The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-23
PREGNALL SCHEDULE
sEEsns no GIVE NO ONE ON TILE
ROUTE SATISFACTION

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md There Is Kicking From One End
og tho Line to the Other BY Nearly
Every One.
The new schedule recently put in
generation by the Atlantic Coast Line
Railway seems to be satisfactory to
no one, not even the company it.
self. and We feel sure that it will
ssoon be changed. This new sched-
,ule. as first announced, was all
right, as it was stated that the
train on the Pregnail line would
make close connection at Creston
with trains from and to this city
=as we'll as at Pregnall. But such Is
not the case, and that is the cause
eof the dissatisfaction that Is heard
(. all along the line.
The change in the schedule was
made on account Of the very poor
mail service rerendered the people
along the line OF the A. c. L. from
Creston to Pregnall and on their petit
ton. The railway management IN
answer 70 the petition promised bet
ter service by putting on two daily
trains day each way. This would
be the very thing if these trains
connected with the trains from and
to Orangeburg, as it was stated they
would do, but they do not, and there
is where all the kicking comes IN.
Why these trains do not connect at
Creston or Pregnall we do not un-
derstand, but there must be some
reason for it.
This new service was inaugurated
Monday, November Is, and has plac-
ed the business interests Of this city,
in connection heretofore with this
section, in jeopardy and this city is
demanding that this unsatisfactory
service be discontinued at once. Or
course, Orangeburg recognizes the
fact that the interests of the people
living in the territory traversed by
the Pregnall Branch must be con-
suited first of all in making sched-
ules on that line and would do moth
ing to defeat their wishes. 1t is
their outlet and it should be run
to suit them in preference to out
siders, who may be interested in a
business way.
But the schedule does not seem to
be satisfactory to these people. The
Orangeburg correspondent Of The
States says, "the traffic along this
branch, according to the new sched-
ule, is disgusting beyond endurance
and the sentiment is nearly at boil
ing point. Inhabitants along this
line wishing to go to Columbia have
to wait in Creston several hours and
go all the way to Sumter, getting
there in the night, probably making
connection for Columbia and thence
after midnight reaching Columbia.
or come around by Orangeburg, ar
rIving here at 10 p. NJ, spend the
night, then proceed to Columbia over
the Southern railway
This is sorry state Of affairs and
we do not see why the people who
keep up this road are thus inconve-
nienced. We agree with The States
correspondent that this service is de-
cidedly worse than the old because
connection was made with the South
ern railway train at Pregnall in the
morning going to Columbia, and
thereby reaching Columbia by noon.
The Orangeburg correspondent of
The State shows up the Inconvenience
es of this schedule and points out
the remedy as follows:
"A letter written on this branch
will have to go to Sumter and be
transferred back to this city or 9TH
er points. A letter written by one
OF the foremost citizens of Elloree
to leading lawyer at this place was
written on the 18th of this month
and did not reach here until the
18th, thereby necessitating phone
messages and great delay of busi-
ness. The inhabitants suffer much
poorer mail service even than be-
fore.
Persons desiring to come from Hol-
ly Hill, Eutawville, Elloree, ETC., to
this city must come to Creston early
in the afternoon and wait until $3.50
p. m. to catch the "shoofly" train
running between Orangeburg and
Florence returning to this city. On
Thursday night there were SO pas
sengers at Creston waiting for the
passenger train for Orangeburg.
Creston is depot surrounded with
few negro shanties, one small
boarding house and two small coun-
try stores.
The remedy is easy and must be
administered. The key to the situa-
tion is to have this Pregnall "shoo-
fly" leave Orangeburg city every
morning. except Sunday, at 7:45
O'Clock or approximately that time,
proceed to Pregnall. making connec-
tior with the Southern trains for
both Charleston and Columbia, then
return to Orangeburg, reaching here
about IL noon or shortly after; wait
here until 3:45 and return to Preg-
nall making Southern railway con-