Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-12-18
THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL
North Carolina Railroad FreIghts.

The recent uB;ase of the Autocrat of the
North Carolina Railroad Company has
been nraeiously permitted to be published.
Byit all freights going from, or coming to-,
the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad are
to be charged local rates. --
Thus, while Norfolk and Petersburg nler-
chants can send their goods to Central and
Western North Carolina, and receive IN
return the products of that rich and extern
siye country on through rates, the mer-
chants Of Wilmington, living IN the same
State. and s0h0Se fellOoC-t0ecnsnae'a contributed
0ne-teukh Of tie entire amount subscribed By
f1dIviduaLs for the building Of tie North
Carolina Railroad, are compelled to pay
local rates from Gold8boro' going West, or
to GoIdsboro' coming East. We are not
informed whether Newborn is Included IN
this ukase or not.
We are informed by some OF our Rail
road officials, whose experience extends
over moro gears than the months that the
President of the North Carolina Railroad
has been in charge of that road, that in all
past time, under every successive State and
Railroad administration, it has been the
custom 10 agree upon rates to be charged
by roads running in connection, with the
view to harmonize their mutual interests.
Unquestonably it would be greatly to the
Interests Of the farmers and merchants
along the line of the North Carolina Rail
road, and its Western connections, TO have
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seaports with which they have railroad con-
nections, and especially that they should
not be prerented from trading with the
ports in their own State If their interests,
as we'll rs their wishes, can be subserved
by so doing. They have right to demand
that they may be permitted to patropize
Wilmington and Newbern when, by build
ing up the commercial i'm portance of those
cities, they are adding to the wealth OF
North Carolina, and doing themselves, in
directly, much good.
To our own business men, our mechanics
and laboring people-to all classes Of our
community-this is O serious matter. We
have a right to demand that Wilmington
shall enjoy all the advantages of trade with
the interior of our State that are enjoyed
by the most farored localities. We had no
right to expect that a railroad controlled
by the State, which owes SO much to Will
mington's members of the Legislature and
to the liberality Of her citizens, should be
operated specially against our interest, and
in favor OF the citizens of other States.
we call the attention of the Chamber Of
Commerce to this matter, and if Whining
ton has o representative in the Legislature
in sympathy with her welfare, and all the
members from New Hanover claim q home
in this city, we ask them TO call attention
to it, General Brogder, Of Wayne, and
General Estes, of New Hanover, are State
Directors in the Wilmington and Weldon
Railroad, and they should feel official obi
CATION resting upon them to have the
causes of this ilIibcral aud unjust discrimi
nation made public.
We intend to YentIIate this matter freely
and fully, III no party spirit, but as bust
moss transaction, and in the meantime ask
orr exchanges to give these facts publicity
rs an act Ct Justice to their readers. We
cannot believe that Governor Holden or
the State authorities approve the course
that is being pursued at present With all
the Governors faults, he has shown dis
position to foster North Carolina interests,
and he certainly has no reason to feel in
imical towards Wilmington or New Han
over, for they are among his strongholds.
The blacks are his devoted friends and adj
lnirers, and the whites, in the face of his
silly, and we fear, untruthful correspond
ence with General Miles in regard to
"those arms, D." ere determined to give to
his administration respectful, law-abiding
and unprecedented support Both classes
have the right to expect that their interests
shall not be sacrificed through the ignorant
acknowledgement prejudices of his appointees.
To his attention we call the matter