The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-05-31
5. c. v. ROAD EXTENSION.
WILL JOIN WITH y. AND =. &.
ROAD AT POSTON.
People OF Florence County About to-
Realize IL LOngfelt Want-PrOpO-
sitiOn Made by President Bonsal
Accepted by Citizens.

Accepted by Citizens.
Florence, May 25.-The extension
Of the South Carolina Western road
from Florence TO Poston, where it will
join with the North & South Caro-
lima road from Hamlet through Null
lins to Andrews, is practically assured.
Some time ago the proposition way
approved by the bond holders of the
road and ordered by the directors as
soon as the rights of way had been
obtained The people through Flor
ence county have wanted a road bulk
from Florence to the junction ot Pee
Dee and Lynches river for many
years. 1t has been the dream of two
generations Several enterprises with
this in view have fallen and now it
looks as if it is to be accomplished.
Everybody was not willing, how
ever, to give the right of way through
their lands and, as usual, some wanted
fancy prices. The parties who were
! interested in the matter have been
hammering at the proposition for a
long time, and finally meeting was
held at Pamplico, the new town at the
present terminus of the Dargan Lum-
Der company road, half way down to
PostOn, yesterday, and Mr.. BOnsal
the president Of the South Carolina
/ Western, was there. About 10 of the
representative citizens of the cCm-
munity were present and they gave
Mr.. Bonsal a guarantee of the rights
of way, they to stand what expense of
condemnation there might be. The
matter was put SO squarely up to
those who were holding out for a
price that many of them gave the
rights of way when they saw that it
was their neighbors and not the rail-
road company that would have the
cost to pay.
1t Is very certain that the camps
will be at once located for the grader
which has been working on the La
mar and TimmOnsville line to Harts-
VILE and that the force will be here
soon TO grade the road.
There are surveyors now in the
! field from Andrews to Charleston for
the extension that way but nothing
definite is settled yet about that end
/ OF 1t.
The people from Jefferson, the ter
minus of the Charlotte, Monroe &
Columbia road, recently bought by the
South Carolina Western from McBee
To Jefferson, have agreed to give the
rights Of way and a cash bonus for
the extension of the road to Monroe,
but that part Of the work is through
very broken country and will be very
heavy, and it has not been determined
yet whether the proposition will be
accepted or not.
This, it is supposed, will make the
short line from the coal fields to Char
lesion for the Seaboard.
Mr. BOnsai went to Timmonsville
from Florence yesterday to look into
the interests of his road there. The
road is complete but ARRANGEMENTS
with the Atlantic Coast Line can not
De made for crossing. The depot
Is built and trains ready to run, but
they can not get to the depot.
The crossing Of the extension from
| Florence will be overhead, above the
transfer yards of the Atlantic Coast
Lane. 1T will be a costly piece of
work. The extension will go in a di-
rect line, no curves in it, from Flor
ence to Poston. The present road is a
very straight line to Hartsville, but
curves considerably i'm the Chester
held hills before getting to McBee.