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

usled, Uses very ahFapdyf 70 ascend %
,he ssmmil Of Ihis ridge either MoTgah's
o. Balling's arr aysllnble; having attained
he summit. a ME Arch, AndwWs owing
d die Necessity 81 exreeding car MAXI
nam grades 10 lie passage Of Cain snd
Fiau Creeks. the line waald be compelled
10 follow The Eidgs heading these creeks.
until Il iniersecIs The line heretofore de-
scribsd 40 The Chsprl Hill Ridge line.
near Mr.. Fred. Williams. and ihenre with
lhsi line as Iun. Owing 20 these ire
oaeni draeclions. ahis rouif. although call.
ed The diresl route. would be about Two
miles longer Ilisn The line by HILLSIDE
rough. and comparison Of The grades.
curvature and cost would slso be against
Il. This being ,he result Of the rernn-
Nuisance. il was not thought advisable 10
incur he expense Of saTrry.
THIRD DIVISION.
This division begins on the Alamanee
and Guillnld lines. abonl ane and half
Isailes north Of The stage mad On the
ridge dividing The waters If Traverse
creek from those nf Alamanre, and
continues ON Tins ridge about two miles.
thence j, descends The Valley Of Rock
Greek. ~hirh il crosses II lis junction with
Cedar prong. thence upon The south slnpe
al Cedar prong Valley 10 The summit of the
ridge. dividing lis waters from BirchCnek.
thence along The South slope of The ridge.
dividing Alsmance and South BuGalue
creeks. crossing il NJ the intersection Of
The Shsllowlord and Fayetteville roads.
The line then descends 10 South BniIaloe
creek. crossing il ahont one thousand feet
below the stage road bridge. thence il
defeends 10 iLe ridge between North and
South Bufr.loe creeks. on which il con
aiaues N Greenshorough. crossing South
street three hundred feet north ofihe cald-
well institute. thence On The ridge 10 sta
linn 92s near Mr.. Hailian Hats. From
this point 10 Lexington. three lines present
themselves Tor eomparison--which we
will designate the FAIR gro e. Middle and
Northern lines.
The Fair Grove and Middle lines are
common 10 Prospec, meeting house be-
fore reaching this point the line crosses
South Buffaloe near Mr.. A. Wilson's
Bull Run. a lillle below The stage road ford,
and Deep river 1900 feet hollow The stage
road bridge thence the line passes lnle
to The South OF jamestown. up The SouIh
prong of big branch 10 station 1880. a
qusrler Of a mile west Of Prospect meeting
house on the summit nf the ridge between
Deep river aud the Yadkin. From sta
iiom 1899 il continues heading nearly The
waters Of Hunts Fork, thence il descends
along the Sonth slnpe Of the Valley Of
Hambies' creek. crossing The Raleigh road
near Fair Grove meeting house. and con-
iinuing upon the north side Of the road 10
point near the house OF Mr.. Smith Cur.
~, thence keeps near the Raleigh road
and passes about 900 feet 10 the left oil
The Poor House, thence descends to Alb
BATHS creek. crossing il about three fourihs
ola mile below Randolph's bridge thence
j, passes up The south slope Of The valley
Of Grimes branch to The summit of the
ridge between Abbnii's and Swearing
creeks. near Parks, al the crossing of the
stage road about $500 feet west of The
Court House, where il joins The 4lh di,
vision.
The Middle. line DIVORCES from the Fail
Grove line al station 1899. crosses the
head waters of Hunts Fnrk to The ridge
between Rirh Fork and Handles creek
which il follows three miles; ,henoe i
descends INTO The Valley OF Jimmie's creeI
to Conrad's old mill; here The line cross
es The creek and again makes two cross
ings al the bend opposite Mrs. Loops
and passes over The point of a ridge be.
tween Jimmie's creek and Rich Fork
crossing The latter near The junction with
Handles Greek. thence il crosses Abbott.
Creek about half mile above the iunc
ton of Rich Fork. thence il passes NJ
the valley Of Abboii's creek. crosses Leon
ard creek near It's mouth. and thence along
the slipping ground Of I.eonar,l's creek /,
Parks passing Lexington 1900 feet Soul
of The Court House. This line NAV Be-
Strengthened hy a route leaving The lin,
which is common to il and The Fai. Grove
line al station l64l. passing three fourth.
Of mile north Of Prospect meeting honsc
and coming inio The middle line again
about 5 miles 1914 feet from lie point d
starting.
Northern line; the line defects from
the Fair Grove and Middle lines, al
station 92s, at Heats; thence It crosses
South Buffaloe Creek, a little below
the Salem road, it then ascends to the
summit of the ridge between Haw and
Deep rivers; thence it descends piney
branch to its mouth, where it crosses
the North prong Of Deep river, thence
passing over the ridge between the
North and South prong, it crosses the
the South prong inst below Chapman's
mill. Thence it follows up Tan Yard
branch to its head, thence crosses Rich
Fork near its source and Immediately
ascends to the ridge between Abbott's
n