The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-20
The NEW RAILROAD
COMPANY ORGANIZED
Gen. Julian S. Carr Elected
President,
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Ecu AMI EACIERN
RALEIGH AND EASTERN
THE ROUTE WILL BE SURVEYED
AT ONCE.
WORK WILL BEGIN AT AN EARLY DAY
AT Nesting Of the lncorporators Yesterday
The Organization Of the Company Was
Perfected. The road viii Ger
tainy Be Built.

The first meeting of the incorporators
Of the Raleigh and Eastern Railway
Company, which was Incorporated a
week ago. was held yesterday at the
office of Mr.. Armistead Jones, in this
city.
Officers were elected as follows:
President Gen. ]. S. Carr; vice-presi-
dent, y. w. West; secretary and treas
urer, c. B. Barbee.
The directors of the corporation for
the first year are j. s. Carr, e. E. Bar
bee. C. b. Barbee L. r. Crowder, John
Calling and Armistead Jones.
The incorporators, rs already noted,
are: ]. S. Carr, E. B. Barbee, G. b.
Barbee, John Calling, Herbert Jack
son, j. r. Ferrall, Ed. III. Lee, j. b.
Pearce, Julius Lewis, Tnos Pescud,
William Boylan, w. A. Myatt, T., II.
Crowder, n NJ RAM, NJ. I. Norris.
". G.. Norris. j. w. Barber q. e..
Jones, John w. Cross, B. Il Montague,
John Stronach. j. B. Hill, Frank Stron-
ach, L. III. Briggs. Joe s. Correll, n W.
West and Armistead Jcnes.
Nearly all of the above named persons
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The purpose of the corporation is to
construct railroad from Raleigh to or
near Wakefield, in Wake county, or to
or near Earpsboro, in Johnston county,
The length of the road will be twenty
miles. Its capital stock is 100000
The secretary and treasurer will make
a call at once on the subscribers to
stock to pay in their subscriptions.
days meeting to secure at once the serv-
ices of an engineer to survey the route
proposed. As soon as the report of the
engineer is received and the line located,
work on the road will begin and will be
pushed through to completion at rapidly
as possible.
The road will certainly be built. and
that at an early day. said Mr.. Armis-
tead Jones yesterday. mo enterprise
could be more certain of an early and
profitable return 1t will run into the
finest timber forests to be round in this
section and will split wide open the
richest and most prosperous agricultural
district in the county.
This road has been talked of for
many years. 1t viii now te built"
Gen. Julian s. Carr. as he was leaving
All HIS iioHlt Ill 1luTfillll, Sulu-
You may say that it is certain the
railroad from Raleigh to some point in
the Wakefield section viii soon be
built. Plans were taken today for an
immediate survey and the road will be
built by the most feasible route"
This will be good news for Raleigh
people, and particularly for the people
in the eastern section of Wake county
They have been desiring railroad COM
npunication with Raleigh for more than
a generation. 1t is a fine section. and
business men in Raleigh are confident
that the road will pay from the first.
The survey win begin at once and to
build road twenty miles east of Ral-
eigh over the most feasible route The
money is ready for the work and there
Is no doubt that it will commence very
shortly.
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