The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-02-11
The SEABOARD AIRLINE.
A GREAT SOUTHERN RAIL
WAY ENTERPRISE.
A Perfectly Equipped, Well OH
cered and Flourishing System
Covering Over 900 Miles.

I The S.,iboard Airline System OF rail
/ WAYS j., a CORPORATION Oi which every
North Car0Iinian, and especially those
living along its lines or touched by ITS
. numerous branches, has cause TO be
proud. It j. really one OF the great rail-
road enterprises OF this part Of the cOun-
try, and in tn" near future viii be one OF
the grand trunk lines between III" North
and South. We have watched its course
and felt ii pride in its steady progress
and lar reaching influence We have
looked forward with anticipatlOns OF
| treat pleasure when Henderson should
be situated on Il great through line eX-
tending over vast territory and linking
together with ties OF steel the interests
and people OF the thrifty and progressive
North and the vigOrOug, ambitious and
fast developing South. Such a thing will
soon bs consummatcd. The GeOrgIa.
! Carolina 4 Northern Railroad Is now
! practically completed to Atlanta and
some details about rffccting an entrance
and establishing Il depot i'll that city
only remain to be settled. In Il short
while this road will be opened up for
travel and traffic giving us direct com
| municatiOn with Atlanta. The next thing
We hope to see is the building OF the road
from Ridgcway 10 Richmond. Most OF
the grading has been done and the gran
tie piers for tn" bridge across the Roanoke
river have been built.
Writing OF the building OF the Georei't,
Carolina & Northern Railroad to At
! lanta, and OF the Scaboard Airline Sys-
TEN, Walter Howard says this i'll tn"
| Atlanta Journuj:
Til" cntranc" into Atlanta OF the new
| GcOrgi;4, Carolina & Northern Rail
road. which Will have been accomplished
III Il few weeks, is an event the moment
OF which l. not yet fully appreciated
To stv il briefly, it means worlds for
| Atlanta.
| 1t is the completing link that makes
| Atlanta the terminus OF another OF the
| greatest railway systems OF the country,
beyond Il doubt the greatest railroad
centre. of the South, and ycrltably the
| gate city OF he ,nitcd States.
| In detail, tn" completion OF the Geors
gia, Carolina ! Northern means much,
| indeed, to Atlanta.
1t means IL quicker all land route to
New York. Washington, Philadelphia
and other northern points by two hours.
1t means quicker freight route to
| New lOrk by over one day.
1t means the pretticst and most pleas
! ant land and water route to New York,
Baltimore, Providence, Newport and
| Boston from Atlanta in existence.
And this is only Il fraction OF what 1t
| means.
The road has been about completed
| The grading has been completed to the
city limits OF Atlanta, and the track laid
to within Il few miles OF that point.
The road when completed will have
cost $4,000, 900. 1t is admirably con
structrd, is built OF sixty pound steel
rails, all the bridges are IRON, and the
bed has been most carefully and thor
| oughly prepared.
The bridges of the road are especially
| fin" ones. The one over OcOncc river at
Athens is Il superb structure. The largest
| IRON bridges are over the tatawba, the
Saluda, the Broad, the Tiger, the EnOree,
the Savannah and OcOnce rivers.
Line system which has leased the Gpor-
gia, Carolina 4 Northern for a term of
nincty-ninc years, and which also owns Il
controlling interest of its stock.
The Georgia. Carolina 4 Northern is
| the link which makes Atlanta Il terminus
OF this great system. 1t is being turned
over to the ScabOard Air-Line as fast as
completed.
The Scaboard Airline system COM
priscs the following roads:
The ScabOard / Roanoke, extending
from Portsmouth, Va, to Weldon \. c.,
n distance OF eighty miles.
The Raleigh 4 CASTOR, from Weldon to
Raleigh, iii North Carolina, Il distance of
uinet y-Seven miles
The Raleigh 4 Augusta Airline, from
Raleigh 10 Hamlet, i'll North Carolina, q
distance OF one hundred and seven miles
HI" Carolina Central, from Rutherford
ton to Wilmington. two hundred and
StNtN-scEen miles, connecting he Raleigh
y Augusta Airline with the Georgia,
Carolina from Hamlet to Monroe, Il dis
tancc OF iiftythrec miles.
The Georgia, Carolina and Northern,
from Monroe to Atlanta 2GS miles
The RoanOk" X Tar River. from Boy
NinS, Va, to Lewiston, North Carolina,
30 miles
TIL" Louisburg branch ten miles, and
tn" Pittsboro branch twelve miles. all in
North taTOlina.
/ In" Durham 4 Northern, forty-two
/ miles from Henderson to Durham. IL
branch penetrating to the very heart OF
tn" great North carolina tobacco region,
and entICInG all OF that class OF fr.pirht
north
These are the land routes of the svs.
TEN. covering, as have said. 92S miles.
Besides this superb system of land
routes the S"aboard Airline owns and
controls two magnificent lines OF steam
ships.
On" is the Bay Line. running up Chesa-
peak" Bay from Portsmouth to Balti-
morc-the other the Old Dominion Line
between Portsmouth and New York.
At Portsmouth there will be two de-
hghtful routes at the option OF the pas
Scnger.
One will be to take the Old Dominion
steamship direct for New York, arriving
there for breakfast the next morning
Another Wilde to take Il short water
trip over the Bay Line from Portsmouth
Just across the bay TO Cape Charles.
h'il ' Iitlltl. mere connection Is made
with the famous y. \. i. \ n. popularity
called the "Nippcn \, for Philadelphia
and New York
The latter trip will bc Il thoroughly
enjoyable one. The through train from
Atlanta will reach Portsmouth late in
the afternoon.
Tired OF railroad travel. the dust and
clnd"rS. Won get on board one OF the elc-
giant Bay Lin" Steamers, and after
cleaning up i'll Your state room come
on deck to enjoy the cool sea brcezes.
i few draughtS of this we'll known APP
petite producer we'll prepare YOU for the
tempting supper served on board these
steamships. supper over and YOU are
landed at Cape Charles. \ nights rid,
on the Nippen y. road and YOU are in
New DIRK for breakfast