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C., C. & 0. COSTLY ROAD. Mr. Kohn Writes About Geo. L. Car ter's Railway.-Rapid Progress Being Made. ugust Kohn in News and Courier. There is an old saying that "see ing is believing," and perhaps that was what actuated me in accepting the very kind invitation of John B. Cleveland to go over the line of the Carolina. Clinchfield & Ohio rail road. This is a railroad commonly known as the Clinehfield road. It is in a word. a line for the present in tended to conneet the coal fields in the Southwest with the industrial South. Later on it may find its way nto the lake region. It is no new scheme. Away back in the pioneer days of railroad cor struction they were figuring on just such a road, but because of the tre mendous cost and the difficulties of crossing th-e Blue Ridge mountatns it was not built. Years ago a pro moter named Johnson came along. He raised money with bonds in York and L icaster counties of this S' and along his proposeci line. He :' the money and started the construe tion from both ends. The old Three C's road in this State was the south ern or eastern end of the line. and the western end was built from John City to Spruce Pine. and there it stopped. The eastern line went to Marion City. N. C. The linke between Marion City, N. C., and Spruce Pine was that which meant boring and grinding through the mountains. Johnson failed. The old Three C's was a drug on the railroad market. The eastern end to Marion. N. C.. as bought and is cared for by the Southern railway, and the western line, as poorly built, but running through mountains, was bought by a. young man named George L. Carter., and it is out of this little road that the Clinchfield has evolved. Mr. Car ter has succeeded in associating men of recognized ability. He brought the vast possibilities of the line to the attention of capitalists, and among the men closely identified with the undertaking are Mark W. Potter. chairman of the executive commit tee, and Normair B. Ream. the dis-J tinguished Chicago attorney. The basic idea in the construction and development of the Clinchfield railroad appears to be to get the best, regardless of expense; it is the cheapest in the end. T.hat is the watehword all along the line. They have the best of construction, the best of roadbed, the best of rail, the best of coal' cars, the best of loco motives and they evidently expect to continue this policy. It is a road for the'spresent of only 288 miles, but the cost has been amazing. T.he old line was changed and rebuilt, and in the new construc tion the central idea appears to be to do it so well at first that it will not have to be done over again. Mr. Cleveland and I rode from Spartan burg to Bostic--31 miles-in a bug gy, and we saw one prece after anoth er of superb railroad construction, one beautiful concrete culvert after another, one great "fill'' after an other, and no trestles nor contem plated trestles. Here is a road run ning through a most mountainous section of the Carolinas and no tres tes. The trestles have all been dis carded and there are to be iron and steel bridges and "fills'' with cement culverts. At Marion, N. C., they have a fill 95 feet high and a culvert un der it large enough for a six-horse team to drive through-but this is typical. But the enormous expendi ture per mile ihas been on the line from Marion, N. C., to Spruce Pine, or. to be more exact, across the Blue Ridge. It is 12 miles from Marion to Alta Pass-at Alta Pass the moun tains have been pierced, but the rail road mileage is 32 miles. because of the loops and convolutions that are necessary to secure the minimum rades. Not onlyV did the engineers plan to loop and wind about the mountain side, jbut they suggested tunnel after tunnel. In the 18 miles Of mOounitaini climbing there are 17 tunnels to abbreviate the grades, and when at last you are at Alta Pass. 2.620 feet above cea level, you hardly know that you 'have climbed a moun tanl. except for tahe sight of the -no~utain. It took the contraetors three long and weary years to bore these tunnels-miles of tunnels. but it was all done to avoid steep grades and danger. There is no grade in even the ascent of over 2 and a frac ion, per cent. The crux of the construction has been in the line from west to east. The Clinchfield road is to be essen tially a coal-bearing road. that is its) purpose end hope. Its earning ea pacity naturally will depend on the unity of coal it can haul. Thlns will depend. of course, on orders but will he how many earloads of coal can be hauled with a single engine and crew. That has been the engm ee-in problem. Original cost will be of handing if more cars of coal Canl be handled in a single train. Then the heavy trains and engines havc required steel bridges and