Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-07-26
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CArAwBA County. July %, 1867.
Dea,. Journal There is certainly moth
ing more interesting, and pleasant too lex
cepting the dust through Middle Nortl
Carolina), than at this season of the year tx
travel from Wilmington along the lines o
Il our railroads to the Western portion of tn
State. This season is the most laboriou
> and telling upon the ultimate yield of thu
crops. Industry and attention, accom-
panied with favorable seasons, will be re
warded with an abundant harvest, while
the promise may be entirely destroyed BY
the want of either. So far as could bt
judged by observations along the roads, the
prospect is at present promising.
THE WILMINGTON AND WELDON RAILROAD.
Leaving our city On Thursday morning
under charge of that prince of conductors
Captain MORRISON, we had most delight.
ful trip to Goldsboro'. The great speed,
safety and comfort with which passengers
are transported over this road, and the
prosperous appearance and condition of all
the mo1eriel of the Company, is an evi
dence of its good and intelligent man,
agement. Indeed, so we'll have the af-
fairs of this road been attended to, that
the reputation of President BRIDG-
ERs and Superintendent FREMONT is
most enviable, not only with the Stock
holders, but their praises are upon the lips
of all railroad men, of which we have met
not a few in the experience of some ex-
tended trips in the last twelve months.
We are satisfied that its interests cannot
be confided to more jealous OF competent
hands
The crops along this road were not I'M
promising but very backward. A late frost,
with not an unfavorable season, will enable
the cotton planters to realize an average
crop, but both corn and cotton are SO very
backward that any unfavorable circum-
stance may delay them to such an extent
that they cannot mature in time to be pro-
tected from the frost of all early Fall
THE NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD.
After a couple hours delay at Goldsboro',
we took passage about l o'clock for Sails
bury, at which place we arrived a little after
Top. M. This road seems to be doing a
thriving business, and everything goes
forward with the impetus of a new admin
istration. The speed, particularly west of
Raleigh, is probably greater than that OF
the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad,
while so smoothly glides the cars that no
e 1 e. ~
the traveller is hardly conscious of the rapid
rate at which he is being transported
through the country. The newly elected
President, Mr.. TURNER, with whom we
travelled, appears fully alive to the wants
and interests of the magnificent work over
whose destinies he has been called upon to
preside, and seems determined to devote
his time and abilities to its welfare. He
has a fine field open to him, for by some
reason the affairs of the Company are not
SO prosperous as they should be. He at
least displays good judgment, in opposing
the suicidal policy OF transporting the i'm
mense incoming and outgoing freight of
this whole section of the State over por-
ton only of the road, and stopping it at
Raleigh for the benefit of another corpora
ton. Ii lis entire management is illustra-
ted with equal good Judgment, we predict
for him BRILLIANT success as an officer, and
for the road early and great prosperity.
We formed the acquaintance of Colonel
ANDERSON, the Superintendent, who has
great reputation as an officer, and from a
short conversation upon the subject Of the
road, we were very favorably impressed
with his capacity and earnestness. We
hope, under tho control of these gentle
men, the great State Road may again be-
come source of revenue to the Treasury
and of profit to the stockholders.
CROPS IN MIDDLE NORTH CAROLINA.
The crop prospect west of Raleigh is
rather more promising than east of that
point With one or two more seasonable
rains, the yield of corn in the section of
country from the Company Shops to Sails
bury must be very large. We have gener-
ally observed that in the entire belt of
country comprising the counties of Middle
North Carolina, that the results of farming
Ne1o 4+OSV e9u4AlJ upoA '1Ie cAIieulcs' Will
abundant and timely rains, the harvest was
magnificent, while dry seasons were follow
ed by short crops and great want among
the poorer classes. Almost every failure is
caused by being burnt up, " and the many
casualties which affect crops, more or less,
in other sections, are not observable here
The great regularity of this fact induces
the suggestion, that if the lands were pro-
perly irrigated, great abundance
and permanent wealth would be the
certain result of farming in that coun-
try. 1t would seem that this system of
farming could be adopted with little trou-
BILE and not at very great expense. The
country is rolling, and down the hills and
through the valleys course innumerable
and never ceasing streams. These might
be conducted through the fields, or when
this was not practicable, the waer could