The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-01-03

cosesirs. ifahiained. AS -Ferme'i II 4
Sur q her ~ I light Il Trsnsrr 9th nv
PiineiPsl and inleresi. hirl shr has pad
y shall PAY. q The alnanni II siurk held
or bard glten hy rarh ,lessns.ani. vii ~
found in ms message 70 he last i;enefal
Assembly among yanr Iernnl. and ian
aid nn'hing neE IN ihai pnirI. Snne u
Illfse parties since Ihrir obligations were
contracted. havF heroine insnl,eni: huI
how many. have ~ means 81 Judging
oll.er lhan those uhish are open 10 ille
general ahsers alton ol The community. II.
therefore, these suits shall n"i BE- rnmpra-
missed as recommended ~ me llsreIolore.
bur shall he pruseruled % Judgment. ilie
Judiciary only ran determine has much
shah be recovered. agsinsl earh person
eoneerned in the great mulllin.le 81 de-
PENDANTS. and lhe process 81 execution Rill
ascertain his ability 30 pay. The public
Interests. meanwhile are IN The hands Of
able counsel. Nho nil doubtless do lhem
justice.
;. The resolutions are accompanied BY
. preamble, Il diraiing that lie Imfnrma-
lion songhI b. them. is desired IN connex-
ion with The plans Of Internal Improve
meni. which | have heretofore reroIn-
mended Tor your adoplinn and therefore
su. gesi few thoughts, as 10 our proper
policy in that respect, shirh ! shall be
pardrned for arpsndng Ia my mind
il is perfectly manifest, thai in The pre-
sent crisis Of our affairs. The public Inle-
rests are only 10 be Upheld By enlarged and
patriotic views Of our duty, and manly
and energetic action in carrying them in
10 effect; while ial,ering or contracted
policy will precipilaie MS into bankruptcy
snd dishonur. We have now ,wo Rail-
roads, for which The State has made, and
is making The large expenditures already
stated. They are carrying on business,
from which one receives an income Of
about S325. 900. and The other about $50
600 per wear. Bni from inlerinriiy ofihe
superslruciure ii both. with these large
incomes, they afford no profits on The rapi-
tai. bn, consume the whole IN repairs.
Without The aid Of some legislation. tend
ing TO better their condition, this will not
only continue 10 be the case. hut IL will
probably become worse. The question
is then DISTINCTLY presented, whether an
eflori shall be made 10 place these roads
in n more favorable situation. so as 10 en-
able them 10 relieve the Treasury from
the burdens they have brought upon il.
either BY The measures already suggested
hy the Executive. or BY others which
your wisdom may devise; or whether
they shall continue in their present i'm.
perfect state. until other and rival works
shall be brought INTO operation BY Other
states, 10 their injury and to the total loss
by North Carolina Of all she has paid. or
may pay, -on their account. We are
therefore in circumstances. when il We do
not 90 forward 10 the career Of improve
meni. we must go backward, and incnr the
hazard moi only of losing. irrecoserably.
this large amount IN money. but even the
use Of these roads entirely. The latter
would be n loss. which perhaps could NOT
be fully estimated until after its occur
renee. These works, though prolilless rs
stock, have yet given advantages 10 The
inhabitants of The sections which they
traverse, Of which they would not vii.
lingly he deprived. Before the consIur-
ton &c the Raleigh and t;as,on Rail Road.
the freight on bushe Of whoa, between
the county Of Granville and Petersburg,
was 45 cents il is now Is rents. On
tobacco, per hundred weight. il was 81 :;
Il Is now 45 rents. On q sack OF salt, i,
was from Sl.25 10 sl,5O;it is now so
cents. and the price has been reduced from
81 10 $3.50 down 10 2.40 To- s., go, from
the increased supply furnished The coun-
Try by the road. And in like proporlon
has been the reduction on other articles.
Even these rates are much higher thar
those on the roads &c Massachusetts, N.
York. and other states, and might be great
" reduced if The track were in good repair.
so as 10 admit quick passage Cor heavy
trains. ! state these particulars az TO
freight on leading articles, for the purpose
ni showing that al Inv estimate. the pr.
ces of transportation hy means of this road
have been lowered one-half; and thai il
! saves 10 the community in this way, The
sum of S30,00O annually that being about
the amount of the freighls received. am
not 81 familiar with The changes in the
rates oil transportation in the region Of the
Wilmington road. hui by similar calru.
lanon. which, is believed 10 be fair, il er.
frciea saving on freighis during The last
year, Of about $4,000. |, is moi 50 easy
To estimate their advantages in The time
and expenses spared in travelling. which
IS probably not equal, so far as our own
citizens are concerned, 10 lie diminutiun
on transportation hnl in our contempla-
items Of this subject, We must bear in
mind, thai il these Railroads shall cease
to operate, and the people in their neigh
borhood shall be driven back to The old
modes Of c,nveyance, thai the change will
he equal to the imposition upon them, of
a tax ofcertainlv eighty. aud perhaps not
less than one hundred thousand dollars.
per year.
Such is the intluccmcnt to sustain these
roads. even though unprnduclive as stocks.
ll II he possible TO render them profitable
In Tho Siatp 10 !, nrnnriptnr While thay