heavy "fills.'' but it is figured that it will pay. When t.he engineers figured and surveyed in previous years they re ported that the best that they could do wis to get a grade of eight-tenths of one per cent from Johnson City to Alta Pass. That was considered ex cellent. But Mr. Carter wanted it done better and he has insisted upon and gotten a grade of one-half of one per cent. That means a grade of one half of one foot in every 1111ndred feet. That is not inuch hill cliibing in a mountainous section, but that has been done. The old road from John son City to Alta Pass was designed to have a grade of 26 feet to the mile, but even that has been improved by Mr. Haskins, the first engineer of the C.. C. & 0.. and Mr. A. W. Jones, the engineer now in charge of the work. It is said that Major Haskins spent seven years surveying and plan ning to get over the Blue Ridge in the best possible manner. He did not live to ride on the first passen ger train through the thousands and thousands of feet of tunnels he had so carefully designed. It was a beautiful May evening when Col. Cleveland and I arrived at Alta Pass on the first regular train over the Clinchfield road. It was cool, but the next morning. mind you in May, there was a thick frost on the ground outside. and it was bitter cold in the little hotel on the moun tain. The "hotel'' was built to ae commodate the men - who worked on the Blue Ridge construction. There is a great deal that might be written -iout the Clinehtield road and its real sigaificance fr(oi a South ern development stand1wint. but this woUl be t')') mutci to udertalke iN brief newspaper articles. The Clinehfield road is Ji-eading for Spartanburg--the industrial focus of the Piedmont. The line from Johnson City, or Dante. which is lit tle beyond has been completed and is in operation to Bostic which is t1hirty-one miles from Spartanburg. Muscle, mules and money a-re at work on the line between Spartanburg and Bostic City. where the direct main line connection will be made. When the line will be finished it is hard to say, but as far as we could see the greater part of the work of grading has been completed. There is a large "fill'' at Cudd 's Mill, in Spartan burg county, that has to be complet ed, but the greater part of the cut ting and filling has been made ready for the iron. There is to be a bridge fourteen hundred feet long across Broad river, and another bridge aross Pacolet river, and there is to be a large culvert and fill at C.herokee reek. Otherwise there is but little work to be done before tracklaying The fact is that the greater part of the work has been finished, and it is wonderful what has been accom plished. It is a case of where "see ing is believing.'' The laying of rails as already started from the Bostic end, and it is said that simila.r work will soon be started from the Spar tanburg end. In this connection it may be noted that there is now a large supply of Tennessee coal and iron open hearth rail at Alta Pass ready for the work on the Spartan burg division. It is simply a qunestion as to how long it will take to construct the steel bridges as to when t.he Clinch field train will be running directly in to partanburg from the West, via Bostic. Perhaps many would like to know whether the Clinehfield road is to build its main line to Columbia, and from here zo on to Charleston. This particular letter was intended to deal with the actual construction and to state that here is oday an excellent train service between Dante and Bos ti, and that by the close of the year the Clinchfield trains will be running into Spart.anburg. It has taken ilnlions and millions of dollars to build and equip thre Clinehfield road over its present route (f 288 miles. It is known that the management of the Cli: -h3yd road want toi go to Charleston. that is their hope and their ambition. Ir. Powell and MIr. Ream and MIr. arter all appreciate and realize what it will mean to have their main line run into Charleston and there et in touch with the ocean trans portation. T,hey want to come by way of Columbia. but they are likely to 'stop and catch breath when they gt through with the work to Spar tanurg. The expert engineers and the expert economists hve advised the construe tc to 0h Atlantie coast. and that There m::y be certain c1 ~ompelllinlt contingencies that will bring about th ..o.. immedite c.onstruction of te li e poper in'o ('ol110bla ai( Charleston. but the likelihood is that for the present at least traffic ar tanements will be made, and how long this will re.spond to the needs of the coal-carrying road, with its high ideals or what a road ought to be. remains to be seen. In another letter I want to write something of the country through which the Clinohfield road is running particularly that. portion in this State. INCENDIARIES AT WORK Stores at Gray Court Destroyed by Fire-Mayor Babb Fired on. Laurens. May 13.