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? ? - -- - ..=--?-.-.-_ .. _ i M II ?.Kimm YEAR'S WORK OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AS SHOWN IN THE COMMHTEE REPORTS Prom Chairman Hammett. At the close of the (Int year of active work on the part of thia re-orgnai/.rd body, I think we all have causea for congratulation. Our organization ba? made . good record indeed, and bas become an mdisprnnahit factor in the growth and' Well beiiifi <>f thia city. Its activities have been ?oread tiver an astonishing field of endeavor, and .it, lian added dignity and iwse to the commercialism of our city. An organization of tliis kind operates only through public confidence, and its stimulating influence can only be felt when its members rally to its support and stand by the wishes of a majority ol thc membership. There ia no real method of calculating the benefit this organization has conferred upon the people of Anderson, yet no one will dispute the fact that that benefit has been great and will be greater. The public spininess of a people ben rs a direct and tangible relation to their success SB a co-operative unit, and it is only through co-operation that a city can bc built. Never before has lhere been so much competi tion among cities. The city, therefore, that is forget ful of commercial organization development and its values cannot hope to permanently succeed. 1 take this opportunity 03 chairman to congratulate the heads of the var vis committees, the committeemen and the general tnei'aerskip for the interest they have uniformly displsyed, nor must I pasH by the sacrifices from business made by the directors in attending meet ings snd mapping out the work of the organization. My fellow directors Have been extremely loyal and pains taking, end should receive the sincere thanks bf th? entire membership, as 1 am sure they do. u6t us carry OM tue gu?u wurk another year and .spread the gospel ef peace and progress and growth .with greater zeal and enthusiasm than even in the past. If we will no one may have doubts aa to the continued . and onward growth of Anderson. J. 1). HAMMETT, Chairman, Exec. Com Officers Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, Traffic Mgr., Agricultural Mgr. J. I). Hammett T. Frank Watkins Porter A. Wholey W. W. Sullivan 1). A. Henning J. W. Rothrock Directors Terms expire Feb. 24th, 1911. W. W. Sullivan A. S. Farmer H. J. Ranier Lee (J. Hollemau. B. O. Evans' " Terms expire Feb. 1st, 191& W. !.. Briirsey '< M. M. Matthwn J. D. Hammett. T. Frank Watkins Committee Chairmen. Sieeativo, Transportation, Entertainment, Tfade Extension, Agricultural, .Inanu'ieettifing, "Publicity, Educational Civic. Railroad Extension, Membership J. B. Hammett W. W. Sullivan Lee G. Hoiteman B. O. Evans W. !.. Brissey A. a. Farmer Wm. Banks M. M. Mallison R. J. Rassar A. S. Farmer Jas. T. Pearson Trade Extension Committee B.A.EVANS. Chairman. 8. R. PARKER," . . . W. H. HARRISON W. R. O8BORNE , V S.R.PAUKER Thia commUtee/has, met ? 'total'of 20 times, with .excellent attendance,, lt has had tb handle a peculiar ?tet?. The matter or drawing trade to n city under .present competitive condition** ts. something which can only be accomplished after grekt aeiioeraiien ann quick action. The plan of the committee has .been to build thorough constitutive action. .Trade Excursions tn the spring and sommer the Committee worked up and operated three auto trade excursions to va rions points in Anderson and adjoining comities, ex tending the good wtBhes of Anderson to her neighbor ing towns. The excursions were very successful. A total of about TOO automobiles and of about 500 Airdersontans made the different trips. A band was carried on each trip, and the committee waa able ta work qp an harmonious feeling ot co-operation be tween Anderson and a great port of her trade terri 'tory. Thc trips should be repeated this summer. M?st or the towns visited entertained the excursion ists. "The value of these trips is entirely indirect, Init there can be no doubt but that they have assisted ta giving Anderson the splendid retail trade which has been enjoyed during the past year. Fanners' Trades Days Aaa means oi^aanf^S^hfl farmers of tne im of Anderson as a retail market and far i*1 fdr