The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-11

6uCC0oS Wllu koou ~ iCCS. tu0 ptOuse
are at times enormous. The writer
IknOws OF On ins. snce of 125 bbls.
tof potatoes from one aero Of Krouna
TOR which the owner received $50
aud there s-e mauy instances Of
Hike kind well known to our truck
ers.
| Trucking IS pOwerful factor 10
the development u rail road,na
though short sighted Legislator
sometimes are unable to see it, ~
was evidenced IN the last Ie& lsls-
tore, wnich refnsed 10 grant q char.
ter 70 road tunnipg parallel with
the A. & n { - Iroad, such . road
10 now and has always been noe.
essary since the advent OF railroads
10 the Stat,. Ia all trucking re.
Glons rali roading 10 profitable, one
acre in trnck Will load one fistRht
car, while 1t requires from so to 40
acres IN cotton TO make q car load :.
FISH INTEREST OF NORTH CAROLINA.
! This industry has assumed such
large proportion as to almost sur.
pass belief.
Tnere we're during the year 1892,
s9Dt from New Berno and Moro.
head City $4,000 packages includ-
lug barrels and boxes, of fresh fish
packed in ice.
No other point Of the known
| world can show as great variety
of edible Ash AZ onr watsrs, there
bsing over seventy varieties.
This quantity Of ash requires i'm.
menss qnsntitl.s Of ice, consequent.
ly an ice factory has been estab>
llshed in Now Berne which 10 Won k
ed to lts full capsclty, 20 tons per
day, besides, there are z, 900 to $500
tons Imported TO this city and
morehead dnrlng the year, to aay
nothing Of the largo quantities
taken from the CT eeks and rivers in
cold weather, by far the greater
part OF this Ice is used In packing
isi.
The number of persons in this in
dustty IN New Berne and Morehsad
will not fall short of two thousand.
The quantity of lumber used in
making packing aoxes Will during
year approximate one third of o
"a illlon Of feet.
THIS service requires at least OF
boats Of all descriptions. from a
small canoe to tie large decked
sharpie capable Of withdrawing
tue rough weather Of the wide wa.
ters Of Pamlico Sound over one
thousand,
Ibe above statement does not
iac!ndc the Menhaden Fist Indus.
cry, carried on at Beaufort; this in>
dnstry has upwards of q hundred
thousand dollars OF capital invest
ed aud neceasltates the omploy>
ment Of large number of persons
two steamers of considerable ca.
pacity, and also large number Of
sailing vessels from Is to IS tons
Zach.
The tish business has grown IN
few years to it's pFesent huge pro.
portions from very small begin.
ninga though the parties engaged
in 1t have been encompassed on
avery side b- almost lnsurmount.
able difficulties; want OF appllances,
want Of ice, bad Legislation and
almost plohi,itory freight rates
from it: 'nc'piency higher than
from any sea po,t in the United
States. misunderstanding all these
difficulties, the business has b,en
pursued with so nuch intelligence
and energy, that New Berne aud
Morebead, are now known as the
grra. hah markets Of the South,
and tfe business Will, in the near
future, quadrnple itself, unless
some unfortunate difficulty should
arise in fair ana proper aajust-
ment OF freight rates that would
place ns npon an equality With
new competing.
| THE LUMBER INDUSTRY.
This iadustry in the past few
years has oeen gfsa.l, increased
Vast tracts Of timber lsnd hsye
! been secured, and are now penetrat>
ed i. every direction hy light iron
trsmways. New m'lls OF huge ca
pacity have been erected With al Of
the late improvements 10 machinery.
drying kilos and plaring machinery,
to every mill. The lumber dressed
is sent ~ far North as Chicago and
! -. Dorr1snn AY.,.>. g.