The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-03-19
VISIONS or RAILROADS
STILL FILL THE AIR

Gainesville, Ga, to Chester, s. c.
via Laurens.
That 9 railroad from some Georgia
point west OF Anderson, s. G., through
anderson, LAurens. Clinton and thence
70 Chester in the realm of possibili-
~ b gathered from a story in The An
dsrson Daily Nail several days ago.
This railroad, II built, would prove Of
tremendous benefit TO all the towns
mentioned and the territory between
them. a railroad running through the
western portion of this county would
open up rich territory which now
has no railroad facilities and which
doubtless would hail with delight any
movement looking toward the build
ing OF such line. The article from
Tss Daily Mail is as follows:
Mr.. Sam E.<Moore may not be a
prophet but he claims to have vision.
He says ne can gee things afar II Is
Mr. Moore's firm belief that the South
ern Railway will build line from
Chester to Anderson and from here to
Gainesville, Ga. A simple statement
of that belief doesn't excite much in
terest, but Mr.. Moore offers an e1-
planation which Is very plausible. He
does not claim to have any informa-
tion direct from the authorities of
the road, but says that he has figured
the whole thing out largely by ratio
ctnation. He had a tip for starting
point.
"Mr. Moore says that it would be
cheaper to buildt an new road from
Gainesville TO Chester than to double
track from Gainesville to Charlotte.
And the Southern railway has long
since announced its policy OF double
tracking the road from Washington
70 Atlanta. Mr. Moore declares that
there is one stretch OF seven miles
from Toccoa, Gaf toward Atlanta
whicG will cost more To be double.
tracked than half Of the cost of a new
road from Chester 10 Gainesville. Mr.
Moore knows because he has a farm
mp there az Toccoa and every spring
he has TO get shot gun to plant his
seed the land is so straight up and
down.
There would be splendid country
for the new road TO traverse. Mr.
Moore points out on the map that IT
is a direct straight line from Ches-
ter to Gainesville and that over 30
miles along the proposed route have
been built. This includes the Blue
Ridge between Belton and Anderson
ana tine road from Hartwell Ga, TO
GAINESVILLE, Ga An air line from An
derson TO Chester would pass through
Union and Laurens courthouses and
would come into Anderson county by
way Of Ware Shoals, Honca Path and
Bolton.
Beyond the state line the road
would cross four good counties, where
the farm lands bring $50 per acre,
although there are no railroads in
those counties. The character of the
farming lands from Chester to
Gainesville would be almost uniform
and the road as merely local line
would no doubt be self susta ming. But
the principal idea the proposition
is not for a local line but for line
paralleling the Piedmont Air Line
from Charlotte to Gainesville
THE travel on the main line has
grown 30 heavy that double tracking
is absolutely necessary but as Mr..
Moore point out 1t is almost a ply
sical impossiblIty to double track
from Toccoa to Gaffney, or at least
the expense would be much greater
than building the Blue Ridge through
the mountain Z. The Gainesville to
Chester line would answer the pur-
Toge of double tracking for 1t would
afford an easy grade over which
through trains could he hauled at
maximum speed and at minimum cost.
The through vestibules from the north
could be handled this way at much
less expense, for in addition TO the
saving in fuel on the heavy grades,
the distance is reduced by 12 miles.
If such road should be built, It
would of course benefit Anderson more
han any other city In the stretch
rom Charlotte to Atlanta, for what
Anderson has needed to make 1t O. big
GER city than Greenyille or Spartan
Il.