-As Dr. C. B. Earle of Greenville, and his party were coming here in automobile, Dr. Earle h;ving been called to attend the actor who was accidentally shot itonight, they passed through Gray Court and found the stores of Willis & Curry and R. L. Gray in flames. The buildings were destroyed. and the loss will amount to several thous and dollars. It is believed that the fire was caused by an incendiary. Mayor Babb, who had gone to meet Dr. Earle in an automobile, was fired on near Gray Court, presumably by the same party who fired the build ings. As Mr. Babb and his chauffeur passed t,hrough Gray Coirt they no ticed a light in the store of Willis & Curry, which indicated that the torch I was applied just before the other party reached Gray Court. ACTOR ACCIDENTALLY SHOT. J. Ross Wilson Probably Fatally Wounded at Laurens by Dis charge of Revolver. (olmtibia State. igurens. May 13.-J. Ross Wilson. mem111ber f the Demorest Stock company. playing an engagement at the opera house here, was accidental ly shot in the abdomen tonight by Dick Lewis, another member of the company. He is not expected to live through the night. Dr. C. B. E-arle was uimmoned from Greenville and left there at 9:30 o'clock in an auto mobile to perform an operation. He arrived here shortly after 11 o'colek. Lewis, it appears, had finished loa.d ing tihe revolver just a few minutes before t-he opening of the play. He handed the weapon to Wilson and in somre way it was diseharged. The ball entered the lower abdomen and coursed to the right, perforating sev eral in estines. an hstw children. He is from Sullivan, Ill. No show was given tonight because of the accident. WOMEN TO VOTE. Episcopa.l Conference at Spartan burg Takes Important Action. Spartanburg. May 13.-The 119th annual council of the Episcopal Dio ese of South Carolina adjourned this afternoon. Waha~t is regarded as important ac tion was taken on the ques'tionl (f allowing women .to vote in clborch elections. On the first bait both the clergy and the laymen voted in favor of allowing w>eer. to voie in the parish elections. The matter of dividing the State into two dioceses ut no action taken. the question be ing referred to a committee to report at the next session of the coneil. The question of the division of the diocese came up on the report of the committee appointed yesterday. which recommended the appointment of a committee of fivec clergymen and six laymen to take the matter in charge. and provide for the division. Mr. Stanyarne Wilson moved to amend the tresolution by adding the words "advisability and feasibility." the effect of which would be to leave the matter open, which was accepted and the threatened storm blew over. Mr. Gordon. the chairman of the com mittee. made a long and earnest sneech- on the necessity for the divi sion of the diocese. eiving the ren sons for the ae.tion oif the committee. Intruding. Denveri Republicnn. Tt w as hardly dawn. and tbe win dow ws open. The intruder had 'l1mere up1 the~ fron~ niorr-h. anid ne intrio'r oPf the r:. .m looked invit in. He could see that it was toe abode of some persom of wealth. There were costly orr'mr.>nts pbout the room. aurv one K' which would brng handson rt n:, at a pawn broker 's. A co I eloek: ticked on thec m antle, and -i silver seric glie ed on the tThk On the ei -'1 biy a min . leein1 ain*t elow of 4lar. Th i i ine.' mutt ered the in*rn derf2. "Here'sj a bllanded man first hing. The season is opening in great shape." An hel fir-At fly crawledor ver the wiow\ s,I and te seasuu of LuAuL had begin. AN ORDINANCE ORDERING SPE CIAL ELECTION IN TOWN OF NEWBERRY FOR THE PUR POSE OF ISSUING BONDS TO THE AMOUNT OF FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING AND EXTENDING THE SEWERAGE AND WATERWORKS OF THE TOWN OF NEWBERRY. Where.:s a petition has been pre sented to the Mayor and Aldermen of the Town of Newberry, S. C., in the words following, to wit: "The undersigned freeholders of the Town of Newberry respectfully petition your honorable body to orde an election on the question of issuing coupon bonds to the amount of Forty Thousand Dollars, payable forty years after date, and bearing interest at a rate not exceeding five per cent per annum, payable annually, or semi. annually, for the purpose of improv ing and extending the sewerage and waterworks of the Town of Newbar rv": and Whereas it appears by affidavit of Olin L. Buzhardt, clerk and treasurer of the said town, that said petition is igned by a majority of th-a freehold ers of the Town of Newberry, S. C., as shown by its tax books; and Whereas, Section 202, Vol. 1, of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1902, declares that it shall bre the duty