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J. M. KIDDLE, JR.. BUSINESSMAN;
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at the postofflee at Lancaster, S C.. ui
of Congress of March 3. 1879.
Wednesday, January 23,
THE TRANSPORTATION PRO
FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF
SOUTHERN
The daily papers publisl
few da>'9 ago a statetnen
President Finley, of the Sou
Railway company, explan
of the reasons why the
pany's service i9 no better
it is, which he frankly adm
"far from satisfactoryan
lining the purposes and ]
of the system's managei
The article is too lengthy fc
production in these colun
would occupy mo^e than a
of The News?but ioasmu*
this newspaper, ever sin*
establishment sixteen m
ago, has been taking the t:
ern to task lor its poor sei
a sense of fairness and j
impels us to at least prese
our readers the leading lei
of President Finley'a state
We really regret that our
ited space will not admit
publication in ita entirety.
Mr. Finley freely conced
the outset that "if there wi
adequate and justifying c
lor the present unsatisfs
railroad service, the cond:
complained of'?would be u
donable, but, he adds, these
dilions ''spring largely
causes which cannot for tin
ment be controlled." "()m
ceedingly potential cause,"
Mr. Finley, "is the extri
nary industrial developme
the South"?a iuet to whic
alludod at length some
ago, by way of extenuatl
the Southern's inability to
cesstully handle the inn
volume of business unexpe<
thrust upon it. We at the
time referred to the diffic
confronting the system i
taining additional rolling
fast enough to meet the nh<
enally
increasing demand
its transportation faci
Apropos 01 the Sooth's
development, Mr. Fin ley c
as lollows trom the last |
address of his predecessor
late Samuel Spencer :
"The South has entered
a period of increased prodi
in agriculture and in mai
tores, and of general indu
and commercial activity,
as her best friends and mos
THE LANCASTER NI
thu^ia<?tic prophe's had scarcely other, the
swa. jreame(j of fifteen years ago. adequate
Within that period tne cash promptly {
value of her cotton crop has worfc done
doubled, the amouut of pig iron rolling sto
lays produced at her furnaces has in terial esse?
creased more thun three fold, ilies. Del
f : i : 11:
vyuuuu iaciunes nave sprung up mg rowing
>any. within her borders to the extent ed by the
that more of her cotton crop is her 1,1905
ditor. ?>ow manufactured on her own n'mety-eigl
soil than in all the mills of New thousand t
ap? - England. The total value of her freight c*i
ii.w annual manufactures now ag- February a
*o gregates nearly eighteen hundred a re still ur
millions in value. The total val- and seven
ue of her agricultural products On Febru
i Hubse- '8 now over seventeen hundred was made
>ptb8oj- millions per annum." motives at
This extraordinary increase, Cftrs to be
'Tover- says Mr. Finley, is also indica- October, 1
ents for seventeen
h addt- ted most strikingly in the vol- tj,ousat1(| |
Mu.cal ume of traffic handled b-v his teen freiel
company. The comparative fig- vrr
s known . ...
General UreS K'V"" "S foU?W9 = difficulties
lews of In 1895 the number of tons |,js conlp,
of freight carried one mile was f., , ,
1,098,932,884, while in 1906 . 1 UD
kcni. the number of tons carried one *lonrt' ,rac
? mile was 4,488,915,839, showing one of the
7. ipo\ an increase of over 300 per cent, South. H
iUer Act or, allowing for the increased to the fact
mileage, an increase of over 138 igsued^eiu
1907. P? cen'; while in 1895 the num- ,|)e amou|
______ ber of passengers hauled one
mile was 178,015,925, as against f,,r'hei in
BLEM 549,518,645 in 1906, showing an The Pres?er
: THE increase of over 200 percent, or Finley, ui
allowing for the increased mil- in all expe
led a ea^e' an increase per mile of crease in r
road of over 80 ner cent." ?i_
, ov ? iiieincreas
thern With ,he exceP,ion ot ,wo ex" parieon of
tretne northwestern states. Wash. en?;nmftn|
atorv . . ^ . equipment
* ington and Oregon, nowhere in prices now
than ^n'ted ?,a,e8 has l^ere been "Bridge
such industrial development as from $9 36
,out in the South, says Mr. Finley, ieet. Cro
and he correctly claims that his 34.5 cent ]
* company has been a leading fac- $17.75 per
neU,* tor in this development. As to
>r re- . .. , , .. $16,000 tc
the problem of adapting itself _ '. , .
