Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-03-28
ASHEVILLE- -WEAVERVILLE
THERE SHOULD BE A RAIL
ROAD BETWEEN THEM.
There VIII he If the People Real.
ly want IT and Say SO-HOw 1t
Can he Done.

~ want It and Say So-How IL
Can he Done.
1t looks as though railroad between
Ashcville and Weaverville should no
longer be matter of doubt.
For several years the people of Weaver.
vile have been trying to secure connec.
tion with Asheville by rail, and both
dummy and electric lines have been
pretty fully discussed, but have not taken
definite shape.
At a meeting held in Ashevilc last
week, composed of prominent men OF
Weaverville and this city, it seems that
a solution of all the difficulties heretofore
encountered was reached, and it is a fact
that within the next twelve months a
line of road may be in operation from
Ashcville to the Madison county line
that is if the people living along the line
really want it.
The plan decided upon for the accom-.
pishment of this enterprise il this: Cap.
tain Matt. Atkinson has agreed to allow
the use OF the charter of the Atlanta
Asheville and Baltimore railroad com.
PAM. This charter is most liberal one
and under its provisions everything can
be readily accomplished. The tcrmin ot
this road are Atlanta, Georgia, and
either Salem, Roanoke or Liberty, Vir,
ginia, from either of which points it will
connect with General Fitzhugh Lee
road from Glasgow, Virginia, to Pitts.
burg. Pa.
In order to secure the money necessary
to build this road from Ashevillc to the
Madison county line, distance of 20
miles, at once, petitions are now being
circulated in the nurthcrn portion of the
county, of which the following is a copy:
"To the Board of Commissioners of
Bunco mbe County
"The undersigned, qualified voters OF
Asheville. Ream's Creek, Flat Creek and
Ivy townships, in this county, respect.
fully request and petitionyour honorable
body to submit to the voters of said
townhips the proposition to subscribe
to the capital stock of the Atlanta
Asheville and Baltimore railway com.
pany the sum of two hundred thousand
dollars, to aid in the building of said
road, from Ashcville through Reem's
Creek, Flat Creek and Ivy townships to
the Madison county line, on the con.
dition that said railway company shall
secure said townships against the pay.
ment OF anv and all interest and princi
pal on the bonds that may be issued in
payment for said stock, by said company
giving first mortgage lien on said road
bed and franchise, and by the stockhold
ers further agreeing and obligatng them
selves to discharge the interest on sale
township bonds"
From the wording of this document il
will be seen that the townships will b,
fully secured from all loss by first mort
gage upon the road and franchise, and il
addition to this the stockholders obi
gate themselves Individually to stand be
tween the county and loss.
1t is proposed by the projectors of thi
scheme that this shall be nucleus, iron
which will he built from Asheville to At
lanta on the south, and from the Mad
son county line to one of the points ind
Gated on the Norfolk and Western rail
road in Virginia on the north, the Who'll
line as contemplated under the charter c
the Atlanta, Asheville and Baltimor
4. road, which not only traverses ric
, mineral agricultural and timbcred cour
try, hut is shorter by about $50 mile
than any other route from the South t
: Pittsburg.
Col. K. l.. Coleman, one of the most e,
/. perienced railroad contractors in tn
south reached Asheville from Unio
/ county, South Carolina, this morning
!, and in talk with THE CITIZEN e,
pressed himself as heartily favoring til
project. Colonel Coleman think
: the townships subscribing woul
!, be amply secured against a
y loss, and if the subscriptions are vote
r he will himself take the contract to &
y once build the road for the whole twcnt
miles. ..
1t is proposed to make the road stan,
: ard gauge and grade, and the estimate
: cost, for grading and laying the track,
u fixed at 100000. And the prospec
y appear to be favorable for the spceG
, construction of this road.