The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-01-19
Board of Corporafors of Caro-
lima Rapid Transit TO Meet in
Sparanburg on Wednesday,
January ~, at Which Meeting
Engineers Report Will Be
Read.

Special to Times.
Clinton, Jan. 15.-The people of
Union, Spartanburg and Laurens
counties are very much interested in
the proposed Carolina Rapid Transit
company. 1t will be of interest to
your readers to know that the prelim-
mary surveys are complete, and that
the Office work in connection with the
surveys is also finished, so that an
engineering report is now ready for
consideration by the people of the
three counties.
Unfortunately, we have not yet been
able to finish a commercial report and
without the commercial report it is
little difficult to size up the proposition
except by comparison with similar
lines, which is not the most accurate
system. This letter is written to ad-
wise the people of the three counties
of the progress of the work, and to
ask each of the original members of
the board of corporators to attend
meeting at 10 o'clock, Chamber of
Commerce building, Spartanburg, S.
c., January Oath, at which meeting
the engineers report will be read and
steps taken to complete the CONNER
cial report and finish up the securing
of rights of way.
About 80 or 85 per cent of the rights
of way have been given and large
portion of the remainder have been
promised. Very few people have put
impediments in the way of the pro-
gress of the line, and there has been
general spirit of sympathy with, and
interest in, the proposition. In some
instances land for town sites has been
offered, in other cases stock subscrip-
tions and general promises of support.
However, the Chamber of Com
merce in the various communities and
the members Of the board of. corpora
!. tors in some instances have failedsto
collect the entire amount of subscrip.
Etions promised in, quitssa good many
81 The copnuluni nities< The fesuIt has
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the progr6ss Of the work The COM
mercia1 report could have been COM
pleted before this meeting but for the
fact that about $4,000 of the amount
subscribed has not yet been paid in.
The only points which have paid in
their subscriptions in full are Clinton
and Tylersville. The members of the
large original board of corporatcrs
are urgently requested to Immediately
collect in the funds subscribed in their
communities and turn them in to the
treasurer on the oath, so that the re-
mainder of the work can be completed
and the engineering and commercial
reports printed and distributed to the
people of the three counties.
This will give to the general public
full understanding of the nature of
the line, it's cost of construction, cost
of operation, probable income, gross
and net, and with such information
before the people intelligent and pro-
gressive action can be taken.
We can say to the people of the
three counties that the engineering re-
port which they will have placed be-
fore them will represent very thor
ough investigation of the territory to
be covered from an engineering stand
point, and the data gathered will be
of immense value in connection with
the ultimate development of this line,
which is sure sooner or later to be
built. Each community on the line
should be properly represented at the
meeting in Spartanburg on the oath
to look after the community's interest
Yours sincerely,
J. F. Jacobs,
Chairman Board of Corporators Car
olina Rapid Transit Company.