The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1891-03-05

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than do nothing. Mr.. Henry opposed
1t. and said that it was not proper to
| allow these convicts to be used for drain
Ing swamp land. Mr.. Bryan moved to
amend by saying, ''this shall not 60 into
effect until the Penitentiary is self-sup.
porting" Mr.. Coffeld said the bill did
not provide for any convicts unless thew
are IN ldieness in the Penitentiary. An
appropriation was expected from the
| general government, and if so, these
| convlcts would aid US materially. Mr.
Bryan of Wayne antagonized the bill.
On motion of Mr.. Holman the bill WAS
tabled by vote of 4S to 80.
Election of the Justices of the Peace.
Messre. Sutton and Cobb were an
pointed tellers. DR.. Stancill, chairman
of the committee, nominated the list
agreed upon by the committee. The
magistrates recommended by the COM
mittee were elected.
The Petersburg Railroad Charter.
The bill to charter the Petersburg R.
Il. Go. came up for consideration. Capt.
PEBBLES moved to amend s'provided that
this road shall build the Greenville and
Roanoke Railroad Company, or relin-
quish fanchise and road bed eto Amend
| ment adopted. Mr.. Jones moved to
amend by limiting the charter to two
years. Capt. PEBBLES advocated
| the charter for sixty years. It
constitutes through line from
Boston to Tampa, Fla. Will the people
say to this company 'we will not re-
| charter your road because the W. Wv.
R. R. will not pay taxa There is no rea-
son why We should not pass this bill. We
| have made an ignominious failure in the
| attempt to compel the W. & W. road to
pay tax. We are asked to commit
| another act of folly, and say to capital.
lists I'VE want no more of you" A State
| cannot be dishonest with impunity. The
statement in the papers that the W. &
| W. railroad company owns stock in the
Petersburg railroad company is q
mistake. Some Of the owners do, but
the corporation does not.
Mr.. Sutton said we are tampering
with the peoples interest. We cannot
| afford to limit this charter, and beg you
not to go to extremes Mr.. Wood was
opposed to granting any more franchises
or privileges until it puts itself on q
footing with other roads. Mr.. Morton
said that to adopt Mr.. Jones' amend
ment would be to injure the road, and
do them injustice. The Petersburg road
and the W. & W. railroad are separate.
1t is unfair to tie up the road, and it
will tear up one of the biggest trunk
lines from the North. The W. & W.
road does not owe any taxes. This is
the most serious subject that has come
up. He read telegram from some OF
the best business men of Wilmington
urging the Legislature to grant charter
Of the Petersburg railroad company say
lie hisdt It wMapa NJ liIahaEe Wilmington if ds
, ment and said it would not stop thil
route two years, and it would not injur'
the business men of Wilmington. Me1
, of eminent ability differ upon thi
question The people have not dis
, cussed the question. Let US give two
years charter.
; Mr. Jones favored the W. & W. rail
} road paying taxes. That is all. The,
were so impressed with the public senti
ment that North Carolina wants them t,
: pay taxes that they made proposition
: to pay certain taxes. Capt. PEBBLES sal,
: the W. & w. railroad had nothing to d
:; | with the Petersburg road. MI
0 Jones replied that the same me
S who own one road own the othe
: and it is in morals the same thing as
i the road owned it. There ha
e not been a single minority stock
q holder in the Petersburg railroa
:; here asking us to protect his rights. Th
: original charter of the W. & W. roa
q forbade the W. & W. Railroad from col
l. Meeting with any road not chartered b
a North Carolina. That is the rock upo
e which this road will split, and upo
e which it will not surrender its exem]
J. tions Men representing this road sait
(; it is only question of time when y
r. will pay our taxes as others do. N
b amendment serves notice on the W. & v
l. and Petersburg road that the State
l. North Carolina will do nothing more Fl
r. the w. &W. Railroad until it surrende
ID it's exemptions. would suffer my ar
TO cut off before would do anything to 50
g. ly the honor of North Carolina (applaus
y Capt. PEBBLES said that Senator BE
l. lamy, who had opposed the Wilmingto
BIT & Weldon Railroad proposition wou
r. advocate the charter of the Petersbul
70 road.
I'd Mr. Bryan, of Wayne, said that th
I'd matter bad given him great concer
re According to his convictions he h'
Id sought to do the best for the State.
,r- thought the State ought to accept Il
W. & w. Railroads proposition, and
member Of the investigating commit
he had recommended it. However,
wished to give the State the benefit
he every doubt, and inasmuch as th
amendment would not compel the ro
to stop but give two years in which
: discuss this matter and act upon it wit
out injury to any, therefore he vot
m aye.
-. y. Mr.. Jones' amendment was adopt
- by a vote of GA to %.
~ ho The bill, as amended by Mr.. Jon
nh which grants the Petersburg Railroad
e. charter for two years, passed its th
mt reading by vote OF 20 TO 10.
Passed Third Reading.
for For relief of citizens of Moore, a
,ay also of Caswell county; to authorize
Ir. | Board of Education to invest funds fr
the sale of swamp lands; for the protect
1ns of clans; to amend charter of Ashev
nat Fast Line and Suburban Railroad &c
the pany; providing for free ferry acr
not | Northeast River; to establish cri
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