The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-07
Raiiroad Items.

President A. s. Buford, Of the Rich
mond & Dauville X. r.. last week re-
signed because the headquarters OF the
road have been transferred from Rich
mond to New York City,. and Geo 5.
Scott, one Of the clief stockholders, was
chosen in his stead.
There is no reason to regret the change.
we think. Mr.. Scott is a business man,
and will operate the road as a great bust
mes enterprise, stretching from New
York to New Orleans, hence will be apt
to make it more useful to North Carolina
than If it had remained a mere suck
pipe for Richmond, as we used to term
il, md as the facts have since justified. We
hope, moreover, that the change may
result in more energetic efforts TO send
down men and money to fill up the
waste places along the State Roads.
The Railroad meeting to consider
the building of a branch from the r 4 q.
4. Il to Durham, was attended by dele
gates from Durham, Louisburg. Franklin
ton aud intermediate points. Bro. {. B.
Green (chosen chairman, Eugene More
head, Alex. Walker, L. b. Lyon, S. II.
Cannady, b. p. Clifton, and numerous
others were present. Maj. Wlnder rep
resepted the K Il. The idea of connect
Ing both Durham and Louisburg seemed
to prevail, money was promised by the
latter,.and Squire Cannady said if the
route would follow the ridge between the
Neuse and the Tar, there would be little
trouble, and plenty of help. \ com
mittce was appointed to arrange for a
suryey..ot the Route.
AT the Fayetteville Stock holders
meeting on the lst inst, President Grey
and Supt. j. Morrison made reports,
showing a large increase Of Business, and
very fattering prospects for the road.
The present Board Of Directors were re-
elected. On motion of G. VI. Rose a
resolution wa adopted to modify the
contract or charter, and increase the cap
ltal stock, SO as to complete any branch
road from the main line between Green's
boro and Dennett>ville. Then the Will
mington Delegation came in headed by
Mayer Hall. Speeches were made, ur-
gently ADVOCATE G the road down the Cape
Fear. Capt. John d. Kerr wished the
road to come via the Clinton 6 Point
Caswell r. r., which, he said, would be
presented to the Fayetteville Road as a
bonus, if the extention came that route.
The Wilmington people offered to pay
the expenses of a Surveyor of the route
from Fayetteville to that city, and this
was unanimously ordered by the Board,
who seemed to favor the project.
Postscript After the above was set
in type came an interesting letter from
Fayetteville, giving the same informa-
ton together with the following add.
tional items -
"a young man by the name of Skies,
in Robson county,, on the line of the
Southern Extension, was a%ccidently kill
ed. Yesterday under rather strange and
very sad circumstances. The material
train was passing a station, where tie
section hands were on the turn-out with
their hand car, a train hand was to throw
off a large iron wrench, used for screwing
up the bolts in the fish bars; and not
makisg proper calculation for the mo-
mentum of his train, the wrench went
some twenty feet beyond where 1t was in
tended it should fall, and hit Mr.. Skies.
who was stand on the side of the road in
the stomach, who, after lingering 70,
twenty four hours in great pain, died.
We had quite a sudden and severe gust
of wind, rain and hail this afternoon the
wind being so severe that it blew a color
ed woman off the railroad tressel over
McKethan's mill-pond, into the water;
she was however with some considerable
difficulty rescued.
The Democrats are jubilant over the
result of the combination convention of
revenue officers and negroes on the lst
inst, all think we will have an easy walk
over the track.
Singular is it not, to see an educated
man, a good lawyer and a iurist of some
repute, playing second fiddle to Tyre
York? ALPHA.