The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-31
Railroad Items.

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Shocking An old man named mos
Mcdaniel, caught his foot in the trestle.
not far from the depot 10 Fayetteville,
and was killed by the gravel train. The
| engineer heard his cries, but could not
see him in the darkness, until struck.
Capt. Morrison announces that a
special train will leave Sanford for Fay
ettevllle on Wednesday night, Nov. :,
after the arrival of the train from Ral-
eigh. And a special train will connect III
the same manner with the Raleigh down
train, Saturday afternoon SO that vlsi>
tors to Cumberland Fair can 90 and re-
turn without losing a night In Sanford.
The new route from NOriolk.to
Phila and New York, is being survey
ed. 1t will run from Pocomoke city
more line so that our Currituck truck
ers can put their vegetables on the New
York market in about II hours after
they were pulled.
Mai. Winder has a good looking and
popular set of men to pull his bell
cords, and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES if you
notice the conductors looking particu-
larly spry these mornings-bear in mind
that our townsman, ID. :. Watt, whose
card appears in another column, took
their measures, and had the Uniform
suits made, just as he did last year.
If YOU want to get into a tit-that will
last all year-try him.
The trains now run to Ore Hill on
the Fayetteville and Greensboro route.
Mr.. G. w. Alley, the efficient and cOur-
teous agent at Gulf, will be she temporary
agent at Ore Hill until the track is laid
to Matthew's Y Roads, when he will 20
to that station and continue to 10 on to
the head of the road till it reaches
Greensboro, where he will be the perma-
nent agent. Mr.. D. H. Marsh, will sue
coed Mr.. Alley or Ore Hill, aud be the
permanent agent there. A depot has
been located between Gulf and Ore Hill
at the point where the railroad crosses
the old Chatham" road.
VIM. Parker appeared to be born
for bad luck, or mighty diligent in hunt
ing Tor it. He was wounded in the war,
and came to North Carolina. and lost
his arm, and finally lost both legs by
one of the Mud-Cut accidents on the
Western n. &. r.. r. four years ago.
He then became a tramp or at any
rate ''stumped" around the various
cities, Charlotte, Raleigh, and elsewhere,
seeking aims. Last week he and his
wife startei back to Pennsylvania
whence thew came. AT a long trestle
near Danville they were slowly working
across when a special train came thun.
dering along to finish their Unfortunate
lives! Charlotte Observer says:-
The engineer realized the situation
at a glance, but reversed his engine anC
threw on the brakes in the vain hope o.
averting the calamity. The speed o.
the train. however, had scarcely been
checked, before the woman was knock.
ed from the track and dashed to death
on the ground below. Her husband was
ground under the wheels and his mangleC
body dropped down through the string.
ers of the trestle into the creek below.
The engineer says that the tramps APP
peared to be completely paralysed with
fear, and mBde no effort to get out Of
the way, but threw up their hands AND
screamed. 1t would have been a mat.
ter of impOssibility for the man to have
saved himself. hut if the woman had not
lost her presence of mind she coulC
easily have gotten OH the trestle in time
A coroner inquest was held, and the
engineer eXone-ated from all blame
They were placed side by side in a cot;
tin and buried at the expense of the
county,"
Now, it may be as the engineer thinks
that they were too terrified to attempt
TO escape, but if it be true that the poor
wife could easily have gotten off >
might it not be that she lost her life
rather than desert her helpless husband
Heroic affection sometimes exists under
very shabby garments.
The Raleigh & CASTOR railroad q Ger
tainly a progressive corporation. IL Low
own twenty three engines. of which fivl
are passenger, three shifting and fifteen
freight. The number of engines is to be
increased by three. One Of these viii
arrive this week. All are to be heavy
Baldwin engines, and their numbers will
be 9, "a and 25 The road now owns
twenty-one passenger cars and no less
than 500 freight cars. This is an increase
in rolling stock of over fifty per cent.
since 1873. Then tracks immediately
around the round house and shops were
sufficient to accommodate the cars. Now
a network of tracks extends a great dis
lance beyond the North Carolina Car
Con pany's shops and even this great
amount of track cannot accommodate the
cars, SO that more will have to be laid.
This shows how ably this admirable road
is managed and how rapid and constant
is its development.
The Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad
are having an iron bridge built across the
Blaekwater at Franklin. Workmen are
now putting in the stone abutments.
This is one of the best managed roads in
the country, and is efficiently differed =
says Norfolk Manifest, and we reckon it
| so.
Two new fine passenger coaches are
building for the TarbOro branch.
The surveyors of the WILLIAMSON
X Raleigh railroad are taking the level
and taking a second survey.
REEIGOUs.-Rev. DR.. Lacy spent the