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Volume 7 Number 4Monthly Newsletter of the Carolina Railroad Heritage Association, Inc.Web Site: hubcityrrmuseum.orgFacebook: Carolina Railroad Heritage Association & Hub City RR MuseumWoodmen of the World Bldg.721 East Poinsett StreetGreer, SC 29651-6404Third Friday of the Month at 7:00 pmSpartanburg Amtrak Station298 Magnolia StreetSpartanburg, SC 29301-2330Wednesday 10-2 and Saturday 10-2President:Steve Baker - 864-297-0918Vice-President:Duane Heard - 810-623-7444Secretary:David Winans - 864-963-4739Treasurer:Marv Havens - 864-292-3852Bruce Gathman - 864-850-3642Bob Klempner - 864-431-5409Mac McMillin - 864-624-96582123 Old Spartanburg RoadSuite #129Greer, South Carolina 29650-2704Bruce Gathmanshaygearhead@bellsouth.netArticles can be submitted anytime. APRIL 2020Facts About Spartanburgand Hayne YardThis was a circa 1920s SpartanburgChamber of Commerce piece touting thearea to encourage development along withthe new Hayne yards and shops. Ed.LocationHayne Yard is located immediately outside the corporate limits ofSpartanburg, SC, at the junction oftwo main lines of the Southern Railway system; the Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line, doubled track between Washington and Atlanta andthe Charleston and Cincinnati line.Spartanburg is 169 miles southwestof Greensboro, NC, 155 northeastof Atlanta, 157 miles southeast ofMorristown, TN, and 235 milesnorthwest of Charleston, SC.Character of PropertyThe yards of the Southern Railway at Hayne are five miles inlength, and include about fifty milesof side track. The establishment includes Division Headquarters forthe transportation and operationdepartment, locomotive and carshops, freight transfer sheds andother ancillary railroad supportstructures. The roundhouse, whererunning repairs are made, isequipped with improved machinery,electrically driven. The turn table is April 2020100 feet long and is served by threeapproaches with eight tracks. Amammoth reinforced concrete coalchute of 1000 ton capacity whichissues from nine to ten thousandtons of coal each month is locatedat Hayne and is one of the largestand most modern in the South.Large stores of parts for the mechanical department which suppliesmaterial of every kind for both divisions and large warehouse containing parts for engines and cars, arecarried at Hayne.The car department repairs fromthirty to forty cars per day with thepresent equipment and inspects between forty and sixty thousand carseach month in addition to enginerepairs. It is stated that aroundtwenty thousand freight cars can beberthed at one time in the Hayneyards.AccessibilityHayne yards at Spartanburg iseasily accessible from every part ofthe country because of its strategiclocation which a glance at the mapwill show.All the principle cities from theRocky Mountains on the West, theGreat Lakes on the North, the Atlantic Seaboard on the East, and theGulf Coast on the South are withina few hours of Spartanburg, via; theContinued on Page 3 - Hayne YardsPAGE 1

First, and I don't think there was anydoubt, but yes, the April 17 NHRS /CRHA meeting at the Woodmen of theWorld is canceled. We can't get together tobe face to face. Yet I hope you are communicating with family and friends using allthe wonderful technology available, including your old-fashioned landline (if you stillhave one).Your Board of Directors had a newexperience April 6th. Our monthly boardmeeting was held via teleconference. Itwent well and was quick. Train Day hasbeen postponed, but a new date not finalized. We basically agreed to monitor theCOVID-19 pandemic information, andconsider the possibility of new dates forfield trips and other activities.April's program was planned to beBook Night. This is a highly interactiveevent and would not work well with socialdistancing. I have volunteered to provide aprogram which will be posted on the HubCity Railroad Museum website under theCRHA members only section. Rememberthe sign-on and password was sent to youlast month. Duane is checking with ourscheduled speaker for May, to see if hispresentation can also be posted.I was planning to make a pitch at theApril meeting, for you to consider usingsome of your RMD to contribute to eitherthe NRHS local chapter or CRHA. Therecently passed CARE act has canceled theRMD for 2020. Check with your financialadvisor regarding how your personal situation has changed. Keep the CRHA andNRHS local chapter in mind for 2021,please.The disruptions by the COVID-19 pandemic, to our NRHS and CRHA activitiesare trivial compared to the impacts felt financially here in the US and world and bythose infected and everyone tending to theinfected. Please pray, and if possible, helpfinancially through a qualified charity. Thank you for your support of those inneed.Keep your wheels a rollin’,Steve Baker, President, CRHAYour friendly Carolina conductor hardat work.Heritage units and the railroads they came from.Wanted—Articles for the Carolina ConductorSubmit an article of 200 words or more with some photos and captions and see them in print. Every one of us has someunique railroad experience that would make interesting reading for our membership . Your editor always needs morecontributions of local railway history and news. APRIL 2020PAGE 2

