The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-01
made with the Atlantic and North Caro-
Ira r. r. and requested him to examine

Ina r. r. and requested him to examine
the question Of attackinr tie lease Of
the North Carolina Railroad to the
Richmond and Danville. In view Of the
tact that the corr crop of central North
Carolina is an utter failure, while that
Of the eastern counties is most abundant,
TO shut up that section from the centre
will Prove to be a great hardship.
The Governor has instructed the At
torney General to examine into tn.
management Of al railroads chartered
before the war, In order to zee ificrteit-
ures have been incurred, with request
that legal STEPS be at once taken t.
have such foyfeitures declared.
The Piedmont Railroad Company, il
~ suggested, has forfeited 1t, charter. =
This theory Of the roads havin2 for
f,ated their charters i in accordance
with the suggestion Of l correspondent
20 the effect that a. North Carolina
ceased t. exist when Gov. Vance al
ministration was thrown by Sherman in
1865, THE Governor being thrust into
prison, the courts stopped, the State
officials disbanded and disqualified J.
therefore all charters granted prior to
Reorganization OF the State, under lIol
lens Provisional Governorship, could
have no validity, unless subsequently
re affirmed.
The theory IL plain enough, but 1t /.
only = theory. The numerous constltu
tiUns Of the State have directly, or in
ferentially reafflrmed the continuance OF
titles, records, corporations, ETC., regard
less OF the interregnum
\. B.-Gov. Vance has since printed
a card as follows
In publishing the conversation had
yesterday with your reporter, you have
made some mistakes ID relation to the
affairs Of the Western North Carolina
Railroad. [ beg to correct them, re
marking, further, that the language
used is the reporters not mine. The
substance of the statement only | am
responsible for.
la the April meeting Of the board it
was agreed that if an application for an
e~Itention should be made by the proper
parties, and proposing TO put LOO
hands at once on the work, one half at
least Of which increased force should
be put on the Ducktown line and
other things, that We would grant
An extention OF four months from the
first of j July 1881. This you will see is
slightly different fran your statement
Again, you say IN relation to my let
ter. to Gov. Jarvis aud DR.. Worth,
withdrawing my assent to the expected
application, From his action | pre-
sumo Col. Andrews became aware OF
the letters and the purport.' ! did not
80 state it to your reporter. In fact.
my letter requested the Governor as
chairman of the board to inform Col.
Andrews ofmy change ofpurpose, which
he did, as well, | presume, Of my letter
to DR.. Worth. There was nothing inn
proper in the way in which the infor-
nation was obtained, the thing com
planned of being the manner in which
Dr.. Worth was induced to sign the ex-
tension, in ignorance OF my letter.
In relation to your statement as to our
grounds for ignoring that paper of e1
tension, you are III error in suppo.lng it
was discussed and made the basis of our
recent action. 1t was ignored by the
simple fact OF making hat report to the
Governor, as of course a legal extern
sion of time would have condoned the
the failures embraced in that time.
There are some other slight errors in
the statement. but they are not mate
rial to a proper understanding Of the
action Of the commissioners"