The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-08-03
HOMES IN THE SOUTH.

is a large Northern population seeking lands and
homes in the South than presents itself at the
new Ridgway settlement, on the Raleigh and
CASTOR Railroad, in this State, forty miles from
Weldon and fifty-seven miles from this city, the
capital of the State. The Ridgway Improvement
Company organized in October 1868, and
on the 10Th of April last the town was incorpo-
rated. The company has a capital of 44OO, 600,
and at its head, as president, is the indie
fatigable President of the Raleigh and Gas
ton Railroad Company, DR.. William J. Haw-
kins. The company purchased fifteen thousand
acres and up to this period have disposed of
upwards Of two thousand, in small farms to
actual settlers. These settlers are generally
from the North, and from the States of Penn
sylyania Ohio, New Jersey, New York, Della
ware, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire alone
there are siXty-one men. During the fall of this
year these parties will bring their families down.
and then Ridgway will have a Northern popua-
ton of from two to three hundred souls.
The town of Ridgway forms Il complete circle
of one mile from the central point or two miles
in diameter. 1t is situated in three different
townships in Warren county, called Notbush
Merry Mount, and Warrenton. four miles from
WaTenton, the county seat, and the site selected
is high, commanding, and quite healthy Rdg-
way is thirty miles from Castor, the point at
which the old Greenvlle Railroad commences
and extends sixty miles to Petersburg. This road
is run twice a week for freight and local passen-
gers. and is important in view of the future
growth and prosperity of Rdgway. From Gas
ton the Roanoke Batteaux Company trans
ports fertilizers, farm products, agricultural pro-
ducts, and passengers up the Roanoke river,
ninety miles to New Boston, and is doing quite
a trade through that excellent country.
&c hoin 1,;l
the direction of Chauncey Tucker, of New York,
a gentleman of experience in grading and open
ing up highways. 1t contains a public park of
ten acres, around which railing has been
placed, walks laid out and otherwise adorned,
and a wide street of one hundred feet surrounds
it. In the limits of the town and suburbs up
wards of $50 600 peach trees have been planted
by the company, besides many acres of straw
berry plants, blackberry plants, apples, pears,
cherries, ETC.. and large number have been
under cultivation with early vegetables The
lands have all been worked according to North
ern principles of agriculture and horticulture
and the system is being followed by the farmers
for miles round. Some of these lands have sold
for $50 per acre, and as high as $75 per acre
have been offered for choice localities and re-
fused
Already the st. Pierre Hotel has reared its
head, and early next month will be thrown open
to the public. 1t is quite large brick edfce,
and will doubtless pay.
Messrs. Huey IL Robb, the former from
Chester county, Pa, and the latter from Will
mington, Del, have a factory 40 by GO feet, in
which they manufacture slaves and headings.
They employ sixty hands in the mill and woods,
and turn out 80, 600 slaves and headings per day.
Messrs. Cunningham Bros.-Mr. II. G. from
New Hampshire Qormerly cashier, for three
years, of the Hoosac tunnel, and Mr.. William
II. from Chester county, Pennsylvania
have an extensive factory for making handles
for mining companies in California and Austria
LA. They employ forty hands, and turn out
seventy-fye dozen handles per day, all Of which
are consigned to the well-known house of Hea-
ton IL Denckla, on Commerce street, Phladel-
phia. At both these establishments white and
colored men work and labor side by side, and
Mr.. w. H. Cunningham informs me that they
are equally efficient, and receive the same wages
for the same kind of service.
There is one church building in Ridgway used
alternately by the Presbyterians and Methodists,
the former having Rev. DR.. Scott, formerly of
Little Washington, Pa, for pastor, and the
latter Rev. Mr. Westbrook. Both these de-
nominations, as well as the Episcopalians and
Baptists, will soon erect convenient houses of
worship, the Ridgway Company have guaran-
teed to donate the ground and one-fourth the
expense of erecting any church in the town.
The town lots are 100 by 200 feet, and sell
readily at from 500 to $500 each according to
the locality.
! The recent decision of the Supreme Court of
North Carolina in reference to the legality or
| consttutionality of the subscriptions made by
the General Assembly of the State to the various
railroada companies to carry forward and COM
plete the various projects of internal improve
ments from 1S4S to the present time, has created
vast deal of excitement here and elsewhere
| The Chief Justice, X. NJ. Pearson, delivered the
opinion OF the Court, sustained by the full bench.
The decision legalizes the following bonds, and
renders them equally good:-Twenty millions of
dollars created previous to the Rebellion Called
the old debD, with accrued interest, funded.
SIOOO,OOO to theWestem Division of the West
ern Extension of the North Carolina Railroad,
leading from Asheville, beyond the Blue Ridge,
to Ducktown, in Tennessee, and Paint Rock in
Madison county, North Carolina, on the Ten
nessee line.
$4,000, 600 bonds to the Wilmington, Charlotte,
and Rutherford Railroad, from Wilmington,
running along the South Carolina line through
Charlotte and RutherfordtOn, thence through
Henderson and Pennsylvania counties to Ashe-
vile, in the county of Buncombe One-third of
this road Is built and in operation.
S2,OCO, 600 bonds to the Fayetteville and West
ern Railroad, from Egypt in Chatham county,
the centre of the coal fields, to Greensboro, in
Guiltord county, and Salisbury, in Rowan
county, TO be hereafter located as the surveys
may Justify This road Is in operation from
Egypt to Fayetteville 45 miles
Sl,44O,OOO bonds to the Northwestern Railroad,
from greensboro, via Salem, in Forsyth county
lthe old Morayian settement) to Mount Airy,
III Surry county, the headwaters OF the Iadl<ln
valley, ~ miles. This road is nearly graded
rom Greensboro to Salem, 20 miles, and IN SIX