Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-12-24
THE WILMINGTON. JOURNAL.
wILMlNeToS, N. c.. FRIDAY, DEC. "a, 1854.
q" Our Projected Railroads.


Our Projected Railroads.
The above is the title of article in the last Fay
etevlle Observer, closing with the admission that it
has been very hastily written-an admission a.
bundantly substantated by the occurrence of the
merous mistakes and mstatements which it makes
with regard to cur course and position towards tie
projected Railroad from Fayetteville to the Mines in
Chatham county
The Observer commences its article by remark
to The effect that we have taken nearly fortnight
to deliberate before breaking ground the subject
of Railroad from Fayetteville to the Mines. On
turning to files We find in our paper of the 9Th,
article upon this very subject referring to the
project and quoting the language of the Observer.
That paper of the 2nd containing the first article
upon the subject reached Saturday, the 5th,
that, in fact only two business days elapsed be-
fore we & broke ground the subject" Between
two days, and nearly fortnights deliberations y
difference is generally supposed to exist. The
Observer had evidently overlooked first article,
in which ausion is made to the project of Charles
ton to reach the n. C. Coal Mines by means of the
North Eastern and Cheraw & Darlington Railroads,
with such extension to The Mines as might be ne
cessary and farther alluded. in the article,
to the proposed Railroad from Fayetteville to the
mines and the suggestion of the Observer. to make
such Road part of this Charleston scheme To IL
lustrate this last, we copied from the Observer as
follows:
sNow it has occurred to u.s. that railroad from
this place to the Coal Mines may be made part OF
this Charleston scheme. This town IS but little
Of direct line between the terminus OF the North
Eastern road and the Coal Mines. And if we build
40 miles of road Charleston may be glad to be saved
that much of outleY. A railroad from the Manches-
ter road to this town would unquestionably lead to
the completion Of the long projected and much de
sired road from this place 10 Raleigh. And thus we
should be brought into connection with the great
Northern and Southern railroads. and that too by
the shortest route from North to South
In commenting upon this, we evinccd feeling
of opposition to the Rail Road from Fayetteville to
the Mines, TO any other project which the people
of Fayetteville might conceive to be promotive of
their interests prosperity. We merely remarked
that The bearing of these things upon the prosper
ity Of our route obvious and need not be COM
mented upon neither was it necessary proper for
to offer any suggestions upon the subject. We
had called the attention of our readers to it, and
ny Of them infinitely more competent to Crap
pie with it than we.'
That these projects rould have an important bear
ing upon the prosperity of town and route is
plain and could not have failed to call attention
to them without being guilty of palpable neglect
of duty to those interested.
In subsequent article upon the subject of {" In
ternal improvements which the Observer quotes
having been written with especial reference to the
Charleston project we do deprecate the absorption
of the capital and energies of the State by the
ton of rival lines through her. from North to South
while her Eastern and Western sections stand soa-
ted from each other, without means of communica-
ton facilities to bring the produce of the West to
market, or to afford the East the advantage of the
commerce arising from the transfer and shipment.
Properly speaking, there is no line, either made or
authorized, connecting the East and West, while
through her from North to South there will shortly
be two lines, and two others vehemently sought af
ter We believe with the Observer, that there is
unbounded room for Improvement but we also be-
eve that Railroads can dispense with the
rules of common prudence, than any other bust
ness, and hope to escape the penalty. We do moi
think there is business enough for four competing
lines running through the State nor do we think it
the policy of the Legislature to encourage the making
of H. while the real evil is for want of connection
with the seaboard
1.-THE Observer understands being in any
way opposed to a charter for road from Fayette
Vile to the mines, it is much mistaken If in tn
Legislature, and it up, would vote for it. 1t i
further mistaken in supposng that our hint about
road from Faison's to the mines intended for tn
purpose of avoiding Fayetteville 1t was simply t.
point out certain resource for reaching the mine
without any further legislation, upon capital whic
could easily be sold
We agree with the Carolnian of Saturday, tina
there is no sort Of use in any wrangling betwee
Wilmington and Fayetteville nor do we think Their
will be any need of Railroad further down tina
Fayetteville, the Cape Fear River being fully CON
pctent for the Coal trade. AS for Charleston con
petition it would seem almost as if nothing but il
sanity could suppose it feasible, or anything but OF
position to US have induced anybody to build pr
iects upon it so easily as the Observer has done.
North Carolina.