The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-03-07


derols. waier stations. ua,k ships. nfr.
res. aud in farIeerery thing ooEnlle,r.
Bul if ~e are safe in our 6Esi ealrrslssion.
lhrse will be enough monry IN e he
psaposrd ihrrs millions 10 allaw sls,g5s
rer mile. cor ihs intermediate ne aSlrs &C
a.lIirull country. With lhs came skill
employed in he surveys and rrsimurr.
re need not hare Inc least fear. tisersforr.
as 10 the tuiIieirnry Of ihe ,un Pfsposrd
in The rhsrirr.
Nor hare wr The slighirsl dnnhs sf %
THE rRsrTkRLEsEss or TEE srocE. ls
the first plare. we will promiss lhai The
Average sinrk of I'll The Raj Roads in The
lIniisd States pay clear prndI af sfrm
mr. esnf. We have The rery hest auIha-
rily Tor saying fhis. The information Is
derived rom ihe sfirial rrpors Of HE
Rail Road Companies pahlished in that
safe and caulious perind.rsi, The Rail Road
journal. Again. &c have ihs fact stated
N ihe same Journal. and confirmed ~
many Others. that here j. no well maxi
Rail Road in The United States, but what
PAYS six per rfni. on ils capital stock, and
often more. Furthermore. We are equal
w well established in The fact that Tho
Rail Roads in Georgia. lnot one Of which
is hnishe.D pay. and have bren paying
Cor three years past. between AR and eighf
per rent. an The stock subscribed. Genr-
gia is stretching her iron arms towards
Nashville. in Tennessee. Nor igomery and
Mobile, in Alabama. towards New Or
leans. and i. looking with anxious eyes
towards Pensacola. in Florida. Congress
has been invoked 20 assist in doing I'm,
Last work. with some prospect Of a favor
able response. She has not. as YET, put
herself 10 communion with either Of these
places. bun no one doubts her ability 10
do so. Az we said before. she is already
making ssrfn per rent. profit; what will
be The effect Of completing these cnnneI-
ions. IL 10 moi possible even 10 conjecture.
Whatever The result may be. il will even
inally condncs 10 The value Of our Road.
/ Cor they form ns Southwestern continue
ton. Its in fact. 80 much done for us.
Look, then, b the accumulated masses OF
travelling custom which The North can
pour down upon us. Look Al the pnr-
suits. the institutions. and the social in
ducemen,s within our own borders, that
/, are strung along this route. All Of these
are destined 10 produce ray frdrsning.
| This term il used IN signify trips upon a
part Of given road. without going
through ils whole extent. and u general.
| " Ear more profitable than what IL called
fhr ugh travelling. Between Whining
ton and Weldon. il amounts 10 more Than
double The income ri the other. although
The country over which il passes !. gene
rally barren. and unimprored. The late
Governor the Stale, q very cautious anil
intelligent gentleman. has shown by some
statistics, which he laid before the Gene
raj Assembly. tina, about four hundred
thousand Of The people Of this State re-
side whiting fifty miles Of The proposed
work: we will add. that they are among
the most thrifty and well informed Of our
citizens. Consider how much Of this po-
pulation will be pu, IN motion on business
within The State. There is The Mint al
Charlotte. the Iron Mines and Furnaces
in Lincoln, CASTOR and Caiawba. Tho
Gold Mines in Mecklenhnrg, Union. Ia
barrus. Rowan. Davidson, Randolph, and
Guilford. The Banks al Charlotte, Sa-
lishury, Salem, and Raleigh. Tho excel
lrni Schools and Academies. male and
Female in nearly every county on the
whole line; and above all. the University
Of the State. There are the Courts and
The Clerks Offices along the ronie. and
the Supreme Court al Raleigh. The leg
isIature. the Governors Office, the Comp
iroller's and Secretary of States Office.
The institute for the Deaf and Dumb, and
The Hospital foI the Insane. There are all
the Trades and Professions from one end
ofthe proposed work 10 The other. There
are The strong ties of 4 serial and ,lomes-
tic character; all, all tending strongly and
abundanily TO create way travelling. How
MANY of these 100000 will have soma
surplus to send 10 market, and how many
will 90 with il, is scearcely within the
range Of conjecture. Can any one doubt
who looks al these things, bu. tina, enough
Of travelling and other business will gath.
or upon this Road TO give il constant EN-
ploymeni, and constant employment is
Synonymous with profitable employment.
II may be said that the Wilmington Road,
ifcompleted TO Manchester, will take oflso
large share Of the travelling as 10 leave
the road unsupported. That this route
| will take share uf the through frarfl-
ling, is undeniable. But when We think
of the vast amount Of this kind OF travel.
ling that The boats on the Mississippi and
the sea packets now carry. and reflect that
most OF This will inevitably take Rail
Road whenever one is made throughout,
we ought not TO coyet all this custom.
i 'rha, we shall have our share OF Il, The
superiority Of our climate. and the lively
aud interesting face of the country, with
all It's other natural advantages, VIII
amount to full security. We shall, I'M
douhte,lly. obtain enough with the way
travelling above suggested. to make the
investment good one. These are con-
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