The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-07-23
LAYING HEAVY RAILS.
The Southern Railway Improving It's
Road Bed-A Depot For
Dyson. -

The following in regard to improve
mentS being made and to be made on
the Southern, between Columbia ano
Greenville, is from the Columbia
State:
Superintendent Simpson has also
been giving attention to the Columbia
and Greenville. He has laid Il miles
of steel rail bed between Piedmont and
Bolton and five miles Of new track
this side Of Ninety-Six. Including the
25 miles Of superb track between Co.
lumbia and Alston there is less than
100 miles Of the Columbia and Green
Vile to be rebuilt and Mr.. Simpson
saws that the material for this has all
been bought. He hopes to have TINS
also a very fine piece OF roadbed
within II months. On the Columbia
and Greenville he has built several
miles of passing. tracks.
What Mr., Simpson is peculiarly
proud Of in connection with his adj
ministration is the fact that the peo,
pie along the Columbia and Greenvllle
have banished that old saw about the
trains never being on time. One Ole
citizen had told Mr. Simpson that fol
| IS wears he had watched the trains or
that line and they are now keeping
better time than ever in the history
| Of the road.
This is not due to any falling off IN
i passenger business, for there IS an IN
creasing passenger business. Mr.
Simpson has in his office reports tc
show that in one week not one loca
FREIGHT train was a minute off sche'
dule upon arrival at destination: ant
last week there were only two freight
| trains off schedule. This was causec
! in one case by an engine breaking
down.
Since the first of the year an ad'
ditional train has been put on be-
tween Columbia and Greenville ano
while it is true that some OF the
trains have slower schedule, yet al
of the trains have a very fair sche
iule and all Of them are making il
now. One reason for the length Of
the trip is the fact that he has put II
! dinner stops on all trains. He IS
stranger to the division and can moi
at once divine all Of the needs aIons
the lines, but he acts promptly upor
every good suggestion.
Some time ago complaint was made
that the Greenville train did not give
time for breakfast here to the passen
gers for The early morning train from
Charleston. Mr.. Simpson has rene
lied that matter. At first he ISSUED
4 bulletin holding the trains until tn
passenger department could make on
new schedule. One Of the dlnne
stops was moved from Greenwood t
Bolton in order to let passengers iron
Abbeville and Anderson on their wa.
to Greenville Get dinner. and thos'
who had come from below Greenwood
had expressed desire to have tn
eating point changed. as The train ar
rived at Greenwood at an hour whe1
thew were not ready for dinner.
Mr.. Simpson has obtained permls
sion to erect stations at Bookman ant
at Dyson. The people Of those com
mnities had brought the matter be
fcre the railroad commission and l
had been stated by the commission
after examination. that the buslnes
at those points would not justify tn
railroad in building stations. But Mr.
Simpson brought the matter to tn
attention of the general superlntend
ent, Mr.. J. NJ. Scale, and the depot
will be built any way. The lumbe
has been ordered.
Those who know Mr.. Simpson stat
that he is a very careful man. is yer,
proud of his division. and that hav
ing worked up from the ranks he /
a man Of experience. It is believed
that within u months his division
will be dre Of the best or the entlr
Southern system.