The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-08-10
Internal Improvement.
FROM THE RALEIGH RAGIsrER.
Central Road.

anu sonS experience a. P'S~'Se' 49,
ness man. as profess TO be, an perfect.
ly satisfied. that the great Central Rail
Road from Goldsboro' TO Charlotte, char.
tered by the last Legislature upon the most
liberal and equitable Terms, can never be
built. unless a different plan is pursued IN
obtaining subscriptions, from that now IN
operation. !.
Instead Of sending out individuals and
committees alone to solicit inscriptions in
the towns and counties through which or
near which the road is expected 10 pass.
permit me 10 suggest much more efficient
plan, which in my humble judgment. has
only 10 be eftc,ualy t'ied, 10 prove en-
inen'ly successful.
! would then recommend The immediate
formation of Internal improvement Asso.
cations, in each county and town through
which the Rail Road is expected to pass
Let every owner Of property and business
man on the line Tor of the line they wish
who may 10 the less, degree be benefited
by tho Road, become members Of the as.
sociaiions. Let gentlemen Of practical
business talents be appointed 10 address
each meeting, and furnish such s,aiisiice
an.i other information, rs cannot fail 10
elicit the h,elies, interest. and al The same
time convince the most incfedulous, thai
with proper libera.i,y, energy and zeal, on
the part of those mo.i deeply interested,
the X ad car and will be bull'.
Suffer 1t never 10 he SAID, that such
s,upendous enterprise ms this, running
through the heart Of the State, for 200
miles East and West, Astounding with o.
ceans Of wealth, shall ever fail for lack Of
liJerality and zeal, when such important
consequences are Al stake. Nop IS the aus.
picious moment. II We foil now TO secure
this charter aud make the Road, North
Carolina is done, and doomed forever
Blu, hope for better things from the high
minded and noble sons al the good old
North State. Surely every owner Of prop.
eriy in town and country must see, that n.
long the line of the Road, To the breadth
Of from / 0 10 20 miles, his landed estate
must increase IN value from % 10 80 per
cent. and Town lots, probably, from 80 10
100 per cent.
Every business man then, say Farmer.
Merchants, Mechanics aud others, viii, ~
the even, Of the completion NJ tho Road
find a new and healthy impulse given TO
trade, and business will increase from so
10 100 per cent. The towns, villages aud
country, will increase vastly IN population ;
and in a very few years with so MANY "a.
cllies in trade, he good old Moth 5 ate
will assume a new and important, aspect IN
The eyes Of The world.
Permit me here 10 state a remarkable
fact, 10 proof Of tho position have taken,
IA reference to the great advance IN tho
price of real estate which must inevitably
follow, rs we'll as the increase Of population
all along the hre. and especially IA tho
i Towns, 10 he event o( the completion Of
the Central Rail Road.
have II from muques,ionable authority,
that before Inc building of The Wilmington
Rail Road, the populniion of tina, town did
not exceed 3 500, and the assessed vslua.
assn Raal Estate amounted TO ouly Gbou,
10000. ! 40
the valuation of Real Estate amounts to
nearly 81 200 900. l. rot this most re-.
markable result produced mainly by run.
mug Road from Wilmington 10 Weldon
across the State, distance of l60 miles,
through region Of country sparseIy pop.
ula'ed, and which is not osefdone wiih
produce--whercns ours will run through
The richest aud mos, den.ely populated pari
Of the State, and must furnish Tor Trans.
poriation an lmmensc amount Of produce.
Like Causes must produce like results, and
iuuumerahle instances Of similar prosperity
from similar enterprises nigh, be mention
I'd 10 Georgia, Tennessee. New York, o
hio aud Massachusetts. Ia Tennessee, a.
long the line Of Rail Road from Nashville
to Chattanooga, n distance nf only lGO
miles, in report from the President. i, i.
stated as fact, that Real Estate had ad
vanced IN value to tie astonishing amount
Of Sill 600 900.
II then, such s'rpcndou. results follow
the construction Of Rail Roads IN other
States, surely It is not Unreasonable TO cal.
culate npon sin4f ar results IN The conslfuc
ton of Roads in our own State.
Bu, have heard great fears expressed
les, he Rond will no, be bull, after ALL
Well. il It should fail. whose faul, viii il
be Surely M one viii be 10 blame bu' it,
professed friends, and the property holder,
along the route, who, N the even, Of is,
contradiction, would renp aImos, The exclu
sve benefit 10 the enhanced price Of ,hcil
properly. II Is hot 10 he expected tina
fthe, Enemies Of ihe Road will build il, no.
r that those who have no inieres, io til,
country should undertake il. Well then
what is The difficulty For one. I see non,
whatever, provided the property holder
along the line would take hold Of the mat
ter with energy and zeal.
!, would be an everlasting shame, nn'
4 blighiing to the best interest 81 North Car
. oIias, 10 suffer this grand scheme to fail
when every other section Of our widely OK
a tended country is 40 rapidly improving mn
:, filing up with a thrifty population. VIII