The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-07-14

try to make Il trip into the Blue Ridge
Mountains in even one day. The par
~ which went from Anderson to Wal
lalla Monday morning gp: the grail
iication trip, saw; iy mai,r things that
many of the members feel that they
had almost been aromf the world.
and it would require many days to tell
of it, ,,ryss
Capt. Jnn X. Anderson. suporinten-
dent of the Blue i.trtgr- hallway, that
Ils road would operate the gas-clec-
tric train and give Anderson two adj
ditonal trains west OF this city. the
people along the line were So much
pleased that the ,.sndcrson Chamber
OF Commerce :drcidaq ITO have Il
qualification ,rip":sH is ii matter of
regret that many WHO had intended to
go were prevented by the sorrow
there were more than Il score of bust
ness men from this city and the dele
cation was INCREASED 1T PcndletOn.
Sandy springsr Auiune Denver and
country from Westminster. When
the train leaving Andcrson at 1920
arrived at Walhalla There were be-
tween 40 and SO visitors aboard.
1t was indeed all Anderson" train.
At the throttle was that veteran driver
OF the fussy -clectric-HOlcombG
Anderson. and the ticket taker was
that prince OF railroad men, Capt. W.
Julie" Anderson. :. And Just for good
measure Capt; yeln r.. .atndcrson. the
superintendent III She er6ad. made one
of the boosters"
Arriving at Walhalla.. the party was
met by In truly hospitable manner
by the citizens of that staunch old
community, and after a few minutes
OF handshaking and becoming ac-
quainted. the Sartys; was soon put
aboard for Strasfndntahe ride. For
the day was being celebrated as much
rs a compliment to the people of Wal
halla for building speedway" over
the mountains ns 1t was on be ac-
count OF the action of the officials of
the Blue Ridge and the Southern Rail-
way in putting on the gas-elcctric
train. /,
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That trip was u revelation to every
visitor who had been given the oppor-
tunity to see what Walhalla has been
doing In the way Of road building.
The reporter for The Intelligencer
was taken aboard Chalmers by Col
Il. IT. Jaynes, and in % minutes after
leaving the hotel. the car had passed
the home of Mr.. Fincher on the top
OF Stump House Mountain. The road
was az smooth as Anderson's much
boasted Williamson highway. From
there to Mountain rest, the home of
Albert Brown. the' Superintendent of
construction OF this mountain high
way. tho trip was made in very fast
time, with the exception of one short
stretch of u quarteF of a mile where
the force is now at work widening and
grading the road! land' this will be
by the end OF the week The
time from WalhailA to Mr.. Browns
was made In IS minutes, 12 miles.
This car did nml Stop at Russclls
but went on Il mile further to Whit
mire's In Rabun county. Georgia. and
the stretch from Albert Browns was
made In % minutes. or Is minutes to
Russell's. 1t requires just exactly
nve minutes to climb Callas Mountain
on the way. In other words tho run
ming time from Walhalla to Russclls
was less than an hour and Il quarter.
whereas before THIS. road work was
done 1t required Ahik day. That Is
a great achievement
Col. Jaynes. who promotes this high
way. and Albert Brown. who super
vised the heavy consstftfction work on
Callas mountain. are Justly proud of
what has been done. The sturdy
citizens of Walhalla gave $1,000 for
the work and the mountaineers made
it about $4,000 in .al!!s!.g as!gal. ll.y value.
Mr.. Brown said that he could hard
ly believe what had bocn accomplish
cd, when he considers the condition
OF the road one. year ago compared
with Its present HspHndid condition.
The road is built taup@ survey made
by l. w. Harrison 'dffd w. C.. Hughs
OF Walhaila who spent two weeks up
on It last summer. The road over
Stump House Mountain was surveyed
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