Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-09-29
WAlIiALLA. S. c.:
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 20, 1913.
ANENT THE Blue RIDGE ROAD
Two Interesting Letters Concerning
Certain Hallway RumOrS.

I'''''N'i' 'A'''b NNliNS' tIDDl
OF your splendid editorial in last
wco{ S issue OF The Courier relative
TO tho prospective development Of
nearby territory and eventually the
10 the vast coal fields o. Tennessee
and ,hc grain regions OF the Yves.
Writing from the standpoint Of an
Nr0u'o boy, a,i well as an employee
o; this vast railroad system OF the
South, il is with kccnCst delight that
noe. prospect Of even more and
greater development than is nOw be
in& carried on; and il is my belief
and Gr>ltrst wish that Oruncc and
territory contiguous thereto will, at
no late datc, enjoy this prosperity
and development that is now cOnsum-
ing the attention OF the management
OF the Southern hallway in the up
building Of the South and The eX-
plOjtati0n OF her resources.
1t is hardly necessary to state that
the Southern Railway is just now in
ings in the interest OF the South.
Even though money became stringent
and times pcrilouS at the outbreak Of
war in the foreign countries, and t
seemed almost certain that all work
in the nature Of extension and devel-
Opmcnt would have to cease, Presi..
dent Fairfax Harrison, OF the South
rrn Railway, with all abundant faith
in the future and keen foresight
into possibilities, succeeded in float
ing some twenty million dollars
worth Of bonds, placing as many as
POSSIBLE with Southern banks, and
Immediately proceeded to Let con-
tracts for the doubIc-tracking Of the
Southern Railways line between
Washington and Atlanta The ma
jority OF this work is almost COM
plCted, and is still being continued.
Only few weeks ago the contract for
part OF this work in South Carolina
was placed
In evidence of the fact that the
Southern Railway is OF the South,
their contract for the printing OF two
hundred thousand calendars. hereto
fore done by a Chicago firm, was
this year placed with Greenville.
S c.. firm. The motto Of the South
crn Railway has recently been
changed to read "rhe Southern
Serves the South" the idea having
been carried out in the distribution
Of buttons for lis employees and
patrons bearing the symbolic "$R. 4"
and the above inscribed motto. as
does all the advertising matter and
distrinutive literature gotten oUi by
the company.
No one just Yet is in position to
draw conclusions. but after the COM
plct' on Of the double track and the
perfection to IA hiEh standard of all
mileage now operated, it is only rca-
sOnahle and right 10 expect this great
work OF construction 10 continue:
and certainly OcOnce will some day
lind itself in this line Of progress.
'''' p''iII''I Ihj lIt SIdI!i tOil-
INK plInt OF the Southern Railway.
winch wac constructed at cost Of
%"NN.""u, wa, ont into operation at
Nh"!l' 5ton, giving That city and he
"onth--or South Carolina, You might
say facilities th2l viii compete with
any seaport on thn Atlantic ScabOard
l0r tn" rapid ana :kilrul cOalmg Of
inc huGe steamers now involved in
u" "'ranWISc and coastwiSc trade OF
the world. The plant has a capacity
Oh I"rtE cars, or two thousand tons
per hour, which is rs fast as any shin
now engaged in commerce. can rn-
ceIFe H. y storage yard with ca
paclty OF 40" cars has been provided,
and already two large coal concerns
have opened up Offices in Charleston
and tons Of the Virginia and Tenno !
see Goals are now moving daily into
Charleston. 1t is sad ere long there
Will probably be quarter mi'lor
tons en- route TO Charleston to be used
in the replenishing of the stock ot
the Panama Canal. All Of this Goa,
now moves down the Knoxville-AsAe
vile -SpartanburgC Columbia grade.
Thus it is seen that, with this grea.
seaport and its fine harbor and mod
ern facilities at our very door, Char
lesion is virtually becoming the out
let for the entire South's commerce