thc holoTns?jaI?a Armers' Trades Bay "Jdersoia On the third Tuesday in each month. A'tiotal to ?abe pf,*lne such days has been held, with a total fartn*r? p^tfe^nce of ^.461. Many prominent .specialists in oracUl^re have , been brought to the . etty, amt d?lfvered addresses. Special prises have i^itrcn at all the'Trades Bay except one. The 'te Miltie of which is estimated at more than Bpe?iil butter, poultry and live stock days ireid. and Trades Days bas now become tar t?atWuiten in Anderson County. While th? Idea Of these day? baa been lost avg ht kl of directly pulling trade, the day? have ae special occasstans when farmejs In Ander trade territory come io the city as guests et the ?ber of Commerce, and are entertained, prises away, special moving picture ?bows given ? contests held, etc. lt la a great and growing work. ? ", farmers* Exchange tn an endeavor to pr?vido better marketing con dillons for faTmefs abd a simple system of letting a??itt '?WIWM wnrit ?imi xue other ins for -Hm -'ss .. ? iw^i w%tr -nrm?*. I '^mBWWh VWHHSVlttQ ?CBM MHmWWCWWQ 41 Farmers' Exchange burean blackboard, which has been ?sed for the past year. The exchange haa been used to a large extent, but does not meet, the rc quired conditions. OUIJW? . ....?. .narkcttng'ol not ion ?ind Korn, marken!: - ??! ;??ii? III *>ndo*?oll ure iM*or. Perhaps i?y linklu,** ';? : lyatent ol' tele-' pilonoM hy which tin: f- IHHT . . . r.h<.;?< ilse Tu mail af will what limy . '. ?.. . . !l o- purchase, tind niuo hy the ha.tittil./ < n??:u :? :r -y-, in. marketing condition . i<- . re >.'??!. lu n crude und simple way Hie Failli'* ! . Miir- 'rn:- been difoci success, bi * i lia1 ..?* ' r ittuch greater BUCCCSS as thc Insji 'allon fi r ' .? i< t marketing ceii-i ditionti on III? purl ..; < ; y a.1*1 fv ;n i?jit<- :ilik<\ lt is now certain t! t .. III::) . .. .?..? ler?donts of Ami'i uh favor a cintrai ... . ' i nM.i,,-.. and it is to be hoped thin tin ?'Jv!? ? . M or some oilier Committee may bc I. .. otu to sec ure t.a mc. (. ..i l V::. val This committee . ::i . o .1 . ? it! ; f?r Un inter state Crain Festivo 1 ir. \n ? > ' spring, and local fertilizer c?m;.'.:'' . ; milora have offered'attractive p . ? > . ." ni nbottt $l,no<i for tile best grain oxhlhitet' .. : 'l t festival. Scoretiiry of Agriculture Km I nt h crpwun] t<, :,t tend the Festival au 1 make . ??> ? bin**? Mc H na tive of Ho ut h ('aro', nu, and ..?! rei irv to nrruiige in-, dates * us lo h <? iii prominent men nationally hav< nee ?te . t t-. IM- here. Fake u! vert? ; . - . --.^j....??._. r arr This Committee . .1; I. bei*: ? 1 in .?11 eiideiivor to protect locu! mer? '..i:.? ?; iigon . various lake adver tising schemes, the I?'I oifalt?ii ?.. .. .??Ib-rs nuisance, etc. It succeeded in ifni ?m? 1 * Council to pass prohibitiveordinance myallis! in ? >.< Sing stamp scheme and kindred schemes ?fot a p.: . '? ...1 ias mi peddlers, and the raising of li??mue lv\r> scf.icenlly in put an end to various blood-'.ticking HI I? I lu- committee has succeeded in pre \ e. t ?r,i; . .-,..? number of fake ad vertising schemes frcm1 ticing . :? mUd here, ll is esti mated that this work i?!i nc.ha <-ivrd ?lie merchants of Anderson some several thou* n>; d'i?ars. The Com mittee passes upon all advert? : ich-me:? presented lo merchants in Anderson, and r?. m.mmcuds that no onie purchase space in any such scheme unless the sume is recommended by the Chamber of Commerce. Thc com mittee cannot keep anyone from purchasing space in any scheme, but it can recommend against sam**, as it has done on numerous occasions, a? much so thut ped dlers and others of this class afc now pretty generally passing up Anderson. Entertainment Committee. LEE ?. HOUSEMAN, Chairman M. !.. BONHAM LEON L. RICE R. lt. KIN? J. M. DAVIS K. S. LIGON GEO. W. EVANS This Committe has been called upon to handle a IsYge variety of complex matters, and is able to present n very nattering report. 1 Tbe Committee has handled or assisted in the band ling of the following conventions, with delegates fol lowing. No. Delegates Georgia and South Carolina dele gates to Atlanta Interurban Meeting. 110 Odd Fellows. . 196 Yale Clasa of'85. 42 Red Men. 350 Commercial Secretaries. 38 Anderson County Live Stock AKHO ?. iulion <8>. 425 Trades Day* <?