Wilmington journal., 1875-02-12


- esxu = @aE xsy EsEERN sNoFsFHa CAao'
LIMA RAILROADs. ais.1rsT - Z
1t is now. being, charged that gross
frauds were penetrated in--order1 To
eject the change of the Wilmington,
sds vi Gffall6ats' and rutherford Road into
-asg The Carolina Central. The transfer OF
!. s,aseet that road from the possession of its
sriiss sfornaeroRners to that of its present
I'D ca a:owaers, took place some time ago. and
sai @ % under the new ownership the road has
: .fias BEEN completed to Charlotte. During
-dnn:q al fhisItime, 9, $50 far as we know, public
10 ssatsviftae gave no evidence OF any great
shock to it's feelings at the course OF
- The, Caroline Central Railway Com
zaitagcpany. sHowsis it then that after the
.Easr4 rood has been made valuable by the
g goiia diture Of the present Company s
80 80 bmaney the present outcry should be
r,e sasz ndsda. and SO much virtuous indigDa-
ton expended before the public? Is
SS1sa IT etbecat1se of virtue or because OF in-
% sss A 40 terest We very much fear the reason
-sF, brisone that bodies no good to the speo-
.caozispsei ofahe southern portion of orr State,
and onethate evidences especial hostility
- n?r TO the prosperity of the city of VIII
mington. - q @-2s- 1ol 3
Hid sHDo The Carolina Central Railway offers
$40 AFtfie best and most natural route to tie
,r.uocean for the travel aud freights COM
ing from the great Mississippi valley
5yvissoSers Sthe Western North Carolina
sers1a' Road The Carolina Central has now
reached that point where the interests
sa;aarsofeits owners, demand that they shall
81 xse1pediteoa rapidly as possible the
completion of the other road. ! If no
'sos5 ss5g enc else VIII do it, the Carolina Cen
-ozno tral must undertake the job and at
once. The Western North Carolina
szsw Road is to. be sold and the Carolina
%" Central has control of the decree IN
ss 81 der r5whiehtit ia to be sold. Ii these
.nzsvtsosroads shall come under one own
sssisu ership thty will Of course be work d
F1@ for the benefit of that ownership, and
in this eyentnWlmington becomes at
oqeethe Atlantic terminus of a great
Southern line from the Mississippi
gal vail sy,1and at no distant day the At
a.If niantic terminus of a great Atlantic and
-iais Pacific Railway. ...'..
a.ln-1tTo this contamination, so devoutly to
Eaa ,be.wished- many people object. Gen.
eral Malone. of Virginia, objects be-
ss'sd oatse our road win take freights from
his road. The Richmond and Danvilie
.essa Road objects because our road will
9nil take freights from its road, and
ora SO does the Raleigh and CASTOR
e. Road and for the same rea-
adj son. : The friends of Norfolk and
-uoooff the roads leading there object,
and the friends of Beaufort Harbor
-; and of the Atlantic Road also object,
xurU and the North Carolina Road objects.
1sdte It is not intended to permit the Car
Au2solina Central and the Western North
Carolina Road to come under the
= same ownership if it can be prevented,
rfns for then the Southern portion of the
400 State would be benefited and not the
-, Northern portion; and then Whining
ton would become the great seaport,
E,assand not Norfolk or Beaufort, and the
.aniroads in these and other conflicting
interests would suffer. ---so,,
assyf4a1We think it is time to speak out in
op1 this matter, in defence of the interests
yi5apfour city and of our section. Colo
nef Tate, of Burke, proposes for the
srs State, to buy the Western North Caro-
.ssjins Road and to levy a tax of eight
naneef,ts on the hundred dollars for ten
years, we believe, to raise the money:
Mr.. Appleton Oaksmith, of Carteret,
svaproposes to condemn the Atlantic, the
aofNofth' Carolina, and the Western
North Carolina Road, under the igh
sosIof4a eminent domain, for public
use, and to pay for the same
ssoky olevying tax of forty-two
cents on the hundred dollars.
aaTMajor Smith also proposes to consol-
-xeidste and build the Western Road by
ssn bonds raised on the credit of the
North Carolina Road. But to accom-
pGsh. this purpose MIR. Smith must
sxsreliese that road of heavy incum-
nezbfanees
So So :. All of these schemes involve taxa
hon and the idea that the people oi
EiI North Carolina will patiently submit to
sso'taxation to relieve these railroads is
simply preposterous. IF we are not
as able to pay old debts we certainly are
xiznot able to contract new ones.
10 And this being 50 it becomes the mem
"a 3bers Of the Legislature from the West
to ask themselves if they see any hope
vafor the completion of their road save
&c that held out by the Carolina Central
Company? If this be true is it not
eu the part of wisdom to accept the situa-
t>etion and at once? .. ...-.'
W Are not the interests of Wilmington
and the interests of the West identi-
-ocala Is there shadow of hope that
-siMro Appleton Oaksnith O, Major
Smith or Colonel Tate can comp e:e
the Western North Carolina Road ?
Is it not certain that the Carolina Cen
stral can and that it will complete it at
the earliest possible day. and for the
simple reason that the intert sts of
that Company demand at the earliest
possible moment that a connection
with the system of railways in the
shMississippi Valley should be estab-
81 hshed?
81. What road has Mr.. Smith built. or
vJwhat ..read has MIR. Oaksmith built
-okhat the people of the West should
s1pfefer to rely upon them rather than
s. upon the Carolina Central Company
W9E The,auestion is simply this, do our
-oWestern friends prefer torely upon an
uncertain connection with Norfolk or
..rBeanfort in the far future, dependsnt