The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-06

RAILRoAns.-And now i~tafpear- a.
if the day ofRale.gh's emergeuee ;roma
Railroad corner by meaas o. lie mueh
talked Of Grand Through, Route, ":
the Washington. Richmond, K~d-eNay.
Raleigh ana Augusta r. r.. ha- been in-
definitely postponed. The Wilmington
K Weldon r. r last week purchased The
stock of Col. Moncure Robinson. Presl-
len Of the Petersburg and Potomac
Route and thereby, il j presumed, ac-
quired control Of the Petersburg and
Ridgeway connection. and the "Paimet-
to- r. r.. both Of which were being en-
gineered By him. a matter OF course
the Coast Line managers Will be ~
40 haste to complete connections that
would draw a large proportion OF their
traffic via Raleigh. If these ~prognostl-
cation, prove correct. the change viii
4 add impetus to the projects Tor connect
inr either Durham, or Oxford With Rlch-
mond. VIA GAINESVILLE to which point 2
branch Of the X. 4 ID. has been pushed
Southwark.
Mr.. Bill Day, the new attorney OF
the Wilmington 4 Weldon Il. r., IN a
letter to Weldon Ners ~pronounces Col.
Bob Bridgers the man who has done
more to build up North Carolina and her
material prosperity than any man who
ever lived within her borders'-thcreln
differing with Col. Lott Humphrey, II al
reports be true.
Mr.. Day. however, speaking OF the
projected branch from Weldon, VIA Ga
rysburg. to Jackson in northampton
county. and on to Vino or in Bertc
county. a line very greatly needed, says
I'm authorized to say that Col. Bridg-
ers will build the road to the BERTHE line
VIA Jackson. if the citizens OF NOrthamp-
ton Will give the right Of way and stand
inc timber Of proper quality near the
line of the proposed road for cross-tles
and necessary trestles-aud IN addition
thereto will give 40, 00 in money OF
10000 in county bonds. The bonds tC
be issued or money paid as the work q
grading is done. And that Col. Brldg'
ers will extend the road to Windsor II
BERTHE county upon like terms"
Scotland Neck Commonwealth has
, a scathing article. charging that negroes
/, are admitted to the Weldon Hotel (kcp'
, by Nh. Mann, of Philadelphia and thai
, the outrage upon Southern feeling is By
) order of Mr.. Harry Walters, the new
: manager of the Wilmington y Weldon
2 route. We hope there IS some mistake
: But if our contemporary IS correct w
< suggest that the Yankees and nigget'
: be allowed full occupancy Of the hotel
There need necessarily he no i'll feel
T,r l,,urnon ~ yrall.r,c p+ litfarart races
But the facts Of everyday life at tn
South forbid any such effort to breal
f down race distinctions. We worked 70
nearly two years in Albany penitentiar,
q between two negroes, their elbow
. (within four inches Of our OWN withou
t feeling any contamination. But tina
was because the Yankees had the poo
negroes in their power. When a Van
kee wants a negro for a table cOmpan
Il ion, the negro ought to feel ashamed c
himself!
n The Durham, Blue Wing, Clarks
d Vile & Richmond route put i'll an ap
. pearance at Blue Wing Granville Co.
on the 23d ult.. and the d. & c. II. r..
organized with A. w. Graham, Esq.
e President: ]. A. Long, Esq, Of RoS
: boro, Treasurer: Capt Rufus Amis, {
e Buchanan, Secretary Directors: Cap
/ A. II. A. Williams, Col. Z. ). Win
stead, Col. W. Il Blackwell, Maj. w
T. Sutherlin, G. y. Tuck. Blue Wing
Thos- Easley and II. Chandler, Clarks
o vile, w. l.. ltaker, Trenton, Penn
e Thos. Street, Mil Creek, n. g.. w
n Paker, OF Dillsbur@. Penn, was elcaie
superintendent. We suppose the Nortl
:: ern names in the directory signify tina
the Blue Wing gold miners are takin
stock therein.