Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-10-26
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
WORKS FOR SOUTH
BROAD CONCEPTION Of ITS MIS-
SION SHOWN IN soUTHERN's
ANNUAL REPORT.
aEvIEw OF WORK BEING DONE
Importance To The South of Main.
tafnins Its Monopoly Of Cotton Pro-
ductlon Is Pointed out-company
Encouraging Live Stock Raising.

Washington, d. ca most en-
,ouraging view OF the conditions
in the Southeast Is presented In the
annual report OF Southern Railway
Company which states that one OF the
most important factors in the
strength of the Company's position
is the industrial and agricultural de-
yelopment OF the territory traversed
nv its lines The marked agricultu-
al progress is due to the general
,doption of approved methods by the
hrmers of the Southeast particular
Y the increase OF diversified farming.
and the diversification Of industries
ere noted.
-he MANAGEMENT OF the Company
With a broad conception OF its resa-
lions to the public, 10 making the rail-
way not merely carrier OF the peo-
ole and products of the South, but
also a helpful factor in Southern oe-
yelopment. The report sets out the
efforts being put forward to increase
the prosperity of the people already
in the Southeast, and, to attract In
yestors and desirable settlers to the
territory served by the lines OF tne
Southern Railway. A review Is given
Of the work being done by the Cotton
Culture Department which is teach
ing farmers, in localities where 1t ls
possible the boil weevil may spread,
TO successfully combat the insect
should it ever appear in their heids'
and thus maintain their production
instead of having to learn how to deal
with It after it appears. The WORK
of this department will be extended
to cover all the territory along the
Company's lines to which there Is
even a remote danger that the weeVii
may spread. The Importance TO the
South of maintaining its monopoly OF
cotton production is pointed out In
connection with the vigorous enorts
being made to raise cotton In other
parts of the world The report SHOWS
that the Company is also encourag-
ing live stock raising and dairying in
its territory. Recognition is given the
newspapers of the Southeast for their
zaluable assistance and also to COM
nercial organizations, banks, and In
diyiduals who have aided the Company
in all its efforts to advance the agri-
cultural prosperity Of the Southeast.
The more important additions and
oetterments completed and under
taken during the year are shown
among them the double track lines
through Lynchburg, Va, and into
Chattanooga, Tenn, 38 miles OF dou-
bl. track between Atlanta and Gaines
Vile, Ca, modern lap-sidings on the
line between Atlanta and Macon. Ga,
Knoxville and Chattanooga, Tenn,
and Morristown, Tenn, and Asheyille,
N. c.. new freight station and office
building at Atlanta, additional freight
station and yard facilities at Macon
and additional wharf facilities at MO-
bile. Ala. To provide adequate facili'
ties to take care OF the increasing
traffic of the South, the report shows
that the Company has in the last two
years purchased the following addi'
tional equipment: 1913 locomotives,
2O3 passenger-train cars, and 5,2O7
freight-train cars.
In closing, the report emphasizes
the loyalty which has characterized
the services and employees in all de-
partments during the year and 1t is
stated that the standard OF efficiency
throughout the service justifies the
management in pursuing consistent
policy OF filling by promotion vacan-
cies that may occur thus preserving
wide field Of opportunity for ad-
yancement of all loyal and efficient
empiOyeS