mis? . i,i ,i 11 c?aches fri
page wonderful growth, which Freight ca
, the Southern has had to solve, Coal cars I
cn as
Mr. rinley savs: Hie cost c
e lls ''Manifestly, the vast increase P?r mile o
ionths 0j trafhc incident to this com- in 1895 t
ioulh- merciai awakening, requires nnd Irom
rvice, enormous increases in trauspor- road in 1
usliee tation facilities. The mauage- 1906. Ta:
1q ment of tlie Southern Railway mile of ro
Companv has not been unmind- increased <
i I ii rpu * , #
Jul of this fact, and did not wait large incre
ment. fQr tj,e cornjng Ql the develop- added the
I'm- ment itself, before attempting to juries in p
ol its increase to the utmost possible While tl
extent its transportation capaci- allinrrAaqA
es at l3 - I1 must be remembered that '
this companv has not been in lllC?me, t
is no ? f
existence more than about twelve penses ren
use years. It found those railroads its net eari
ictory j 0f tiie South, now constituting a in effect. C
itions I part of its system, of light and uj su|)r
npar- faulty construction, poorly equip , pan<lifi ......
. coil l)ed- *nd "tterly unprepared to . who
Irom h?"?lle ?ny ciiwiderable traffic. d,,gire a're
B mo- ,h7hi'd /"cenlly bank- rHte, un(,
rupt and were without credit.. ! ??ki;? oi,!
\nvfc! According to Mr. Finley the[withd?ow
ior.ji-' MHW coraPKny at ?nce iuaugura- roads of til
in* of|,6d t,ie ,,0^c^ (>l improving its terly unabl
} properties in ord >r to be prepar-! lv V\ei.r e"
f.We ed to handle the South's trallic facilities i
Bi7f..Hfor?.,.t purpore ban expend'
sue fd *36,184,018. It easary for
nense '"'9 8l,el1' ?" coutracte4 to spend choice bet'
'tedlv bas increased its facilities <
c N rolling stock as follows : locorao. lowef rafe
utiles 'i5e8' fr"m 623 10 1544< freight .nft"'r0 "f 1
n ob-|tral" car8'lr'"n 18,024 to 58,401; pr0V1
J" passenger cWron, 487 to!,008. Such is
The figures indicating the in- the perple:
inom- crease include locomotives and 11 ifl enti
upon, cars received and contracted for. considerat
1,les- The company's equipment has P"b,ic- T
also been notably increased by of the mat
[uotea tj,e inCreased power ol the loco able to cor
w )hc motives and the increased capac timelc
ity of the cars. In its stupendous =
upon ,Hsk ol "betterment and improve Lancast*
ictiou menl" however,the Southern has I a millionlutac
and still is, hampered by day. It wo
strial two conditions, says Mr Kinley: a dozen fir
such ''One is the large amount of a good-size
t en- fresh capital required; and, the South Car
?WS, JANUARY 23, 1907
difficulty of securing Senator Tillman on Mon<
aud efficient labor, oi plied t'? the attacks made c
5ett.ugitBco11strue1.ou last weekby Senator8 S,
, and ol obtaining the , ? ..
j ^4l e and Carraack, but the
ck, rati aud other ma- .
