The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-08-23

ne would be called to order for dis
cussing motion before 1t has been
seconded. But as he seems to desire
to follow this plan In settling the ques-
tion, we will go into his own territory
and show him where he is wrong ev-
en- there.
In the outset 1t Is best to state that
no railroad Is Offering to come to
Laurens. While we, personally, have
not been connected with the movement
to get up the petition in question, we
understand that whatever is secured
| In the way of subscribed stock by the
city or in guaranteed tonnage, is to
be offered to some railroad, under Ger.
tain conditions, as inducements to
run it's line to or through here. We
are the people making the proposi-
/ ton anu not the railroad
In the second place, taking the
points up as we come to them in Col.
Dials communication, it is matter
Of common knowledge that when Il
railroad comes into an incorporated
| 'o"ii ths'I I'D IidNho olC Iull NuclC-
ever the City Council, through the
| franchise, chooses to direct it, In this
manner the railroad would be effect
ually hindered from running to the
edge of the city and then calling for
the bonds without coming any furth-
er. as Col Dial seems to fear. The
railroad cannot enter into the city un-
til it gets franchise; it cannot get
it's franchise until City Council di-
rects where it's lines shall run; it's
line is not complete until the portion
within the city limits is finished and
the payments to the railroad are to
be made as the road progresses. 1t
ne can be seen that there is no
possible chance of the railroad COM
ing to the edge of the city and stop
ping. That is, unless City Council
allows it to-
In the third place, common sense
prompts us to believe that railroad
intending to compete with an already
well established line with a central
ly located depot, would not attempt
to do SO with a inc only touching the
lieve that railroad would pass with
in n mile of a source of n big bust
ness and pass by it. when it would be
out of the question to get the business
at once and a matter of years before
1t could possibly hope to get it at ALL
In the fourth place, the line which
Col. Dial speaks of as running from
Greenville to Clinton via the eastern
edge of the city, also connects with
the line run sometime previous around
Todd Avenue and through the city
a connection with this line saved the
expense of a second survey. 1t can
thus be seen that these promoters al
so had in view the line through as
we'll as to the city.
AS to that other act of the legisla-
ture which somebody has dug up, ar
gumeht on our part is unnecessary.
We would take our chance under eth
er one Of them. While we would not
attempt to argue the point Of law in
volved in the case with such learned
attorney as Col. Dial, it ooes seem to
us that though both acts were intend
ed to cover the same ground, the lat
ter act does not conflict with the first
and that either or both of them would
serve as a basis on which to petition
City Council to order such an election.
AS to Col. Dial's little dig" as to
our not being posted, we have to chuc-
kle. Everybody that knows Col Dial
is aware of those little ways Of his.
They go to contribute to the "gaiety"
of Laurens. If he will read through
his own article he will find that ac-
cording to his own testimony he is
the man who seems to have been ig-
norant of conditions.
We have gone into this matter quite
lengthily, in spite of the fact that Col.
Dial did not 'trouble himself enough
to prepare his answer to our few re-
marks in time to get into that paper
in which they should have been, in or
der to do what we can to stress imme-
diate action in the matter. The time
which has been wasted by the
dilatoriness of City Council might al
ready have proved fatal to the pro-
ject in view. If it is not yet too late,
we hope that Council will at once
take steps to order the election so
that the other citizens of Laurens may
do what they can to forward her in
terests. We might get the railroad
and we might not. Anyhow, give us a
chance.