Continued from Page 1 - Hayne Yardsdoors, on account of the short haul.Spartanburg has Cleveland Park,Southern Railway and its connec- We are located in the center of the the best municipal playground intions. Accessibility to this vast area Hydro-electric power development South Carolina. Thirty-four acres ofDowntown Spartanburg circa 1900s.causes an extremely heavy interchange of rolling stock whichshould be repaired at Hayne yards.ServiceAbout seventy-five package carsare handled daily from Hayne due tothe fact that freight in less than carload lots from nearly every sectionof the Southeast is routed to Haynewhere it is sorted and loaded forvarious points.Spartanburg being the terminusfor the Carolina Clinchfield andOhio, Charleston and Western andCarolina, and Piedmont and Northern, these roads deliver most oftheir traffic and receive the bulk oftheir tonnage through Hayne yards.Hayne is one of the largest coal distributing points in the entire South.The tonnage hauled, it is stated, willaverage around five million tonsannually. Practically all coal cominginto South Carolina must comethrough Spartanburg, therefore, ishandled through Hayne yards.Fuel and PowerSpartanburg draws most of itssupply of coal from the SouthwestVirginia fields, Tennessee, and Kentucky. Therefore, an ample supplyof coal, it may be said, is right at our APRIL 2020which is now taking place in thePiedmont Section and many of ourplants and mills are being operatedby Hydro-electric power due to theextremely low rate which prevails tolarge users.Labor ConditionsLabor in Spartanburg, especiallyunskilled, is almost inexhaustible,and can be had a relatively lowwage. One important fact is that ourlabor coming as it does from themountains is of intelligent AngloSaxon stock and we have never had,nor do we anticipate, labor disturbances. We have no foreign laborelement – our people are contentedand the labor turnover in Spartanburg is practically nil.Living ConditionsSpartanburg because of its ideallocation and pure water supply enjoys that protection of health whichis a first consideration of employeesof labor – the death rate is less thanfifteen per thousand.Spartanburg is 875 feet above sealevel, at the foothill of the BlueRidge Mountains. We have no extremes in temperature, winter orsummer, our general average being60.4 degrees.ground for recreation and a magnificent lake for swimming and boating,all within a few hundred yards ofHayne.Spartanburg has the commissionform of government.Spartanburg has seven buildingand loan associations, lending money to small borrowers for homebuilding.Spartanburg has one of the finestY.W.C.A., buildings in the South, anexcellent Y.M.C.A., and a 50,000Salvation Army building.Spartanburg has a new Generalhospitalcostingmorethan 500,000.Spartanburg’s city school systemranks among the best in the South.More than 5,000 children are enrolled in the various grades. A highschool building costing 300,000has just been added to the system,recognized as the best building andequipment in the South. Spartanburg has two of the best colleges inthe South – Wofford for men andConverse for women. The WoffordFitting School also prepares youngmen for college. The Rastoc Schoolfor girls and the Rastoc School forContinued on Page 4 - Hayne YardsPAGE 3

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Continued from Page 5 - Hayne yardsboys are high class institutions.The Textile Industrial Institute ispronounced by experts the mostimportant educational departure inAmerica.Cecil’s Business College is one ofthe finest institutions of its kind inthe country.Spartanburg county has 300miles of improved highways, 106miles under State maintenance. Thebest system is the State. Spartanburgis a city of churches. Her beautifulHouses of worship are in keepingwith the most progressive cities ofthe South.Spartanburg is a musical city andis a pioneer in choral music in theSouth.Spartanburg has a splendid streetrailway system.These and many other recognized factors are reasons for contented labor conditions in Spartanburg city and county.ConclusionSpartanburg has a population of23,638 according to the 1920 census. The city, including the suburbshas 35,000. The population ofSpartanburg has more than doubledin the past twenty years. The population of Spartanburg county was94,265 according to the 1920 censusand is the most densely populatedcounty in the State.Spartanburg is second among thecounties of the State in wealth. Theassessed valuation of property is 32,992,356 in the county and 11,354,180 in the city. It is believed that these figures representabout 20 percent, of the actualwealth of city and county.Spartanburg is one of the fiftyrichest countries in the UnitedStates. According to the census report, her agricultural products arevalued at 19,556,638, making hertwenty-eight in the rank in America.Spartanburg is a city of dividends, the semi-annual dividends ofher banks and cotton mills beingmore than three-quarters of milliondollars.Spartanburg bank deposits haveshown an increase of over 300 percent since 1915.Spartanburg has 33,141,621 invested in manufacturing enterprises,the annual output of which is valuedat 29,334,540.Spartanburg (city and county)has 31 textile mills, operating885,664 spindles and 20,767 looms,with an output valued at 24,517,154.The power lines of three hydroelectric companies, vix; SouthernPower Company, South CarolinaLight, Power and Railway Company,and Blue Ridge Power Company,are strung withing a few hundredyards of Hayne. These companiessupply power and light over thecounty of Spartanburg and adjoiningcounties.Spartanburg has the best hotelfacilities in South Carolina. The fourleading hotels have nearly five hundred rooms.Spartanburg has two up-to-datedaily newspapers, Herald, morning;Journal, afternoon.As you can tell by reading this it was written by someone in the advertising department. It is typical of newspaper accountscirca 1900s. Maps and article providedby Craig Myers. Ed.Hayne yard sign and yard towerstill in use today.Continued on Page 7 - Hayne Yards APRIL 2020PAGE 6

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