The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-09
Mr.. Best and his Purposes.

Last week we cOpled from the Ral
eigh Farmer unl Nechdmic something
showing the new railroad schemes o
Mr. W. }. Best in another column we
copy from the Raleigh Nprs md Of
srrrer a part of u communication upon
the same subject. Mr.. Best ; plan Is "a
revival of the old North Carolina SIS
tem'-a continuous line of r.ilwa,
traversing the State from the Tonnes
see line to tidewater at MoreLead City
This idea suppo>es his re possession vi
the Western North Carolina Railroad.
the building Of a road from Salisbury
to GoldsbOro and the lease Of the At
lantic Il North Carolina Railroad. ex
tending from Gol6sboro To Morchrad
Unless appearances are deceptive he i.
abundantly blcked. Senator lance in
forms the Goldsboro Messenger that IL.
has deposited at Raleigh the sum OF
1925 900 for the purpose of reirnburs:ua
the Richmond Il Danville Railroad for
its advances and OUTLAWS on account .!
the Western road, aud the paper last
named quotes the Senator as having
the utmost confidence in Nh. Best :
intentions and IN the ability Of his syn
dictate"
The success of the undertaking here
outlined depends upon three contin
gencieS: Cd The lease Of the Atlantic
road, (2l the ability Of the syndicate
to construct the link bet wcen Colds
boro aud Salisbury. and 81 its ability
to wrest the Western road from the
hands of the Richmond & Danviile.
In the event of failure in anv one Of
the three the whole fabric would 90 20
the ground. The lease OF tie Atlantic
road might be accomplished the link
might be built; but we apprehena that
MIR. Best will encounter great difficulty
in re possessing himself Of the Yves
tern road. The terms Of the assign
ment which lie made to the Richmond
& Danville aud Clyde syndicate when
he realized his inability TO comply with
his contract with the State, seem to
forbid the possibility of his recovery
except by voluntary surrender
course not at all probable when the adj
vances which they have made upon
the road and the amount they have
put into it are taken into considera-
ton, and when we remember Col. Blu
ford's testimony before the committee
on internal improvements of the late
General Assembly. Mr.. Best plo-
poses to recover. we have understood
under the equity Of redemption, but
to one not a lawyer, but who has read
carefully the contract between him and
the Richmond 4 DanvIlle people, it
looks like lac had ~urned the brioge
after him when he stepped out Of the
ownship of the Western road.
Satisfied thoroughly as We are and
as all our people are with the present
management of the road, and well as
sured as everybody is that it will he
completed and equipped as the Rich
mond & Danville read always equip
its various lines, we Can but feel a gen
uine sympathy for Mr.. Best in the mis-
fortune which he has suffered in seeing
the road concerning which he cherish
ed such fattering hopes pass entirely
land most probably forever out of his
hands. We have much respect for
Mr.. Best we have full confidence in
his integrity we believe he would have
fulfilled his contract with the State TO
the letter if the capitalists for whom
he was acting had not Withdrawn from
him he has acted in perfect good faith
with our people; be held the destines
of the Democratic party in bis bands
last had he acted less mag
unanimously than he did it would have
suffered defeat but seeing the inevi
table result of any stubbornness, he
released his hold upon the property in
which ali his hopes entered, and assign
- -, 60 IOo .I. .-,lt
and would fulfill it thus repaid his OBJ
legation to Gov. Jarvis and saved him
alive. We have no sneers for this man
we take pleasure In expressing
the same confidence in him thai
we expressed when he came here eigh
teen months ago to buy our railrand
bnt for all that W. do rot now see the
upon which he builds, and
we a%pprehend that he is Lurs!ng a
scht me which will but result in an
disappointment. = S~tatcsville
Landmark.