr.. George Johnstone then offered
the following resolutions
Resolved, That the c., N. & L. rail
road be required to build an adequate
depot on the north side Of the rail
road tracks at the foot of Caldwell
street.