The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-05
Railroad Building in North Carolina.

WrSsTcN-SALEM, n. c.. Feb. Especial. J.
During 1891 the following railroads were
built and projected in North Carolina
Asheville and Craggy Mountain. completed
to Sunset Mountain. distance %
miles: end OF track North Craggy Mountain,
distance 3.5: Lower Creek and Linville Va
lev. BEGINNING at Lenoir. ending at Apex.
completed & miles. MurireesOOrO. begin
Ming ut that town and ending at Pendleton,
G.5 miles. completed. The Richmond and
Danville Company has contracted and bullt
as follows Nadkin road. leginning at Biles-
vile and ending at Norwood. % miles. CON-
pleted North Carolina Midland. from Win
ston to Mocksvilie, 2.7mies. completed, and
u miles. from Mocksyllle % MOOresville. sur
yeyed Murphy branch Western North Caro-
limo road from TOmatea to Murphy. ~ miles.
completed: Wilmington. CnadDourn and
Conway. from ChadbOurn to HUB, IL miles,
completed. and from Hub TO Lumberton. 20
miles, surveyed. Wilmington and Weldon.
two roads. Fayetteville. south. Pipe miles
completed, and between Rowland and ray
etteville. 1916 miles under construction.
Rowland. north. SIS miles completed, and
from Washington TO Bethel. 70 miles under
construction
Tie Roanoke and Southern road COM
menced to-day TO run through trains IRON
Missions Salem to Roanoke Va. This Is done
by running the regular passenger train from
here TO Martinsville, where II connects with
an accommodation freight from tnat place 10
Roanoke. The company has decided that II
would be impraeticable TO run a last tram
over the recently completed part OF the road
until it has been thoroughly surfaced up;
President Fries says. however, that II will
only require a few more bright sunshlny days
10 get everything IN shape Tor q regular pas
senger train.
The final estimate of Chief Engineer On
derdonk cuts down the work Of Allen. Manly
a. ~ Art Ana LlH o. NM hANAr FIA
monthly estimates furnished by the resident
engineers while the work was IN progress
News was received here to-day OF tie burn
ing %. saw mil AZ Sandy Ridge. Stokes
county. the same being tie property Of Rev.
Peter Hutchis0n. The los is estimated ~
several hundred dollars VIII no insurance.
Mr.. hutcli>On had a fine nil II strOyed IL a
similar manner about eight MONTH ago.
Parties from Martlusvlllc. Va. inform your
correspondent that the Henry Bulletin, q
weekly newspaper of that place, has been
3 ld 20 Messrs. j. X. Gregory and Albert
Gravely. who will assume the edit. rial and
business management AZ once. The retiring
edit r. j.. 9. Il. Ambrose. will engage in other
employment. IL i learned. The Bulletin IN
the future VIII be independent in politics.
Mr.. Herman Beck. Of Germany, who has
been in Salem for several months studying
tie English language. will be ordained into
the ministry by Bishop kOndthaler next sun
day night. Ar. Beck will leave here shortly
for Cherokee. indian Territory. where he will
engage III the Aiora,ian Missionary work.
Mr.. C.. 4. Hese nd associates. OF this city.
have invented a coffee huller. Several
prominent coffee dealers OF Central America
and elsewhere are interested II the enter
prise. llans are OF foot ior the organization
OF a large stock company. The machines will
DO manufactured At tar Salem Iron Works.
Two cases Of State interest are TO come up
in Cabarrus Superior Court this week or
next. one is the celebrated land suit II VII
helm against BurleysOn. and tie contest OF
the will OF the late William Bost. The for
mer suit is the dispute over one-half acre Of
land that has already 81. in the litigation.
about $1,000. and the latter involves al es-
tate amounting to about as. 000.
The revenue collections in the Fourth dis
trict Tor January amounted t. $4,000.