of the municipal officers of any incorporated city or town of this -tate, upon a petition of the majority tf the freeholders of said city or town, as shown by th-e tax books, tc order a special election in any such eity or town for the purpose of is u:ing bonds for any corporate pur pose set forth in said petition: Now, therefore, Be It Ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the Town of Newberry, in the State of South Carolina, in council assembled, and by authority of the same, that a spee ial election be, and the same is here I by ordered, held at Council Chambers in said town, the polls to be opened at 8 o'clock a. m. and to be closed at 6 o 'clock p. m., on May 18, 1909, for the purpose of submitting to the elec tors of said town who are duly quali. fed for voting under the constitution and laws of the state of South Carolina tl-e question whether said bonds shall be issued (according -tc law) as prayed for in said petition. Those voting at said election who favor the issue of said bonds shal] ast a baliot upon which shall be printed or written the words "For the Issue of Bonds,'' and those whc oppose the issue of said bonds shall ast a ballot upon which shall be printed or written the words "Against the Issue of Bonds.'' The following named persons arf hereby appointed managers of said eletion: F. M. Lindsay, A. C. Welcd and J. H. Gaillard. Provided that any vacancy thai may occur in the board of manager may hereafter be filled by appoint ment to be made by the Mayor, o1 acting Mayor as the case may be. Public notice of said election .to be given by the publication of .this or dinance once a week for three con secutive weeks in the Newberry Her. aId and News and the Newberry Ob server, two newspapers phiblished ix said town. Done and ratified under the cor porate seal of said town this 20t1 (ay of April, 1909. J. J. Langford, Mayor. Attest: Olin L. Buzhardt, C. & T. T. C. N. 1tw. 3 w. CHARLSTON & WESTERN CAR OLINA RY. Schedule in effect May 31, 1908. v. Newberry(C N & EL 12:56 p.m. -\--. Laurens 2:02 p.m. Lv. Laurens (C & W C) 2:35 p.m .r. Guenville 4:00 p.m. Lx. Laurens - 2:32 p.m. Ar. Spartanburg 4:05 p. !r. Spartanhurg (So. Ry.) 5:00 p.m. Ar. Hendersonville 7:45 p.m. Ar. Asheville S 8:50 p.m L. Lanren3 (C & W C) 2:32 p.m. Ar. Greenwoo,d .3:32 p.m.. .r. McCormick 4:33 p.m. Ar. Augusta 6:15 p.m. Tri-Weekly ParIar Car line be ween Augusta and Asheville. Trains Nos. 1 and 2, leave Augusta Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, leave Asheville Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Note: The~ above arrivals and de. partures, as well as connections with other companies, are given as infor maion, and are not guaranteed. Ernest Williams, Gen. Pass. Agt., Augus ta, Ga. OUR LINE IN ..and... ii ELEGANT COTTON STUFFS Is Fine. Crepe effects in all the new shades. LAVENDER, PINK,. BLUE, WHITE, &c., &c. Mercerized Cotton as soft as Silks and fully as pretty. Every one who wants it can certainly have a Beautiful Dress 2 as the prices are very low for I.-4 these beautiful creations. COME AND SEE US. YOUR BANKING! THE NEWBERBY SAVINGS DANKI Capital $50,000 . . - Surplus $30,000 No Matter How SmiaH, Matter How Large, IThe Newberry Savings Bank v~ill give it careful attenton, this message - AS. McINTOSH. i. E. NORWOODV F esident. Cs-!r NEWBERRY UNION STATION. dro t1.5a n,frcneto Arrival and Departure of Passenger No20levsAdrnat .0 ITrains--Effective 12.01 A. K. p n,frcnetosa etnwt Sunday, June 7th, 1908. Suhr ala o revle ' Southern Railway: IWl laarvsAdro .4p No. 15 for Gre'enville .. .. 8.57a.mn ., ihcnetosa eeawt No. 18 for Columbia .. . .1.40 p.m.SutenRiwyfo pinsou. No. 11 for Greenville .....3.20 p.m. No10frm W haa,lveAn No. 16 for Columbia .... .8.47 p.m. dro t45 .i. o oncin C., . & . Rvat Belton with Southern Railway for No.~3 or olubia.. .320 .m No. 1, larrves atAnderson at 7.50 No. 21 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ . . for Lauennections at a.in, ro Belton withtin 'DoesnoturhnronRSunday fromGGreenville Ti..~jme :~~Pshow thetWalhallo.a9 arrives atAnderson at.24.24 whih tais my b epeced o ~ p m.,frmto with connections eeawt par frm hisstaio, bt tei d~ fouthenvillwand from b Goensuh parture isonot0,arfnomeedlhndlhe,toeWvesaAna out notderson p. .57 m forit connections 6.9p.t.fo Belton with SotenRalacor *No 22 tfo obia ..n..t8.47a.mm Greenville and Columbia No. c2foure nvimglly for others i.mGe oWahl nN .var adwllcr for YOUbi . . . o.7 al xetSna,lae *No. sal aor Andesonens9.0.a .n.7fo2Wahp.m *MDeseotru Du S toundtaynetos tSneafr oa TI rimernntsowsthe imh whcht a stybeu ptd. t a bewedAdronadBet parturevs An deursnte and 6.0at oshen 8aelca rih in, sowcnnisecta etohng with-ris arigpasnes ewe Souternfor Gnl. .Rbis n desn,dW ial n ewe Has12 eurom ithaiallyfo leavers -WTal nesn