The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-06-12
ROANOKE & SOUTHERN
A LARGE MEETING OF DELEGATES
AT LEXINGTON.
Fonr Routes Proposed, Every One of Them
Supported by Strong Men and Big
Money

Fonr Routes Proposed, Every One of Them
Supported by Strong Men and Big
Money.
Especial Correspondence Of the Sentiae,.l
Lexington. N. G. June 5. $780,
This has been field day. Two hun
dred and one delegates Represent
ing twenty three towns and town
ships.
Aud every one of them doing his
level best to make his own town seem
the best as IA location for the Roanoke
u Southern railroad which you eaer-
getic Winston people are getting ready
to push South
The meeting WAS organized at 2
O'Clock by electing as chairman Mr..
Trout. of Roanoke Va, president of
the Roanoke & Southern r. r Mr..
G. w Maslen, of Winston, Supt. of
the r. & S. r. r. was elected Secre-
tary.
On taking the chair, Mr.. Trout said
that he did not come here to dictate
terms. He was sorry that all towns
could not have the road, but it must
go where it could be built the cheap
est and where it could get the most
money and the heaviest freightage.
His remarks were well received.
Speaking then commenced by the
delegation from the various routes.
There were four of them.
The first delegation to make speech.
es wss that representing the route BY
High Point, through Randolph anu
Montgomery counties to Wadesboro,
The Speakers were J a. Lockhart, o;
Wadesboro; r. Blair, of Montgom
cry; w. A. Smith, of Ansonville; N.
w. Newly of Randolph; j. E. Cox
and j. B. Roney, of High Point
The Lexington route via Salisbury,
Gold Hill, Mt. Pleasant, to Monroe
was spoken for by F. c. Robbins, of
Lexington; J. D Shirley, Mt Pleas
ant, and J. j. Vann, of Monroe. They
pledged an aggregate of $4,000 and
the right of way all along the line.
The line throu, h Davie county by
Statesville and Lincolnton to Shelby
was represented by E. L. Gather, Of
Davie; d. NJ. Furches, of StatesviIle;
w. A Graham, of Lincoln and Col.
Farrow of Gaffney City, S. c. Ire
dell county offered 100000 and rights
of way and the other representatives
of this route made the offer aggregate
$4,000.
The delegates of the route through
the western part of Davidson county.
by Salisbury aud Concord or Moores-
vile, on to Charlotte were F. E. Sho-
ber, Salisbury; Capt c. G. Montgom
cry, Concord; S. G.. Rankin, Moores
vile; H. M. Leazar, Enochville ;-J
T. Morehead, Charlotte; Rev. J. G..
Price, col, of Salisbury. Rowan coun-
ty offered 100000, western part of
Davidson county $4,000 and Con
cord $4,000 Charlotte made no
offer in figures but said if the road
would go there as a perpetual com
petitor of the r. & d. R. r. and
would go on and tap the three Cs
road at Lancaster S. G. that it could
get all the money it wanted.
The Roanoke d Southern people
(Messrs Trout, Fries, and the delega :
tion from Winston, heard the various
propositions and after consultation an
nounced that a survey of the four pro
posed routes will be made as soon as
possible.
| am told on go d authority tha,
the terminus of the road will be eithe,
Monroe, Wpdesboro, or Spartanburg
S. &, and every delegation from these
ruutes is morally certain in its own
Il l,ot hn u
that it will he taken. Each was in
good spirits, even enthusiastic, when
it left here to night.