The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-05-28

may properly inarsree The beard. such
az The propFislY, probably he necessity
and obligation az he Company. 70 PIT !
depot within he corporate limits 81 IA
leieh, which Eould Be attended viii no
seIi0ns objeeIiOns 20 Gar a. ihe grades AZ
The road are concerned on he Middle
line; while on The South line me road
sseends with : Uniform grade Of az feet
per mile past Rsleigh. upon whit The
establishment 81 depot would be very
EXCEPTIONALLY. on srcouni Of the difficulty
af stopping the descending aud starting
The ascending trains. and this objection
ran only be removed by introducing =
lighter grade. whirh ran IN no Other way
he riferted shan hy inrreasing he rate
nf ascent from Walnut Greek. xhish
wauld operate against this line; bet as
The grade would be in favor OF the heavy
tonnage. ID would still maintain It's speriori-
" over The middle line.
Recurring again 10 the commencement
Of the line At The WILMINGTON and Rsieigh
Rad Road. would recommend The e.
adjustment of the Depot al Galdsbo-
rough. instead AZ Al the pain. of connec-
lion o. The r0ads-for the reason that the
WILMINGTON and Raleigh Rail Road Com
pany having warehouses already erected
al Goldsbarnugh. could without additional
expense % them give accommodations
that would DO saving TO The Compa
ny.
SECOND DIVISION.
After several trial lines across Crsbiree
creek. whirh is encountered six miles from
The commencement OF This division. line
was selected crossing al Mr.. Jere. Nor
ris'. thence il asrends along the sloping
ground drained into Crabiree 10 Mr.. Robl.
Wiiherspoan's on The ridge dividing The
waters Of New Hope and Neuse Rivers.
thence the line pursues This ridge. depsrt-
ing from il only at one place 10 maintain
lie general direction and. II The same
time avoid The Bras6fld hills which are
past. leaving them half mile on The
North. al Ti1ing expense encountered
IN emhunkiDg across Two small branches
of New Hope. Al Desarnes, ten miles
EAST Of Hillsborough. two routes present
themselves. one pursuing The ridge divid-
ing The waters Of The Emo and New Hope
rivers. forming and independent line cross.
ing tlsw river al Gilbreaih's ford. and
ihence 90 Providence meeting house. de-
signa.ed on The map as the Chapel iiill
ridge line. The other passes by Hills
borough and crossing Hsw river al Tro-
fingers bridge re.unires with the other at
Providence meeting house. These rnnies
may he united by q cross line IN the
ridge dividing The waters Of The Emo and
Haw rivers by DETECTION from the FIRST
route al Gravelly Hill. and thus the va
rious ronies crossing IIaw river. which
will hereafter be described. may be made
part OF either line and comparison be.
tween the two may be made; adopting
either Of the crossings Of the river. SUI.
fee il to say. however. that the result by
any combination that could be made would
he IN favor of the rouie by tliIlsbornuch
~ all the essentials of grades. cost, curva.
iure and DISTANCE. shall therefore dis.
miss The Chapel Till rnuie as i, is desig-
mated on The map. and confne my obserya.
hons TO the Hillsborough route. which az
ter II became evident that il would be the
preferred route. was subjected 10 the m, 81
elaborate explorations and surveys. The
first importan, inquiry was the pass or lie
Valley OF The Emo, the result, of which
was the establishment Of crossing al The
upper end Of The town of Hillsborougl
and again just below The bridge neal
Browns Mill, thence the line ascends a.
long the side hills Of Sc, en- Mile Greek
70 The ridge dividing the waters Of the
Emo from those OF Back Creek. branch
oil Haw river, and along this ridge il il
traced 10 The vicinity of The Orange ant
AIamance county line. From this poinl
to The Haw river, thorough reconnois.
ance Of the Country was made and The
river examined from the shallow Ford il
Rnfiin's Mills. The result OF this recon
noIsance was the selection of four line,
crossing Haw River respectively al Gil.
hreath's ford at The month of Freelan,
creek. Conrad Longs. and near 'rrollin.
gers bridge. all uniting al Providence
Meeting House. The first line was a
bandonel on account nf its increased
length and cost. and The second for ,hs
same reasons and in addition thereto i,
consequences Of lis objectionable curve.
and The heavy rock excavations between
Back Creek and IIaw River. This mar.
rowed down the choice between The two
ronies crossing at Longs. and at Trolin
gers bridge, noted on The man as the nm
per and lower lines. A comparison Of
these lines gives tie following results
viz: The upper line costs less by IS. 900
and The length is one mile less Than Inc
lower line. The lower line has less cur.
vaiure OF the minimum radius and The
length Of the maximum grades is less, bul
these favorable features not being snffi.
eient to counlerbalanre its decreased
length and cost. | give The upper line the
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