Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-10-01
HAO! FOR THE xEAS1IO f.
The Carolina Central Hallway
Completed 10 shelby!
The Last CrOsS-Eic DSNVn! The Last
RaII Laid! The Last spike


RaII Laid The Last spike
Driven!
The Shelby Bann or, under the above
captions, with six-column cut of .
railroad train, has tho following to say
in regard to the completion of the rail
road to that place
After years OF fond hope and patient
waiting for the appearance of the Iron
Horse In our City among the hills, "
we can now say lot truth, that 1.-The
thing is done"
On Tuesday evening. the 2lst inst,
about dark, the depot was reached.
when the Finishing shouts" rent the
air, and the wearied workmen, most of
whom were negroes, rushed ike An sv-
alanche upon the supper and things,
especially the latter, Cn the shape of
ten or fifteen gallons) which had been
prepared for them by the citizens of
Shelby, and Toasted Themselves to their
b-es coutent-then lay
down, snoozed aud dresmt of past con
quests and present victory-sw eetly
snoring around the long c,vetad goal
Shelby Depot.
The tank, switch, turn table. ~ ;,
g., were partly fixed mp yesterday,
and are being completed to-day. The
first regular passenger train arrived
yesterday st 10:45. A. NJ, amidst q
great demonstration Of Joy and glad
ness-vociferous velIs, cheers and gen
eral applause rendIng the air for miles
around Aud after remaining 10 or 10
minutes, left, with large number of
our citizens Oh board, bound for CHAR
D,f, l, l.
and other points. Col. Fremont left
for Wilmington. As the trnin moved
Off long, loud salute was gwen by
the engineer to the large crowd that
througod the departing car and the
platform Of the Depot The crowd,
III turn, waved it a complimentary sa-
Lutte.
All honor to President Roberts, Col
Fremont and others who haYe had this
great enterprise i hand, for their in
domitable energy and perseverance, IN
steadily pushing the work on this road
forward, ami list great panlcs and iinan-
cial embar1ass While work on
nearly every other road in the South
has been suspended on this account, it
has been continuously pushed forward
on this.
COl. We (tICCt iJltuy
with his vide awake and ind0mitable
road master, Mr.. Sawyer, have been
right along with the hands, urging
them up aud pushing the work to its
completion. The Colonel is the best
aud most successful railroad man in
the South.
Shelby, the Star Of the West. and
Wilmington, the San Of the East, are
nov bound together with iron bands
which form a mutual. social and com
merrial compact, long coveted, aud
never to be severed. Wilmington is
our great commercial sea port, to
which wemountaineers will henceforth
resort, as we are mutually dependent
to greet extent on each other for
prosperity and happiness.
TO our friends III Llncolnton, Char
lotte, Monroe, Laurinburg, Wades-
boro, Lumberton, Wilmington, and
other points and stations along the
line, we send hearty greetings and
forth We may sec and know more Of
each other.
NoTE-An officer of the company,
of large experience, and veil acquaint-
ed with all the difficulties and sacrifices
made to complete theline, says: 1.-The
Shelby people, as we'll as those of
Wilmington, are more indebted to DIR.
Edward Matthews, of New York, than
all others combined for the completion
of the Carolina Central to Shelby,
at this early day.
"But for his great energy and his
large means, years would have elapsed
before this great work could have
reached either Charlotte or Shelby.
Honor to whom honor is due