The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-02-05
NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD
COMPLETED.

NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD
COMPLETED.
1t affords Us qualification to be able TO
state that this great central work Is COM
pIeted, and that the cars now run daily from
charlotte 70 GohSborough, distance of
223 miles, leaving here at O'Clock in the
afternoon and arriving at O'Clock in the
evening. The first through trip of the
passenger train was made on Thursday last,
the last day Of February. The freight
trains are also going through. A schedule
of the running of the mail and passenger
trains will be found in our advertising
columns. We have now a railroad cOnnec-
ton with Raleigh, Petersburg, Richmond,
and with all the great cities of the North, on
to the lines Of Canada. We congratulate
the numerous portion of the people of North
Carolina, whose interests are greatly to be
promoted by this great work, upon its sue
cesstlh completion. 1T hes been finished in
good time, and in manner not inferior to
the bcst and most substantial railways i'll
The United States. One "f thc great ad-
vantage e IL iiual completion i ready
observable. Passengers from Charleston
md -. Sou:h are Ipw coming tits route,
Oh their way - Guld~bor"u@Ir and the
North, Instead of following the old lines ~
.thc Wilmington and Manchc ster rod On
this subject, " invite attention to the fol-
lowing communications which We find in a
late number OF Tie Charleston Standard:
NEW ROUTE TO .rHE NORTH,
IN another column, we have published q
letter upon the subject of the Charleston
and South Carolina Railroad, its profits and
its prospects, and in that connection, have
been furtl cr favored by Mr.. Il. j. Sumner,
Engineer upon the North Carolina Contral
Railroad with n few facts i'll connection
with that enterprise, which give promise Of
the carly achievement of results which are
much To be desired.
The North Carolina Central Railroad, it
will be remembered, commences at the
northern terminus of the Charlotte and South
Carolina Railroad, and extends Oh through
Concord, Salisbury, Lexington, Jamestown,
Greensboro, Graham, HilISboro, To Raleigh
The whole route Is through u tract of cOUn-
try, rich in scenery, abundantly populated
ind tccming with productive energies. At
Raleigh, there is an extension of the road to
connection with TIE Wilmington and
Weldon Railroad at Goldsborough, and
another extension 10 connect with the Peters
burg and Weldon Railroad, upon the lower
borders of Virginia. Beside this, at Green's
boro', the distance is only forty miles to
Danyil!c, in Virginia. from which point a
railI21d is completed to Petersburg, giving
n line almost entirely direct from Charlotte,
North Carolina, Ia Petersburg and Rich
mOnJ, and the interval hctwpcn GrnnnShn
and Danville is to be filled with lines of
ST ccs, which arc to be the best that can be
started, and which will accomplish the dis
lance in about five hours, and thus save in
the route between the South and North
about one hundred miles.
This Central Railroad is now abont COM
plctOn. This work has been constructed
in the best manner possible; the iron is all
of the heaviest Trail ever used in this cOun-
try, the cross ties and other superstructurc
is of material carefully selected and the
rolling stock has all been procured with the
single object of having it as nearly perfect
as possible. Such being the condition of
the road, il will be seen that it presents an
admirable opportunity of electiRg routes to
the North. If there are reasons why it is
not desirable to follow the old scaboard route,
the tourist may take turn among the hills
and cultivated districts of the old North
State, and with the view Of facilitating their
object, the schedules will be arranged to
suit the connections North and South, and
the time required TO complete the distance
from Kmgsvile in this State to the connec-
ton in VirginishYill be, if possible, the very
same required by the s.aboard route.
The advantages to the travel ling public,
however, are not all that are to be con-
sidercd in this connection. The completion
of the North Carolina Road lays open to
the markets of our city the products of q
populous and cminently fertile district. 1t
is n tract of country not particularly noted
for its EXCELLENCE in any particular staple,
and the aggregate of its productions may
not be so valuable in market as are those
of our own cotton growing regions, but it is
their greateStmeritst that they will be varied,
and arc of exactly that character required
10y the commercial necessities of this par
ticular place. OF cotton and rice, our re-
ccipts have been always greatly in excess
of our requirements. Only q portion of oUr
rice is sold for consumption in our market,
and with respect to cotton we stand in no
other relation than that of great CONNER
cial depot, through which it passes to q
market for consumption in other countries;
but of the products of North Carolina, all
will como to market for consumption
Flour, corn, wheat, and other small grain
will he nnnSn,,nnl liz Al, IL