North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-09-03
PLANK ROADS.

,. .,e ora,ifed at the spirit and zeal WIN "o
in various portions of this State, are turn
N attention 10 Plank Roads. The day is ho'
w we trust, when these Roads will traverse '"0
e in all directions, giving outlet TO The P'Ouuo
t,he farmer, acting as feeders to fail ''o"'' "''
favorable Rivers, and stimulating mere %
o done elsewhere, the various departments u
mss and trade. ,o,;uo.
Lob ,ve nubIish to-day, that Flank Road ConVen-
:. % assemble at Hotel, BERTHE, on the 24th Oh
noortb and it is earnestly hoped that all inc
interested in the enterprise will be well rep
1a,.d We wish the people of North Eastern
T' N.I;,. much success in their undertaking.
lac, Fayetteville Caroinian contains an inter-
,cle in relation 10 the success of Plank Roads
e''| s. quarter. which we lay before our readers:
ROADS. As there several projects for
Ia pads running north from this place, slight
iianation may be necessary.
II he recoected that the last Legislature char
WI" ,he " Fa fayetteville and Northern Plank Road
tffcu Wv and authorized it to construct a Plank
GoI I tom Fayetteville to Raleigh with branch 10
hoG: J in Johnston County. In due time books
SaM!hScrintion were opened and sufficient amount
"tSibed to secure the charter. In the contest tor
I,tion the owners of the land on the east Slde OF
Fear we're successful, and by their ST bscriP-
Ie nbtained the location, and the Company is now
uUH ioIv engaged in making the necessary arrange
n,an,s for the construction OF the Road:
I The month of April last, the President and Dl-
III If the Fayetteville and Western Plank Road
books of subscription increase their capital
vi 800 600, for the purpose OF extending their
in road still, further west, and tor building several
;nnated branches, among others, one from the line
u 5iT road to the village of Summervle, on the
%o Fear River, in the northwest part OF this coun-
va Tbp land owners between Murchison's Factory
~ Snmmerve and the citizens of that village, act
@ m that invitation. have, 1t is said, subscribed
n5o mo. and rendered it to the F. & w. Company,
"a asked TO be connected with them. There was
granted by the last Leg slature to build road
II The same kind from Summervile to Raleigh But
beber it is the design or not to continue this road
bevond Summcrville, we are not ADVISED.
Within the last two three weeks subscription
,s onenpd to form Joint stock company " for the
U"rnose Of building Plank Road from Fayetteville on
o ,c side of the Cape Fear to Raleigh. The requi-
ite amount (S2O, OOO) provided by the articles of
sgement having been obtained, the subscribers met
last Saturday and organized by appointing Arch d
Mclean, of this town, James w. strange, MurPhy
V, Joues Nathan King, and JOHN G. Williams, OF
cumberland county, Trustees, and located their road
IN KjnGsbury about ten miles north of this place.
resolution was also passed directing the Trustees TO
locate the road so Summevle and thence to Raleigh,
nrovded SummerviIIe would subscribe 900 to the
stock of the Company.
These roads can and will, probably, all be built
and we have no doubt some arrangement will be
made for the companies to act tremendously. 1t is
unnecessary to suggest how, but it will doubtless be
done, and only one main stem GO TO Raleigh. ="
We have now, in successful operation the Fayette-
vile and Western Road (for near 80 miles we learn,)
the Southern Plank Road from Fayetteville TO Lum-
Der Bridge in Robinson county, which is under con-
tract the entire distance and being finished as fast as
steam and water can saw the Plank, and the Fay |
etevile and Northern Road, which we hope Will |
reach Smithfeld in Johnston county, Clinton IL SamP-
son. and Warsaw the Wilmington Railroad; also |
the Fayetteville and Central Road will soon be in
progress OF construction.
The increased value of the land through which the
Fayetteville and Western Road passes has twice re-
paid the cost of the work. like result has taken
on each of the other roads. Men in this county who,
two years since, would not have thought of
subscription to any work of Internal Improvement,
are now the FIST 10 put down their five hundred or
thousand dollars. The great value Of these roads |
sas them in the face, and every whose lands are
within reach Of them is ready and willing 10 contrib
uc 1t is reduced to absolute fact III this county
that every eghborhood where there are pine trees
can almost afford 10 build road.
What are the advantages of Plank Roads! Why |
every farmer has, what he never had before, good
rad every day in the year. He can select his own
time for going to market. His farm is increased in
Vaue-the wear and tear of horses and vehicles are
decreased more than one-half-he can haul the load
of four horses with two, and do it with more case
he superinend the sales of his own produce, and
the purchase of his own articles, without intrustinI
it 10 Others But the thing is so manifest we will
not enlarge.