The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-05-29
The Importance of the Henderson 4
Nashville Railroad
HENDERSON, n. c., May 26. 1890.

HENDERSON, n. c., May 26. 1890.
EDITOR GOLD LEAF:-That Henderson
is rapidly increasing in wealth and pOpu-
lation no one at all conversant with her
history will doubt. There are some men
living in Henderson now who recollect
when there was but one house in the
place, the old Reavis residence that stood
where Young's hotel now stands, near
the court house. Henderson to any has
means of egress and ingress from almost
every direction. With such railroad ia
cilities, surrounded by productive lands,
cultivated by prosperous farmers, she is
bound to go forward to greater prosper
ity. While such is our situation we
should avail ourselves of every opportu-
nifty afforded us to further improve our
condition and give us greater influence
and prosperity.
We need railroad running from Hen
derson through the newly developing sec
ton of country East of U.S. The culture
of bright tobacco the Eastern farmers
have discovered can be profitably pro-
duced on their lands, and they have gone
into the raising of it extensively, and
there will be an immense amount of it
produced in the Eastern counties in the
near future. There is no doubt about
that fact. Their land is adapted to the
growth of the finest tobacco. and raising
it is more profitable than cotton. Such
bel lg the case we should take time by the
for clock and wisely secure the Eastern
trs.de by assisting in building a railroad
on which the Eastern farmers could bring
their marketable produce to market.
The field is open for us now, and if we
fail to do our duty in securing the bright
frb hv, To, 60,
ers we may lose the opportunity and re-
greet it when too late to remedy the evil.
Henderson is the market to which they
are looking and we should literally con-
tribute to the building of railroad lead
ing from the W. & W. railroad through
the newly developing tobacco region to
Henderson. The advantages to our
town from such road would be very
great; such a road would add ten-fold
more to our town than the D. 4 n. road
does. Our Eastern friends want a road
to our market and for 40 or so thousand
dollars from Henderson it might be built
to this place giving US the benefit of the
terminus. 1t would be great feeder to
the K. L &. road, the R. & D. road is try
ing to bleed to death. 1t is our road-the
one that has given us an outlet and built
up our town, and the construction of an
Eastern feeder would not only materially
assist the road but contribute greatly
toward building up our place by increased
trade Railroads iudiciously located and
properly managed add much to the
wealth OF the sections through which they
pass. In travelling North you will dis
cover railroads running from the main
road to the little side towns, on each
side. They know the convenience and
value OF such roads. They have no idea
OF dragging their freights over muddy
dirt roads with poor mules when rail
roads are more expeditions and cheaper.
In view of the great advantage it would
be to our town, and the certainty that it
would be a paying road to the stock
holders, | trust our people will show our
Eastern friends that we are disposed to
meet them at least half way in the enter
prise. If We wish them to bring their
bright tobacco to our market we ought
to show them that we are willing to as
sist in giving them railroad transporta-
ton to our town. This is an important
matter and should be wisely considered
and acted on. r. W. HARRIS.