The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-05
Leads all North Carolina Daiies i'm News and cuation

N. c.. has ten miles of railroad in opera
tion and is building three miles.
The Atlanta. Knoxville and Northern
has a ten mile branch from North IoWn
to Appalachia nearly completed.
The Atlantic and North Carolina is
surveying a branch of fifteen miles from
LAGRANGE TO Snow Hill.
The Caldwell and Northern has survey
ed an extension from Collettsville, nine
milesAwest TO Hanck
The Elizabeth City and Western, new
line from Elizabeth City on the Norfolk
and Southern. about forty miles to the
Seaboard, has been surveyed.
The Fayetteville and Albemarle from
Southern Pines to Fayetteville, thirty
three miles. Eight miles have been
graded eastward. j. G. Brown, of South
ern Pines. is President
The French Broad and Southern has
proposed an extension from Toxaway to
a point near Walholla, S. c.
The Great Eastern is projected 1877
miles via Trent, Snow Hill to Douglas
Bay, on Pamlico Sound. The grading has
been partly done from Fremont to Snow
Hill. The promoters of this road ex-
pect ultimately to extend it on from
Fremont to Raleigh. Mr.. j. w. Lynch,
of Kinston, is president.
The Norfolk and Western is building
three branches in the State.~ first
branch is from point one mile this side
of Grayson. Va, where the North Caro-
lima division crosses New River to extend
up New River Cotton fact cries and
other industries are to be reached there.
The branch is to be about sixty-four
miles into North Carolina. Another
branch is being built from Chestnut Yard,
Va. south to the blue iron ore in Ashe
county.
The Stone Mountain Railroad on Roar
ing River. to run northeast via Stone
Mountain to the coal fields of Virginia,
is projected 1t is from 1876 to 176 miles
The Suffolk and Carolina extension from
Ryland, n. c., south seventeen miles via
Center Hill to Edenton, is proposed
Blue Ridge and Atlantic from Tullulah
Falls, s. c., to Franklin, ~ c., 140 miles
is projected
Tennessee and North Carolina. from
Newport. Tenn, southeast about sixty
miles to Waynesville is planned.
The Winston and Wadesboro is being
surveyed from Winston to Wadesboro,
distance of ninety miles.
The Beaufort Lumber Company is build
ing from Greenville southeast about
twenty-five miles TO Vanceboro.
The Eureka Lumber Company of Pas
sale, n j., is building from Marble to
timber lands. The contract has been let
for seven miles.
The McMulien Lumber Company is pro-
jectng road from Bowden's to Newton
Grove, seventeen miles.
The Ohio. Tennessee and Carolina, from
point near Jellico, Tenn. to Knoxville
and then in North Carolina at Little
Piver.
There are two lines projected 10 South
port. One of these is the Southport and
Western Railroad This roaJ has been
incorporated with the privilege Of build
ing railroad from Southport to WIFI
mington and thence northwest across the
State to the Tennessee line.
The murder of VIM. Seaver machin
ist employed in The Southern Railway
shops at Columbia. s. c., is one of the
most deDlofable crimes ever committed
in hat State. A, the time of the strike
of 'he ma"hinists at Columbia VIM.
Sic vcr and o,hers from New Jersey went
to Columbia to take the place of the
strikers. There has been bad blood ever
since between them, and late Saturday
night, according to the statement of the
ma"hinist, some men went to the house
in which b. and another machinist who
had taken the pilce of strikers lived
Both men came to the door, the callers
began to threaten them and daring them
to come out. Then Seaver was shot ana
Kinder was badly cur The coroner
jury brought in q verdict saying the
man died of a 2unshot woiai inilictnl
by Archie .McCraney and Hariv Jones
and sevens others Mct'tan.v admits
he did the shooting bu. ,av; lc ,lIl it in
self-defense. His father Tom Mr,'raDey
is IN engineer on he SCI, thc~n. ana his
brother Dan is an cpginee' cn tho At
lantic Coast Line, The e"a-t is greatly
deplored, and unless it can De shown il
was done in self-defense g,usL be every
where severely condemned.