>. 3461 (Fourth District South Carolina ?oltors.h. 75 Baptist Women's Missionary Con vention,. 385 Toxaway Highway Conference. 75 ?t?te Militia. 841 South Carolina Sunday School As so?i-tiau. 640 Grand Total. 6527 ' fn ...l-l:?;..., #A tli.,alu>ii. t*Mfl e*n~~wnli*~~ la tiranar. .. v. --" '?I <?..-' .-- . ing to take care of about 2,500 delegates tn thc Confed erate Veterans Reunion here in May, and also the fol lowing: Order of Elks, Farmers Union and South Car oling Press Association, all of whom meet here in the next few menths. An appropriation of $2,800.00 will be?ntepred by the General Assembly for the Reunion. The Committee has raised for the conventions above enumerated a total of ?1,350.00. The quarters of thc nf'?ViU??f?tio!! have also been used freer tiw?r to time for various meetings, suchen the county doctors, etc. Transportation Committee < W. W. SCULL1VAN. Chairman. J. D. BROWN J. R. VANDIVBR O. tl. BAILES J. B. HUMBERT D. A. HENNING, Traffic Manager Mammoth C. & WY C. Improvements Working In connection with the local realty firm ol' Frank 6 OeCamps, one of the most active realty concerns in the state, this Committee was able to persuado thc Charleston and Western Carolina Rail way, through Mr. A. W. Anderson,, General Manager, to purchase -property and begin terminal Improve ments in the heart of the business district, estimated to cost a total of $355,000.09. It a* a convlclng piece of logic In the way of what the efforts of a commercial organisation amounts to. More than S1RO.600.00 worth of property^ has already been ac quired for this work, and the whole of the extensive improvements will shortly be under way. It will constitute the largest place of ?concrete development of the year and will be thebegtcning of a new ern In Anderson transportation Improvements. Cotton Warehouses imd Scales . ' Work has been done in an effort to get either thc Greenville, Spartnnburg ft Anderson or the Charles ton ft Western Carolina Railways to build a cotton warehouse, or to pat in scales with a bonded weigher, Both roads are considering same, and the chance? ere that the scales will aurely be put tn at both places, and probably the cotton warehouse, which the C. ft W. C., ls seriously considering In connection with their new terminal Improvements here. Thc matter han also been taken up with the railroads ol procuring a shippiiig-ln-translt arrangement for lo cal cotton bayer?, still pending. Ser,;: > ' rttr. Blue Ridge At the reeve ?> ' - . ons Irving along the Bin? Ridge Ry., petitions ha .c T.een put out tn the various tofclns between Andersv.t and Walhalla, Inclusivo asking for a conference with railroad official?, look lag toward better passenger service over this line Petitions have not. yet been presented. Meetings Thia OmraUtec^oa trftt a total ar eta. times durinj the rear. ? i -, Mail Service Improvements. tv A new mall servies baa been scoured on the C. & j W. C. Hallway, willi thc assistant of Congressman Aiken. A new mini pouch has hern added to the An ! derson-Greenville .service. Residen! Demurrage Mun. Th?* railroads have been prevailed upon to locate I here a Revident Demurrage Man. which is of Kreut 88 I - ioance to the railroads mid the .shippers. All three of i the local railroads voluntarily located here during the j year Commercials Atfents, who arc'of much assistance, ? and arc alive lo the commercial expansion of the city's business. Interurban M:iii Servie?-Pa Ince Cars. i I'lforts lire belnj? made to secure thc extension of j the United States postal service ?iver the lines of the interurban railways. Thc interurban has announced 1 als.) that upon the completion of its lines into Hpartan j hur? in March lhat Palace Car Service between Spar [ tanbury and Anderson via OrcenviH will be inaugu rated, as will also a Limited Service. Roth of these will j he of ?real convenience to putr.ms and au added force ; i.