The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-19
TO CULTIVATE WILMINGTON.
THE NORFOLK AND WESTERN SYSTEM
ESTABLISHES AN OFFICE HERE.
Captain T c James as Commercial
Agent-The System VIII Develop Its
West.

Mr.. DeLos Thomas, Of Winston, n.
c.. division freight agent of the Nor
folk and Western railroad, arrived in
the city yesterday for the urp of
establishing a freight Office for his
system in Wilmington.
Mr.. hon informed a Messenger
representative yesterday that our es-
teemed townsman, Captain T. c. James,
has been appointed commercial agent
for his company, n that he will be
in change of the company's office here.
Captain James appointment takes eff
feet today. and in a few days he will
locate in an Office convenient to the
business part of the city.
The Messenger is informed by Mr..
Thomas that the purpose Of the Nor
folk and Western in establishing a
freight office here is to get into closer
touch with Wilmington, which already
does a very large business through his
system. The Norfolk and Western ap-
preciates the large business it receives
from our commercial houses. and the
aim of its management is to cultivate
its patronage with a view to encreaS-
ing its Western traffic with our mer-
chants. This raffc has been gradual
ly growing larger and larger all the
time and the necessity has arisen for
the company to locate an agent here
to take advantage of the opportunity
for a further enlargement of it's bust
ness and in order to afford our ship
pers more convenience and better facil-
tiles for dealing with the west through
the Norfolk and Western. Mr.. Thomas
states that the business which the
company already handles for Whining
ton justiies the establishment of an
office here, and that his company is
glad that it has secured a railroad man
SO well known and with uch large ex-
perience as Captain James to represent
its interests here
The Norfolk and Western is an indie
pendent system embracing 1850 miles
of railways, and it las q direct line as
far as Columbus, Ohio, connecting with
the great western lines. The system
connects with Wilmington through the
Atlantic Coast Line with it's connection
at Petersburg, Va, and through the
Seaboard Air Line at Durham, N. G.
The business which lit handles for Will
mington is flour, grain, hay and meat
products. and the D finds that
this city promises to be n of tbs best
distributing points.
The Norfolk and Western is fortunate
in having secured Captain James as its
representative here. He is a Whining
tonian and has the esteem and CONN
dence of our people in a measure that
would be flattering to any man. He
is a popular and experienced railroad
man having been in the business for
twenty-five years. For many years
he was connected with the Atlantic
Coast Line. and from 1886 to 1889 was
the Joint agent of the associated roads
at Charlotte. He returned to Whining
ton in 1889 and was agent here for the
Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley railway
until it's sale in 1899. He then became
freight inspector for the Associated
railways of Virginia and the Carolinas
and has held that position up to the
present time. During his connection
with the associated roads he ha been
kept away from the city most of the
time and his friends will be glad that
his position with the Norfolk and Wes-
tern will now bring him back to the
city.