Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-11-21
THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL.
IVn1mINGToN. N. c.. FRIDAY, NOV. 81. 1856.
szSz. The President of the Wilmington ana "e'

Stockholders of that Company, calls "''eA :.
ol;ov and expedency of running prahch oi nv" G
Toad from some point on the line to FayetteViNe'
soot ,v;tb or connect with railroad to 'h0 0o"i
sslds If Chatham County, expressing INC oonNOoN a
octofion that the Legislature at lis heAU oe00i0n
Ill ox+and beIping hand to the cltlzens OF @ye''o
III :; tho ooronIetion of her rail ROAD 10 the Co"A
8,o1ds in Chatham County. This portion OF the re-
-. ,-os ,oforred to Committee composed OF " IT,
= g., x n. Lewis and j. L. Hathaway EsqFs''
,rno renorted warmly in favour OF the CONSTRUCTION
IS ouch branch, recommending that the PRESIDENT
and Directors be authorized and requested 70 TAKE
.nc action az may be necessary at the ensuing oes
aion Of the General Assembly of our State 10 enaoie
this Company 10 accomplish this object and to cause
TO be made preliminary survey OF rou'e anu ''''
mate of the cost of building road from some Poih'
Of connection with the present one' and report 10 e
next annual meeting or to called meeting II they
deem the latter course expedlent'
We agree fully with the President ana Dlrecto'0
in their hopes and expectations in regard to the ray
etteyIe and Western Road. We 60 for fair 7 lay 70
all, and weIbelieve that, from some cause tne cii
zens of FAYETTEVILLE and that section OF winch sue
is the CENTRE have realized much less than ther l@i
promotion OF the advantages derived from the eA pen
dIture Of State money in works OF internal improve
Trent AS matters stand, we should resoiutely oP-
pose any great increase of the present and lneVtaOy
prospective debt Of the State requiring IeSol' ~
more onerous taxation than that which Is oounu ~
come, and which will doubt be found 10 De as
high as our people will be able TO bear-tor OF course
we all repud1ate the possibility of any state OF tnngS
under which the slightest failure to meet her oDl-
cations should ever threaten the good old common
wealth
But this Fayetteville and Western Road is work
standing on different basis, as it were, and deserV-
ing different consideration. 1t should not be re-
garded as a new scheme, but rather included among
the unfinished business of the last sesSon-a some
thing contemplated by the action OF the last Leglsla-
ture YET defeated by causes of character not ne
cessary now to aude to. 1t would now be UNJUST
on the part Of those sections which have secured ad'
vanages for themselves by the expenditure OF state
funds the extension of State credit to say 10 their
brethren of the Fayetteville section that the time Tor
such expenditure or extension Is oVer-that, having
secured their own objects they are struck with re-
aIizng sense of the danger and extravaganza o. 9TH
ers doing the same. Were we in the next LeglSa-
ture, we are very doubtful whether should vote
single cent for any project, until the effect o.
those already under way shall have been known
but az we have already said, this Coal Mine Road II
not a now project but one which has received the
sanction and endorsement of former Legislatures
and would have received something more substantial
had il been presented free from complications with
other projects of more speculative character.
But there is another thing that keeps pressing 1t
self on our attention in connection with this matter
The proposed project OF branch from the Whining
ton and Weldon Road, is scheme which has bee
J;eoucca1 Our Columns both aditorallv and nv
correspondents, and is which we heartily cndors
We have not the charter of the Wilmington and We
don Road now before u.s. but feel pretty certain of i
containing branching privilege to the extent of Oh
million of dollars, and that, therefore, far as til
legal power is concerned, no impediment need ext
to the construction of this line from some point c
our road 10 Fayetteville. So far good But loo
at how projects are multiplying on hands-lin'
are increasing which must mutually defeat each ot
ers construction, or, should they fail to do So mu
cut each others threats after they constructed
We understand that the route for the Charlotte Roa
as agreed upon, will be hardly out of hearing OF tt
whistle of the Manchester Road for some CITY mill
of it's route while here, again, this proposed banC
from the Wilmington and Weldon Road will traveT
country not distant and competing with it fl
Western trade. The course to be pursued we do n
pretend TO indicate at this present writing but we
say this that the matter ought to be looked to imm
datey and carefully Here is line to Fayete vi!
from, say Marsvlle or some other convenient poi
with the choice of routes TO the 'Centre North W.
or Southwest; but few miles further to Chariot
than The direct route from this pace-by means
the Fayetteville and Western Road, placed with
striking distance of High Point Salisbury, a
thence West, either by the Western extension of t
Central or the Valley Of the Eadkin being in fact
desiderated central road perpendicular to the ST
board.
But what We want to direct attention TO, is the
solute necessity of combining by some means or o
or, these three routes, or preventing their cult
each others throats This lower section is neitl
rich enough nor populous enough to be traversed
three lines nearly parallel, nor is capital sutfcen
abundant 10 admit of their speedy construction. ]
Legislature will meet on Monday No irrelrieva
step has yet been taken by the Charlotte or any OF
company There is time enough to look into
matter and none to spare. We say this, that if
Charlotte Road is to run along side of the MancE
ter Road for q great number of miles, and the
mington branch is to start West, competing in 81
measure with both-certainly with one-diffcl
and loss will be the consequence, and the want
plan and concert of action will be long felt.
o. The Baltimore Know-Nothng papers will
tell the truth We noticed in the Baltimore. Clip
of Saturday, an extract from the Patriot, ano
Know Nothing sheet of that city, in which a lii
Southern, commercial cities and towns is gi