Hial to improved facil- ''Came back at him with
ay incident to ob'ain- geauee. The report of ti e s
stock will be illust rat- es in yesterday's papers
following : On Novem- leug'hy for publication in I
, contract was made for DaRer
it locomotives and one
nglit hundred and six
rs to be delivered in No session of the Legis
tnd March, 1996. There was held last Saturday ai
.delivered onehundred hmlnM. ?
?' k XTJL V?'U?J O C
ity seven freight cars. wa(J chiefly ot a routine c
ary 1, 1906, contract ,p. houses w
for one hundred loco- ter* 11,0 two h0U8e8 w
id ten thousand freight meet yesterday in joint i
delivered on or before to hold the annual electioi
906. Still undelivered - _ .
locomotives and two
;wo hundred and eigh Death of an A<jed Lad,,.
it cars." Miss Mary Talbert, ai
iley also refers to the maiden lady of Flaf Creek
i being encountered by ship, died on the 14th -nst
*ny in the prosecution the home of Mr. David R>
le track work. Addi She was 82 years of age ax
k capacity, he says, is been a consistent member
i greatest needs of the Baptist church for 50 yeai
e also makes reference remains were buried at P]
that the Southern has pi?ins church, the Rev.
jral mortgage bonds to Dabney, of Lancaster, co
at ot $200,000,000 to jng ^he funeral services.
crease its facilities.? ?
it situation, says Mr.
s an immense increase
uses, without any inates."
He illustrates
mm bbh
the cost of material, ^ BH 1
t and labor in 1898 with
' prevailing. He says:
timber has increased
to $20.52 per thousand m
ssties from 28 cents to M
Der tie. Steel rails from H
- ton to 128 per ton.? gg
esirotn$ 11,392 to from
> $20,000 Passenger
Dm $6,315 to $9,468.?
rs from $500 43to $765.
from $368 to $1,135.?
>f labor has increased
I road from $1,621.67
o $2,874.71 in 1006;
$2,518.64 per mile of
905 to $2,874.71 in
sees ol the company per
ad have, since 1895,
83 41 per cent. To this <
ase of expense must be
excesRive verdicts of
ersonal injury cases."
lere has naturally been
in the company's gross Boy
e largely increased exjrred
to have reduced
lings, Mr. Finley states
Concluding, he says:
nit these facts to the #^TTT|
sideration of those pec- m/\w
in perfect good faith,
iduction of our Ireigm
passenger lares. 1 he
nuld be advised that,
as<d revenues,the rail- the $1
e country will be ut- v
le to pursue succesbf jlFor's
to provide better
and prea'er safety of
tion. The point is near
lay be absolutely nec- ft
the public to take the trMgr^
ween better and safer
r>n the one hand and
s on the other. In the
hinps it i9 impossible
both."
the railroad's side of a i tj
sing railroad situation.
tied to receive careful
ion at the hands of the
here are some phases
fer that we hope to be Y} 1 1^ a
nment unco at another JVjldlaliLdw)
sr, Pennsylvania, had
dollar fire the other
uldn't take more than Wfe m
es like that to make RR^| Ik
d hole in Lancaster, RR R
oliua. JR;
==_==
Jay re A man in a certain township
in him was elected constable. The mempooner
bers of the family were much
latter ei:<ted a id oou'cl scarcely contain
a veil- themselves with their newly acpeech
quired civic honors. At last one
is too of the smaller children said to
Cday'a the wile: " ;I?, j-re we all constables
?" The mother renlied.
'"Gwao. child; nobody's coupta,]aiUre
but me and your pa 1"?Atch,d
.h.,, o"G,ubetession
. _
;liaracLivery,
Livery!
n8' Though doing a rattling good
? livery business, we are determined
to do even better. Our
present stocks of Vehicles and
1 aged Horses are being supplemented
town- by handsome new carriages and
ant, at buggies and stylish
oberts. Driving and Saddle Horses.
k1 lmd Our livery establishment is
ot the going to be second to none in
*s. The the State, and don't you forget
leanant it! Come or send to us when
T A y?u want the best, up-to-date
ndiict- Iivery service*
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