Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-04-30

tue army IN that State, and for her |
pwn people. Our people, owing to
"our svstem," we've entirely cut of, or
d pendent upon the courtesy and
x1ndness, if L may so speak, of our
ueighboripg states. One thousand
bushels of salt Was all that was gotten
for the )unty of Franklin during
that winter. Many other counties, so NJ
larger, did not SO well. Will our triepd
satisfy those people that the system
-stab listed by our 'sforefathers' as
craftsmanship"
Again: Ali of the roads South and
West of the five foot gauge. There
are come ctions of tne same gauge
through Tennessee, on TO the great
North, thus going entirely around us.
Are the through shippers of the South
and North SO conslderate as to ship
freight through North Carolina, to
have bulk broken, transfers, &c and
bear tia expenses incident thereto,
just to "build up our border town
when they Can save tine and Money
| by shipping entirely around Us, as was
zone uu5Il recently l. that business?
The feelings of "A Citizen" are cyl
IDENTIFY hurt, for he asks with humiiia-
! It'd submission, addressing himself TO
| the .sneville and Piedmont country
| press"
| lis 1t right, is it manly to submit TO
| gross outrage upon all thai cur tath-
| err held dear In the great public works
| Projected by them No, gentlemen,
this Will never do"
This reminds me of an anecdote,
| as the late iamented was won't Ia say.
| which is old but apt. An cid n -.
| 4
| . mill on "A horse. In one end # d
bag was bushel of corn, IN the other
| il huge rock, TO balance things. lii.
old man suggested to the hoy that Ia,
| could save some dead weight
| by dividing the corn, and TO
arranged 1t. The boy rode on a
distance with the INNOVATION" IN
| I'll his "patfiot.sm" and love of
| the System" of his ''forefathers"
aroused all his ire, whereupon he got
down and put back his rock. the
old man caught up with him again.
lnd seeing the ''time-honored rock,
asked the boy about it. HIS rep,A
was "patrio:lc" and manly" to a de-
gree. 1t was: Il know your way iA
better than mine, but daddy Away
carried rock i'll his bag, and my
grand daddy and gr.a -grand-daddy
beiore him did, and I'll be id II 1
tou't mean to too" "A CITIZEN
must RENE mber that this is an age of
Improvement ard progress. ard that
North Carolina must take her ettnd
beside other States in offering
every iniuce meut to trade aid
travel to come within Der border,
aud to give it no excuse even
to shun her or so around her. he
gauge of the n. G. Road should be
widened to Goldsboro, or Raleigh at
least, and at once This would give
Raleigh and G0idsboro and their sur
| rounding sections, another competing
line To- the Northern markets and part.
| / undertake to say, II this widening be
done through to Goldsboro, Ia twelve
months the people of the entire mid
die belt OF the state viii be sstonlsbed
that they could ever have been per
suaded TO oppose 1t.
As to Wilmington aud her western
connections. The roads from VII
mingtou to Charlotte, Charlotte t.
Statesville. and Statesv1 le to AsheviiIe
are of the feeS 81 inch gauge. giving
us through line, without break,
to your ,ity. il he re Is in Ten -
see, and tie M,rr stoWn brarc h, are
| VI TUE I'VE Itcb gauge i HIS Will liz
cessit t br ak at Mofrist 'wn, Paint
Rock, or Asheyiile, to Connect with
Jur Wilmington road. The Spartan
hurg, Is CO road, Which Is row
being puzzled forward, is Of the I've
foot measure, il being the same al the
way to Charleston. This Charleston
connection coming here and connect
ny with the only road Forth, having
the same gauge of itself, what be
comes OF our Wilmington road then,
so far as through freights are concern
ed? [ simply throw this nut ont for
"a Citizen" and our Whining on
friends generally, to crack.
For my part | prefer uniform
gauSe throughout the entire coun ~.
for all roads, and then let each marx. [
or port stand on its own merits for
patronage. Having great contideucr
IN the ability of VIM .ngton to sus,
tain herself, [ am wi:lIrg to submit
Ter to the test, III al honorable and
fair competition.
Very respectfully.
RoBr II. FUEMAN
Asheville, n. c., April Dist, 1875.