The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-10-16
THE A., A. & B. RAILROAD.
THE CONTRACT SIGNED, AND
THE SURVEY TO BEGIN.
The Opportunity for TransylVas
MIA, Henderson, BuncOmbe,
Madison and Yancey COuntiG
One Not 90 be Neglected,

The Opportunity for Tran9YlYHs
MIA, Henderson, BuncOmbe,
Madison and Yancey COuntiC .
One Not 60 be Neglected.
This great enterprise no longer appears
as visionary scheme. 1t seems to have
taken shape and life and motion. The
initial steps are such as to have lifted it
out of the range of possibilities, to have
invested it with the dignity Of probabili-
ties farther than that, to rank it with
the Importance of certainties. Gigantic
works are not approached with the tim
dity of former days; bold enterprise has
been so often rewarded with successful
accomplishment that projectors do not
now hesitate as once they did at cost and
distance and engineering difficulties.
Only point out to them what is expected
to be attained, and capital and engineer
ing skill are at once Forthcoming, and the
work is undertaken with confident alac-
rity.
Such is the case with the road whose
title heads this article. We use informa-
tion following largely in the words of the
gentleman who kindly furnished it.
The company was chartered and the
act ratified February II, 1887 The char
ter members are: J.. L. Hill, of Atlanta,
S T. Kelsey, Thos. L. Cash, VIM. Norton,
A. Cannon, J. E. Rankin, Richmond Pear
son, Matt Atkinson, J, {. Pritchard, 6.
D. Ray, Isaac Bailey, E. L. Vaughn, L. {.
Gentry S. F. Lowell, R. R. Asbury, of
Georgia.
The following is the organization in
May, 1889:
Officers-Natt Atkinson, president &.
D. Ray, vice-president; J. Z. Rankin, sec
retary and treasurer.
Directors-Natt Atkinson, J. E. Rankin,
J. D. Ray, S. T. Kelsey, Jas. P. Sawyer,
W. T. Penniman, w. H. lnloes.
Standardization. T. d. Johnston,
s. T. Kelsey, J. P. Sawyer, J. E. Rankin,
]. D. Ray, H. A. Gudger, Matt Atkinson,
W. H. Inloes, D. S. Watson, T. W. Penni-
man, w. W. Rollins.
The contract to build the road has
been made with the New England Rail
road Supply and Development Company,
of Boston, Mass, of which Herbert l..
Peck is president, and Chester Nj. Sprague
is secretary and treasurer. The contract
requires that the survey shall commence
within ten days after the signing of the
contract. This was done on Saturday
last
While the survey is going on, the right
of way is to betaken up, and the question
of county subscription to be submitted
to the people. The counties are to take
no stock in the company until the roads
completed entirely through the county
and the cars, both passenger and freight
are running on regular schedule entirely
through the county making the subscrip-
ton, but the election to be held author
ICES the commissioners to make the sub
scription when this is done.
Buncombe will be expected to subscribe
100000 when the cars arerunning from
the Madison county line to the Hender-
son county line.
The road is to be a first class road in
every particular, and must be received
and accepted as such by the railroad au-
thorities before anything whatever is
given, either in the shape of railroad
bonds, railroad stock or county bonds.
The contract for the company was pre-
pared by J. S. Adams and M. f. Carter
of this city, and is so binding in its pro-
visions that there is not the slightest
doubt or danger to our people in accept
ing and acting under it.
This is the opportunity for Asheville,
Buncombe and all the counties along the
line.