The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-15
organized Work will begin on the Vir-
GINA end of the road Immediately.

| largely 10 the INDUSTRIAL ydeVelOpnent
and Importance of the State is an ex-
tension of the East Tennessee and
Western North Carolina Railroad, which
now connects Cranberry with Johnson
| City. Tenn. This extension consists of a
short link from the Cranberry iron mines
to Lincolnton or to some other point on
the Carolina Central Railroad near Lin
colnt0n.
This will be an important link and par
+, ticularly so to Charlotte and Whining
ton. 1t will give Charlotte u direct line
TO the nearest great coal deposit that at
Big Stone Gap 1t will make Whining
4 ton coaling station. much nearer our
new possessions, and at which ships can
coal without passing Hatteras. The
Big Stone coal is the most Southern de
post of the best steaming coal. There
is now broad from Cranberry to the Big
Stone Gs,p Mines.
Gen. IR. +. Hoke is at the head of the
movement as he has been ut the head of
many important movements looking to
developing the State. He tells me the
road will certainly be built.
" No less important to the Western part
4 of the State will be the South Carolina
and Georgia Extension Railway Compa-
ny of South Carolina.
\ bill was passed by the Legislature
i TO consolidate the road whose termini
are at present Marion, North Carolina,
and Camden, South Carolina. The road
has been operated under one charter from
| Marion to South Carolina line and un-
der another from the line to Camden. 1t
/ is intended that the termini of the road
when completed shall be Ashland, KY,
on the Ohio river. and Charleston. s. G..
/ The bed of the road is now graded
! from the Tennessee and North Carolina
| line to the coal fields at Minneapolis
in Southwest Virginia. From Irwin to
] Jackson City. Tennessee. the road is
being operated. The only part of the
road that has not been either begun
or completed is from Marion, North Car
Dina, to Irwin, Tennessee, a distance of
seventy miles. This link, however, it is
the purpose of the company to begin
work ON next summer. 1t will require
considerable time i'll the building as the
road will have to be constructed over
the Blue Ridge. There is no doubt
whatever that the road will be built,
1t is understood that the venture has
strong backing.
/ The probable heavy trade with the
West Indies in the near future has had
the effect of revivifying the old three
C's project. which the new road virtually
comes to. Tapping the finest coal
fields in the world, as the road does, its
direct line to Charleston where a good
outlet to the Indies and Europe is avail
able makes it of great promise, and
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routes. The people of Charleston are
naturally very DESTROYS that the road
shall be completed.
In this connection it is also interest
inf to note the announcement that the
Ohio River and Charleston Railroad,
which has been operated by the South
Carolina Company. will in future be OPP
lrated entirely by the South Carolina
and Georgia Extension Railroad Com
pany The company was Incorporated
in South Carolina about year ago by
parties who are largely interested in
the South Carolina and Georgia system
itself. 1t is understood that the COM
pany was formed for the purpose of ex-
tending the Ohio River and Charleston
into Tennessee, as intended by the orr
ginal promoters. TIE transfer to the
South Carolina and Georgia Extension
Company is understood to be merely a
formality.
! The Trans Appalachian Railway sys-
TEN is authorized to construct a railroad
from some point on the Carolina Cen
trail Railroad, between Shelby and Lin
colnton through the counties of Cleve-
land. Lincoln, Burke, Caldwell, Mitchell,
Watauga or Ashe, TO some point on the
North Carolina and Tennessee or the
North Carolina and Virginia line.
I The capital stock of the company shall
be 100000 and may be increased to
$4,000 per mile of road beu. Counties,
cities, towns or townships may sub
scribe to stock. The company may be
organized when $4,000 has been sub
scribed
The incorporators are III. l.. Miller and
ID, w. Beach. of Washington; S. ID.
Dunavant. w. c. Erwin, S. L. Pearson,
f. =. Tate, ]. r. Erwin and w. Il.
Walton, of Morganton.
The Salisbury and Fayetteville
Coast Line Railway expects to build a
! road from Salisbury down Town Greek
to the Yadkin river to Mttle's Mills,
thence to Fayetteville, Faison. Pink Hill,
| through Jones county to Cedar Point.
/ Its capital stock is $500,O00,, but ii
may he increased to S2,O0O,0O0. AS
soon as $4,000 is subscribed and paid
in the company may organize. The IN
corporators OF the road are: A. Z.
Manney, George Battleson and +. III,
/ Manney Provision is made in the
charter for subscriptions to stock by
towns or counties. In this road also
English capitalists are interested.
|. Last of the proposed roads in the West
is the Davidson Mineral Railway, tc
| run from Lexington or Linwood in
Davidson county, on the Southern Rail
way. to the Narrows Of Great Falls on
the Yadkin River, in Montgomery coun
ty.
The road may be either narrow OF
broad gauge. and either steam or cleo
trio motive power used.
The capital stock of the company is
S60. 900. which may be increased to 500,
900 and the incorporators are Wyndhan
III. Wynne, Edward Hopkins, $. Il. VIII
liaias and j. NJ. Primm This road is
backed by the Southern Railway ant
will really be a branch line of thai