The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-12-04
IT WAS COMPLETED TO PARK
WOOD YESTERDAY.
CONWCTS GO TO COAST LINE TO-DAY
Work Being Pushed on the Durham and Char
Iotte--Short Line to Richmond News
About Other industrial
ENTERPRISES

yesterday completed TO IdTAWoCu, III
| Moore county, distance of nine miles.
! Here it will connect with the Durham
| and Charlotte Railroad, which is now
| nearing that point.
Most of the work on this extension
| has been done by convicts from the
penitentiary here under Capt. Bradshaw.
| At first 125 men were sent to this ROAD.
but later about half of them were taken
| back to the farms to assist in gathering
the crops Monday the remaining TO
men will be taken down to Elrod in
| Robson county to work on the branch
of the Coast Line, now in process of
construction from Elrod. IN Columbus
! county, to Ashpole. in Robson county.
| There are already 100 convicts there at
work on this road. 1t is to be about 26
miles long.
| The Durham and Charlotte Railroad is
| also being rapidly pushed through from
| Gulf to Charlotte. About IL miles Of
| it-from Gulf, in Chatham county, to
| Johnson, in Moore county, are now in
operation, and six more are nearly grad
| ed. Three hundred men are now ell
/ gagged in the construction work.
The issue of bonds made in the interest
| of the road amounts to 100000, and
! that they will be issued at the rate of
| 49, 900 per mile These it Is stated. in
s,res the competition of the road. The
| right of way is through five counties
! in the State, and traverses very eX-
! tensive pine and hardwood timber dis
| trict, also deposits of stone and ores.
! The whole distance from Durham to
| Charlotte is 135 miles. The forty miles
| from Durham to Gulf win probably be
the last section of the line built. Ger
tainly work on it will not commence I'M
| til the Gulf and Charlotte end is com
pleted as far as Troy. Montgomery
county, whore it wiz anH1act with the
Aberdeen ! tsheboro Railroad.
At Durham it will connect with the
Norfolk and Western, Seaboard Airline
and Southern roads. and at Charlotte
with the Seaboard Airline and South
ern 1t also crosses the Cape Fear and
Yadkin Valley road at Gulf A branch
of the Seaboard at Pittsboro, and the
proposed Salisbury and Norwood Rail
road in Stanley county.
In some quarters the idea prevails
that the Durham and Charlotte Railroad
is a branch of the Southern Railway, or
at any rate, when built. to be controlled
and operated by that corporation. This
is not true. The charter Of the Durham
and Charlotte road private Laws of
1899 contains section specially pro-
hibiting it's being leased, sold or merg-
ed with the Richmond and Danyille
Railroad or its successor.
| A number of northern capitalists own
| the road, though Mr.. John B. Lenning,
| of Bridesburg, Pa, is its president. Maj.
| VIM. A. Guthrie, of Durham. is It's
| financial agent, and Frank ID. Jones,
| Of GlendOn, is superintendent.
| Forty miles of the Richmond. Peters
| burg and Carolina Railroad have been
! graded between Petersburg and Ridge
way, and tracklaying will begin in the
near future. The total length of tine
line will be sixty miles. Dewitt Smith,
Of New York, is president, and James
s. Negley, is vice-president and general
| manager.
This line, when completed, will short
en- the distance from Raleigh to Rich
mond, Washington, New York and other
or an hours ride In these days of
rapid travel this means much.
! DR.. Arlund, of Petersburg, Va, also
| has a charter for a line very much the
same as Mr.. Smiths. He is also doing
some work.
! Another railroad enterprise that will
mean much in the way of shortening
| distance is the Stone Mountain Railroad.
| from Winston to the West Virginia coal
| fields. Active work on it will begin on
| an extensive scale next spring.
Already surveys of the MocksvilIe
branch of the Southern Railway have
been made and grading has begun.
1t is reported also that a company
| may be formed to construct an electric
railroad line between Winston and High
Point, distance of twenty miles. The
power will be furnished from the water
falls in the Yadkin river.
The Atlantic and North Carolina Rail
road Company is making many improve
ments on its line between Goldsboro and
Morehead. Because Of this expense il
is intimated that the road will this year
pass it's usual 2 per cent dividend.
This road has also made a proposition
to build a branch line to Snow Hill if
the citizens Of the town will pay for
the grading and crossties An election
will be held on December q to decide
this question.
The New York, Philadelphia and Nor
| folk Railroad Company will make an in
vestment of 100000 in it's Belt Rail
road Line and terminals on the har-
| Dor at Norfolk. The improvement be-
| ing made to the Dismal Swamp canal
it is estimated will cost $750,000 and
will result in giving. good facilities for
transportation to the people Of Tide
water Virginia and eastern North Caro-
| lima.
Salisbury Street Railway will be a.
bout three miles long, with possibly a
branch line. 1t is to be operated by
trolley motors, and is to be built as
soon as preliminary arrangements can
be completed. Among the directors are
John S. Henderson and l.. s. Overman
COTTON MILLS ENLARGED.
The Modena Cotton Mills, of Gastonia,
has ordered 2,200 additional twister
| spindles and expects them to be INSTALL
ed by February, when the company Will
stop its POS looms and commence manu-
| featuring yarns for the market.
The Avon Mill, also at Gastonia. IS
now installing 5000 additional spindles,