Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-09-06
SOME MoRE RAILROAD TALK.
Rumors that the c., G. y o. System
May BE Extended.

following:
While the people of Anderson and
the State are working and hoping for
the extension Of the Blue Ridge
road, there is heard "a, still small
voice" from another direction that
thrills with hope and gives visions
OF prospect of material develop
ment that Is highly gratifying If not
entirely satisfying.
There Is rumor in the air-so
strong that 1t takes the shape of a
definite fact-that before the ides of
March again approach, the Carolina,
Clinchfleld C Ohio railway will be
actively engaged In extending It's line
or railroad from Spartanburg to
Greenville, Anderson, Athens and on
to Brunswick, on the coast. If such
thing as this does take definite
shape, and 1t Is possible that it has
already been worked out it can be
readily seen that 1t will operate very
storngly to stimulate the Southern
In the extension of the Blue Ridge,
and in many other ways give Ander-
son a tremendous push forward in
material development.
1t is an accepted fact that the
Chesapeake & Ohio, the Carolina,
Clinchfield & Ohio, the Seaboard Air
Line road and the Duke trolley sys-
TEN, known as the Piedmont and
Northern, are owned virtually by
the same stockholders; that the
finances of each Of these separate
corporations come from the same
source, and that eacn Of the roads
is working to the advantage of all
the others.
So closely allied are these roads,
the rumor would have us believe,
that the c., G. & o. will actually use
the roadbed Of the trolley system
into Greenville and Anderson And
there are circumstances which appear
to bear this out, which are these:
First The roadbed is being built
on l per cent, or less, grade.
Second. The fact that S0-pound
steel rails are TO be used.
Third. The recent purchase Of IS
acres OF land, partly in and partly
outside OF the city limits, on the ex-
tension OF Wcich avenue, and at a
point where it Is proposed to branch
off from the Boulevard line, and a
place well suited for depot.
to the Orr Cotton Mills could be
/" reached and used as a part Of the
m%'n line on to Athens. 1t Is in ex-
actly the right direction. These facts
are significant at least.
1t is II well known fact that the
c., G. & O. is bottled up in Spartan
burg. 1t is compelled to pay the
Southern railway 81 per ton out Of a
50 per ton rate to move its coal to
Carolina points, and on the same pro-
portion on other tonnage. Its ally,
the Scaboard Air Line, cannot be
reached nearer than Greenwood. The
Atlantic coast line stands in the same
relation to the c., G.. & O. as does
ed by entirely different men to those
financing the c., c. & o. and the troll
ley syHtGm and the Scaboard Air
Line. This beng true, it is only rea-
sonable to suppose that the c., c.
Il O. must seek an outlet, and this
fact gives color to the rumor above
stated.
IT these rumors be true, it can be
seen thst the c., G. & O. will only
touch the corporate limits of Ander-
son and the trolley system will dis
tribute the freights over IL. } city, nm
der Its charter rights to operate ex-
press and the same, doubtless, will
be done at Greenville.
Whether these rumors be true Or
not there are big things in store for
Anderson If her people will only get
busy The world Is rapidly learning
tlnt Anderson county is one Of the
greatest agricultural counties in the
south. The people of the county and
city have been through the crucible
"i experience in financial way.
IIhey are strictly on their feet
again and have tho benefit of expc-
rlencc, and from this time forward
every enterprise started i'm Ander-
son county will be success from
the beginning.
lhesc facts are rapidly bciug
learned by the outside world. ana
Anderson county Is sure to rcon q
harvest Of success in the next few