The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-07-08
Il. anO s. Garolina Rail RoaOs.
Fer the Western DeE2ocrat.
CHARLOTTE, July 5, 1856.


CHARLOTTE, July 5, 1856.
Mr.. EDITOR "A friend has just handed
me the Carolina ITdtchmaa, published in
Salisbury. of the 1st instant. containing a
communication from Chas. F. Fisher, Esq,
President of the n. c. Rail Road Company,
in regard to the passenger schedules and
through tickets of the n. C.. Rail Road and
the Charlotte and S. c. Rail Road. AS this
letter purports to review the official inter
course of the two corporations and the ac-
ton of the Board of Directors of the G.. &
S. C.. Rail Road, and reflects upon their
proceedings, it necessarily calls for some
statement, that the public may rightly I'M
derstand the matter.
While do not admit the propriety OF
discussing the policy of the G.. & S. G.. Rail
Road Company through the public journals,
nor any accountability on its part to una
ny stockholders of the n. G.. Road in Sails
| bury yet as these matters have been pub-
| licly discussed by the President of the n.
! c. Rail Road to his next door neighbors,
justice requires that should review some
! portions of his letters.
! He tells them that up to short time
since. (2lst of ApriD our mail train was run
i'll close connection with the c. q S. C.. Rail
J Road. Our connection with
! Wilmington & w. r. Road at the East end
was also perfect Now the n. c.. r. Road
construction was completed in January last,
and her trains ran through in that month,
and up to April 2lst, as stated, the n. c..
X. Road was running in perfect connection
at Charlotte and Goldsboro'. Why was this
not continued by the n. c. Road? This
schedule gave no detention to through pas
sengers. What road broke off this connec-
ton! The n. c. Il. Road changed its sched-
ule, as is admitted. The G.. & S. c.. r. Road
has not materially changed her passenger
schedule iii three years, and since the com
pletion of the n. G.. Road only Is minutes
Why then should Mr.. Fisher complain that
the &. d S. G.. Road obstructs through trav-
ell, when the n. c. Road did make close
connection with the C.. & S. G.. Road Hto
and from" also at GOldsboro' and abandon
it. This schedule, he states, was run ':for
long time before the completion of our
construction" and after the completion
this time was reduced to IA hours. This
only enabled the n. c. Road TO make its
connections more easily; and why were they
not kept up! The President of the n c..
r. Road broke the connection going East
and West, at Charlotte and Goldsboro', and
he can best answer why. Because as he
says the Directors of the Charlotte Road
would not run their trains in the night
Now, if the Charlotte Road did wrong, it
does not justify the President of the n. C.
Road in doing a greater wrong. This is
his reasoning.
BY the former schedule of the N. C.. Road
its trains left here at o'clock and Is MN
utes, P. Ms minutes after the arrival of
the Charlotte train, and conveyed the pas
sengers on in time for the R. & G. R. Road,
leaving Raleigh at Z O'Clock and connecting
with the Wilmington & w. train at 9 A.
NJ, going North. The return train arrived
at Raleigh in time for the passengers of the
r. " G.. Road, reaching Charlotte at o.
clock in the morning, II hours before the
departure South of the Charlotte train
Thus all adjoining roads had good connec-
tions, and the n. c.. Road has only to return
to its old schedule and all will be accommo-
dated and the through travel be detained at
no place, and have choice of the r. &
G. Road and the Bay line going North and
returning South. This unfortunate change
causes detention OF the traveller of hours
and 40 minutes at Goldsboro', coming South,
and 10! hours at Charlotte, and perhaps
longer if he comes by the Bay line route,
which majority of our through travel pre-
fer. Going North he stops over at Char
lotte IL hours, at Goldsboro' | hour and So
minutes, and if he desires to 90 the Bav
line Il think II hours more at Weldon or
stops over at Raleigh about I3 hours
making not less than 25 hours detention.
The &. & 5. c. Road expended $4,000
to make perfect connections with the S. &.
Road at Columbia, and runs her trains III
perfect connection with the trains of that
road mot subjecting the passenger to any
detention or extra charge until he is landed
at Charlotte. This connection at Colum-
bia is of much more Importance to the Char
lotto Road than the connection with the
\. c. Road on account of the through trav-
ell. AS an evidence of this the c. & S. c.. |
Road owed the n. C.. Road about the Goth
June last, nearly SlG0 to every 81, the n.
C., Road owed II for tbrOue,b f;cEa+S cold Of |
Columbia and Goldsboro'.
l think it was in the month of March last |
when Mr.. Fisher informed me that he ex- |
pected to change his schedule to run in day.
light, as he said there was much complaint |
along the line on account of the night trains.