The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-06-04

cends win Uniform grade Of 471 feet pe
mile past Raleigh, upon which the ests blsh
menl oi depot would be very objectionable
o" account Of the difficulty Of stopping tn
descending and starting the ascending isa;u
and this objection can only be removed b
introducing lighter grade which eau 10 ~
other way be effected than by increasing IN
rate OF ascent from Wanu, creek, wh,cl
would operate against this line but as tn,
grade would be IN favor Of the heavy toooap
u would still msi",ain its superiority over In,
middle line.
Recurring again TO the commencement, o
the line a, the Wilmington and Raleigh rail
toaf, ! would recommend the es,sbi,hmeo n
OF the Depot al Goldsboro, instead If at IN,
point of connection OF the roads for the rea
sons that the Wilmington and Raleigh raj
foed Company hsvrg fehouses already e
'fcied q, Goldsboro, could without addliona
expense to Them give accommods atoms tha
"o"'d be saving to The company.
SECOND DIVISION.
Alter several trial lines across Crsb,ree
creek which is enc, unlered six miles from
the commencement Of this d,v,siun, a i,Be
was selected crossing at Mr.. Jere Morris
thence II ascends along the soping ground
drained into Crabtree To Mr.. Robt. Wi,her
spoons on the ridge dividing the waters Of
New Hope and Neu.e Rivers, thence The
line pursues this ridge. departing from j, ON.
y al one place 10 MAINTAIN the general di.
rection and at the sane time avoid the Bras
held hills which are past. leaving them a hall
mile on the North, at a ulhng expense
encountered 10 embsukng across two small
branches Of New Hope. AT D.sarnes, ten
miles east Of HiIisboro, two routes present
themselves, one pursuing The ridge dividing
tho waters Of the Emo, and New Hope rivers,
forming an independent line Crossing Haw
river al GIlbreath's ford, and thence TO Pro
v'dence meeting house, designated Oh the
map as the Chapel Hill ridge line. The
other passes by H,llsboro' and crossing Haw
'Iver at Trolnger's bridge reuni,es with the
other a, Providence meeting house. These
routes may be united by cross line on the
ridge dividing ihe waters Of the Emo and la W
rivers by deflec,ion from the first line a,
Gravelly Hill, and thus the var,nus r"u,as
crossing Haw river, which will hereafter be
described, may bo made part of either line
and comparison between The Two may be
msde adopting either Of the crossings of The
i,ver. Suffice It 10 say, however, that the
result by any comblna ION that could be made
would be in favor Of the route by Hllsboro',
10 all the essentials Of grades, cost, curva.
ture and distance. | shall therefore dismiss
the Chapel Hill route as il is designated on
the map and con6ne my observations to tho
HIllsbofo' route, which after it became evi.
dent that it would be the preferred route,
was subjected to the most elaborate explora.
tons and surveys. The first important enquiry
wss,he passof,he Valley of,he Emo the result
of which WAS the estsbii,hmeut of a crossing
al the upper end Of the town of II ,llsboro' and
again just below the bridge near Browns
Mlll thence the line sscenis along the side
hills Of Seven Mile Creek to the ridge divi.
ding the waters Of the E,o from those Of
Back creek, branch os Haw river. and along
'his ridge !, is traced to the vicinity of the
Ofange and Alamance county line. From
this point To the Haw rIver II thorough re-
connoisahce Of the Country was made and the
river examined from the shallow Ford TO
Ruffin's Mills. The result of this reconnoi.
sance was The selection of four lines crossing
Haw River respectively al G,hrea,h's ford,
at the mouth Of Ffeeland creek, Conrad
Longs and near roIlinger's bridge, all UNI.
ling at Providence Meeting House. The
FIRST line was abandoned on account Of its in
creased length and cost, and the second for
The same reasons and in addition thereto in
Of its ohjec,lonsl curves and the
heavy rock excavations between Back creek
md Haw River. This narrowed down the
,hoice b~t~een the two routes crossing at
Longs and at TroIlinger's bridge, noted on
he map as the upper and lower lines. A
comparison OF these lines gives the following
psults VIZ: The upper line costs less by
Is 900 and the length is one mile less than
he lower line. The lower line has less cur.
azure Of the minimum radius and the length
{ tho maximum grades is less, but these "a
orabe features not being sufficient 10 couu.
eibalance its increased length and cost. |
i've the upper line tn preference and recon
mend its adoption. From Providence Meet.
ng House, the line, of this division is traced
yer very favorable GROUND along the ridge
ividng The waters of Haw and AIamance
ivers, to lis termination on the dividing line
etween Alamance aud Guilford Counries.
With the view Of cutting Of the delour, on
he route by Hillsboro', around the N. Hope,
line was reconnoitred diverging al PARIS
ates on this division, one aud half miles
rom its commence ment. passing around the
cad Of Crabtree and by Mr.. BARLEY Sears,
,ght miles from Yates, thence along q ridge
,viding tho waters Of North East, New {
lope and White Oak Swampto Mr.. Marina.
uke Williams, where i, crosses New Hope.
renee on a ridge between Morgan's and Bol. i
"g's Creeks, to point about two miles from ,
'hspsl Hill, where tho ridge, upon which the
'ollega is situated, rises very abruptly; to ,
scend to the summit Of this ridge either Nor.