The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-10-11

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Above ~ hinge. ne must take care
moi 10 press through any new sysiens
against The voice Of The people. E1pe-
risnce has proved lhas m plan Of impros-
ing The state can succeed with ths PUB
Iie sentiment against ils execution.
Ian very Car from believing hist there
is nothing Tor The Assembly Of 1888 10
do on This subject; - | hope 70 prove IN
the sequel. Nor d0 | object 10 meetings
az The people. or conventions. 20 iaslsE
The spirit Of improvement. lonly depFe-
cate any attempt 10 organize seli-eonssi-
Iuled babies. Cor deEising oiher general
plans Of improvement. whilst Ee hare al
ready devised plan. and il has been "a
lified By Law. I shall be greatly deceis-
ed il any such attempts DO not create sec
Iinnal divisions on The great question. OF
else end in some giganlie scheme. which
Ihe Assembly will not dare 90 approve,
and cannot prudrnily adopt. UnI1s and
persesere in completing the system AREA
DIV proposed. and It's suecess,will. in due
! time. ensure the extension Of our improve
mrnls 10 other points. In word. let Us
DO--nni islk-let Us execute what we
have pianned--noI plan more before ne
have worked out % the end Of q single
public improvement. But | propose TO
discuss this matter more hereafter.
! fear the exeiiemcnIs al party poliIies:
the want III intercourse between the diff
lereni sections. OF our state. and the IRE
queai disappointment Of the people on
the subject Ui improSemenI--Ia saw no
thing ri the apathy which all condemn
and few fail 10 prseIice--haye co-oPerated
to keep oil public attention from The re.
suits already achieved in our plans Of in.
iernsi Improvement, aud those IN lmme-
diaie prospect.
The first link in The chain Of improve
menis, propnsed and paIronized by the
I Assembly Of 1896. was Rail Rad be-
ginning al Wilmington on the south side
uf the state. aud running across The schoIe
STATE. TO the Roanoke River, near Halifax.
This work goes on brssely; at this time
mnre than fifty miles Of the road are in
use. and in a few monlhs the cars will
run over eighty miles OF the raad; stretch
ing from WILMINGTON 10 Neuse River.
near waynesborOugh. In the course Of
tie next year. the aIher half Oi the road
will be completed; large par, Of the hea-
w work being already done. Thus We
shall have our principal :seaporI town
lWilmingion) connected by single chain
of Railway, With the rivers Rosnnke.
Tar, Neuse. and Cape Fear. The con-
pany have in operation. NJ present. two
Steam Boats oi the FIRST class, running
from WILMINGTON to Charleston. This
Road, ., its northern termination. mites
with the Petersburg Rail Road, and also
with The Portsmouth Rail Road; and IL
furms the basis or foundation upon which
our Nnrih Camlina system Of improve
mems is prnpnsed To be erected. II Is
nov used; and experience so far confirms
/ the calculations heretofore made, that il
will be exceedingly profitable. Some es-
liml,e the PROFITS at % per ceni.--n"ne
estimate them lower Than 8 To 10 per cent.
Now. if We stop IN lnnk nj The results
OF this single chain in the system. We see
The following: Our principal rivers. Roam.
oke. Tar. Neuse, and Cape-Fear. are all
connected together by it al a port Of our
state. That port is connected by this
/ Raiisay with Norfolk and Portsmouth.
Petersburg and Richmond. on the north;
with Charleston. on the south; with Fay
rueville. on the west, by the Cape Fear;
Newhern. through Neuse River; directly
with Halifax; aud through the Ocean,
are opened 10 our trade, all Europe and
other foreign lands.
! What! Will the magic Of improve.
ment bind into one. any Of the divided
seclinns of our belor, / state! Has she a
port of sn much importance. and one thus
connected with all The world! The fart
is even 50: aud you will anticipate me in
the obvious conclusion. that we aeed on
! ly toconuec, Fayetteville, by snme prac.
licsble road. with our icssIcra counties,
and the state will then haze brought her
T children 10 one home market: will have
lied together some Of her different Sec
tiuas: and will have laid opeu tn the has.
handinan and the planter. more markets
Than any one work in The world ever did,
by the sane amount Of expenditure. A
: North Carolina plsnler. SD som as I've
. strikes che Road. has access In The follow.
I. ing. markets: Wilmington. Portsmouth,
Narfhk.ss Petersburg. Charleston, Nav
\ York. or any lnreign market in the world,
4 know that this Roadhas encountered
: soas opposition. from the belief thai ii
! was IDEAL work: that il was a work foI
The ,swn Of UTimiagton. Tais is =
! gres. mistake. Any system Of impteve'
: meats which can. he adopted mus, com
; ncnre somewhsre. And where shauld
{, The state commence, IL mt at her mos,
4 important seaport town. The people
; every where .recollect. that in our ab0r.