The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-07-02
ONLY 80 MILES
TO KNOXVILLE
Connection Of Different Lines
Would Prove Mutual Bene.
fit to All Sections
lFrom Correspondence in The Daily

tFrom Correspondence in Tho Daily
lntelligenccr Feb. 18th. 1919
There are few sections of the south
which can boast OF Il more general
! pros perfty Today than exists III the
Piedmont "ection OF South Carolina
Anderson IN particular--b but what
would mean even q greater industrial
awakening Is the extension OF sever
al CT the lines OF the Southern Rail.
| way hereinafter referred to.
Starting with The least Emporium. |
VIII ray that II would al least open up
q fertile farming section by cvtcNd-
Ing the line from Batesburg TO Green
| wood--a section which would. trayers
ed by railroad. prosper exceedingly
ana prove to the company 10 be mon.
ey we'll invested. Then let us 10 To
Relton. take the Blue Ridge via An
deison to Walhalla aud consider the
undertaking from this terminus cross
country to Clayton. Ga Fos,er.,l
years pgo by tue immortal CALHOUN,
this course Is already graded. win
the exception OF the minor part # a
| huge tunnel tthc greater part OF
which was excavated years ago. This
route Is logical. but we will have to
would be a profitable undertaking.
Leaving Clayton. Ga. we go over
the Tailulah Falls branch OF the
Southern to Finuklin. n &. Her. we
encounter strip OF territory s,,lnr
fifteen miles In length which was sur-
Scycd five ,decader ago and the difi-
! cultfes encountered In the construc-
tion of the road found to be small
| but. on account Of the comparative
wildne'-" OF the country. while having
q rlght-o!-way. the road has not been
cOnsti iuctcd. After several prior at
ternpts 20 pass legislation in regard to
the matter. however. the at session II
the general asr cmbly o. North cars-
line pacsed an act granting them three
years within which TO put the ROAD
| through; at the end OF which tint
defaulting theiI right-of-way will be
remanded. There oIe. this I.axas
the laying OF this link u certainty
within u compn; auyely reasonable
time. From Almond the Murphy
branch leads to Eu. hpell. from which
point u line ha- been in the maiiNy
toward Knoxville for rcveral years
| and would have been loQg since ccm-
ipleted but for tho fact that an ipjunc-
ton was issued against further 1para.
tions by holders OF water power prop.
Ell ties.
BY giving betirr railvcal facilities
| to THE sectiDp % Moth Garclfnn. It
would coon prove 70 ne the inusi pop.
ular summer resorI section III the
lsouthnqstcrn par. NJ the ration AS
. 1t is today. the magnificent NuntaI,ala
country. with a climate 81 sraud and
scenery far surprising that around
A:heYflle and the mare ,.lsiIy reached
| resorts. L. practically Gnheard Of.
The passenger tratilc tn this wendell
1 fui par: Of the "L.an1 .; the say
would in the cou-se or lew years,
we believe pay fer The cont c,lctiOu
| of To-. load.
The other end ~ the Bushnell TO
Knoxville line has been completed
almost to the f,ate liur. leaving only
a few miller Of tie. line uncompletcd.
The early completion OF this line
| Is now almost an absolute certainty.
Tke aluminium Company Of America,
n gigantic corporation at present op-
. Grating at Pittsburg. Pa. haB pur-
chm: cd extensive water power i.oll-
fngs along the Tuckasicgc aud Little
Tennesce riverc in MOI th Carolina and
is building one of the largest dams In
: the world for the genaTniion Of tlec-
trio power near Chil:lDwM. Tenn.
They contemplate movlng their entire
=, plaut to some point on The propoael
roud and the writas wa, ;nId by ,il Of
fetal Of the Southern Railway not long
since that negotiations were under
way by which this company was to
finance the removal OF tho line to
Fonnta9a to higher elevation (tp In
fure againft damage by back water
from the main dam and to push the
remaining strength to pn curly com
plefion. 4
The connection OF these lines would,
as stated ut the outset. opcp Np
country thoroughly alive with indus
try and satlateQ Wit ha prosperity scl-
aud satiated with pros perity sell.
dom found. There would be more
than cufficient freight transporta.
tion and passenger traffic to make II q
paying prop0sitipp throughout for the
Southern Railway. Al the same ttmo
1t would create q route almost loo
miles shorter than the ono now being
used between Cincinnati and Charles
ton and would gave the company
thousands Of dollars per jcar in fuel
and time. II would ESQ mean much
fc- anderson = putting It on mala
line.
It is therefore, to be earnestly hoped
that at an early date these lines will
be connected the undertaking being OF
Fmutual benefit and advantage 10 the
Southern Railway and this section OF
the south.