The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-14

RELATING TO RAILROADS. + From
the Charlotte Obserrer, We CLEAN a.
follows The agent and employees OF
the Charlotte and Atlanta Air Line
have received orders Z drop that title
and take the name of the Richmond
g Danville.
IN. B.-A better title would be the
mond and Cuff States. '-ED. +. 4 NJ
The change is attributed 10 an inten
ton to dodge the expected injunction
N. B.-That is haIdl, likely, IS be
order would cover the Io.d, no mater
how named-ED. +. Il NJ
Rufus Y. McAden, Esq. sent in.
proposal to the Mecklenburg County
Commissioners offering $4,000 cash,
or 10 cents on the dollar. Tor the 500.
900 of stock held by hat county in
the Statewide Railroad. X was stated
that he was acting for the Richmond K
Danvilla Railroad. Tie Board declined
I r the present. This move DOUBTLESS
is to secure a strong hold on the road
which will become a cousIdcra lie pnr
ton Of the Midland Route il ever uuilt.
Mr. McAden subsequently, explained
that he WAS simply e~ndeavoIing to
.traightcn the affairs Of the ROAD in case
Of a sale under tie mortgage which was
threatened as there were several thous
and dollars Of accrued interest unpaid.
The Virginia Midland keeps its corps
Of engineers in the field hard at work,
which goes far to prove that the North
Carolina extension is sure TO be built
regardless oil the disposition Of the
Charlotte Air Line property.
Major Sutherlin IS now, by reason of
recent arrangements made, in a better
position for rushing matters on the Dan
Vile and New River road than be has
ever been.
Mr.. f. c. Winstanley, of the Dan.
vile, Mocksville and Southwestern
road, passed through the city yester-
day en- route to Leaksville. He is JEST
from New York, where he was called
by Col. Sharp, for consultation and in
structions. Mr.. Wins'anley has been
instructed TO put a large force Of men
to work grading the road between
LeakesviIle and Germantown, and an
other between Germantown and States
INV. wv SoLb PohiNo VI avis
with the one now at work between
Leaksville and Danville will make a
force large enough, Mr.. Wi~nstantley
thinks to put the road in running or
der to S~tatesville by the end Of the
year. Its completion to Leaksville in
six weeks is almost a foregone ~conclu
sion. The contract for the iron neces-
sary to lay the track to Statesville has
been made, and the material for the
telegraph line to Statesville has been
purchased and paid for. -Danville
NeaUs.
On Wednesday the board of direc-
tors Of the Cape Fear and \. V. Rail
road held their annual meeting at Fay
etteville. Every member present. viz
julius A Gray, president; l.. G.. Jones,
G.. p. Mendenhall, Edmund Jones. DIR.
Harrell, w. A. Moore, w. A. Lash,
and DR.. A. F. Smith, of Allegheny,
State proxy A. A. Mcclellan, John
ID. Williams, i. j. Lilly and A. p.
Hurt.
the report Of President Gray, show
ed a highly satisfactory condition
of affairs. The road is being rapidly
constructed. grading having now
reached a point about thirty-three miles
northwest OF Greensboro, in Stocks
county. There $50 convicts are at
work. The iron for the completed
road bed between Gulf and Greensboro
has all been purchased and paid for.
and will be delivered this month and
in May and June. From present indi
cations the track will be all laid be-
tween the Gulf and Greensboro by the
first of January next.
The work will be pushed towards both
Patterson and Mt. Airy. The point
at which the stems branch is not yet
determined, but will probably be neal
the Little Gadkin, in Stokes. A sur
vey at an early day, will determine.
A very important matter considered
was the proposed sale or lease of the
road. The feeling against any such
action was very strong, and there was
not a siBgle" vote IN favor of it. On
the contrary it was unanimously agreed
to purchase the Fayetteville and Flor
ence road, which runs from Fla,
Vile to Shoe Heel, on the Carolina
Central. and thence &C South Carolina
line. The road thus purchased is to
he completed as soon as practicable,
within three years at least. 1t is forty
four miles to the South Carolina line,
and except some four miles has been
graded some years. There ale one or
two small bridges. There will be nee
essary, then, only the repair of EN-
~bankments, laying of cross-ties and
the building of a few bridges or tres
ties to finish the road to Shoe Heel.
and the work will be pushed. Presi.
dent Gray says as fast as possible.
On Thursday the stockholders unan-
imously ratified the action ofthe board
of directors in their purchase of the
Fayetteville and Florence road. The
stakeholder, of the last named road
have. it is understood, agreed to the
proposition made in every particular
n. Bit was not a purchase, but
simply a consolidation-the Florence
r. r. Company merging with the Cape
Fear. Bonds are to be issued, and the
road built rapidly. Then Jul Virginia
friends can go South via Fayetteville.
But Wilmington -?