Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-06-20

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her VI 6ndoveloped ter Ind spsn e
the coast to be shipped to the iersCt ports ne J.
world. North. Carolina possesses rtS0cre0 mat =
developed, would render her commer6e Of import
ance to the world and place her in that position she
so richly merits Hitherto the State has Distributed
her products through Virginia South Carolna and
Georgia, and swellcd the list of their commercial
Importance while she has had no credit for her share
Of t. The greatest part Of her Railroads have only
acted in thus draining her Of her products and rpb
are all well enough if she had central trunk and =
port Of her own. Indeed, instead Of feeding the
commerce of her sister States if the Central Road
were completed, they would turn tide and bring the
products Of other States to be shipped At her ports
To carry out the policy already adopted she ought
to push forward the Western extension to the ex.
trsme western limits Of her territory. This road
would be ina direct line withfa road from Duck
Town to Cleveland, Tennessee, thence to Chatta-
noogA and thence to Memphis. Now it requires
only moderate capacity to see the importance to the
State Of fastening this work 70 its completion I'VE
have but little doubt that this route would control
large share Of the travel and share Of feighting
business The copper Of Duck Town is an item for
which any road may. well afford to- compete. By
reference to the freight lists the Georgia State
road it will be seen that copper is only second on
the list cotton being first Now the Central route,
as recently surveyed, leads directly to Duck Town.
But this is not all The line runs through Chero-
kee county for distance Of about. fifty miles, and
the hand of nature has been liberal in distributing
along this line immense mineral resources, capable
of furnishing vast amount of freight There are
beds of H@matitic iron Of excellent quality lying
Immediately along the line Of the road, capable of
producing an immense amount Of iIpn.,, There is
sufficient amount of ore in Cherokee county to en-
poy twenty five or thirty furnaces for an indefinite
time. Immediately on the line, SO soon as the Nan
tahala river is reached there is unsurpassed water
power, which, added to the water power Of upper
Valley river viii be sufficient to propel any desired
number of FORCES or rolling mills. Add to this the
fine marble quarries, AgalmatoIite, roofing slate,
burrstone &c, &c. and the line of survey traverses
continuous mineral belt Of great capacity for dis
lance Of sixty or more miles, eastward from Duck
Town. At the mouth of Nantahaa the road will re-
ceive the mineral, agricultural, and horticultural
products of the Tennessee valley At the mouth Of
SCOTS Greek, the copper ores of jackson will be
shipped. Already nine copper mines have been
tested in Jackson, the ores Of which are superior
and in ample quantity to add largely to the freight
lists There are also other veins yet undeveloped
that will open we'll This copper belt traverses
Haywood, and as we have.just returned from an in
vestigaton of it. we can most confidently say that
Haywood will add her share to the shipment Of cop
per ores. ~. III ii. 80 r. e.
Are these resources to remain closed to the State,
or seek other ports for the markets of the world?-
Has not the State here treasure embosomed in
these mountains worthy Of her MODEST efforts to
reach and appropriate? Cannot her Statesman and
nancers see that to penetrate this rich domain will
enhance the value Of stock in the western Railroad
Add to all this, the travel from the west and will
not her enterprise and investments be richly reward
ed by large dividends? In these results the east,
the middle and the west mutually interested
The capital already invested ia common to the whole
State and it is wisdom to make it as yremunerative
as possible. *. .7i- ,-t.,t 80
There is another view of this subject of great
magnitude to the State. By a branch from the mouth
of SCOTS Greek to the Locust State in the direction
of Rabun Gap, the Central road may secure the all
line from Atlanta This line is the most direct one
upon the map leading from Mobile to the North.
While the main trunk would bring in travel from
the direction of Memphis, this air line would act
funnel and pour into the heart artery an i'm
mease stream of travel from Mobile, New Orleans
and Texas. This is no fancy SKETCH 1t but needs
the enterprise and bcraly Of the State to complete
the work, and then she will realize what we have
said with an exclamation that the half has not been
told. We appeal to North Carolnians in behalf o.
this great proectto their love of their native State
to their honor and sense Of justceto their finan
cial skill in making their invested capital profitable
| And we make this appeal with some degree Of con
fdence that an engine bearing the inscription s. Oh
Rip" will ere long break the silence Of these males
tic mountains, and cause our vaes to become voca
with the din and whistle Of machinery Franklin
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