The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-01
The Cape fear and Northwest
Railroad

Railroad
Orr remark last week that the Cape
Fear aud Yadk.a Valley X X. was
about to pas into hands who would
make 4 y nth Carolina system with
more vitality than the double and
twisted Dacktown Dream Of our Grant
dads, must now be supplemented by the
public Developments. 50 far As let out
By the Private Closet, yelept the tx
Carolina, God bless her
In other words, Gov. Jarvis has, at
length, been compelled TO issue his pro-
clamation assembling the commission
who we're appointed by the late Legis-
lature 10 hear all proposals for the pur-
chase of the States stock In the Cape
Fear L Y. V. K. r., and sell the same,
4 deemed advisable. The commission
i composed u the following gentlemen.
pr. a. j. pcRusset, Of Wilmington
Levi VI Scott aud julius \. cray, oil
Greensboro Maj. +. l.. Vaughan, OF
Alle.hany George VI. Rose, A. A.
Nckcithau, Jr., and Capt. \. Il. VII
Hams, OF Fayetteville Orrin \. Han
ner, Of Chatham; Judge jesse Z.
Graves. Of Mt. AIRY Tyre York. 0,
Wilke-; \. j. Boyd, Of Rockingham
Hugh Parks. of Randolph, and W. A
Lash, of Stokes.
When they assemble in the Senate
chamber. at Raleigh, on the 10Th OF
December, they will doubtless have a
proposal from Gen. lmboden, who has
been elected Presiden, Of the newly
built Railroad from Bristol, Tenn, t.
The iron aud coal mines of the Tinsalia
company, 80 miles Northwest of Bris-
toD which are of mammoth extent, and
fabulous richness, and which can only
be worked protitably by getting a short
line to water transportation. Gen. I'm
Doden, therefore, wishes 10 push his
road Southeast from Bristol, through
the mountains, to Patterson, in Cald
well county, and thence down the Yad
Kin Valley to Wilmington, or if that
route be blocked, acros, the country 10
the Carolina Central.
A NEW SYNDICATE STEP IN
The first object OF the commission.
however. viii be 10 consider the offer
Of Dr.. \. IL. Canueio, Vice President
II "a new company known as the New
York and Southern Railroad and Telc
sraph Construction Company Can
nedn writes to the Governor
The object fthe company, as brief
~ >lIuded To IN my letter OF August
18th, Is to construct Il grand trunk line
from Wilmington, \. c., via Fayette-
vile, Greensboro, ut. Airy, through
Virginia and kentucky to Coviugtou,
opposite Cincinnati. Ohio, with branch
Is down the Guyaniotte River, West
Virginia, and down the tug Fork o.
Big Sandy, from Preston.burg. Ken.
lucky. 10 Ashland, on the Ohio Kiver,
and oy connection at Mt. Sterling, Ken
lucky, with Louisville. Also a branch
from Eioyd's, near Germanton, North
Carolina, up the Gadkin Valley to Pat
terson, Caldwell county, North Caro-
liza, and a subsidiary branch to Ore
Knob; and also to construct a line from
Florence, South Carolina, through Fay
etteyilIe to GoIdsboro; North Carolina.
| would further say that although it Is
not specifically referred to or mentioned
IN the memorandum of the contract
submitted herewith, 1t Is the intention
of the contracting parties whom | rep
resent that, In addition to the $55, 900
paid for the State stock, to pay Oft the
entire floating debt of the Cape Fear
and Nadkin Valley Railroad Company,
amounting 10 about Sl00, 900, (as re
ported to me- before the fl ina consum-
nation of the sale and delivery of the
road.
And | would beg leave to call your
attention and that of the commissioners
TO the necessity for such legislation, at
as early a day as practicable, as may be
to enable us to make a new
Of bonds and fulfil our Obligations
and push the work to an early compile.
of the main line between the initial
and objective points
HURRAH FOR HURRAH
Thousands Of our readers along the
line will throw up their hats wei the
Hurrah for Wilmington. Herexports
will derive more benefit from this road
than all the existing roads whatsoever.
Hurrah for Fayetteville Her fine
water powers, and numbered and metal
ed back country will lengthen her cords
aud strengthen her stakes beyond the
ireams of present dwellers.
Hurrah for Raleigh For when thes,
roads are epen she can, if her merchants
and brokers are entorprising. draw many
I bale and many a buyer, that never look
his way at present.
Hurrah for Greensboro and Cold
ooro, all the rest Of them. The new
owners will be required by contract to
complete the road within three years.
To do SO they will need to expend sew
eral millions of dollars; and these
yreen-backs will be added to the cur
.ency of the State, futtering gently
Town upon all businesses and classes
Of people.
Finally, Hurrah for the State Cause
mother State Road will be marked
If the list, and the Republican? , sue
lessor to Jarvis will not have the selec
ion of half a dozen "Dlrectorys," in
lddltion to eighteen aids-de-camp.