The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-23

the coal and iron and granite and mar
BILE of the mountains, manufactured or
rough, for shipment. 1t wants the
grain of the West, and capitalists to
build elevators to handle it.
With regard to the expenses OF the
trans-shipment of freight of any klno
Southport could compete with any
port OF the South Atlantic coast. III
is within sight of the Atlantic ocean
the entrance to the harbor is easy, ana
the charges of pilotage and towage
would be very light. The cost, resulo.
ing from sickness among the crews gu
vessels, would be reduced to mini
mum, the climate within the port De-
ing about the same as that or Une ocean
outside Responding to the lnvltaUioh
which this port extends 10 coini
the following is quoted as tne oeeni-
ming of the new development, when
cannot fail to attract populatloh ano
stimulate new enterprises, Doon asIl-
cultural and mechanical throughout
Brunswick county:
1.-THE contract for building the Car
olina Tennessee and Ohio KALI
road and equipping the same
has been awarded. Inc Car
DINA. Tennessee and Oh1P Railroad
is a line extending from wilmington,
n. c., to Southport, on the cape rear
har.bor and the contract for building
the same has been awarded 10 beonaru
| Foley 81 Co, of Philadelphia ms
contract will include large terminal
docks at Southport for the handing
of a large volume of coal and mer-
chandise traffic-work to be completed
Nlnfin n
the Carolina, Tennessee IL Ohio Rail-
road will open up the magnificent har-
Dor of the Cape Fear for the outlet on
the vast manufacturing industries
and large mineral wealth of the State
of North Carolina. 1t will also open
I'D deep water outlet for the semi
anthracite and bituminous Goals OF
North Carolina, West Virginia and
Tennessee. The port will also be OF
great Importance to steamers ana
sailing vessels, which are required 10
come to more northern ports for their
supply and cargoes of coal, The RAN
road will also go Through an agrlcul.
tural country of great value as Wen.
Brunswick is an agricultural county,
nine-tenths of its population beng en-
gagged in tilling the soil. But small
portion of its territory is under Gull
tivation, hence there are many thou
sand of acres which might be purchas-
ed at a low figure. The lanuS arr
adapted to all kinds of products, ana
under good cultivation would be very
productive. On the line OF the new
railroad, it is expected the aahds VIII
soon be taken up and devoted 10 truck
farming, for which the climate Is espe
cially good. The county being bounded
on two of its sides by water, has ten
dency to make the temperature more
genial than in the interior, and truck
farmers will find their crops maturing
early so as to have the advantage or
being first on the market
Farmers along the sea front OF the
| county. extending from Fort Casweli
tn Little river, South Carolina, have
the advantage of water transportation
| through the inlets of Dockwood's FOL
| ~. Shallote and Little river, and the
additional advantage of having the
nroducts of the sea for food, as well as
| for Fertilizers for their lands. The sea
reach for forty miles in length may be
said TO be a. vast clam farm, the reve-
nues from which are very consldera-
hle. OYSTERS of an excellent quality
are produced in great quantities ali
along this coast and within the lnlets.
brunswick county is in area one OF
the largest counties in North Carolina.
The great Green swamp occupies q
considerable portion of the county and
is to the average Brunswickian, about
as undiscovered a country as the bar
rem grounds of the Arctic circle.
A description of Brunswick county
would be incomplete without conslo-
cradle space being devoted to South