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Centennial History of South Carolina Railroad by Samuel Melanchthon Derrick
Centennial History of South Carolina Railroad by Samuel Melanchthon Derrick
Hard Cover
Copyright 1930
335 pages indexed
CONTENTS
PREFACE iii
CHAPTER I. THE ECONOMIC DEPRESSION OF CHARLESTON 1
CHAPTER II. A RAILROAD THE REMEDY 11
CHAPTER III. ORGANIZATION OF THE COMPANY 20
CHAPTER IV. LOCATION OF THE ROUTE 27
Acquiring the Right of Way and Building Material.
CHAPTER V. DETERMINATION OF THE TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION AND THE MOTIVE POWER 39
Type of Construction. Motive Power.
CHAPTER VI. CONSTRUCTION OF THE RAILROAD 52
Some Difficulties. The Total Cost.
CHAPTER VII. FINANCING THE PROJECT 71
Federal and State Aid Sought. Resort to Private Capital.
CHAPTER VIII. THE FIRST LOCOMOTIVES AND TRAINS 82
Operating Trains.
CHAPTER IX. THE OPERATION OF THE ROAD, 1833-1843 99
Pile System and Iron Bars Abandoned. Inclined Plane Troublesome.
Road Maintenance.
Locomotive and Car Maintenance. Transportation Rates.
Receipts Disappointing.
Sidelights on Early Operation.
CHAPTER X. THE LOUISVILLE, CINCINNATI AND CHARLESTON RAIL ROAD COMPANY 128
Early Agitation.
Benefits Presented.
Route Surveyed and Cost Estimated. The Company Chartered.
The Knoxville Convention.
CHAPTER XI. THE LOUISVILLE, CINCINNATI AND CHARLESTON RAIL ROAD COMPANY-Continued 152
Retrenchment.
Cause of Failure.
CHAPTER XII. THE LOUISVILLE, CINCINNATI AND CHARLESTON RAIL ROAD COMPANY-Concluded 179
Construction of the Columbia Branch.
CHAPTER XIII. SOUTH CAROLINA RAIL ROAD-OPERATION 1844-1860 190
Camden Branch.
Extension of the Road into Charleston and Augusta.
Elimination of Inclined Plane.
Refunding the Debt.
Increase in Income.
Improvement of Cars and Locomotives.
Opposition to Sunday Operation.
CHAPTER XIV. THE WAR PERIOD 220
The Wrecking of the Road.
Financial Losses.
CHAPTER XV. POST WAR REBUILDING AND FINANCING 234
Refunding the Debt.
Efforts to Increase Income. Bankruptcy and Foreclosure.
CHAPTER XVI. SOUTH CAROLINA RAILWAY COMPANY 258
Reorganization.
Expanding the System.
Finances Low.
Foreclosure and Sale.
CHAPTER XVII. SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA RAILROAD COMPANY 269
CHAPTER XVIII. THE COMING OF THE SOUTHERN 275
SUMMARY 278
BIBLIOGRAPHY 282
APPENDICES
APPENDIX I. CHARTER AND OTHER ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE IN RELATION TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA CANAL AND RAILROAD COMPANY 287
APPENDIX II. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CARS TO THE DIRECTION OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA CANAL AND RAILROAD COMPANY SUBMITTED TO THE STOCK-HOLDERS, NOVEMBER 20, 1833 294
APPENDIX III. REGULATION OF STATIONS ON SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD 307
APPENDIX IV. SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD 1853. RULES FOR CONDUCTORS AND ENGINE MEN 309
APPENDIX V. STATEMENT OF SLAVES BELONGING TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD COMPANY, DECEMBER 31, 1859 312
APPENDIX VI. LOCOMOTIVES IN USE FROM TIME TO TO TIME 1830 TO 1886 314
APPENDIX VII. PRESIDENTS 1828-1899 322
INDEX 323
ILLUSTRATIONS
Robert Y. Hayne Frontispiece
The "Best Friend" 6
Horatio Allen 12
Nicholas W. Darrell 17
Henry G. Raworth 17
The "Best Friend" and train 23
Elias Horry 29
The "West Point" 35
The "West Point" and train 41
The "South Carolina" 47
Map of the railroad in 1833 53
Early pen sketches of Branchville 58
The "E. L. Miller" 65
The "Sumter," the "Marion," and the "Ohio" 72
The "Cincinnati," the "Allen," and the "Kentucky" 72
Horatio Allen 77
Passenger and freight rates and time table, 1835 85
Vardry McBee 94
Barrel Car 103
Old Line Street depot 110
Camden depot 110
James Gadsden 117
The "Antelope," the "Comet," and the "Dolphin" 124
Water tank 131
Down spout "S. C. R. R., 1858" 131
"Tower depot" 137
Ann Street warehouse 143
Henry W. Conner 149
Rates of freight, 1848 153
Rates of freight, 1848-rates of fare and time table, 1855 153
Freight depot, Charleston 161
Blacksmith and boiler shop 161
Machine shop 167
Car shop 167
Certificate of stock 173
William J. Magrath 180
Passes 186
Pass and ticket 192
Freight depot, Columbia, 1865 198
Office building, Columbia, 1865 204
Time table, 1869 210
Passage ticket, 1873, 125 miles 216
Passage ticket, 1873, 25 miles 222
Time table, 1879 228
Henry P. Talmadge 235
Charles Parsons 241
Map of the railroad in 1899 247
Locomotive Number 29 253
Locomotive Number 44 259
Locomotive Number 1 265
Locomotive Number 15 and train 271
Division Office Southern Railway, Charleston 277
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