The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-07-26

is in the case as shown by the CORES
pondence.'
| The allegation has been made in
some Of the newspapers of that Sec
! ton that the railroad company on
that day ran the trains by the "eut-
off, and the implication IS that this
was done in 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 we're on
one or two occasions when he was
making an inspection Of the ''cut-off''
and the foreman of the grand jury
and other Newberry officials we're
along.
Mr.. Simpson admits that it was
hardship for those going to the bar
ibecue to be put off at Old Town,
two miles on one sade, and at Chap
pells, three miles on the other side Of
the "cut-off'; but those were the
nearest stations and ne had no alter
native. For there were three trains a
day each way and hundreds Of pas
| sengers who did not get off for the
barbecue and, furthermore, to have
stopped the trains on this occasion
would have given him a great deal Of
trouble for all time. T..
Just a few days ago he received a
request to stop train between Co.
lumbia and Aston for pleasure par
ty. The official position Of some Of the
gentlemen was such that the request
was wellnigh a 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 he has done so was to let sick
person be put off at her home on a
stretcher instead Of carrying her on
to the station two miles away. This
was against the rules Of the company,
but the ease was urgent. r
The Southern Railway company is
positive in its orders about stopping
at non-stopping points, for if the ap-
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 a.
stop at the "eut-off'', he says, and
for that reason it would have been in
viting trouble to have stopped the
trains at the place designated. 4
Mr.. Simpson feels that he has been
placed in a false light II so far as
he has been charged with not favor
ing the opening Of the pond, where
as he did recommend it over the adj
vice to- the contrary from his engi-
neers. Had the people Of the com. "
munities along the line sent In the
proper kind Of petition in time for
him r. have taken the matter up with
the general superintendent, he nigh!
have been able to have stopped the
trains nearer to the place Of the bar
beeue, but no such request came to-
him. Furthermore, the barbecue was
! given by private parties and they and
~ot the railroad company worked up
the attendance. '... e.,
In recount;lg in The State Of yes
terday the work which has been done
on his division Of the Southern by
| Superintendent Simpson, it was stat:
! ed that he had recommended that de-
pots be built at two stations where
even the railroad commission had
stated the business of the company
did not justify it. Mr.. Simpson yes
terday asked that the statement be
made that no reflection was intended,
| but the commissioners seemed to
! think that the publication reflected
upon them. The commissioners re-
>ocred in accordance with the facts
and the point is that Mr.. Simpson IS
50 eager to give the people along his
; ines what they wish that he recon-
nendei even what impartial judges
! in the ease had reported to be a tax
on the road without adequate revenue
| to meet that expense. The judgment
) of the commission he believes to have
| been correct.