The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-06
A NEW RAILROAD PROPOSED
TO Run from Norfolk to Powelrs Point.
North Carolina.


North Carolina.
Powclrs Point, n. C.. Jan. 4 1907
oditor Of The Virginian:
The prospect OF u railrond TO poycIl..
p'nt, CurrNuck county. n. G.. is
priEhter than ever before. we have re-
oentaH had the representatives of three
sac,ior ,a'iroad companies To visit this
section prospecting for Il road If
tnere is any section in this country
where II would pay capitalists To make
an investment In u railroad II l., hero
Inc intrinsic value of the sell rrrm
MoSock, n. c., Ia p0wcll's Point. n. g.
iur SurpaSseF that of any Of the Erc,,,,
WESTERN ana Northwestern States. We
ooht mean for the purpose of growiu.r
wheat ana grain crops generally and
the great hay crops, but for growing
'ruck-VcgctaDles. fruits ana such gene
raj produce as the Northern markets
want and must have
Eastern North Cardinals soil is equiv
aleiit IN value to CALIFORNIA; gold mines
'nn more important-it hus not hcru
INti'us'ea. When properly cu&ivatcd
II Is me greatest and best fruit-growInp
ciihlate IN this entire land. Some of us
H'INe gathered apples I'm our little or
charus TINS season that cXccllcl any.
thlhE taken to the fairs, and pears
Seacnes, etc. all grow to pcrfcction
currllick Sound Is known from F'lur.
iut 10 Niaihe FOR It's great multitude OF
wHa io"l ana fishes, for which we arc
uestlt ute OF convenient characterization
we nave a kind OF n make-ort trans
portatlon, hut that does not meet III,
EFoWihs demands Of the times ana CT
me business of the country We ,nusf
have a railr0nd
Ihere are also twelve or fifteen club
iIou2ss Oh wealthy Northern men who,
| "a
uoo annually for travelling expenses and
mail conVcyanccs. which would be quit.
al Hcm IN the hands Of the railroad
men; also about twenty United STATES
kie-snHlnG stations on the beach, from
the Virginia line to Cane II,ti,ras
handling about $4,000 annually to each
Slatioh' VINO would prefer to come
across the Sound, take the train /,
-Norioik and spend the most of their
money and return, the Norfolk mer-
chants selling their goods and getting
their profit, and railroad men getting
the freight and the fare.
II we had Il rairoad--and we must
haNe-Chc Question is not Are we go;nr
70 nave railroad? Oh, no. But who
VIII be the first party to take hold ana
grasp the great opportunity before II
is TOO late? Those who take hold Of
this work first will he the lucky party.
-Su!nbcfS OF Northern and Northwest
erh capitalists are waiting and wanting
10 invest in this section, but the moor
means or transportation kceDthe blcl,
me writer knows of a ncighbor who
ieN nome -FOUR days ago on The steamc:
LOT f'll%a Dcth City. Had thirty minutes
business in town and has not returned
yet 1hsSe are not figures only, but
Facts. 1t will only require Il branch
road OF about forty miles to reach Pow
els poiht, and as soon as 1t was pa;
mere. 50 that the public could know
what to depend on, ii would return
more clean; clear profit than any road
10 It's number Of miles in North Caro-
lima Or Seahoard Virginia, and IL will
cost less money 10 put il here.
There are millions after millions;
or shad. herring and rock. to say moth
Ing OF other fishes. that are taken ovt
Of the Albcmarle. Croatan and pamlico
Sounds, and fully three-fourthGs of Them
would come to Powslls Point for ship
ping II we had n railroad and con-
nectiOn of steamers from Ncwhcru =;
c.. 10 Poweli's Point would comEIcle
the chain. and. perhaps, | GOO or more
sail boats, of varlaus sizes, would
make it Il business to bring The various
products OF both land and water for
shipment. We don't count on tht. oys-
ger trade much for shipping by rail,
DuL the claims terrapns and numerous
other articles that we shall no.: men
ton here. The fishing business alone
would he able TO run train during
the winter and spring. We cannot POS
sibly name at present one-lIalf OF the
enterprises that would work together 10
support n railroad.
Now few words to the merchants
ana business men of Norfolk: More
than 100000 per annum goes to North
ern cities that passes Norfolk in various
ways. that does not find its way into
the hands Of the business men Of Nor
folk. If we had 4 railroad on this line
it would turn the current of so many
streams that the result in the business
relation between the people OF Eastern
North Carolina and Norfolk would
simply be wonderful We take It that
every good eptcrprlsing citizen of Nor
folk will aid In this work. Here Ia
Kitty Hawk; can be made n watering
place equal to Virginia Beach. and
Powell's Point, near the depot, can be
an Atlantic City for those who are a
little more timid and don't wish quite
so strong sea breeze. Added to all
of this Is healthy climate. ]. B. e.