The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-04-11
FROM NATAMnRAS.
From the Raleigh Star.

highly important one. We hope every
necessary elIorI will be made Tor lis se-
eOmplishmeni.
TO the Chairman Of the County Court
Of County.
STA: The Board Of Internal Improve
ments. by Ihe act which created il. has .
general superintendent over all the pub
lie improvements in The state; for which
reason il is highly important ina, the to
tal amount Of produce Of each county in
tie state should be in the possession Of.
and known TO, the Board. Such mass
OF statistical information would form .
fsrt book ofresTenes Of incslcnlabie i'd
vantage for the successful prosecution oil
the works now in progress, and. il pos
sible. Of still greater Importance to such
Is should hereafter be recommended TO
the patronage Of the state and our cili-
/ zens.
BY reference 10 the Fayetteville and
Western Rail Road. the idea can be full
~ illustrated. The Board is very soil.
cilous 10 carry into effect the acts Of tie
Legislature in relation 10 this road; and
for thai purpose deem il Of The uimos,
importance iha, the amount Of produce
which is likely 10 be transported on the
contemplated road should be ascertained
with the utmost practicable certainty. II
will be recollecled that, at The session OF
1867. an act was passed, authorizing
aha n...r1 a. st.karr1ka Efeku If fko
sum which might be found necessary to
construct the said road, whenever three
fifIhs should be subscribed by indiyidu-
ais. This act failed, from the want Of
the requisite amount Of indiVidsl snbscrip-
ton; and that il may not happen that
. the late act supplemental TO the former
/. one, which authorizes the subscription on
the part Of the state Of ihree-fiflhs. when
individuals shall have subscribed two
filtls. shall also fail. We request informa.
, lion. ths. the public may have some &C.
curale data. on which 10 found the pro-
babls value Of The stock. The cost OF
the road has been sscerisined by the sur
vey and estimates Of an Engineer; but
doubt and uncertainty exist as TO the
, amount Of transportation which may be
E calculated on, and. of course, as TO the
1 amount of prof, which an investment in
J., its stock may yield. The Board are oil
e opinion. that tho want Of information or
q this point is the chief cause OF the failur,
8 Of the subscription; for il canno, be doub.
9 ed that The means of the country interest
. ed are ample, or that they would be ap
piled, if il could be shown that the inves.
men, would be good one; and until lhi'
difficulty is removed, and the whole sub
jec, laid fairly before the public, il is ap
}. pretended that capitalists will confirm,
Q backward in making investments in thu
/ stock. Owing TO the peculiar circum
Y stances Of the section Of country lin rela
E lion to lis lrade) which this road is de
= signed 10 accommodate. the ordinary
!. methods Of obtaining the desired fact
J. are not applicable 10 it. Generally, th'
a amoun, OF exportabe produce Of coun
1 try may be easily ascertained at The mar
\ bet al which il is traded; but the pro
4 duce Of this section is carried to the mar
|. kets of Virginia, North and South Caro-
. lima, and Georgia, and TO their village
g as well as emporiums: il is so diGlset
e and scattered abroad, that we must lool
!, to the CROKER instead Of the purchaser
} for a correct knowledge of its amount
n And the Board believe and trust that an
0 opportunity will shortly offer. when il
:. may be ascertained without cost 10 the
e state, or inconvenience 10 the people,
$ and. compared 10 the great benefit 10 b
. derived, with very little trouble to the
e agents who may be engaged in procuring
4 it; and thinking il very important that the
occasion should not be passed BY uRim.
proved, have determined to ask the aid oil
The County Courts, not only Of the coun.
I ties west Of Fayetteville. being those
, most interested in that road, bu, also Of
, all other counties--io be preserved and
/ used as occasion may require.
In stating the wishes of the Board,
which | will now do. the mode Of OBJ.
tanning the desired information will be
: sufficiently explained.
, The Board requests your County
. Court, at its next session. to direct the
3 Magistrates who may be appointed to
: take the list of .,axsbles and taxable pro-
E perry, to ascertain from each person. al
? the time he offers his list, the amount oil
l produce he raised in 1898; the market al
n which he sold. or designs selling il: tO
: keep lists Of the same. according to the
forms herewith transmitted, and to return
5 them TO the Clerk. along with the tax
lists. WHO'S requested to forward then
D to the Board as early as possible. Ii
= making the appointment, Of magis,ra,e'
{ for taking the lists, il is very desirable
h. that such persons only should be selected
t. as would cheer(ully perform This easy
e but gerry important task. All produc,
4 which is destined for expectation beyon,
the limits Of the state. should be return