> business. i _,_ Railroad lixtensinn Committee. A. S. KAR M KR, Chairman M. M. MATTI iON T. KRANK WATKINS Having before it the broad and comprehensive pur pose of extending the railway facilities of Anderson ttiis committee had to go* slowly, thoughtfully and de liberately. It lins done a areal deal mid the results of its labors will show brilliantly in the near future. Extension Interurban 'This Committe a been in ? lose touch with thc officials of the Piedm at & Northern Lines, looking towards the extension of this system from Anderson te Atlanta, Ga , a distance of about 130 miles. It hopes shortly to bc in a position to give out something defi nite. The Committee assisted thc lora! T. P. Associa tion in working up plans for (he mammoth mass meet ing of representatives from Georgia and South Carolina cities, which met here in June, last, looking towards the encouragement of this great undertakiug. This muss meeting was addressed by high officials of the in terurban system, and assurances were given that with proper support and .co-operation on the part of the af fected cities and towns thal, Hie road would be built. Of course, this is a gigantic urfHertaking und spells sc much for the city of Anderson1 that''the Committee has, very naturally, had to-gr alow. ; . ..., ^airiSfre?t ?nd&: Rendering assistance to al) partied concerned. Tliit Committee was able to separe an amicable arrangement by which the new concrete bridge, now under construc tion, was secured; . '.?fWi ?rrf ? ?> \n ???? Clemson-Cherry Railroad Realizing that, i^ ppssi&le, to. .secure direct railway connection between Anderson and Clemson College thal anew trade territory ?if?groat possibilities would 1? added to Andersow's-preseAt'-tenYtory; this Committe? sent a represen tat i vd tb1 see President Riggs of Clemsoi College, in order.U> ascertain,, his views with regard ti the securing' of rights-of-way and terminal facilitiei for the connecting railway'to be imilt from Clemsor College to Cherrys Crossing, there to connect with tnt Blue Ridge and to give u through service from Andersoi to Clemson College. President Riggs agreed to d< this, and abs? immediately put a surveying corps in in field and found it would coat - approximately $25,GOO. (M to build tfir iine. The committee also ascertained tba they could probably secure rights-of-way gratis. Thei then made a proposition to the officials of the Blui Ridge Railway, by which th?- emnniiilrs ngreen *o im dertake to raise $10,000 00 as a bonus toward the build ing of this railroad. The proposition is now pendln with officials of the Southern Railway, which control! the Bine Ridge. Northwestern Electric Railway Ibis Committee being invited to send delegates ti Abbevilleforthepurpo.se of considering the construe tion of an electric railway from Anderson, via Abbe ville to Augusta, Os., was represented at the meetini subsequently held-hy a delegation of twenty-one per sons. This railway has now been incorporated, and ii actively h-ing promoted. Gentlemen of large financia means in the various cities interested aro behind th< move, and the whole territory to bc. traversed isoptim istic. It is believed that there is a very exeellen chance for the road to be constructed. All of the eur veys have already been made byer a considerable por tran of the prospective route, Another Eastern Outlet The Committee has been Tn touch with the official! of both the Norfolk & Southern and thc Carolina ClinehfieW fr Ohio Railroads, ?nd the officials of boti of these liner, have agreed to come to Anderson an< meet with the Board of Directors of the Chamber o Commerce with a view of building in to Anderson People who are familiar with pr?sent railroad ac ti vi titi see greater hopes in this direction, i bero can be m doubt but that something of very large importance ii pending in the way of additional .railway couatructioi in the Piedmont section and in the vicinity of Anderson This Committee is als? in touch with officials of th< Blue Ridge Railway and Southern and hos agreed ti assist in any plans which they may map out for eaten sions as affecting the good of Anderson. Conclusion This Committee has met seven times and has ?nad< several trips to Augusta, Atlanta, Charlotte and etse where. The very nature of ita work indicates that vcr'; little publicity, be given. Manufacturing and New Industries Committee , i t A. S. FARMER, Chairman _ B, B. GOSSr7TT G. M. TOLLY ll. A. ORR JNO. T. BURRIS2 Owing to the tightness of the money market durin; the oatt year. Ibis Commil??