The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-04-23
PLANS FOR C. 8. ". C.
STATION DISCUSSED
GENERAL MANAGER OUT
LINES PRELIMINARY AR.
RANGEMENTS
r. r. COMMISSIONERS
Were Here Yesterday On Tour of
Inspection Of the C. & w.
c. Roadbed.
R. r. COMMISSIONERS

Two members OF the state railroad
commission. McDufile Hampton and
frank w. Shealy. together with Cen
eral Manager A. w. Anderson and
superintendent of Roadway w. A.
Todd OF the Charleston & Western
Carolina Railway company, arrived in
the city early yesterday afternoon
rom Augusta, in the course of an in
Gpection OF the C.. & w. C.. tracks
Il this section of the State. After
spending some two hours IA the city.
during which time certain of the Off
cials Visited the terminal site of the
railroad. on South Main street. the
party returned to McCormick, from
which point an inspection OF the lines
between there and Greenwood, Lau-
rens and Greenville will be made.
The members OF the commission
expressed themselves as highly
pleased with the condition of the
toadbed OF the c. & w. c. on this
branch.
General Manager Anderson, City En-
gineer Sanders, Mayor Godfrey, C. j.
DeCamps and Commissioner Shealy
visited tho terminal site of the rail
road.
Capt. Anderson announced that the
road has plans to convert two of the
store rooms in the Anderson hotel
building into passenger depot to be
used until the road can build n pas
Senger depot some time in the near
future. The rooms arc numbered 4I3
md 420 and are the ones next to the
home place Of Mrs. Lou Osborne.
The room nearest Mrs. Osborne's
home Will be used as q waiting roo,
Tor white people. A ticket Office
VIII be built between the two rooms
and the second room being the wait
ing room for Colored people. Cant.
ANDERSON says the waiting rooms will
re 40 feet by % feet each, which will
ave ample room to take dlre 4
the, passengers. Toilet and rest rooms
VIII be established in the rear part
~ the store rooms. Stairways leading
from the two store rooms to the pas-
'enger umbrella sheds next to the
racks will be put IN. Capt. Ander-
son says that part Of the building will
be remodelled and so improved that
the people won't be able to recognize
It AS the same building now standing.
'or the present the other store rooms
will be left as they are with the ex.
oeption OF the room nearest the Jen-
kins store room. This last room Is
now occupied by the pawn shop. An
entrance will be made through part
or this store room to tho freight sta
ton to be erected in the rear OF the
building.
Il have maintained all the time that
we would erect freight station sec
ond to none in this part of the coun-
try, and that is our plan. TIE build
ing will be erected about so feet of
OF West Market street and will be
80 feet by 200 feet. Between Mar
ket street and the freight depot will
be laid Belgian block paving. A 40
or SO foot driveway will be provided
for so that express, mail, baggage.
wagons. and drays will be able to
drive around the freight station" de.
clared Capt. Anderson. "The baggage
mail and express room will be In the
basement OF the two store rooms to
be used as passenger station. The
freight N3ltion will be. dommencal
Just as soon as the passenger ar.
rangements are carried out, and
have instructed Mr. Porter, our chief
engineer, TO proceed with these at
once. Ipresume that everything will
be- in readiness. Including the um-
brella sheds, so that we will be able
to bring our passenger trains up to
Main street in two months-maybe In
less time. Work on the freight depot
will be commenced then and 1t won't
be long before we will be operating
our freight trains up to the heart OF
the CITY. We do not plaa to build
any warehouses on oar properly"
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