The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-10-19
A MUCH NEEDED TRAIN.
Merchants Talk Of Necessity Of Local Train
From Weldon on Seaboard

A party of business men were talking
yesterday of the need of an early train
on the Seaboard Air Line reaching Raj
eigh from Weldon or Henderson and
leaving here in the afternoon for the
North. such train said one of the
gentlemen, would bring a great deal
OF trade to the city. The people up the
seaboard Air Line would naturally trade
here, but the expense of stay over
might here keeps many away"
1t is probable that efforts will be made
10 nave such train put on. Local
travel along the road would make it a
paying train. Some ten years ago there
was train on the Raleigh and CASTOR
road, reaching here between and 10 a. m.
and leaving between and p. m. 1t paid
the road and helped Raleigh trade
greatly. The merchants here should
move actively to have such a train put on.
you say you regard the railroads as
menace to human happiness?"
DO They bring sorrow to thousands
of hearts Nearly Everybody that pays
full fare nowadays is miserable because
he didn't get pass or a rebate. Wash
ington Star.
bending their energies toward further
development of the country and interest
ing capitalists in the opportunities afford
ed for establishing industrial plants on a
paying basis in inviting localities. Spe-
cial attention is for this reason given to
train service for the winter tourist sea-
son, with view of attracting visitors to
Dixie. Several meetings have been held
in New York and at other points, but no
public announcements have been made as
to what arrangements have been agreed
upon with connections
j. w. Pope has been appointed tie and
lumber inspector for the G.. and n. w.
Construction Company. We learn from
Mr.. Pope there will be % car loads of
heavy rails laid down at Hickory this
week and work will begin to place heavy
rails along all the line at once, begin
ming at Lenoir One hundred thousand
standard ties have been bought for this
purpose and will now be placed along the
line. We are very reliably informed that
the C. and N. w. will be a broad gauge
road by the 18th of July, 19Q2.-Charlotte
News.
: Mr.. w. T. Taylor had the misfortune
to have his lumber train badly wrecked
Wednesday afternoon. The terminus of
the road at the river is a trestle, built
out from a bluff Of some height. On a
trip to the river Wednesday afternoon the
brakes became unmanageable, making it
impossible to stop the train, and engine,
cars and logs plunged over the trestle in
a heap below. The train hands jumped in
time to save themselves from injury
Murfreesboro Index.
Mitchell county does not get the rail-
road as was first reported. The Marion
Democrat says: ar..
1.-THE election held in Mitchell county
Thursday. October 10. to decide whether
the county would or would not issue bonds
in the sum of $500, 900 for the purpose OF
building railroads to connect with pro-
jected lines in that county was carried
by those opposed to the issue. The ma
jority was very small and the reason as
signed for this result is that past expert
ments with bond issues have not been al
together pleasant"
very careful survey Of the proposed
Wadcsboro and Winston railroad, which
is thought to be a move of the Pennsyl-
vania system, is now being made.
Col w A. Turk, the general passenger
agent of the Southern Railway, spent the
day here yesterday. He came from Ashe-
Vile, where he attended the national
meeting of General Passenger Agents.