The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-01-06

ton. might overcome the shorter rail route
via Charleston, terminating at port infe-
rinr to that of Norfolk and Portsmouth, and
might be the means of producing for the
North Carolina Railroad a revenue it.never
had enjoyed and which otherwise it could
not obtain; the result of the through bust
ness which was iriaugurated upon the basis
of this theory proves the correctness OF this
theory. Almost the entire trade OF the Char
lotte and South Carolina Railroad and OF
Charlotte has been turned through North
Carolina, the way stations of the North Car
DINA Railroad are supplied over its entire
length and even the. region around Column
bia begins to look upon tile North Caro-
lima Railroad as it's channel for transport
tation. The trade of the Western Counties
is now shared with the route via Norfolk.
and Bristol by the N. c. Railroad via
via Portsmouth, and in the future when the
Western Extension is completed into Ten
nessee, the North Carolina Road will divert
from the Tennessee line via Norfolk to the
North Carolina line via Portsmouth heavy
western trade. and When the Hamburg road
is finished fair share If what now seeks its
route via Charleston will seek itvia the North
Carolina Railroad from the fouth west
Thus it will he seen that the managers OF
the North CAROLINA Railroad could scarcely
be considered to subserve the interest OF the
road, the State or the penple were they by
an attempt to force the trade west of Sails
bury, (Which, compared with future deyel-
cpments, they now only begin to enjoy,) and
thereby entail its forfeiture and diversion to
the Charleston route, only the trade east of
Salisbury would bear forcing process and
be retained to the North Carolina Railroad,
even were the Piedmont and Danville Rail-
road not in existence. But this road has its
continuance via the capes of the Chesapeake,
and the Chesapeake itself, and such are its
advantages that it is only by much excrtion
that the Portsmouth route is able to share
with the Danville road the business of
Greensboro and its vicinity, only there
would be left the trade so far east OF Greens
boro that discrimination in rates could re-
tain it To the North Carolina Railroad, and
it only follows to what amount shall the
North Carolina Company discriminate
against the seaboard line; or in other words,
what amount will it be necessary to make
each consumer and producer pay, In order
to force the freight OF the line OF the North
Carolina Railroad between Greensboro and
O'lisLOlo t"Ae VI -
which would inevitably be done via Ports
mouth t
The Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad
Company can have every advantage that 1T
claims for consolidation aoittoat consotida-
ton. 1 am ready and willing at any time to
make through tariff with that Company
from Charlotte to New York city, at the same
rates per mile that we do with all
other companies. And if the Companies
choose they can have but one President and
but one Superintendent. Keeping an eye
single all the time to the Interests OF both
companies.
After this the friends of consolidation can
only claim that they wish consolidation for
the purpose of forcing this Company to pay
the expenses of the Atlantic and North Car
DINA Road out of the earnings of this Com
pany, to which object and enter my pro-
test. w. A. SMITH,
President n G. R. R. Co.
Dec 80, 1863