Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-07-20
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) lLE,sH. M a. Gin Joiv, 1853.

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The Petersburg Intelligencer. of 29lh June. says
'sLook atthe schedule that the President has com
menced running vide his advertisement in our paper
leaves Raleigh at A. M, reach Weldon at l P.
M. leaving Weldon at 81 P. NJ. He don't once
mentionsGaston the poor little Greenville & Roam.
cake Rail Road, whose few Stockholders took twice
as much stock in the Raleigh & CASTOR Rail Road
as his magnificent friends in orfGlk and Portsmouth,
is entirely forgotten"
In the very advertisement to which the editor
fers, and which was then standing in his columns,
the fact is twice distinctly stated that the passengers
can go to Petersburg, Norfolk or Wilmington direct.
The GTeenvie Road is not mentioned, the Pc
tersburg, the Seaboard The passenger is left TO
select his own route without any Suggestions from me.
Our trains the river and stop CASTOR deliver
and receive passengers. When the passenger chooses
to leave our cars he does so, and goes where he
Pleases l strive to part with him on good terms,
by making him comfortable whilst with as, and CIV
ing him the largest liberty, and furnishing him the
most ample facilities for doing as he peases when
we part with him. [ have idea that the stock
holders of the Greenve Road desire to consti-
tute myself soliciting agent FOR their road, either
publicly privately. shall certainly not volunteer
any such services. If had any talent or taste in
that line, the exercise of it would scarcely be
| Pauble with the position hold here. None of the
| /" arrangements on this road have been adopted
with view to injure the Greenvie Road. On the
contrary, every change that has been made must be
advantageous to that road-except that our passen-
ger'trans, instead of turning back from Gaston pro-
coed on to Weldon. That cannot be objected to by
them, as $4,000 of the money of this corporation,
in which they are largely interested, has been ex-
pended in building the road to Weldon; and, the
editor very well remarks, " II miles Of road
cannot be Blu and kept up for nothing" We must
both use and charge for it, as we are now doing.
The editor also remarks, very truly, l am afraid,
The fact is, this Weldon connection has caused all
the difficulty He may regard it as s. difficulty"
but out this way regard it very great advan-
tage to u.s. that four railroads bring US passengers
three compete for pass engers and Sfeights-and
either Of them of the best markets in the South
be reached by people between breakfast and sup
per. We think already reaping some of the
advantages of it. The tobacco planters never had so
much money before, yet Petersburg has not, proba-
bly,, lost two dozen hogsheads Of tobacco, and her
merchants, probably, never were doing better. Our
road has certainly felt it. We never did so good
business before, Notwithstanding the difficulties
have had to encounter in getting the day schedule.
Our producing classes are prosperous beyond pre-
cedent and entering into pursuits never before
followed here. New resources thus being devel-
oped, which probably wonld have remained dormant,
but for the markets and more active competition
| opened to US. The merchants of Petersburg know
full well that the proper and only way to meet this
state of things is meet Norfolk in open, manly
competition for trade. They know they have
got it to do and have to think they pre-
pared for it, They have the enterprise, intelligence
and cspial make them fearless of the result of any
| competition fair and equal terms. They cannot,
business men, expect to be guilty Of the folly
Of giving up all our markets but one This attempt
of few persons to shake off competition, by pre-
venting US from running trains in connection with
! those the Seaboard Road, is vain, and can meet
with no sympathy from merchants of their manly and
generous habits. The attempt that is being
made upon u.s. if the object is TO make give up
! the Weldon and CASTOR connection or destroy its
usefulness by connecting with nothing at Weldon,
will be entirely futile and had as well be abandoned
before alienation of feeling the part of people
is produced.
| to mention CASTOR and the Greensville Road.
The Directors of this Company instructed me,
30th May, to commence running in the day time
| Until we could get to Weldon with trains il
would be folly to commence running any schedule
without getting the consent of the Greensvile Com
pany TO in connection with it. therefore wro
to Mr. Bird, the President of that pany to know
whether he would connect with US if we commenced
running in that way. On the 18th June he wrote
me- hough it did not reach until Goth, follows
50 on inform me that you propose to certain
schedule and desire to know if we will connect with
you daily at CASTOR. if you commence running it be-
| fore you get the Weldon Road. We shall, of course
do this, and continue do it, after you get the Well
| don Road. - \ y. But ,Ue cannot connect
u til he schedule you propose 10 rum for, If ,Oe did,
IUouH not connect IOith the EapreSs train the
| Petersburg Roa|."
If this communication left me in doubt that doubt
was entirely removed by Geographic dispatch, re-
ceiVed within the same hour, but dated the Goth, Is
days later,) in the following words:
| "SIR: am directed by the Postmaster General
not to make any change in the mail schedule on the
G reensville Railroad.
! Signed "H. D. Bird"
My advertisement had been delayed day or two
to enable me to hear from Mr.. Bird, and in receipt
of these two communications, with them before me,
and full conviction in my mind that Mr.. Bird would
not connect with us at CASTOR, it prepared and
sent to the newspaper Office. What could say a.
| bout CASTOR the GIeensvile Road2 That pass
| engers taking Road could not travel the
! Geensville Road nor stop at CASTOR, but must go
| to Weldon! | understand Mr.. Bird complains of
the omission publicly. He certainly has forgotten
what he wrote me. The other charges in the ar-
Gle, of desire and effort the part Of the managers
of this road to inure Petersburg and the GreenVille
Road, are as unjust and unfounded as the above
in a feverish and excited state if any defence of
! is necessary.
The stockholders of the Raleigh and CASTOR Rail-
road have unanimously instructed us, in general
meeting, Petersburg being present and voting in the
affirmative, so to /" manage the future operations Of
this road that preference distinction shall be
given to either of the respective roads which may
connect with road"
In the Report of the President and Directors, in
My, we said:
IS In the commercial rvalries of other communities
way interested, and do not intend to parti-
cipate. WE SEEK THE PEACE AND THE PROFITS OF
! NEUTRALITY. The commonest sagacity dictates it
as correct policy. Y gu considered it important
that at your last annual meeting you enjoined it up
on duty, by unanimous vote. And we in
tend, not only to conform ,Oshes OurselUes, but
TO require similar conformity fOm all the agents and
employees Of The Company"
/ These my sailing orders. [ obey them with fl
deity and alacrity, because approve them. If this
road be maintained in that position, it ought
to be merged in other that when its interest