Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-01-05
RAIL ROAD CHANGES.
That Go Into Effect Tu-Morrow on the
Atlantic Coast Line How it will
Affect Go1dsboro.

For months FOUR people have
hei. I'd talk of the opening up of the
Wilson, Fayetteville & Florence
"short cut'' of the Atlantic Coast
Line and the transfer of the Fast
Mail to that route North and South,
whereby Goldsboro will lose this
train-and Wilmington, too.
At length the time for the change
has come and on tomorrow the new
schedule will 60 into effect, and the
fast mail will switch off at Wilson
and go over the "short cut" to
Florence and thence on southward.
Many of our citizens have looked
forward to this event as detri-
mental happening for Goldsboro; but
The ARGUS looks at it altogether
different, and believes that under the
new schedule the change will result
in positive benefit to our city and the
people along the line of the W. &
W. R. r.
In the first place, Goldsboro is
strictly market town-a centre of
trade, both wholesale and retail land
as snch it is the finest in the State.
Country merchants and merchants
along the lines of the several roads
centering here say that they can buy
stocks of goods of every description
from the wholesale departments of
our business houses as cheap as they
can purchase them from first hands
at the North; while individual
traders always find goods cheaper at
retail here than at any other towa
they can visit. Therefore, Colds
boro is interested in local travel &C.
clusively, and is not concerned in
through travel whatever. And as
to the mail service, the change i'm
proves that and gives us our New
York papers of the same day of pub
lication five minutes sooner than we
have been receiving them heretofore,
viz: at 7:35 p. m, instead of 7:4O,
by a special train between Wilson
and Wilmington, leaving Wilson
Immediately upon the arrival of the
fast mail, and running right through
to Wilmington, doing local service
en- route, which the fast mail has
never done heretofore, and arriving
in the latter place at 1925 p. m.
By this arrangement Goldsboro
will have the benefit of the fast mail
service, and the still greater benefit
of an additional local train service
daily along the line Of the W. & W.
r. R., both North and South : so
that people coming to the city on the
noon train from stations along the
line between here and Wilmington
to make purchases, can return home
either on the afternoon train, as
| heretofore, at 3:15, or remain over
till the, evening train at 1885, giving
them more than four hours ad-
ditional to consult our merchants
and make purchases. So that it
behooves Goldsboro to bestir herself
and cater for this desirable transient
trade that she has such increased
and superior facilities for accommo-
dating.
The train which will pass here in
the afternoon at 3:15 o'clock will be
the regular through train for the
South. and will connect with the
fast mail, over the "short cut" at
| Florence. The train to connect with
the fast mail North will pass here
at 1898 p. m. and connect at Will
son. The noon train will go North
as now, at 1915 o'clock.
The "Shoo Fly, going south, will
pass here at $40 a. NJ, and North
bound at $50 p. N. So that Colds
boro will have, by the new arrange
ment, three local trains, each way
North and South, daily, instead Of
two as heretofore, and the fast mail
service as well.
Let US congratulate ourselves
therefore, and hustle to improve oul
opportunities and reap all possible
benefit from our advantages.
Wilkesboro Neaos: A warehouse
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