The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-21
THE ATLANTIC & YADKIN
The Car shops at Fayetteville Shut
Down Yesterday-General Manager
Kenly Visits Fayetteville

The shops, of the Cape Fear and Yad-
kin Valley railroad now the Atlantic
and Yadkin railway, were shut down
yesterday in view of the fact that the
Atlantic Coast Line, which recently
purchased and took charge of the road
has established it's car building depart
ment in Wilmington and concentrated
it's machine shops at Rocky Mount.
The Fayetteville Observer of Friday
says:
president Slocomb of the chamber Of
commerce received a telegram this
morning from Mr.. J. r. Kenly, general
nag of the Atlantic Coast Line
system, asking that he and his COM
mittee meet him upon his arrival at
noon. Accordingly, Mr.. Slocumb and
his colleagues, Messrs. A. B. Williams,
W. L.. Holt and E. j. Hale, and Sec
rotary Horne of the chamber Of COM
merce. together with Mayor Cook and
Mayor protein PembertOn, met Mr..
Kenly in the waiting room OF the At
antic and Yadkin passenger depot,
where they had a full and free confer
Vile as the result Of the change Of
ownership in the late Cape Fear and
Yadkin Valley railway.
1T will be remembered that immedi-
ately after the sale of the road a meet
ing Of the chamber of m was
held and the above committee appoint
ed to correspond with President Wal
tiers with a view to a conference. h
committee was instructed to endeavor,
if possible, to secure the retention of the
shops at Fayetteville, and generally to
look after the interests of Fayetteville
in the premises.
"Mr. Kenly explained that he came
instead of Mr.. Walters, to keep the
latter's engagement with the commit
tee, because of Mr.. Walters unavoida-
BILE absence.
Mr.. Kenly exhibited the kindliest
feeling for our people and the town
generally, and declared that he had
never had a more disagreeable duty to
perform than that which the business
interests of those whom he represented
required him to dO-viZ: to order the
closing of the shops, which would take
place tomorrow night The committee
had hoped that the company would
find it to be to it's interest to retain and
even to enlarge the shops in view of
the fact that Fayetteville was the hub
of a wheel from which i've railway
spokes radiated. Mr.. Kenly replied that
the costly shops at Wilmington, Rocky
Mount and Florence were ample for
| the whole system and were near enough
to Fayetteville for al requirements.
He added, however, that his company
was resolved to do everything they
could to build up Fayetteville-as, in
deed, it was their interest to do in the
case of all places which supplied bust
ness for their roads. He also declared
thai it was their purpose to a k care
of every C. F. & Y. V. employe whom
they could. Preference would, of
course be given to their w men where
there had to be a choice and other
things were equal.
Mr.. Kenly stated that the freight
business of all the roads would be con-
solidated at the present Atlantic and
Yadkin depot, but that, for the present
at least, the passenger stations would
remain as before.
Barring the committees grief over
the inevitable changes to our detriment
above referred to and which was the
subject, as stated, of Mr.. kenly's warm
ly expressed regrets, the interview was
of the pleaSanteSt character"