Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-09-12
WESTERN EXTENSION.


Railroad Company assembled in Salisbury the
8oh August, Col j. A. Allison, of Iredcll, Chair
man, and Mcssrs. W. P. Caldwell and j. C. Cam
ron 5. cletarlcS.
The following Resolutions were offered by w. W.
Avcry ESD. of Burke, and unanimously adopted
"WuEREAs, 1t has been suggested that the ter
mimi, d; tle ii section of the Western North
,',rol,a Railroad may be located in the woods,
=, SOME inaccessible point, thereby subjecting the
r.euuunty 10 much Inconvenience, and mpairlng
,hr ltiiv Of the work aud ohereuS, it is the delib
ra, ,iniou of this meeting that it the wish
apI Intention of the Genera Assembly i'll granting
me Cnar.cr that the terminus Of the respective
tj,a> of said Road should be at the most prominent
AMI r:l,,lc points along the line. Therefore,
R,sJ,ceG That the terminus of the first section
Of the Western North Carolina Road should be
fycl by the Board Of Directors at the town of
M,r.anlon, in Burke County, and that the Dir
r,rtoIs VINO may be chusen ut this meeting
le cbv instructed to locate that terminals Of said
section the point designated.
R.~I,,I THrthcT, That the entire line OF said
Paad from Salisbury Morganton should be
y,ycti lo:itcd aud the estimates made out there
r. without. delay, and that the contracts for grad
in. the ine thus located should be let out at the
earliest mo:ent, to have the same in the pro-
crr>> Of construction Throughout its entire length at
the same time.
1t was then announced that the Counties of Row
an Ir,iell, and Catawba had subscribed three hun
drel thousand dollars and the County of Burke
one hundred thousan dollars whercupon, on mo-
tea OF Mr.. Avery, it resolved - that this Con-
vynrion be gained with capital stock of four
hundred thousand dollars the part of indi-
v;dualS'
\ majority of the stock being represented. the
Company proceeded the election of four Directors,
when the following gentlemen were reported
elected JOHN W. Ellis, of Rowan NJ L. McCorke,
OF Catawba; R. F. Si,noaton, of IredelI and Thorn
as g. Walton, Of Burke
Every friend Of State improvements and especi-
aIy every who desires to an outlet opened
to the Seaboard for the products and travel of the
great West must feel deeply gratifed at this result.
OR Western friends have :" put their hands to the
p.ough'-et them not look back" but press for
word with an assurance of final and glorious
We trust that the sbest Engineering talent will
b. brought to this great work. Certainly it would
rot become to thrust advice upon the Directors,
nor are We disposed to do so vet feel it to be
iItv refer to the Importance of securing for
tAe Company the services of an Engineer of first
rate and generally acknowledged ability. This is
due the Stockholders, to the State, to the people
q. tue West and to the magnitude of the work it.
se.f Such man is Col. Walter Gwynn. 1t is
Known to readers that were at first in
Gjned to object to the employment of Col. Gwynn
a>Chicf Engineer on the Central Railroad-not be-
Cause doubted his attaininents or his qua!ifca-
tons, but because he was then or less in the
service of another State and because consider
ed it due to State that Chief Engineer should
be selected from among her own sons. We thought,
too that the salary of 5000, which he received
Tor his services on the Central Road and on the
LtNtern and Western surveys, was more than ought
u have been allowed believing, as we did, an" as
We stated at the time, that 5000 would have af-
tricd ample compensation. But Col. Gwynn is
hoH citizen of North Carolina intimately identif
ed with our interests and the ardent friend Of every
Measure calculated TO develop the resources and
elevate the character of the State An instance of
His devotion to the State, ana of his deep interest
III The eStern extension, came under our observa-
uoh towards the close of the surveys he engag
cd III tor that work After the States appropriation
" ) 1000 for the survey was exhausted, and when,
without further aid, it was apl aren't the survey
coiid not be made TO be laid before the last
legislature, he called upon Gov Reid for assistance,
VINO "ond cheerfuly have extended it. if it had
oeen IN lis power to do He then appealed to
ealing friends of the work to share with him the
responsibility Of raising the means but being I'M
successful in every quarter, he stepped forward
himself, shouidered the responsibility, borrowed
So'9o9 on his own private credit completed the
surveys, and laid them with the estimates before
Tue Assembly. But for the surveys and estimates,
.us completed and furnished it is quite certain the
legislature would not have made the app opra-
u0n' and the Western people would not now have
"Su Company in existence charged with the exc
'u'oh OF work, and binding the State to work
" such vltl Importance to themselves and to their
PoS'erIty for all time to come.
Inc Western extension is much more difficult
Undertaking than the Central Railroad. 1t will cost
least three dollars to where the Central Road cost
Vne; and like the Erie Road, New York, it will be
ahoroughfare, which, when constructed, must stand
"0he with no rival like the eternal hills that sur
.0und and look down upon it. Every consideration
''''nected with it, enforces the importance of the
"sS' Engineering, the ablest officers and the wisest
economy.
cV We have had the pleasure of seeing in the
Ivy recently, the Hon. Warren Winslow memb er