The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-03

~ 'hat every ROAD tucy c..
came Ia fact Il mere ext.
Richmond and banvuc K " %,
LEseTHE>ING 1uFry
The Syndicatois bar;,.
monty, employed Iead!pg Fesfg 20
parts Of the South, AMI Sou 15. Ia
Richmond & Dauvile b.. o."t grs
They first blugh;
amount of stock in the Al ".''
extended the road from E,. Is.
Atlanta, without break. 0'A2a4
Next, they said 10 Gen.r,l
Gordon. Ia you will r.. y'ra B
United States Senate, AMI "'@
your law partner, Gov, A. II. ia
in getting a charter for a Raj I2n.
Atlanta to Texas, We viii
stock In ii. and help You bn,,j axe a
will have So, 900 = year a, pra., h.
you and your friend, BEN, Tx
have a chance to get rich Inv
advance Ut the stock, as the m, ~
on" Gordon accepted, the cb
got, the road ORGANIZED. and :"
forward steadily. When c-m, 81;
will extend the Richmond 1 'el
from James River to the n
River provided there be m,
collapse all along the line s'
Next, the Terminal Comm
cluded to look out for "F4,
branch lines which would
traffic into the Richmond +-.
Everybody in North Carr t-
lects the GubernatorlaI e., la..-
1880, the NV. J. Best spec.
the voting away OF the Ne>.rr. y
K. K. and the capture Of t.3t
tant branch-plpe by the L. x
pie. The North Western y. {.
was already held unicr the y. G. d.
lease. "
Next, the Charlotte, Column.
Augusta X. X. was swailoweJ
by purchase of 81 per cent Of
This line crosses South CaroH,,
South Easterly direction. ami
controlled 1t seduceS a large ya.-..
trade from Columbia and Ar,,
Northward via Charlotte and
mOnd.
About N hundred miles of M.
gusta Il. H.. ran towards The mo9..
Northwest otCharlotte, pa>,Ipgf..-,'
Statesvlile. This road, called me a-
lotte, Tennessee, and Onio X r
next captured.
Next, an interest in the S.arta.f
4 A,heville. with lis pare It stem .
Union X S~partanburg X. K w..
tanned. Next Il short road from G-
vile, on the Air LIne, To tulunbi.
gobbled. Next, the Two narrow -aa,.
were secured, though the stock III.
in the name OF outsiders. Tie ..a.
supposed t, be the case with the o..
and Henderson Il. K.
BALTIMORE TAKES 4 HAND.
Meantime the rapid stride, of R..
mond began to eNcltc uu.A,Inr>.
Baltimore. where the CyIcs. It Al
hit Terminal Company" are Iars.,
Interested.
The Ballimorcans, at length. BEGAN
stir,c cd to push the Virginia Mjd,~4
on South to Danyille, and not orr
there. but actually Oh down thr9ut
North Caroilua, and Oh S~outhwarl.
This would never do!
1t wuuid create a gigantic rival,
1t would not ouly divide the trail.
but also cut down the prices, and draw
If q portion ot the X. x ID. > pohra
power and influence
Anybody eau see that TIN. had tg ae
stopped. When you cannot kill arta.
corporation you must buy stock init
The Syndicate bought stock ia te
Virginia Midland, and CONVERTED it l.
a Northern prong Of the RichmyoI 4
Danville. The Virginia Midland then
bought 81 per cent of stock in the
North Carolina Midland, 80 ami
Built it?'-you ask. Not y au.
sight!
Not yet awhile, by some time
The time isn't ripe for it, politiaa#
financially, or otherwise. Itstime u.g
never come. There are reasons ion b.
iieving that the North Carolina h.-
road will be sold under decree Of c5.r.
the Syndicate becoming the par
chaser. If this occur land we expct@
see a majority IN the merit Legsiltat
fauorabie to it), the North Carolina
Midland is dead for all time. It MAJ
be allowed to crawl along to tap the
" estern n. G. r. r., ut Statesy..e
but it will be constructed only as loa.
facilities accrue. If, however, tbe
Syndicate should tail to gobb!c the y
O. X K. within Is months, we eIpe.
to see the 40 miles between Uluyle
and Charlotte built within six month.
time; and the North Carolina T.. Z
will be sold for old iron, except the par
between Greensboro and G0IIsbJrJ.
Sketch Of Mr.. Best's Railroad histor! IA No
next week.