Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-01-03
Wilmington and Fayetteville.


/ to the North Carolina Road, having become
! q law, that Company will begin at once to
I determine where its Western terminus shall
be fixed, and to find out what aid can be
had. and what friends can be enlisted In
/ its cause Aid must be had from some
| onarter-the Road is not to be built with
out an effort It is expected that PROPOSE
| tions will come from the following points,
1st. To build the Road from Egypt via
| Company's Shops, to Danville, Va.
| ID. To Greensboro, connecting with the
Piedmont Road at that point.
3D. To High Point with the hope Of its
future extension up the Valley of the Yad-
/ kin, and connect with the Virginia and Ten
nessee Roads.
4th To Salisbury, connecting with the
Western North Carolina, and North Caro-
lima Railroads.
Which Of these points shall be selected is
! important to Wilmington and Fayetteville.
| [ consider their interest one and the same,
and always have been. Unfortunately.
they have never pulled together they
ought TO do SO now. The Company itself
| must be governed by circumstance and the
aid they receive they must go where the
money carries them.
| Ihe writer Of this recently spent an hour
in the depot of the Seaboard and Roanoke
Railroad at Portsmouth That hour con-
WINGED him that Wilmington would never
again derive amy trade from the North Car
! DINA Railroad-Gts name should be chang
ed to the Virginia Railroad). There were
to be seen goods marked TO every depot
along the line OF the Raleigh and CASTOR,
and North Carolina Railroad, and to Co.
lumbia, S. c.; and freight trains loaded
with produce from all that section. Truly
we have built a Road to enrich the harbor
of another State. Wilmington must look
to the completion OF the Charlotte and Ru-
therfoTd Road, and to the Cape Fear River
and its connections, for all her future COM
munications with Western North Carolina 1T
will come to her through no other source
It is simply to call the attention of Viii
mington to these facts, that this article is
written. Cannot there be some concert Of
action between Wilmington and Fayette-
vile? A glance at the map viii show
which of these lines ought to be selected
for the extension of the Fayetteville Road ;
but n0neY and circumstances must determine
| the point. CUMBERLAND.
COUNTY NAGTERs,-Ne have collected from the
mimi cs OF the last session OF the County Court
the following transactions, given below concern
| ing county business. The following order we
trust will be successful i'll It's object:
| ORDERED That the Chairman OF This CourE
| appoint q committee OF two to confer with the
ltsl l'oau HlI'e Colnfai! III Tciation 10 HeIr con
North last River Lri1ra ~, m Ira t WV
hicca G:,cI foot passegcrs and that said commit
t%e re altA"' Icd TO negotiate terms with SAID
CnF ito 1,o,t mn % I atil ~ i'ai
said committee ". A Wright and j. L. Holmes.
! COINITTEE3 ON BRIDGES AND BRIDGE aIATTERs,
Committee to contract for the reconstruction Of
Little Bridge, over Smiths Creek: D. $. Sam
| dro Horny Nrlt o,,l : N VT
| M y C.,a,. -
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- 1,1.'1. 80 ~, r'i l'iio6
| ~, ,1' '"' - VIC i'oAV '0hiil VI
| the count.
". :. Larkins, T. II. Bell and John Larkns
were APPOINTED a similar committee ,.afari;r Ne
| - o. "
| 'lN'o9 A"""H as hoH5 greek bFIHSc' over Long
Greek, ais" - II port at the next term Of the Court.
J. T. B4:lnclJnan = n Williams and San,,,l
! pJ,,,r won. .,,,,,i,,4,7 . ,,,,,,;4.-. !.
| - " "1''o' 90 co4'I'eU
~ ','o A~'-oil ol i plIu5e accfoS5 Ashes
Greek, and also for q bridge across Sharkey
! Creek
| ....
liz S"ililil1'ttc9 appointed at q previous term Of
tic court to contract for the reconstruction of the
! bridges hIoore's creek and Hamilton creek
! reported ftvorably regarding the erection Of the
bridges, and compliance with the tracts: and the
contractors ordered to be paid.
| The Chairman OF the court, with JnO A. San
ders, y. MclIiIlan, and :. Il. VulDokkelen. were
appointed committee to contract for the erection
| OF bridge over tho pond known rs Green's mill
| pond, at the point whore the plank road crosses
said pond; to contract for making, i roadway Of
! DIRT or like material through said pond with
| proper bridge ovA' The run of the creek.
| O'Tl0rd, That the j4i.or or The county be al
lo ," Inc sum OF MY cents per day tor finding
90 ''l''' ~ law ana 10 more
,rr. s,,r,,.;.,,. .>I,"+:l,, o. .,,,
tin * s,t',I 1., , ~ 'lls cree
i,,iI5;,,,,, ,r:Ii,,, y,., lr;, ''''' necessary
| Jnsai,ed MAJ ~, ,i, .1n,,
proper buildings necessary t0. one or },1C,s hGs
Of correction, with workshops and otaer suitable
co1Ll l' Iot ne Sa1G-NefllH%' cotiectng and
the Chairman Of this court il nerabIy o,1tbo
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