The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-28
Among the Railroads.

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| The ElIerbe Springs correspondent Of
the Richmond county Headlight says the
| Seaboard railroad viii probably extend
| it's line to that place. its"
| portant item:
1T is reported here that the Birming
| ham Belt railroad, of Birmingham, has
| been sold to interests identified with the
| Seaboard Air Line. The road enters the
downtown district of Birmingham. 1t is
believed the transfer means that the Sea-
board will soon enter the most prolific
| freight producing region of the South
building either from Atlanta or from
Montgomery
Clarence Mufphey travelling passenger
and freight agent of the Southern Paci-
fic Railway Company, is here. Mr.
Murphey has just been assigned to- a
new territory, in which North Carolina
is MISUNDERSTANDING Gazette. ID
The Atlantic Coast Line has put in "a
private complete telephone system in it's
headquarters at Wilmington connecting
every office in the big system. 1t will
be a time-saver, says the Wilmington
Dispatch.
, The Corporation Commission is advised
that about twenty-five miles Of the
twenty eight mile railway between Ply
mouth and Washington is completed
and that all will be in operation by No
vember l. Z. A. Armstrong, of New
Jersey, is the president.
Good progress is being made in the
survey for the railway from Winston
directly southwark to Wadesboro. This
will put the Seaboard Air Line in touch
with one of the finest parts of the Pied
mont section. The surveyors are now
surveying in Stanly county. They
crossed Rocky river near it's mouth and
will likely follow the route of the Yad-
kin river to Winston so that in building
the road the least amount of grading
will have to be done.
The report about the building Of the
Black Diamond Railroad which hobs up
with the regularity of the visits of
poor relation. is again to the front. This
time it GENES by way OF Toledo. Ohio,
to New York and thence to the South,
but railroad people here have long since
consigned this mythical railway to the
past. OF course, it would be big thing
for the South. but it will probably be
many years before trains on that Sys-
tenn roll under the sheds at Port Royal.
The latest information regarding the
proposed line was contained in the fol-
lowing dispatch from Toledo to the New
York Sun:
1T comes from an absolutely reliable
source that the entire scheme for imam
cling the Black Diamond system of rail-
roads will be eonsummated in few
days This comprises line of road
from Toledo to Chicago, through Gin
cinnati and Columbus to Port Royal,
S. C.
president Kirby, who lives here, has
made several trips to Europe in the in
terest of the road and has at last sue
ceeded."
Up to the present time the Black
Diamond is paper railroad and paper
trains will continue to run until some
thing more powerful and substantial is
brought into use.
According to what seems to be reliable
information, the Atlantic Coast Line IS
negotiating for lease of the South
Carolina and Georgia Extension Rail-
way. which runs from Camden, S. c., to
Marion, N. c.. a distance of about $50
miles. Up to the time that the South
Carolina and Georgia Railway was leas-
ed by the Southern, the Extension has
been operated as a joint line, but it was
not acquired by the Southern. Since
that lease it has been managed as an in
dependent road. The Atlantic Coast
Line has practically reached the Cam
den territory, and by securing the Elk
tension property would be able to run
through thains from Charleston to Mar
ion. The understanding seems to be
that the road will change hands about
October /, and if this is done the Coast
Line will make important changes and
improvements.
A dispatch from Asheville in regard
to this deal says : THE report is cur
rent here in railway circles that the At
lantic Coast Line will assume manage
ment of the South Carolina and Geor-
gia Extension Railroad, better known
as the Three C's.'' 1t is said that the
new owner will operate through trains.
both freight and passenger, between