Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-02-04
REPORT.
o,NrER,s OFFICE w. & NJ. R. R.,
BNVW11 I1mINGToN, N. c., Jan. Is, 1858.
W. W. President w. & M. Railroad,

ST. the homer TO submit, for the information
h d If Directors and stockholders. the An |
s Do cort If this Department for the year ending
3lst he wear the Road has been completed and
DurlpS nee on the Western Division to Hills, a
Geed f AZ miles from its junction with the Cam
:3acS and on the Eastern Division from Bruins
D n,or 70 the Western side of the White Marsh,
ftS NV NV ri Al miIes-making SO miles of Road laid,
bdanII.r.,ion of which 70 miles have been COM
81 airing the year:
teI . Western Division the Road is graded the
On "s.,Ivpr,s and cattle guards constructed, and |
rIe'' :" ties delivered to Mars Bluff Station, Us
b. H,r, Hills y and the remaining distance to the
1s w. na Dee tresIe work will be in readiness for
@n IL by the 10Th of February and, # the Iron be
ben NJ rqpidg as required, the Road can be o, m
I'M use to the rec Dee Wei swamp " 'i'0 i''''
N!!,,cs have been made for the timber for the tres
UOI5 , through the Pee Dee River Swamp TO be de-
Iat designated points on the Road, where it will
5o.aJ and transported on the Road 10 the Swamp
living of The piles in the Swamp has al so been
nnJpr contract, and will be commenced soon
Eu rarpr falls and no doubt is entertained of lis
|.,ns prosecution and early completion.
%o unusually high and continued freshets have
Iu.J the work at the Pee Dee River 10 a much later
"Hi Than was anticipated. This work is under the
"y;sion of an efficient Superintendent, and the pro-
2 # sinking the cylinders will be commenced as
!" Nc tbp River is sufficiently low. The engine,
~, and necessary machinery, and nine sections OF
FLINDERS have been received, and Inc remaining
,.ons are either shipped or ready Tor Shipment TO
srgetown. -, r,1o r,5,,o.;o
' Wv noted between Wheville and Fair Bluff,
1"I most important piece of treste work-at Por
. SSramp-wiIl be completed by the 5th February;
u" ~ cIyerts cattle guards, &c, and delivery Of
'1 Nv ties are so far advanced will not delay the
w. # the track layers. Between Fair Bluff and
soi ,bont one mile west If the Little Pee Dee Riv
js,,rbed portions of the graduation completed,
y, tho remainder is principally light entertainments,
I with the large force obtained by the contractors, it
lI I,rovpd will be finished in due season.
Tho Timber for the treStle work at the Lumber and
,,. PEE Dee Rivers is also under contract, and
.on of It ready for delivery. Between the Little
JCroat Pee Dee Rivers the graduation has been
oepd except one contract next and adjoining the
Snce the date of the order of the Board to resume
.rions on Eagles Island, efforts have been made
,r'ce this work under contract, but have only been
r,pssrul for the construction of the Bridges over Al
ssor Creek and Brunswick River, and for the deliv-
lathe timber The character OF this work is such
ltro energetic and reliable person has been found
rrng 10 undertake its construction; and the prOhl
Khan Of owners from employing their slaves on it,
I render il necessary TO prosecute it on the COmpa
ais account, with almost exclusively white labor
Nth view to this, the Steam Pile Machine has been
sgeed at the Brunswick River, and active opera
Ions will be commenced as soon as the timber and Ia
wrS can be obtained.
The completion of this work is important to prevent
he DELAY and cost of transhipment of freight at the
Bmswck River; and steps9q plnoqS taken also for
Reconstruction OF wharves and warehouses OF sutI-
tent dimensions to accommodate the quantity of
eghl that will probably offer for transportation du
3g the year.
With this view, enquiries have been made OF the
notable quantity of Naval Stores and other produc-
Yo Of the forest that will seek transportation during
year within the limits of North Carolina. Good
me lands adjacent TO the line Of the Road, have ad-
wced since lis commencement from fifty cents to an
Tage price of four dollars per acre; and heavy IN
smenis have been made by active and energetic
ln who are making extensive preparations for the
ri1c,on of Naval Stores and Timber. With the
ueSary machinery and cars for its prompt transport
lion there is bat little doubt that fifty thousand bar
as OF Naval Stores, and twenty millions feet of Tim
gand Lumber, in addition TO other productions, will
placed on the Road within the current year.
And in this connection it may be proper to state
bat the policy which have pursued in the manage
lnt of the work has been to foster and encourage
ieOcal business, the varied productions, and the
avel tributary to the line first in Importance,
nd the most reliable and valuable portion of its re-
&pB 1t is this policy which builds up villages
nd towns and by iudicious arrangement of the
1e Of freight to encourage the production of arti-
s which would seek transportation at a season
hen the machinery and cars were comparatively
lempoyed leads to the development of the resour-
Hsdthe country
10 staple country three fourths of the crop seeks
market where the proper facilities are offered fol
transportation between the lst of September
the lSt of January-a period of tour months
1.-THE return supplies follow Immediately, and re
nS a large outfit of machinery and Cars, which
mOt be proftaby employed during the remaining
@ months of the year. At present the principal
ductlOn in South Carolina is Cotton, which is cul
@el on the ridges adjacent to the streams, anC
Me@be land between the streams is an untappet
A1e Forest, which, when united by your Rail RoaC
Win Wilmington, will furnish profitable employ
1@t for capital, and, by varying the character o
productions, will give more uniform and STEADY
aP0ymcnt to the machinery. The articles of tim
rand lumber, (of which the supply will be almos
l1Aaustlble) can be transported at remuneratint
'" and my confidence in the success of this ha
"n Strengthened by applications already made TO
n nanSportation at the estimated rates.
Inc " estern Division of the Road has not pro
gsed' during the past year. as rapidly as was an
PS'ed at the date of my last Report; and this wa
ly owing to the failure of the South Corolna Rail
~ company to transport the Iron as rapidly a
t urge and efficient force of track-layers, engage
u g Road could use it. The causes which led t.
%u@aStrouS state of affairs are so familiar that
sGSttCely necessary to advert to them. They ma,
gSny stated to be the unusually heavy pressur
wsL Ielght on that Road, and the destruc
s,o VI p Sne O0nSaree and the damage to the Wa
S;eb Drluges by the freshet of the 29th August
a suspended the transportation of all freight un
, ,nS nrSS OF November This freshet was fee
mj Ioo ABOVE the Rails at our Junction with tn
HAIKU. pranch but was not considered by the oil
6a SlI residing in that vicinity, within two fee
hal 81. "SncSt treshets within their memories. You
sn t ASHAMED no damage, but the LOSSES arisin
a',nos.. aeay IN receiving the Iron, and in tn
%rfSeavy bills paid for lost time to the contrac
ab, VI laying, and the reduced receipts in tn
y W =, "OP}temberr and October. See Statement