Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-11-01
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
WORKS FOR SOUTH
BROAD CONCEPTION oF ITS MIS-
SION SHOWN IN souTHERN's
ANNUAL REPORT.
REVIEW OF WORK BEING DONE
Importance To The South Of Main.
sarn1ns Its Monopoly of Cotton Pro.
duetion Is Pointed out-company
Encouraging Live Stock Raising.

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couraging view Of the conditions
in the Southeast is presented in the
annual report of Southern Railway
Company which states that one OF the
post important factors in the
strength of the Company's position
is the industrial and agricultural de-
velopment of the territory traversed
by it's lines. The marked agricultu'
al progress is due to the genera
,doption of approved methods by ths
hrmers of the Southeast, particular
y the increase of diversified farming
and the diversification of industries
Ne noted.
The management OF the Company
With a broad conception Of its rela
lions to the public, 10 making the rail
way not merely carrier Of the peo'
pie and products of the South, but
also a helpful factor in Southern de
velopment. 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 the
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 Is
possible the boil weevil may spread
to successfully combat the insect
should it ever appear in their fields
and thus maintain their production
instead of having to learn how to dea!
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 weevi
may spread. The Importance to the
South of maintaining its monopoly Of
cotton production is pointed out II
connection with the vigorous efforts
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 II
its territory. Recognition is given the
newspapers of the Southeast for theil
7aluabie assistance and RisS to com
nercial organizations, L.h1si and in
dividuals who have aided the Company
in all it's efforts to advance the agri
cultural prosperity of the Southeast.
The more important additions ane
jetterments completed and under
aiken during the year are shown
,mong them the double track lines
through Lynchburg, Va, and into
Chattanooga, Tenn, SO miles of dou
ole track between Atlanta and Gaines
7lle, Ca, modern lap-sidings on the
line between Atlanta and Macon, Ga.
Knoxville and Chattanooga, Tenn.
and Morristown, Tenn, and Asheville
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 show:
that the Company has in the last two
years purchased the following addi
tional equipment: 1913 locomotives
2O3 passenger-train cars, and 5,20i
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 !!
stated that the standard of efficiency
throughout the service justifies the
management in pursuing a consisten
policy of filling by promotion vacan
cies that may occur, thus preserving
wide field of opportunity for ad
vancement Of all loyal and efficien
employees.