The news & observer., 1901-11-12
Southern to Renew Local
Train to GoIdsboro.
That is What Railroad People Says. Seabaard
viii Put on the New Florida Train
About January Is b.
kbouf January IS h.

The Southern Railway is considering
the question of again operating the local
passenger train between Raleigh and
Goldsboro which leaves here at $50 a
m. and returns at IL p. m.
A well known railroad officer SAID
yesterday that this train would propa-
bly, be put on again next Sunday. Ihls
is the most popular passenger train tnaI
the Southern has ever run from RAJ
eigh. 1t was discontinued during the
summer months. The train enabled tne
people of Eastern Carolina to receive
the Raleigh papers the morning OF pup
lication and it was greatly appreciated
by the people of a large section OIL the
State. Its discontinuance was source
of great inconvenience.
A new schedule will shortly go INTO
effect on the Southern, but it is under
stood that there will be but slishc
changes in the hours of the arrival ana
departure of the Southern trains from
Raleigh.
Winter excursion tickets were placed
on sale TO resort points on the Seaooarn
in North and South Carolina, Georgia ana
Florida. on October 18th, and Will re-
main on sale during the season. Excep-
tionally low rates are in effect this year
to Pinehurst and Southern Pines, n. w
Camden. S. c.. Savannah. Ga. and all
points in Florida and Cuba. In additlon
to the superior service now operated, IL
is announced that Cafe cars VIII De
placed in service on the washington
Atlanta Line about November 1st, ana on
the Florida lines about January lst, l9oz.
Following this the Florida and Metropol-
tan Limited will be inaugurated about
January 18th. 1902, with sumDtuous ap-
pointments and superb equipment. IN
cluding dining and club cars. constltut-
ing il beyond a doubt. the peer OF any
train IN the world.
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James u. Jackson. of the Charleston.
Augusta and Chattanooga Railroad Com
pany, and general agent of the SeaDoaFd
Air Line at Augusta, Ga. has lust re-
turned from New York and Philadelphia
and announces that he has signed UP
contract with John Blair Macafee. rail-
road contractor of Philadelphia, for the
construction of the line between Char
lesion and Augusta. Work is to begin
at once and the contract requires COM
pletion in thirteen months. Work will
begin where the Seaboard Air Line
crosses the proposed line at Olar. S. c.,
and proceed towards both ends at the
same time. Completion of this line will
bring the Seaboard to Augusta and
Charleston over it's own tracks.
The Elizabeth City Tar Heel has in
terviewed Mr.. J. NJ. Virgins, of the Suf-
folk and Carolina Railroad, which is now
completed to within seven miles OF Eden
ton, and thai official says the new road
will undoubtedly run a branch line from
Sandy Cross. il Gates county. to Eliza
beth, City. The Suffolk and Carolina
Railroad was built about eighteen years
ago from Suffolk. Va, to Montrose. n
c., and was intended primarily as
lumber road. The trackage has been laid
with standard guage ties and rails, and
as soon as the line reaches Edenton it
will be changed to a standard guage sys-
TEN, and trains viii. be run from Eden
ton to Suffolk and thence over the South
ern railroad tracks to Norfolk The sur
vey for the route connecting Elizabeth
City has been made. The road is owned
by Baltimore interests, and rate war
with the Norfolk and Southern is expect
ed The fare 20 Norfolk from Edenton
will be $500, and the present fare or
$235 over The Norfolk and Southern will
undoubtedly be cut to meet the competi-
ton, and it is thought by many that the
Norfolk ami Southern may cut the rate
even lower, on both freight and passen-
ger rates, in order to compel the oppo-
sition to sell out or effect combination.
Speaking of the survey of the Winston
and Wadesboro road the Winston SEN
tinel says: 1t was thought at first that
the surveyors would strike trouble in
crossing Salem creek but the chief en-
gineer reported that they found this
would be small matter and that the
cost would be comparatively light. Tne
present line runs a mile TO the right or
Lexington. This, of course, is not salts
factory to the people of that town, ana
an effort will be made to get the road
through or much nearer the town, II
this route is adopted The engineers VIII
survey another line when they complete
the FIRST one. The second will run via
Thoma Syil1e