Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-11-10
Railroads and the Carolinas.
(Piedmont Industries.)

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The Carolinas are destined to play
an important role in the onward
march Of progress in the South, and
prospects for an enormous develop
ment Of these two States are exceed
taken the lead over the rest of the
South, and the Union in hydro-elec-
trio development and It IS apparent
that they Will soon be far-ahead In
railroad development
ln,> SpartHnhurP, ). C, a few
days ago was operated he first pas
senger train over thn newly con-
structed Carolina, Clinchfield and
Ohio railroad from the coal fields of
three States. The people of South
Carolina deemed the opening of this
road and its entrance into Spartan
burg of sufficient Importance to no.
tice 1T officially The result was the
assemblage of more than 10000 peo-
pie from all over the State and hun
dreds from North Carolina, Tennes-
see and Georgia, which States will all
be directly or indirectly benefited by
the opening OF the new road.
Within another year or so the
Spartanburg celebration will be re-
peated by two North Carolina cities
-Winston-Salem and Wadesboro-
the connecting link which will make
1t possible for fourth great railway
system to operate a great trunk line
through the heart of the South. The
completion of this line will no doubt
1 be appropriately celebrated by all Of
North Carolina, and since the Tar
Heel State supplied a generous con-
trlbution In the way of patronage to
the Spartanburg celebration, the Pal
metto State will be liberal in recip-
rocating
There are several other important
railway developments in the Caro-
linas which will mean much to the
manufacturers and other industries
Of the States depending on outside
markets for the purchase of their
products.
The value Of good railway facili-
ties to community is unquestioend
. The same may be said of interurban
electric trolleys or electric railways.
and the special need Of this kind of
Improvement in the South IS about
as great as anything else. In the
West and North the country is con-
rected with complete system of in
trrurban electric roads. 1t is possi-
ole to ride all the way from Boston,
MASS, W cHlCdSO OIL eleclTtcally ODG-
rated trains. The same conditions
will some day exist in the South, but
it would seem that the day is a long
way of.
w. S. Lee, vice president and chief
engineer of the Southern Power Com
pany, and associates, are about to
start the ball rolling in this section Of
the South. These gentleman are
planning to build an interurban sys-
tenn connecting Charlotte. Rock Hill. .
Yorkville, and other cities, and as
the Piedmont section of these States
is thickly populated and has an
abundance of opportunities and vast
advantages for newcomers, the line
will ultimately extend from Green's
boro on the north to Greenville on
the south.
If the commercial organizations OF
the Carolinas would endeavor to
place by the side of Greely's advice.
Go West, young man." the ieda that
In the South Is opportunity" more
and better results might be obtained.
The Carorinas offer splendid on
portunities for young men of ambi-
ton and home-seekers and manufac-
:. turing enterprises Of every descrip-
Elton.