Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-08-25


Engineer Miller seemed to think. and
mentioned the fact that he had offered
to show the engineer where this mate
rial could be had; but the engineer had
failed to give him the opportunity.
G.. w. s. Hart, Esq, opened the ar
gument for the Filbert route, stressing
particularly its comparative cheap
ness. He said that the two most i'm
portant things to be considered in the
construction of a road was first the
original cost of construction, and, sec
ond the cost Of maintenance, and both
of these things he argued were in favor
of the Filbert route. He admitted that
the greatest good to the greatest num-
ber was another consideration; but
claimed that this condition would be
met by the Filbert route. The fact
having been brought out in the testi-
mony that no part Of the Lincoln road
route touches Bethel township, he ar
gued that 1t would be great hardship
to require Kings Mountain township
to pay for something without getting
any benefit. He insisted that the Fill
bert route was the natural and logical
route.
Thomas F. McDow, Esq, followed
Mr.. Hart, and argued for the Lincoln
road route in behalf Of the people Of
I OTh, btlllel dIlu hlu6 11Ouhldiii
townships. He called attention to the
fact of the large number Of people who
were present in behalf Of the Bethel
route from each Of the different town.
ships and Of the comparatively few
who were pressing the claims Of the
Filbert route. He described the condi-
tion Of Bethel with reference to access
to Yorkville and asked the commits
sioners IL they were willing to take the
responsibility Of perpetuating the in
justice that Bethel had suffered for so
long. He said that during the eighteen
years the chaingang had been IN exist
ence. Bethel had had 1t only five
months, and when Supervisor Boyd
stated that he had Given the chaingang
to Bethel for seven months, Mr.. McDow
accepted the figures and renewed the
contrast on a basis Of eight months In
gument of injustice to Kings Noun
tain township people by pointing out
the fact that such an overwhelming
proportion Of Kings Mountain people
were there in advocacy Of the Lincoln
route and followed that up with the
showing that York township, which Is
In favor Of the Lincoln road route will
have to maintain four miles Of the
road, whichever way 1t goes. He in
sisted that the matter Of original cost
and maintenance were Of very small
consequences. compared with the mat
ter of the greatest good to the greatest
number. Then he stated that he un-
derstood that Rock HILL was here to
argue for the cheapest route because If
the Lincoln road route were selected,
the chaingang would be kept away from
eastern end Of the east and west road
that much longer. He was pretty sar-
castle in his references to the self
ishness of the Rock Hill people, who
had gotten so much from the county
in the way Of special service from, the
chaingang, steel bridges, etc., and who
were not willing to let Bethel, which
had gotten so little, have this great
benefit, because 1t would deprive Rock
Hill Of the chaingang for about six
months longer. In conclusion he sub
mitted that the law means what 1t says,
not the cheapest route, but the great
est good to the greatest number, and
as evidence Of the interest he pointed to
the large delegation Of Bethel people in
attendance and referred again to the
subscription Of $3.50 hard dollars in
favor of the Lincoln road route with
not a single dollar offered in favor OF
the other route. He also stressed the
fact that the Lincoln road people were
offering to give all rights of way, free
of cost while the other people were not
even willing to give all the rights of
way.
Walter M. Dunlap, Esq. of Rock Hill,
appeared at the head Of Rock Hill
delegation that came over on the same
subject and acted as spokesman. He
followed in part the argument Of Mr..
G. w. s. Hart that cheapness Of con-
struction and maintenance were the
all important considerations; but ar
gued that Rock Hill had some rights In
the matter in that the Rock Hill people
were large tax payers; and that the
business interest Of Rock Hill demand
ed that the route be selected that could
be completed quickest 80 work could
be the sooner commenced on the east
and west road. He claimed that the
$3.50 that the people OF Yorkville and
along the Lincoln road route had sub
scribed was mere bagatelle compared
with the $4,000 the county was to
pay and that II these subscribers de-
sired to equaliZe things they should
make their subscription big enough to
Of the F'ilbert route. Who, he said,
would not give $3.50 for $4,000.
Following Mr.. Dunlap, Mr.. McDow
was astonished at the gall Rock Hill
was exhibiting in coming over here to
tell the Yorkville, Bethel and Clover
people how to attend to their business.
He called attention to the fact that
Rock Hill already has a first rae
road into Bethel and left the inference
that she Is not interested in Bethel
having any other way out. But If
Rock Hill, which has already had the
chaingang until she has built roads In
every direction from the corporate
limits, wants 1t again, why does she
not go down into her pockets and offer
to pay something. He thought that
very badly in the matter, and that 1t
would be more becoming in her to re-
main at home and attend to her own
business, especially in a case like this.
It was not until about 1.30 o'clock
until the meeting was finally over, and
the commissioners got their dinner be-
fore they took up the final wrestle with
a question that those best acquainted
with the true inwardness Of the whole
situation had reason to believe had
been decided months before. But after
dinner they wrestled and wrestled.
From the tremendous interest that had
manifested itself in the meeting, 1t
was very evident that things were not
altogether as they had seemed. The
presence Of so many good and substan-
tial citizens Of Bethel, Kings Mountain,
York and even Of Bethesda in the in
terest of the Lincoln road route, served
to argue that the matter was not one
to be trifed with, and as the result OF
the demonstration the board took the
matter up with real seriousness. The
question that so many people had rea-
son to believe had already been de-
cided was considered for fully three
hours, and at length a number Of Beth
el and Clover people who had fingered
to hear the last of it, were greatly
surprised to hear that there had been
unanimous decision In favor Of the
Lincoln road route.
LOCAL LACONlCS.