The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1891-05-10

Railroad Centre of the CarO'inas,
the Market for Gold, Granite and the
Most influential Southern Staple
Cotton.
staff Cor. STATE CHRoNICLE.l
CHARLOTTE, N. @. May 9.-The key
that opens to the Northern Market the
door OF the Southern trade, and yet that
place most advantageously situated to
save this same trade to the South, is the
promising young city of Charlotte
Midway between Washington aud At
lanta holding in her grasp the trade of |
the Piedmont Section and fourishing |
uude ths natural course Of commerce
with little exertion, what could drag her
ffom her high position when her men Of
wealth. unite to tell her advantages to a
wond srirg world z
As 10 her growth in the past cannot
90 further than to say it has fourished
e;An under the staglating influence of
tue Laisstz Fare uoctriDe, even in the
days when its future was of little con
corn ~ its satisfied citizens. Nature
forced il upward and when the
two greatest Southern Railroad
systeCs found their way here
it ieup d out of the grasp
OF these satisfied gray headed people
and ne young men of the new thought
took nold upon its destinies. What was
Chalotte in 1880 What is she to-day
The years that intervene tell toe story of
her great development. Moss backism
characteristic of the past has been rele-
gated to the back ground and the effec-
tive snap OF the young generation has
been felt In her arteries of trade
Ii easiness Of access, power Of distribu-
tion aud valuable natural productions
OF the surrounding country are a guar
antee to he establishment of great
Southern mart, then short will be the
time before Charlotte can become the
market for the South.
Compost - hAt ween two great rail
road 5 stems giv.s to her the cheapest
freight aud passenger tariff from the
Northern cities, aud her almost lmmedi
ate access TO two of the greatest deep
water seaports, Norfolk and Whining
ton, open TO her merchants and manu-
facturers not only a cheap means of ex-
portation, but low rate on all mporta-
tions made by them.
4 II II cFluOti ltTLlDdl OOSteu VI
roads ath-riug from the freight lines
of tnn ..er n their Southern shipments,
add - their accumulation at Rich
MOI iom he Vest Point ocean steam
erS aui al l., nchb burg from the produc
Ing at Danvllle the traffic of thu
Dauvilie aud Western and the
impurtations gathered from Norfoll
H., bxyk kla A nfi no la oh
briugs it to Greensboro where it Is aug
meuted by the tremendous tobacco ship
meuts from the Winston and Wilkesbor
sections and the traffic gathered from tn
North Carolina Division. Still travel
ling on her Southern mission this syster
accepts the products of Western Mort
Carolina at Salisbury and with all o
board pours the entire accumulation int
the Charlotte depots, there to be dstrit
uted throughout the entire South. EVER
POUND OF K. IL d. TRAFFIC FROM TH
NEW ENGLAND AND MIDDLE STATES WIT
MARYLAND. VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAR
LIMA INCLUDED. must come to Charlotte
Yesterday at her depots there WEI
500 600 pounds of freight and that WI
no unusual thing Being, then, stu
ted at the great distributing point OF tn
u,
control the markets if they will.
But look again, not only does she el
ioy lines of railway from six ditfere
direc! ions but another competing lii
from two great deep water ports to
open to her the trade Of the world. 1t
tn. immense Robinson Seaboard Syste
which reaches out by its ocean steame
to he foreign markets and gives
Charlotte access to them over its lines
mentioned above It's main line star
from It's wharves in Portsmouth a
after gathering at Weldon, Hendersc
Raleigh and Hamlet their quota fre
the other roads it delivers Its ent
freight over to Charlotte to be sent
every section of the South.
Within eleven hours of Washlngt(
nine of Norfolk. six of Raleigh, six
Wilmington, four of Columbia and
of Atlanta, its central location and CT
nection with all prominent points
readily be seen.
The value placed upon this vlgorf
city by the two great competing III
can be seen from their excellent dep
and their purchasing OF large ia'
around the city for the erection OF sho
TIE Richmond and Danville Oomps
have long desired their shops to be
Charlotte and for that purpose h,
bought one hundred acres of suburb
lands on which to erect them. This la
,aving been surveyed and partly grad
is to be not only the site of the she
but also site for young city OF
chancs II is estimated that 5000 (
Pile will be added to the population
this city the first year of the remova
g~-.Nc ner as~rs, and more subsequen
They will .an army of producer
vii &C consumers and have an effect
most inesslmable upon the trade OF
city.
1t is very probable that within
more years Charlotte will become
greatest railroad ntre in the So
having lines penetrating the surro
ing country in eight directions, aud
manding the trade OF this great sec'
Tue Roanoke and Southern, viii
nov in construction between Roam
Va aud Winston, N. c., will be gr
here tins year, and your correspon
is assured by one who has had
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