Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-07-10
For thA Journal.

MEssRs. EDITORS In the Carolinian, published al
Columbia S. c., there appeared. several days ago
letter from correspondent who signs himself y,
dated from Portsmouth, Va. be wrIter,sof course,
being nothing more than disnterested traveller un-
dertakes to give right smart whew ashing to the
upper route of travel through Charlotte Salisbury
Raleigh, over which he has lately had the extreme
felicity of travelling, and, at the same time attempts
TO disparage the lower route, Though Wilmington
1t seems that he has been taking trip from Column
ba, s. c., to Portsmouth, Va, and in order that he
may render some essential service to people who are
in the habit of passing railroads. he gives them
the information this letter OF his. that the route
which he travelled is The quickest and the BEST Now
this is matter of some moment TO one who travels
often, and, if it be So the travelling public should
know it, 1t is right and proper that the public should
be informed Of the quickest and best route tor trave
The number of travellers has gown to be so large OF
late years, that ii will eec great saving OF the wear
and tear of human fesh if the quickest and best route
can only be ascertaned with certainty. Somehow or
other, we have had an impression that the lower
route, through this place, was not behind the upper
route in point of time, greater in respect to dis
lance. If have been mistaken in this impression,
then We have lost both our chain and chrononeser
But to the letter of on: correspondent ''G". He says,
-" Travellers from Columbia should know that by
! leaving at a. m, and coming right through, they
will reach Weldon the next day by III a. m; where
as, if they take the train for Kngsville at 81 m
and go by Wilmington, they dc not arrive until P.
m, the day, p hours later; 80 that the up
per route has the advantage of making the journey
in 81 hours less time"
Again he say<,-"At 81 a m, We took the Raj
cigh & Castor Road for Weldon, (97 miles) and ac-
complished it by III an. There We rested nearly
three hours in the Exchange Hotel, waiting tor the
arrival of the train from Wilmington"
Well now, is this 80 Can it be so
| We shall not endeavor 10 refute it by making
counter statements of our OWL but shall do so TO the
entire satisfaction of every one who reads this,
wheth, he travels or not. And it shall be done by
the of that language whose logic never fails, VIZ:
figures.
G. says " travellers leaving Columbia at a. m
get TO Weldon by the upper route at III a. m. next
day., whereas, leaving Columbia at 81 a. M, they DO
not get 10 Weldon ty the lower route until p. m
next day, or "a hours laier.'
The time for making the between Columbia
and Weldon over the lower route ola Kingsvil!e and
Wilmington, according to the schedules of the several
Roads which DO the servce-which schedules ale &C.
cessible to any one who desires to be correctly in
formed in the matter for they published in all oil
the travellers guide books of the country, is as fol-
lows:
Leave Columbia at 40 a. In.
Arrive at Kngsyifle 05 MI hour 70 mln-z5 miles,
Leave kingsville at 7 Is a.
Arrive in Wilmington 80 ms hours 10 mln-t7l miles
Leave Wilmington at 80 f.
Arrive in Weldon 90 a. ms hours 80 mln-l62 miles
Leave Weldon at 5 90 m.
Arrive in Portsmouth 80 p ms hours 30 min-sO miles
Total running time 26 hours 10 minutes.
Time lost in transfers do. 10 do.
| Time Uia this route 81 do. SO do.
Now this is by one schedule, and the longer ore oil
the two. Yet this schedule will very wen bear a
comparison with the schedule of the upper route
which also give here, that there may be no mis-
take about the quickest 1oute But let the 9th
I ILL I IL: