The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-10-17
RALEIGH SUFFERS
BY Bad SCHEDULES
A Great Injustice to the Peo-
pie Of the East.
BAD AS THIRTY YEARS AGO
A Leading Citizen Of Rocky Mount
Voices General Complaint.
BAD AS THIRTY YEARS AGO
ONLY ONE GOOD TRAIN FOR NEWSPAPERS
The News of the Railroad World. The SupT-
C,Z intendents Of the. Seaboard Meet Gem
eraI Superintendent Maher
in Hamlet.

in Hamlet. =
1t is doubtful If there is a daily news
paper town in the world that enjoys such
miserable railroad schedules as the city
of Raleigh The only good schedule for
a daily paper out of Raleigh is the South
bound train on the Seaboard Air Line
leaving here at 4:10 a. m. During all
the summer it enjoyed excellent sched-
ules to Eastern North Carolina, enabling
subscribers in Washington, Greenville
and Newbern to receive the paper by
noon, and subscribers at Goldsboro, Will
son, Rocky Mount, Tarboro, Kinston and
LAGRANGE to get the paper for break
fast. Now the schedule, going East is
worse than it was thirty years ago, for
then the Daily Sentinel got to Wilson
before noon, while now it requires longer
time. Writing of the miserable schedule
to Eastern North Carolina a leading
citizen of Rocky Mount-in private letter
says:
Il feel that this matter of the lack of
a schedule to convey the Raleigh papers
into Eastern North Carolina earlier in
the day, is not only serious obstacle
to your securing subscribers in the East
ern portion of our State, but a great in
justice to the people who live east of
the old Wilmington and Weldon railroad.
ut does seem that some effort could be
made that would place this section Of
North Carolina more in touch with our
eapital, our larger schools and other in
fluence for good. There is nothing ex
cept our inherant patriotism that will
keep us more in touch with Raleigh and
that prosperous section in Middle North
Carolina than the circulation of pro-
gressive newspaper, identified with the
interests of North Carolina and showing
and pointing the way to better living,
giving the State news, binding us closer
together, in an earnest desire to make
our State such as she is entitled by every
claim of her loyal people, one Of the best
and most progressive States in the Union
Your paper can be published there and
have many more subscribers all over
Eastern North Carolina, if we could only
secure what I feel we have a right to,
that is a train out of Raleigh at such a
morning hour as will place the paper by
connection with the Atlantic Coast Line
through most of Eastern North Carolina.
Certainly by IL O'Clock and not to 6
p. M, or not at all as it is now.
These thoughts are not mine alone, as
/ am in position to hear from the pub
lie every day and I know that there is
an earnest desire by the people in that
section of our State east of the Seaboard
road and north of the Atlantic and North
Carolina road to be more in touch with
Raleigh and the Central portion of our
State. The News and Observer has
fought nobly in causes that seemed farth-
er away from contamination than this
and helped to win. Put your strong
hand to this and help us. 1t is at least
worth the effort
few days ago the Tarboro Southerner
published that the freight receipts in
that place for September exceeded those
for September, 1900. That item was
copied into this paper as an evidence of
progress, but the following explanation
from the Tarboro Southerner would in
dictate that it was the other way. The
Southerner says: "A we'll known grocery
man, who is one of the most vel-head-
ed men in the community, probably ex-
plains the excess of September freight
receipts this Year over those for the
same month last year. He states that
his own business shows that very much
more corn and hay were brought here this
year than last, owing to short corn crop
Much more meat came in. Freight on
these count heavily, and would go long
way towards making up the difference.
II this is the real cause the community
has nothing to be elated over, rather
the reverse, for the people have been
forced to buy what should have been
produced on the farm Instead of bring
ing more money to the community more
has gone OUT
Anent the statement that the Seaboard
Air Line offices would remain in Ports
mouth, this special to the Richmond Dis
patch from Portsmouth is interesting:
1.-The expression of establishment on the
part of President Williams, of the Sea-
board Air Line, at Vice President and
General Manager Barrs declaration that
the general offices of the system will
remain here, is not causing surprise here
abouts. Mr.. Williams stated long ago
into your correspondent that the matter
was in Mr.. Bars hands. Undoubtedly
there is no clash in the management, but
Mr.. Williams is naturally sorry he can
not favor his native city. The offices
will reman here"
The Carolina Northern Railroad has
just purchased two splendid passenger
coaches and a baggage car for use on
their line. They will add greatly to the
comfort of the passengers on that road
Lumberton Robesonian.
A. the request of the Wilmingt on
Chan Der of Commerce the Atlantic Coast
Line has put new train on the Will
r1ington, Columbia and Augusta railroad.
A force of hands is at work laying
the track of the Carolina Northern rail-
road up to the Seaboard Air Line freight
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