North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-09-13
Pungo Road.

Weare happy to learn from our feiiow-cltlzen Gen
> FL. g. Sprull, who has just returned from Raleigh
It where he had gone to attend meeting Of thu
S q President and Directors of the Literary Fund,
b that the Board have determined to put under con
S tract the building of the Road from Pungo Rive
to this place, as provided by the Act of the las
General Assembly.
This is work of vast Importance to the Literary
Fund of North Carolina The Swamp Lands have
been vested in corporation, called the President
and Directors of the Literary Fund" and the pro
ceeds arising from the sales are appropriated to the
/ purposes of Common Schools The State has ex-
} pended heavy amount in draining the Lands
around Pungo Lake, and the main and lateral Ca
mails, sufficient to drain efectually some forty thous
and acres, have been cut. Those lands are diff
cult of access and this Road is designed to reduce
the distance to rnem and to make them more &C
icess;uie. The day will come when these lands will
be sought for when their value will be appreciated
and when, from the sales of them, the Literary
Fund will be largely increased.
The General Assembly, at the session CT 1s4s'49,
passed Resolutions, directing the Literary Board to
contract for the building of this Road, and the
Board, after due advertisement, met in the Town
of Washington in May, 1649, for the purpose of
putting the Road under contract, but could get no
bid.
We desire to urge upon the citizens of this Coun-
ty, and of this Town, particularly, the Importance
| of this work to us. We presume it + rs not been
ders for the contract in 1849.
1t is admitted by all, that considerable portion
of the Pungo country, now claimed to belong to
Beaufort County, actually belongs to Washington
County and, simultaneously with the Act for ma
king the Road, another Act passed, directing
the line to be run between Beaufort and Washing
ton Counties. Commissioners have been appointed
by both Counties to run the lne-Redding Lewis
Myers and Richard Reddick, Esqrs, on the part of
Beaufort, and Charles Latham and John B. Ches-
son, Esqrs, the part of Washington, selections
which could not have been bettered, in either
ty, they all thorough business men, who will
have what they do well done, and in whom the
people of both counties have the utmost confidence.
We have not laid claim to this portion Of Beau
fort, though we have long known our rights because
we could not claim those people without having
our Court House accessible to them and should
the Pungo and Pantego settlements be found III
this county, it would be manifestly wrong to make
those people serve on our Juries and pay taxes to
our Sheriff. and come under the jurisdiction of our
Courts when they, in order to attend our Courts
and Sheriff, in order to execute processes Oh
them, would have to pass through Beaufort county,
a distance of some forty miles, which would have
to be done unless this Road were made. The Road
then, is work of Importance to every citizen of
Washington county.
1t is also work of great value to the Town of
Plymouth. By constructing this Road we draw
Merchants would supply all their Goods, Groceries,
&c, and purchase all their produce. 1t would be
to the interest of those people to come here and
trade-they would buy Goods cheaper, as they |
would take the advantage of the competition among
the Merchants whereas they now trade at small
country stores, where there is competition, and
where prices are higher; and for the same reason,
their produce would be sold to our Merchants. The |
trade which this Road would bring to our Town,
may be safely estimated at from five to ten thous-
and dollars per annum.
The construction of this Road would result in /
bringing large amount of travel through our Town,
all the trade of Tyrrell and Hyde counties would
be drawn here. When these reclaimed lands, on
Pungo Lake, shall have been put under cultivation
and we sure in process of time they will be !
cultivated-Plymonthw will become the home of the
propretors. Its accessibility, having regular steam
navigation North, and line of Stages South-its
pleasant location its fine water, general good health
well patronized Schools, and growing and prosper |
Gus condition. will make it sought as the residence
Of persons cultivating these lands. Every Mer-
chant, every Hotel keeper, every shop keeper, Ne
,hanic, our Doctors and Lawyers, and indeed ev-
cry citizen of our Town, has deep Interest in this
work, as every one will be either directly or indi-
-ectly benefited by the construction of this Road.
And now, we desire to impress upon our people l.
the importance, nay, absolute necessity, of atten-
ling the sale, and not permitting it to 90 off it
lid in 1S49, without bid Should the present
effort prove failure, it may-nay, will be fatal
one; for we cannot ask the Legislature for another
Act, when we show little interest in the work
suffer two efforts made by the proper authorities,
to pass, without any corresponding effort on the
part of those interested. b
We again urge upon the citizens of this County,
md of this Town particularly to be awake to their
interests and to make good use of this, it may be
he last, golden opportunity of accomplishing this
very important work. Plymouth Villdger.
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Association, paper was read by Mr.. J. Atkinson,
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