Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-03-05

depot st Waynesboro'. We must plead guilty to
total neglect of the subject So far as have been
able to perceive it has been at best but contest a.
bout goats wool-in fact, matter of no sort of i'm
northumberland we will venture to say, that not ten
men in Wilmington, not interested in contracts even
know what the change of location is, against which
the people of our sister town bitterly complain.
Many do not know that any such change has been
made And further, we will venture to saw that. so
far the interests of Wilmington concerned,
twothrds of our people would prefer the former To-
cation, inasmuch as the connection with our road
would have been made at point nearer to Whining
ton matter of primary Importance as all acquain-
ted with railroad business must be aware especially
since we here have never thought of being jealous
of NewbeTn. and only seek for advantages against
our Virginia rivals on the north
If we understand the matter in dispute it is some
what as follows: the North Carolina Railroad accor-
ding to the location contended for by our Newbern
neghbors, would have crossed creek near to
sharp turn in the Neuse, above Waynesboro, and
then down parallel and close to the bank of that
river, until it reached Waynesboro' whence it would
have diverged to point the Wilmington & Raj
egh Railroad some distance north ofthe river. Such
location near to the bank of the river: at point
where the sharpness of the bend brings the full force
of the current against it, and subjects it to all the
dangers of freshets and inundations was deemed
insecure and it was resolved to the road at
greater distance from the river and when opposite
Waynesboro' to make it fork, branch running
down to WaynesborG, the other to the Wilmington
and Raleigh Railroad If our Newborn friends dis
like the idea of having branch, they may call theirs
the main stem. The guage is precisely the same on
bofb pobo al
to this To reach proper point on the Wilmington
and Raleigh Railroad Uia Waynesboro', would re-
quire location close along the bank of the river at
point deemed insecure This difficulty is avoided
and both points reached by fork in the road. So
far see, this is about the true reason of
the change We can easily answer the query pro-
pounded by the Newbernian in the first article in his
paper of the twenty fourth-why we have seemed
studiously to avoid any discussion of the subject q
Plainly, then, have not taken sufficient interest
in it. Courtesy however, demands that We should
say something upon a subject which seems to
engage so much of the attention of Newbern
friends.
Would it be deemed impertinent if we should ven
ture to inquire into the amount of stock held by the
aggrieved citizens of sister town and still fur
Their, if should venture to answer our own inter-
rogation by stating the whole amount at sixteen
thousand dollars. 1t formerly amounted we believe.
to twenty-six thousand, ten Of which are now held
by contractor on the road-a citizen of Whining
ton. Counting the forty thousand original Whining
ton subscription, together with the taken up
by contractors citizens of this place, the amount of
stock held here will sum up between one hundred
and thirty and one hundred and forty thousand dol
lars. IT, under these circumstances Wilmington has
kept quiet while Newborn has been talking so
loudly it certainly speaks well for the modesty and
forbearance of the former. Whether the same
be said for the latter will leave others to de-
eide In closing this branch of the subject we would
repeat what we have already said, that we have
heard anything like jealousy expressed towards
Newbern, nor do We believe any such feeling is en-
tertained by citizens. We defy any one to find
anything indicative of such feeling in the columns
of the Wilmington press.
AS for the assertion made by us, and controverted
by the Newbernian that Wilmington is the mos
thoroughly North Carolinian ofany town in the State
and the only whose public works aim at bringing
trade into the State, instead of carrying out of it, We
are willing, for courtesys sake, to waive the exclu
siveness of the first proposition although, if thu
scriptural test of judging people by their acts were
applied to this case, it would be difficult to find any
town that could enter into competition with Will
mington in her efforts to do something that Nigh
afford fair foundation for State pride; and for tn
second proposition in regard to her public works be
ing the only ones that aim at bringing trade int
the State, assert positively, that the Mancheste
Road fully bears out our assertion and that all tn
trade of South Carolina east of the Pee Dee is con
fdently expected at our wharves. Unless then
of the new Fayetteville Plank Road lines SHOULD
enter the field of competition for the honor we CLAIM
pre-eminence in this respect. AS for an appendag
of South Carolina why, the North Eastern Rail
road is urged as desperate remedy to prevent GU
carrying away all of valuable branch of trad
which Charleston now gets
But we repeat Wilmington has no jealousy c
Newbern, of Fayetteville, of Raleigh or of any 9th
er North Carolina town !; if she has been captious
has been against favorsm to towns out of the State
Her citizens sanguine of her destiny as the frs
town in the State. At no time in her history ha
her progress been rapid, or so substantial nor he
prospect for the future so bright. Her citizen
have never been content merely to call upon Hercu
les to help them-they have helped themselves an
they now have prospect of reaping of th
fruits of their labors.
Our Table.
We find on our table the London Quarterly date
January, 1882 1t is the High Church, High Tor
English Renewable, but bigoed and arstocratc