The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-05-18
NEGRO SHOOTS SHERIFF PROPOSAL FROM n. 8 sc.
WILL PUT UP DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR FOR
PASSENGER STATION
$4,000 STATION IS PROPOSED
Result of Conference Between
Board of Trade Committee and
President of y. & -. {. Railroad.

freSldcnt OF y. N -. {. RaiirOad.
Citizens of Dillon are still ia
miliar with the controversy be
tween the town and the y. Il S. G.
railroad over the payment of $I0,-
900 for the right of way in and out
Of Dillon which resulted in an cleo
ton last fall when a proposed bond
issue to pay for the right-Of-way
WIS voted down. The matter has
been hanging fire so to speak,
ever since the election, the railroad
claiming that it had spent more
than $4,000 to secure the right-of
way which had been promised by
the town and the citizens claiming
that they did not agree to pay as
much as $4,000 for securing the
right-of-way. At the last session of
the general assembly special act
was passed authorizing another cleo
ton upon the question. but the
election has never been held.
Several weeks ago a meeting was
tel, in Dillon between the railroad
;amissionerS, the officials of the
\. X S. c. railroad and Il commit
tee appointed by the Dillon Board
OF T'aGe when the y. d s. c. rail
road officials agreed to erect pas
scH-er station to cost not less than
S%.3"|. President Bonsal does not
think that $500 will erect sta
tion adequate to the demands of the
public. but in view of the fact that
he was forced to spend more than
$4,000 to secure the right-of-way,
which he Says should have been
secured bv the citizens OF Dillon, he
does not feel justified in building
Il station that will cost more than
$500.
Monday Mr.. Bonsal appeared be-
fore the Board of Trade committee
and agreed to break even" with
the citizens of Dillon, provided they
would put up dollar for dollar with
him in building a large and COM
modious passenger station? In 9TH
er words, Mr.. Bonsal said if the
citizens of Dillon would put up S5,-
600 that he would supplement it
with $1,000 and build "A $4,000
station, or if the citizens of Dillon
would put up $4,000 he would
supplement it with like amount
and build a $4,000 station. In the
event the citizens put up one-half of
the cost of the station he would re-
lease them from further obligation.
The committee from the Board of
Trade agreed to call mass meeting
OF the citizens and lay the propo-
sition before them. Following is the
agreement between the Board of
Trade committee and the railroad
To the committee representing the
Board of Trade of the town of
Dillon:
The North and South Carolina
Railroad Company makes the fol-
lowing proposition to the committee
from the Board of Trade of the
town of Dillon.
The North and South Carolina
Railroad Company agrees to put up
dollar for dollar in putting up
depot, with the people or the town
OF Dillon. In other words if
the town of Dillon will subscribe
ten thousand dollars the railroad
will subscribe like sum: or if the
town wishes to subscribe a greater
duplicate the amount subscribed by
the town. In case the town sub
scribes as much as five thousand
dollars or over the amount will be
accepted by the railroad company in
full settlement of any amount or
claim due by the town of Dillon to
the railroad company.
North & South Carolina r. r. Co
By w r RonSal Pres