* kiss found it alf but tan possible to interest tawtvjWe?sjawltal to any lavfe exton in Anderson Industrial Investments. Th? local rea estate market has been extremely active, and the ea panaion of the wholesale and retail trade ot the city ha IM m so great that t.he demand for money for these sources has been so lurge as to hamper the securing of more money for industrial expansion. Then, again the city has been railed upon to raise many thousands of dollars for various edueational purposes, and large de mands hnve been made for funds raised lust year. In addition to this the number of new buildings erected has been particularly large, all railing fur new money. Thus lhere has In-eii practically nu ?'ile money avail able at home. Textile Expansion Nevertheless, during the past year $:iu,0<)0.00 worth of improvements have been added to the Conneross Yarn-Mill: $1K!>,000.00iii improvements at the Riverside and Toxaway Mills, and $2-rjO,0<U).00 worth of improve ments are now being added to the new Equinox Mill, a grand total of Sob.").000.00, all of which shows avery creditable expansion of thc local Textile industry. In this connection it is well to note that the value of the manufactured output of Anderson County now exCeeda $12,.VW.OOO.OO per annum, while Anderson County ranks as tlie third largest cotton manufart?ring county in the South, anti the tenth largest in the United States. There would seem to be no reason why this industry should not continue to develop almost indefinitely. Flour Mill. Tills committee is piad to report that efforts to secure a flour mill here so flint wheat ruined in thin section, might be manufactured in Anderson, have been successful and Kant Bros.. of this city have ordered machinery and will have ready for opera tion in the next 90 days a first class flou" mill. Telephone Improvements ^ This Committee held a conference with officials of the Southern Bell Telephone Company, by which that Company agreed to expend approximately $100,000.00 in A. derson, in the rebuilding of their system, putting the ..ires in the business district under ground, and inc -ec tin g an office home herc. T he Committee sent a del - egr .ion to Columbia to appear before the Railroad Com mission to get authorization to have the work done, and was assisted in this move by the City Council of Ander son. All of this work is now under way. This Committee has reached an agreement also with the Telephone Company, by which, as soon as their city work is completed, a campaign will he placed under way to build up a comprehensive system all over An derson County, with a central exchange in Anderson. The idea being to place a telephone In every white farm er's home. This is a very important piece of work in deed, and means a great deal to the city of Andersou. The Telephone Company has agreed to stand all the ex penses of the campaign, which will be placed under way some time in 1914. Hydro-Electric Power This Committee held a conference with managers of the Southern Power Company, looking toward? the building of their main hydro-electric powur lines Into Anderson, in an endeavor io give the city additional cheap power. The cost of Such development is esti mated at $200,000.00, and is now under way. It means that Anderson will be abie to offer unlimited cheap pow er for manufacturing purposes. , Morning Daily. This. Committee, realizing the need of a morning dairy newspaper in Anderson, was instrumental in se curing the pufchase Of the Anderson Semi-Weekly in telligencer, A Stock company with $20,000.00 capital waa organized and Anderson Daily Intelligencer is now print ing a daily, and is a meat creditable paper. The pub lishing of thiB morning daily paper is a real help to Anderson's excellent evening paper, the "Bail" .Mail." Siti?il Plants This Committee has closed a deal with a cigar fae on March first. 