The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-10

from the pen Of Mr.. Logan Harris
though, "a 1t happened, he was IN New
\ ork the headquarters of the Clyde
Syndicate at the time OF it, appear
ance. Ii he be the author. there i a
decided change of tune from previous
letters. Does this fore>haiDw 10 allI
ance between the Republicans and
Rallroaiers IN the Legislative election :
We give the gust Of the letter. 1t viii
be noted that DR.. Worth i, coniectured
TO have Joined Jarvis against ance, or
in favor Of the X & ID X K.
Reliable authority also has it that
this company is trying 10 buy acontrol
ling interest in the Seaboard anu
Roanoke Railroad running from Ports
mouth, Va, to Weldon, y. c., which
would give them control from Ports
mouth 10 Raleigh. The same authority
SAYS that the Richmond and Danville
Company are trying 10 buy a control
ling interest in the Carolina Central
Railroad, which runs from Wilmington
20 Charlotte. With this 1920 miles Of
railway, with steamship lines added,
reaching out through eight States, aud
the immense capital absolutely necessary
for such an enterprise. Senator Vance
must know that he has undertaken a
gigantic job in his fight with this great
and po werfui corporation. The people
of the State are vitality Interested in
this controversy in v ways: First, to
see that no determinations in pasSen-
ger fares aud freight are made against
their State. Secondly, they are even
more interested in the character and
ultimate results of the fight that Sena-
tor Vance declares that he intends to
keep up, for the reason that there are
"A number of projected railroads in this
State. Mr.. w. j. Best is building
from Salisbury to G~oldsboro. North
ern capitalists have completed a road
from Norfolk, Va, to Elizabeth CRY,
\. c., and are pushing on to Edenton.
There is a proposition to build a road
from Norfolk through this State to
Charleston, S. G.. Part Of the road from
Raleigh to Plymouth is graded, and ii
is said that work will soon commence
on the whole line. A new road has
just been built from Henderson to Ok
ford. Col. w. L. Beasley is building
another road from Oxford to Clarks
willie, Va. Several other roads are be
ing surveyed in the western part of the
State. Altogether, there is an active
railroad, development in North Caro-
lima. Now, then, the question comes,
and is frequently asked and inquiries
are mad by letter-Can Senator \ ance
for his own personal ends incite a
kuklux rad On corporate property
throughout this State, or is the property
of railroad corporations az SAFE in North
Carolina from undue interference and
~ fully protected by the judiciary as
in any State north of Mason and Dixon
line?
The proposition Of Senator Vance
as Commissioner, to interfere an try
TO supplant the courts in litigation be
tween w. j. Best and the Richmond
and Danville parties concerning The
, Western North Carolina road has dou 1t
less stimulated these inquiries. The
!, exposure Of this proposition TO use the
. high official and personal influence fol
: the purpose of coerciag the Richmond
] and Danville Company, and for the
= further purpose Of interfering with the
possession of private property and the
, evident intention of over riding the
, assignment made by w. j. Best to
. Clyde, Logan, and Buford, aroused The
solid men of the State and set them tc
E thinking. 1t looked like a resort tt
i unlawful methods which no man o
property and standing In he State cal
allow to take the place of the courts
;. This effort of Senator Vance seems t.
e have utterly failed to alarm, as was ap
parently intended, the Richmond anC
Danville Company and connie them t.
part with their rights in the Western
North Carolina Road obtained by tn
h assignment of Mr.. w. j. Best. So ia
as the people along the line of the Yves
l. tern North Carolina Road from Sails
l. bury to Paint Rock, and from Ashevill
lie to Murphy are concerned, they ar
le against Senator Vance, and are in favo
of the Richmond and Danville Compan
Dt because they are afraid Of a stoppag
er of the work. They have been deceive
and delayed in getting their road bull
for nearly 20 years. Seeing is believ
1t ing with them. They know that th
he Richmond and Danville people ar
ed pushing the construction of the roa
SO with all possible vigor, and while er
gagged in tins work they ale oppose
as to any interference whatever with tn
lis company. On other questions of
political nature they are the stanc
lis friends of Senator Vance. The thinl
rs ing people are al.e beginning to di.
re CO, er that the practical application {
II a common per mile rate of freigf
throughout the State would entirel
We destroy the local trade of every prime
n, BAL town west of Goldsboro and Wi
a mington, which town are situated
IN near the sea board and Northern por
'e- as. under the system, to give them a
most exclusive advantages ovcr Raleie
10 Charlotte, and the other large towns
ue the State. Therefore a difference
lat the rate at which freight is carried
h different parts Of the State is not nece
EN- sarilly unjust Discrimination, but m;
ast be actually necessary for the protect,
of the business of the different porto
of the State. This feeling has, dout
less, influenced Cove nor Jarvi. a
1or Treasurer Worth as Commissioners
bit, Tho Western North Car.lina Road {
it is now understood that they are o
ted no.ed "a senator Vance. ueretof,
OF Treasurer Worth has been a great ]
zen mire: of Senator Vance, and has usua
DC adopted his views, but in this instar
Mr.. Worth understands that the Welt
ace of Western North Carolina is wrapp
| in up in the completion of the Westo
in q North Carolina Railroad, and b. see
eot therefore to have made up his mind
rec. vote AGAINST Il oectaia'ioh VI i"ilcil'
was and to vote to grant an extension