SOUTH CAROLINA RAILWAY COMPANY. From Charleston, S. C., to Augusta, Ga., and to Columbia, S. C., and branches, 246 miles. Was chartered as the Charleston and Hamburg Railroad Company, December 19th, 1827, and the main line completed October 1st, 1833. The Columbia branch, opened November 1st, 1840, and the Camden, opened June 26th, 1848, were constructed under separate charters. In 1844, the three roads were consolidated under the title of the South Carolina Railroad Company. Was placed in the hands of a receiver October, 1878, and sold under foreclosure July 28th, 1881. Reorganized November 1st, 1881, under the title of the South Carolina Railway Company. From Alston to Spartanburg, S. C., 68 miles. Chartered December 17th, 1847, as the Spartanburg and Union Railroad Company. Sold under foreclosure June 7th, 1880, when it was reorganized under the above name. April 1st, 1881, leased to the Columbia and Greenville Railroad. Officers and Directors the same as the Columbia and Greenville Railroad Company. WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD COMPANY. From Wilmington, N. C., to Columbia, S. C., 192 miles. Chartered as the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad Company in 1846 and opened to Kingville on South Carolina Railway, a distance of 172 miles, in 1854. Sold under foreclosure March, 1868, and the purchasers reorganized under the above name with authority to extend their road to Columbia. It was again sold under foreclosure in 1879 and reorganized in February, 1880. R. R. Bridgers, President... OFFICERS. W. T. Walters, Vice President....... Wilmington, N. C. J. W. Thompson, Secretary and Treasurer... Wilmington, N. C. T. M. Emerson, G. F. and P. A............................ W. A. Riach, General Auditor........ .Richmond, Va. .Wilmington, N. C. .Wilmington, N. C. |