'It is also in teach with a'wholesale ice cream factory, who are to make an effort to locate a plant here. This latter plant will-also Wholesale con centrated milk. The Committee'has had under consid eration some, ten or fifteen manufacturing propositions, several of which are pending still. . Drainage of Rocky'River The matter of the drainage of approximately 120C acres of land adjoining Rocky River, and'thus reclaim ing the same, bas received the attention of th? Com mittee. $600.00 was raised to make a survey of the dis trict to be reclaimed. This survey will be completed lr n few wedfcsf after which time a j plan will be worked out to ftnknce the work. It will be financed either under the State Drainage Bond Law or hy assessment of the affected property owners. This land reclaimed will be worth it. least $100,000.00 more than it is at present Y. M. C. A. Building * This Committee has had a couference with regard to tee censtructien in Andersen of a Y.- M. C. A. build* lng, at such timeas might seem most appropriate, prob ably this tail or the spring of 1915. Anderson Post Office This Committee has taken up the matter with oui Congressmen and Senators of securing an appropriative for the enlarging of the Anderson Post Office,' and th? construction as an uddition thereto "bf a United Statei Court House. ? The latter based upon the probability ol the creating of an additional United States Court tc be known as the Western' District of South Carolina. Various The Committee ia now'at work- on several buildlrti projects, including sn office building, and expectante close up a number of the?e shortly. Recommendation lt baa been conclusively provan by the experience of hundreds of coerrmerci?l organisations in UMfurmal perta of the United States that it is afanoht iwpeaaWdi, if not unite jmpaeafhfte to secure divarsMtod ? manufac turing -planta usdtS&^aeatc financial assistance cai offered fs -a 'primary inducement. Cheap pow er, efficient labor, good climatic -conditions, etc, |?ro ali factors ta ?he securing ?*f< aattrdhMojetg plants, and Anderson has all o? tease, but ft 1s Skw true that nearly all plants seeking location reouireaoret financial assistance, either in the way of bonus, the con tributing of a alte, the securing of stock subscription tc their capitel stock, the sa le of bond?, or the seeutrng-ef .., a mot leane loan. This organization has been unable, except to a viry limited extent, in doing ony of these thing's. A ?reat many other cities confronted with this difficulty have solved the problem by theorgantitatlan of an Industrial Holding Company, which makes s bus iness of partially financing meritorious manufacturing industries, at a low Tate . of interest. Such Industriel j Holding Companies not only bring to cities a variety of small factories, but they are, themselves, s good invest ment. Thc time, perhaps, ii not ripe DOW to organise such a corporation in Anderdon, bul if Anderson-expects to locate many factories ts the future she-will have-to organize a company of this kind or some modification thereof. Such a corporation should have a capital of not less than $250,000.00, and ?1,000,000.00 if possible. Last year the city of Williamsport, Penn., through a corporation of this kind, brought fourteen <N> factories to that city. Charleston and Columbia, both in this State, arc considering the organization of such corpor ations. Building Operations. Building permits in Anderson within the city limits during 1913 aggregated 4220,026.00. To this should be added $250,000.00 more, representing building outside of i the incorporate limits, the two making a total of $470, 025.00. Building operations for IOU surely will aggre gate one million, snd may reach $1,500,00 00, based on present contracts and prospective development. The figures on new development to date are ss follows: C. ?- W. C. Ry Terminals ......r. .$350,000.00 . . " Blue Ridge Railway Depot. 100,000,00 Telephone Building . 21,000.00 New School Buildings . 76,000.00 New Stores, etc . 206,000.00 Residences . 122;0OO.?0 Theatre Bldg. 41,000.00 Elks' Home .i. 10.000.00 Total .'..4024,000.00 These figures cover actual buildings under'con struction or for which contracts have been let and do not covef a large part of the new but min gs which are being successfully promoted. Neither do the figures cover the extenaion of the transmission linea . of the Southern Power Company, the city *water works system and municipal Improvements, includ ing pnvements, etc. Meetings. Thin rommittac han met five times duri tin the . year. .< .. ? ??