Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-08-27

IMPORTANT PROJECT FOR WILSON
learn that the Wilmington and WoI1MR
railroad Company, through the inanouon
OF their enterprising President and S,uce
intendent, have determined to RIM upper upper
from their road to some point On u
Neuse They will begin their surVan Tue
mediately from this point and their en- lni'
neer is now on the ground. Whetba, tIeI'
will build the branch from this ,' .ney
through Green depends upon the encorI
agement received from these two count;aa
We are assured if the people in these oei
ties will assist literally the company Io,'h-
them the branch road. P'euge
The above, clipping from the Wilson
P1aindealer, is substantially correct M
authorities of the Wilmington and Wo,aaN
Railroad have determined to Construct
line from Wilson to the navigable vot.-
OF the Neuse river, near the mouth of a..
tentnea creek, passing through the ,ioh
valleys of the Big and Little Contentron
thus giving direct and cheap coupection
with Newbern from the North. ~ wo, -
from Wilmington, an arrangement wbioL
the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad boa
never yet been able to effect by wav Of n
Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad
Yes, strange as it may appear to tboss
of our people who are advocates Of FREQ
trade, the management of the Atlantic an,l
North Carolina Railroad have ALWAYS 70.
fused to make up through schedule os
rates on freight from Wilmington or from
Norfolk and points beyond on goods which
the Newbern merchants are daily purcbss.
ing for home consumption, thereby en-.
deavoring to force everything to be carried
through by the steamship line from New.
bern to New York, which is a manifest in.
jury to the road and its stockholders. The
rates on this Atlantic road are high, as are
also those by steamship line and producers
are beginning to find out these facts. And
not only do the producer and consumer
suffer, but the merchant also. and in
choosing between two evils, the steamship
line is generally selected Freights bv
steamship between this point and New
York have been very much reduced in con-
sequence OF the competition by rail, and if
the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad
would enter into proportional schedule
arrangement with the Wilmington and
Weldon and other roads, either the New
York and Newbern steamship rates would
soon fall large per centage or else pro.
duce would be sent from Newbern to Nor
folk and Wilmington, and from these
points North at less cost than would
be charged from Newbern, direct 70 New
York, by steamship.
The proposed branch Of the Wilmington
and Weldon Railroad will surely be built,
and will be i'll running order at no distant
day. In construction it will be somewhat
different from the build of ordinary rail.
roads, but will be what is called at the
North, surface railroad for agricultural
purposes. a similar road will probably he
undertaken before long from some point
on the line Of the old road, soy
| from Burgaw, to Jacksonville, in
Onslow county, another from Warsaw to
Fayetteville, via Clinton, and still another
from Magnolia to Kenansyille.
All of this the Company hope to do, but
to effect it, private enterprise must also
contribute its share This can be easily
Done and without the actual outlay of
money. Let the farmers along the pro
posed agricultural lines, subscribe to the
stock, and make payment for the same in
cross ties and grading, and let their sub.
scription be, too, in alternate tracks OF
land, which, wild and unmarketable as
they are now, will be trebled and quadru-
pied In value by the running through them
Of railroad. When this is done by the
land owners, the branch company can be
formed, and under the amended charter Of
the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad,
they can the1 iaSHe their bonds, mortga-
ging these lands and the graded road, to
raise the money to purchase the light iron
with which the road is to be laid The
mother road, Uhe Wilmington and Wei
dom will endorse these bonds and
thus secure to them a ready sale,
Then, when the branch is completed,
the old road will contract with the new
one for its operation, the former furnishing
the cars and the light engines with which
to work it.
We hope that the people OF the sur
rounding counties, and especially of those
districts through which these branches are
to pass, will come forward and give every
aid to their construction. The sections
through which they will pass are rich in
agricultural wealth, and only a means OF
reaching market is now needed to de,
velop them. Land owners can we'll afford
to subscribe literally, as the running OF
these lines will raise to fair price the
value of lands which are now comparative
ly worthless.
In letter just published, BTownlow