The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-18
Railways, and Other Ways.

The Charlotte Observer ~speculases AZ
follows. when Mr.. V. f. McBse
scomcs superintendent Of the Western
North Carolina road, his headquarters
will be In Salisbury. There is 40 say
ing how much he will be missed IN
Charlotte"
-Uader date OF August S,h, Col. j.
B Yates, (wbo quit the employ OF the
N. G. Midlsni,' to accept The same
position on the Midland y. c. an
.nounces to the public have this day
assumed control of the Midland North
Csrolina r. R.. aud the Atlantic aud
\. {. Division of the same, - Chief
Engineer. and General Manager" The
officers Of the new corporation are ".
J. Best. President; WIN. S. Denny. of
New Englsni, Treasurer, J. p. Cad
dayan. Secretary and Assistant Treas
urer. j. W. Audrev VS., Asst. Supt. and
Engineer, Basil Many, " .ster Mechsn
ic, w. P. Mett., Roai VI .ster, II. Mar
dock, Bridge Master
There are new developments in the
Western y. G.. Il. Il. lmbroglio. IL
vii be remembered that the Special
Session, IN giving that vast work as =
virtual present TO Nj. w. j. Best and
Company, gave them the right To issue
Bonds, secured hy mortgage, or so
much per mile. Last week President
Andrews presented himself ct the State
Treasury with $50 handsome new bonds,
IF the denomination OF s. 900 each To
deposit IN accordance with the act.
When President w. j. Best heard Of
this he issued a proclamation 1--WE tipd
1t in two daily papers - advertisements,
but will give the gist of il, free grads,
foT nothing; because a large portion OF
our readers read nj other paper, and II
is right they, too, should know when a
President proclaims, as well as tn c
patrons OF the dailies)-in which he
announces his issue of Bonds, ''by tn.
persons now in physical control OF the
road" is without authority in Jaw,
and absolutely avoid, and al persons
are warned against buylng or selling
them bonds" He adds that he has
instituted legal proceedings IN Rowan
Superior court to test the matter.
That is all very we'll, but the public
are beginning to wonder way zone Of
Mr.. Best's legal proceedings come TO
a head" so to speak.
The Charlotte Observer gives an ac-
count of the meeting Of Directors Yves
tern n. G Il. Il. at Sa.lsbury, on Mon
| day. Messrs. Andrews, Avery, Vance.
Anderson, and Wiley were present.
| Tho ,,ptaIor o1ntrprtC Uare Inf m YIa
american Construction Company a
new offshot Of the Richmond x Dan
vile X r., recently chartered III New
Jersey and Virginia.
Fourteen hundred hands are at
work on the road and it Is proposed to
increase it to 1000 which number viii
be soon reached, as from % 30 30 hands
are being added daily There are OF
those now at work 400 convicts. Presi-
dent Andrews hat the road
would certainly be completed TO Paint
Rock by thd 10Th of November. The
cars would cross Ivy Creek Saturday on
a temporary wooden bridge. \ So,
900 single span iron bridge has been
purchased and will be thrown across the
river at Mountain Island, two miles
above Warm Springs.
The Ducktown branch would also be
completed to within half a mile OF
Pigeon River. \ very heavy cut, about
90 feet deep, between this ana the river
would probably delay the actual a%rrival
there till about the LIST Of December
This will be III ample time, as 80 days
grace will be allowed on the expiration
Of the original contract.
A corps Of engineers under Major
Wilson starts to-day from Pigeon River
to survey and locate the route to iur~
PHI III Macon county.
The company have employed a COM
petent engineer to make the heavy
blasts of rock below Marshall with dy-
Mantle which will be manufactured on
the spot. Gunpowder has failed.
Mr.. V. f. McBee, of Charlotte, was
elected superintendent of the Western
North Carolina road, at a salary of 81
500 a year.
An O6serrer representative approach
ed President Andrews with the remark:
7 Colonel, | see Mr.. Best is after you
folks with a sharp stick"
well, you can just tell the people
that the Richmond x Danville don't
SCARE "OIuH d ccuI. UT. BEST would
possibly like to be ''salted' just a little,
but we are not in a sailing humor just
now. He has neither right nor title to
the position which he claims and the
Richmond and Danville people will re
spect no such claims. Ii he ever had
any claims to the road they have been
forfeited, and we are going forward to
complete the contract with the State
We own the contract, we are going to
finish the road, aud We will claim the
glory it, although it must be confessed
that Mr.. Best deserves some credit for
calling attention t. it,"