Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-04-09

/. -. CHARnoTTE, N. pril I'd, 1859.
Dear Editors II trust you will pardon
me if I say q few words abont the hotels
of North Carolina. 7 believe some writer
has classed hotelssa as 'Fnapkined. . "unnap-
kined' and i'd" and you will find in
travelling this State some of each class 4; not
many, it is true, of the first, great many
of the second, and few of the last. 1t is
almost impossible when you depart from
place with keen sense OF perfect satisfac
| ton, to refrain from saying word or two
| in compliment of your host. Such were
my feelings when I left the Mansion
House and went up the Rutherford Rail
road. and now that have returned I have
no cause to alter my opinion or restrain
giving vent to my satisfaction. should
like to add that at Granger's, in Colds
boro, the 'Parcell," in Wilmington, and
elsewhere, have found every comfort, and
whilst not detracting from the merits of
others, must say they are of the first
class-they are "napkined" hotels. An
acquaintance remarked last week The is
given to satire sometimes) "that he had
never seen a house called Planters
House that was decent He was taken up
at once by a stranger, and the following
a Planters House in - Georgia that
is a very fine house" Our friend turned
on him with the rapidity Of an eagle on
the swoop and asked, Did they have any
1 SOAP" Straueer-s'Pl4nty OF the best
kind !' Our flieud-'How long since you
were there ?'' Stranger-''Last week y
Our friend --':Last week, last week, you
are mistaken sir, anu he eyed him all over,
ii must haze been Deer sac months" 1t would
be no pleasant task to show up some Of the
would be called-hotes. They are simply
impositions upon the public, where twenty
FIVE cent dinners are charged o dollar for,
and 90 dollar a day" board charged
Fifth Avenue Hotel price-the which if
you protest against paying the landlord
becomes highly indignant.
Since writing you from Shelby, on the
subject of completing the railroad from
your city, have ascertained that the rea-
son why the upper division is not finished
is that the company cannot negotiate their
bonds to get the money to be expended
there. Capitalists are willing to loan If
the money is to be expended In extending
the part of the road which is paying we'll ;
that is, the part from Wilmington TO Char
lotte, while not a dollar can be had to ex-
y
there are hundreds up here who either do
not know that, or will not believe it, as
they continue to raise the cry against the
management.
[ intimated that [ should give you some
idea of the iron mines of this section, but
since writing [ have seen an article in one
of our newspapers, giving the names, stu
atoms and various other Interesting things
in regard to most of those III CASTOR and
Lincoln countess SO tina: IL mere alluslOn
to one or two will be sufficient now. The
High Shoals furnaces are being run by
Com. Wilkes, and are making nails and
iron extensively. The three furnaces,
{" Rehoboth," s'Vesuvias anl "Stone-
wall" are run by Wilkes, Lnce Il Co.,
another firm, of which the Commodore is
not partner, aud they are making blooms,
hollowware, castings, &c; the "Rehoboth"
being the only one producing hammered
and rolled iron. The "C1ld Blast Char
cral Pig Iron" from these mines is more
esteemed for the manufacture Of railroad
car wheels than any in tn, nited States,
and the great Union Gar Wheel Company,
of Jersey City, has heavy contracts with
the makers for it At present about fifty
to sixty tons per wesk are shipped, and
the amount will probably greatly increase
before long. Iron and paper seem to
be almost the only articles Of value
shipped over this division Of the Railroad.
By the time the trains are ready to run
through to WILMINGTON the production
will have Increased enough to ill long
trains for transportation to the seabOard.
At present. tLe route is through Norfolk,
three hundred and ffty-five miles from
this place. " nile the distance to your city
lis OIL, about one hundred and eighty
miles being shorter one hundred and sew
enty-five miles. The paper mills up here
have mcr;iy abandoned the manufacture
of any kind of paper but printing and
wrapping. It is interesting to see four
horse load Of wheat straw dumped in at
one end of the mill and commiDg put fine
strong wrapping paper at the other, and
Shat by one almost continuous operation.
Like most articles manufactured in North
Carolina, the quality is superior and very
durable Mecklenburg is destined to be
one of the garden counties Of the State.-
The spirit of Improvement is abroad
among her farmers, and ere many years
her broad acres will be made to produce
four-fOld as much as now. When you
look at this busy, energetic, thriving town,
at it's immense business, at the manufac-
, lures already established and those spring
, ing up, at her cultivated and refined socie-
, ty, at her churches, her schools, her news
papers, her capital, her stores, her firm
and self-reliant men, You cannot but feel
that her energy will be felt in oil the sec
ton around and the same spirit De infused
into all classes brought under her inhu
ence -.--'
"IN TRANSIT"
a Point Well Made
Tn &bo 1oboto in the Pennsv1vapia T "a