The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-03-10
THERE is STILL. HOPRl
tTrom the Keowee Courier OF ;wui.
halla.) 81

The new president of the Southern
Railway was in Anderson last week
and not q little interest was centered
In what ne would have to say regard
Ing the possibility uf extension of the
Blue Ridge Railway on through the
mountainss:to Knoxville L and. to the
West. While there Is little In what
President Fairfax Harrison has to. say
upon which to build q stalwaFt hone
of. a. near resumption OF work along
the once hsralded " line fof railway
through to Itte,; WsSt, q Stilf there as,
that to- be drawn from his remarks
which impels sus to- believe that hone
- not utterly lost.
1t; IS evident. that the, president, of
the Southern frailwayhis following, lnes
general plan of procedure of his pre-y
decessors7ra. plan the wisdom OF which
our people iof this sectiona of country
nave never been able. to 4 fully agree
with, for 1t is plan that works to
the, benefit OF the Southern Railway
while adding nothing, 10 the country
that has stood beekoning to the esS;outiI-
ern for these many years, for qralief
from the bottled up condition, rOug
people have never been able TO. under
stand why the comparatively small
amount Of work necessary to. connect
up the broken links in the great chain
to the West should not have prece-
dence over sople oe the work that has
been done in the recent past and, that
Is being planned for the near. future.
especially when the connection OF the
links would do much toward over
coming the congestion on the, present
lines of the Southern, to which end
the Southern seems to have been
bendinga all; energiesl ryj .iiTrsR a
AS viewed; from Ethsastandpolnt of
the people Of thisT sectionY 1.-THE 1Oosnsi
pleeioh OF the BlIa,iRidge wo5Ild iaots
only opaRN great possibilities iRGthel
way Of newn business fop the sSeHthtl
ern," but would have the effect aSAr7j
tafnly, ofefessPninp the dongestf6iI aip.
on, the SoutiierTI's; iinas ,hGNIopeTstihR
frt-a the West Mr.. kIIasPisoalg pGint
Is we'll made fromCthe5p6iiit ofathe
Southern, but It is far from being a
position unaAsWefabte RhHf4 tha tfjeedsi
both of the railway, spstem and the
reputation and commerce of 1 gHfeat
section of country are Sonsid6fed III
connection Herewith.
Nevertheless, the people OF the sec-i
tton to be trarersedS by the proposed
extension are not blamelesslgin, aiie
matter. We have sat idly by,end wait
ed for the Southern TO do something;
when we should have been busy In
season and out OF season trying 20 elm
press upon the Southern: Pathway of
ficials the absolute necessity OF this
line for the wsli-being OF the country
and at the same time for the interest
OF the railway, itself. ThefAl are few
OF us who are willing to acknowledges
that such necessity does not exist.
Why, then do we not go at the thing
In such manner as TO 70. 'ee this
idea upon the railroad officf as9 them
selves 1t can be done, we Sfsiiepe III
we so at with determination that
brooks no rebuff, hut we VIII have ito
aTBF6istiI6iy a. Sc a.. tint - s5ss:os
thing m0xes3 The Southeru Is net the
only hope IN the iliIttiteT or Tls ccinpIe-
ton OF the Blue Ridge, hntl stsis the
logical systenn 10 build The ROAD This
territory Is naturally the territory OF 1
the Southern and shAt railways boz
Esition at present Is that ofStiia dog iii I
the manger. It VIII neither build the
road nor let any other road 40 81 I'M
I'll u 81 forced 10 do one or sile other Il
But &c Is up 20 as 10 show the South
.ern that II Is to heir fnteraststo build
the road. Yf wf can convince the
Southern cf that. Il viii either have to |
bald IL. or some other road vii DO I
so. The Southern cannot occupy its |
present position eflniteiy. $
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