The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-02-28
THE B-ESFEEy NORTH CARROLL
MA RAIL ROAD.

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have not an been productive Of the good
that was predica,ed upon their introduce
lion because they have been iplnd,eiously.
,aeaaaed 10 sucl,ansSient that the capital
has been sunk, and the original corrorators
have been superseded by new race Of
,tockholders; aud because these new stock
holders, foreigu corporations, have used
their newly acquired franchises IN disre.
card IL The Interests ofthc people fur whose
purposes these roads we're built. i BY no
means follows that this grand idea Of inter-
nal Regeneration Is 70 BE- condemned. II
by no means fo.lows that present grievances
Are to be accepted rs permanent and lnse-
parable from tae system of rail road coui-
nunicatiou. The very interests OF these TO-
reign companies viii compel them to heed
The demands Of those through whose terri
tory the roads run. and bring about an
umelioration Of a condition which is at pres
emit almost intolerable under the novelty OF
newly acquired sovreiguty.
We then welcome all enterprises q the
Kind We record with pleasure the incep-
lion Il any new scheme which i g open up
the wilderness 10 the light Of progress. i
i with peculiar pleasure that We note the
effort 81 the State again to assert ~ interest
aud recognize its obligations. She has been
pushed aside By the stranger until there
was nothing left to her out of all her work
but the Western North Carolina Rail Road
that road, reaching ont TO It's ultimate
destination but left incomplete. burdeaed
with debt, helpless. hopeless and doomed
ia ultimate min ~ tie fate ofall the Others.
lie ownership Of the alien.
The road. through the action 81 the last
Legislature authorizing its purchase b.
Commissioners. appointed by the Legisla-
,are, became the property Of the State 10
conjunction with the original stockholders,
whose rights we're recognized 10 the extent
If one fourth interest IN the rev erganiza-
ton Of the company. The road thus pur.
chased by the State. embraced all that was
fioisbed as far as the foo, Of the Blue Ridge
at IIerrys', togeihcr with surveyed track
extending beyond Asheyille 10 one direction
10 Paint Rock. and ia the other. to the
Tennessee line near pucktown. along which
we're tie partially excavated tunnels and
many miles II grading. embankments and
culyeits. 10 connect these separate links
into one npJroken eiHain and TO give value
10 ilese detached sections Of the Incomplete
line. fars.sr expenditure b. the State WIS
necessary. or else sse previous Investment
WAS money tbrsxn away. Aud therefore
at this present session Of she General As
sembly the BIZ was perfected which gives 70
the road an annual appropriation Of So.
200. for tie purchase 81 iron &c. out Of
monies ii tie Treasury Dct otherwise a.
nru9risted. MI = cent u additional taxa
tim i leYie,l. and ifiho money i not 10 The
Tres.nry liz rad GOES without 4. Five
hundred eanyicis ore also allotted T. The
work. Anashc road aiil be built With m
osonory nescrbeforc attendant upon . large
M undertaking q year will suffice 70 put
the traas.nonnlain region IN direct connec-
ton With tue cast. and lbou will be con.
summs,ed that grand iiea Of linking The
Whole s,aio 10 Que inJissoluhle iond--ile
droam ul j past generation, the proud real.
It's u the rresent one.
TIL. ]. ,he iie.t scheme % Tie kind that
ID. had slike lie support II The -, and
lie West. aud ], realization y tie belief
hat tie state csn W made one y feeling
and interest," despite IL Typographical con.
CATION. And il was . happy idea q Mr.
Yowlana Of Rvbe.on 10 insert provision 10
the bill that tl.ers should be director from
each Congressional District on The part #
tie State: thus d,priying the road Of oil
sectional or local control.
70 Mr.. Garter q Banconlbe Of Tie House
i. due much u Tic success Oftbe bill 10 that
hsay.s he csme 70 the Legislature tho.
roughly fortified by knowiedgs q the must
Intimate detaiIs u Tie subject he advosat.
Ell: With ihe in,cnse-t zoai 60 the Interests
u The seeiiuo be represented with the mos,
ealsrsed liberaliiy Cor the interests u the
Ssste Il which be was > citizen: with the
most ubiiring iajss,ry. with tie most pa.
ticnt perseverance,. Nth tie most esrnes,
s,can-nce and With al these be conquer.
ed abd with ,be future history Of this