> iv j ??. -. **i'tj ii Traffic Manager's Report . February 14, 1014. Mr. W. W. Sullivan, Chairman, ,, Anderson, 8. C. -'.?vi I hand you herewith report of Traffic Depart-, ment for ten months ending January 31st, 3914. . .. ,. This Department thrqugb aa arrangement with Oxvmmlttee -on Transportation. ls handled Joinery . , with Oreenvllle under nti> management. My report shows wv**r head a? ' l?'f?rnmwa ' "< 220 requecls for rates, schedules and other?WattAr Incident to transportation,, answered, i .'may '.-asy that ls some instances these requests cover' 'rates an entire section of thc chantry. Under Claim* records show 431 claims Aittoont ing to $1,485.97 filed with carriers, of this aWbnnt $?26.49 ls for coal and other matters now -pendlisg .with Interstate Commerce Commission. Tire Department has maui-the fol lowing-rate'ad justments: STONE-Georgia oiiarrlen to Anderson.. " INTRA ?TATE SWiTCHIN?-at Anderson. HTARCn RATE-South C?rolhra. MA LT EXTRACT-Classification. YARN WASTE PRODUCT?-Anderson-prior to ttl?. APPLICATION-Second Clnnae, rate 20, C. * W. ' C. Railroad to Anderson, ?'Or?S'ISSJATION- -Of present 'relattVu ?uju?uaetii o? Anderson rates as compared to Greenville and Spar tanburg. Anderson has-been represented in the follow ing rate hearing and conferences: SW i TCK? M??-Railroad Cdmmlasi<*m, Coi?H??rta. i ?'?.MILE BREAK-Railroad GomaalasloB, Columbia. , RULES S2, ? & 80-Railroad Commission, Colombia, . TRAIN SERVICE-Railroad Commission, Colnarbla. STATE PRE!il HT . RATK-Association, Conference, at Columbia. Anderson and Greenville Rate Ooaference, Greenville,-Sw C. IMPROVEMENT FACILITIES-For Handling Cotton, Anderson,'S.C. . The state Freight Rate Assoct?ttdn pr?paies to ' carry on an Educ?tlonl Campaign on'Transportation - and to make every effort to correct exisH?g atseJTss?l- 1 r nattons against South Carolina. The taoht Important . work in my judgment In mis department has open . checking proposed North Carolina' rates and pretmet report on same to Anderson and Greenville Go mai lt 1 tees; resulting in conference with Traffic ?rnetela fa ' Greenville ?nd later in New. York. In'these coater- . .. ? enees assurances were grreb .that In the event;pro-, I posed reductions were made effective to Ndtth ?Paro- ' lina that Anderson and Greenville interests would ' be taken care of, and since these conf?re ac ea ?gatea proposed for Auderaon. Oreeavllte and Spattscbatg have been furnished, aSd ta <?oon na the matter; has , definitely Battled those ??RBKS; wBl be.pebltsned. i I hope the members ot the Anderson OktoberOf Commerce-Win bear In mind that lt 1s possible to ' show lu actual money retorna the real vs cue ?f tb? Traffic Department to -Snippers; for instance, the rate adjustments shown in thia report are actnAtly worth far more In money unnnalty to Anderson than the expense of the Traffic Department, bet the ratee cannot be shown In rep-t?rts. " lc conclusion ? wish to say tact I feepe>|t Mle i Traffic Department is iu- ny eejtfsge^r'atsais^fUWyf . to put in effect some moro effective ead prtnn^sOV" i tem for auditing expense Mils. Tho offloe thia'-year . bas been 1b an experlsneatal ?tage- one- It-Otas ?bean [ difficult to work oatdetatia. ltm<WWk&KiilomL*. 1 from past experience that the joint -ame rjWaasat (Greenville and Anderson) get? ?<?oe4'fWt??'^?tr.a minimum expense. The ^?teres*, ?L'aie two ?Me**? far -as related to -frelsrht rafea and timspartatlea ; matters aTe HenUe#Jr?*a/nader, w laanagraekftiir f -The Transportation Depfcrtmeat c?n.%a-^s#aeA <*o ? best interese to both ?Rles. ' It should be a matter Q2 congratulation go ?all of ns tant vast improvements. have bees sande in the-past -rear In transportation -service-?-s^ lft?'' glad io be able to say that In my opinion ate^aatnsg 5 year will eeo even, sreotw stride? rnMtd**? \**?S? i portatlon (aellttles. In the metter et <frstglht?Atetes ; we can rest >aaetftfsd ifcat'sss erlll be ts s?e??^gsbrlr . ?od that sxistasg ineoaelttles and Hs L ?I s sk ssl aja s will be corrected. My ?aparteace bas 4teen.4Jmtaae9>? 1 bas ever-been a Hmo In t?? htetery-ef traCTportaiiaa ? - tion in which carriers were se saginas ??gjsfcaa? , good will of their patrons. "Aiul i-MknMieh ?s earrlass ??ftrlnncS v-to-.Jfceir .? position will be nwt and appreciated by th? public - and that the coming year will not only be a proa; i peroun one for business, bat that the many. letts ls- # . i . ' I f ? K .. r*