The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-09-13
WILL EXTEND Line
TO CAPITAL CITY
DUKE INTERESTS PLAN TO BUILD
TROLLEY ROAD TO COLUMBIA.
Survey is Being Made Now From Lau-
rens to ClintOn--TWO CarOllnaS
Will Shortly be Connected.
Columbia State.

Greenville, Sept. Sit is now be-
lieved to be the plans of the promo
ters of the interurban trolley system
TO ultimately extend their lines to Co.
lumbia and towns in the lower part
Of the State. This statement may be
accepted as fact, though as to how
soon these later plans may mature is
not just now known.
A surveying party left yesterday il
charge of J. E. Shrine to run a
survey from Laurens to Clinton, and
it is understood to be the plans OF
the company to push this extension in
that direction without delay. This
survey, however, is preliminary one,
and does not mean the line will nee
essarily go to these points. Many be-
Iieve, on the other hand, that the first
extension of the Greenville, Spartan
burg & Anderson will go in that d.
rection. The present survey, it is
stated, is made with a view or estl-
mating the cost of the line.
The people along this route, and
especially those at Laurens, have ia
ken the greatest interest in the new
line. have warmly expressed their de-
sires to get a connection with THIS
trolley line through the Piedmont.
Among the more material expressions
of this desire, is the action OF the
Watts mill at Laurens, which has
made a conditional stock subscription
of 25 cents per spindle, aggregatlng
s1OSOO, contingent upon the construc-
ton of the line to Laurens and to the
Watts mill. In order to see if the
line can be built and at what cost, the
preliminary survey is now being made.
State to State System.
In connection with the survey, and
possible construction Of the line to
Laurens, there are some interesting
points of speculation, which appear
to render it probable that the inter-
urban trolley branch to Laurens Will
be among the first constructed.
There is in construction now IN
North Carolina, the Piedmont Trac-
ton company, backed by the same
financial interests, essentially, as the
Greenville, Spartanburg & Anderson.
OF this line, ". S. Lee, vice-presldent
of the Southern Power company and
JP. Clark is general manager, which
latter gentleman also holds the same
office with regard to the South Caro-
lima line. This twin sister OF the
South Carolina line has progressed
further than the Greenville, Spartan
burg & Anderson, a contract for con-
struction having already been let.
That line will connect number OF
the principal cities of the Piedmont
section of North Cartlin and from
Charlotte will reach doT" to spar
tanburg, at which point it will con-
meet with the Greenville, Spartanbure
& Anderson railway. When this juno
ton has been attained the two roads
will probably be consolidated, or may
operate together under their old cor
porate names.
This will give trolley system con-
Meeting the most important industrial
section of the Carolina Piedmont belt
Interesting Speculation.
With the Laurens and Clinton
branch, however, those who have ia
ken a comprehensive survey OF the
entire movement see indications OF a
rather sensational turn of the trolley
connections. From Clinton, the con-
struction of line down to Columbia
the capital of the State, would be a
most natural course to pursue, ano
from COluu1UlC, lACI
good reason why branches should not
eventually be constructed connecting
the citiesl of lower Carolina, ano
eventually reaching Charleston.
This would give an electric rail-
vav line connecting the principal cit
les of South Carolina, and passing
through Greenville into North Caro-
lima, and would practically spread
network of trolley lines all over Soutn
Carolina, operated by power from the
Great Falls and other plants OF the
Southern Power company. This would
afford material competition to the
steam operated roads, which no"
operate between the up-country ano
the low-country, and affording greater
chances for reductions in trelgn'
rates, cor which both private citizens
and the cotton mills are now making
a vigorous fight, with only certain