The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-18
Among the Railroads.

Among the Railroads.
Work on the Durham and Charlotte
railway is being pushed. The road has
peen graded to point one mile east of
Gulf We learn that grading on the
other end of the road will be pushed on
towards Charlotte as rapidly as possible
stanford Express.
When the new railroad is built from
fantego to Englehard the people of
hyde will have good transportation and
they will be the most Independent peo-
pie in the State All they need is good
| transportation facilities and they will
soon have that, for the above men
toned railroad has already been sur
veyed.-Elizabeth City Economist.
steamboat line from this city to
Hatteras is almost an assured thing
Manager King of the Norfolk and South
| ern railroad and other interested parties
visited Hatteras and Roanoke Island last
week to investigate the proposed steam
| boat rOute.-Elizabeth City Economist
| The Elizabeth City Tar Heel says that
| a trolley line is to be built from Eliza
beth City to Norfolk. Mr.. c. NJ Ferebee
and moneyed men of Norfolk are behind
| the enterprise
| Numerous reports have gone out about
railroad from Ekn to Sparata. 1t has
been reported that the survey was being
made. 1t is A fact that a strong effort
will be made to get the road built if it
can be made to pay. Mr.. Fields. OF
| Sparta; Mr.. H. G.. Chatham, of Elkin,
and Col. Fries, of Salem, and other
| business men are trying to secure the
read. They will have a survey made
within the next two or three months and
i; line can be found across the ridge
that is practical it is possible that work
| will begin on the road sometime this fall
| or next spring. Al this time very little
is known about what will be donn until
| the survey is made Mr. II. G. Chath
| in company with an experienced railroad
| surveyor has been riding over the coUn-
ty between here and the foot of the
| ridge this week with a view to deter
mining the best route over which to make
the survey.-Elkin Times.
The Southern train now leaves Raleigh
about 5:25 a. m, reaching GoldsborO
about I o'clock.
The A. and N. c.. train leaves Colds
boro about 7:4O, reaching Kinston about
$50
The A. c. l.. leaves Kinston now at
1880, making connection at Parmelc
If the Southern train left Raleigh at
), reaching Goldsboro at Gas or Z, and
the A. and n. c.. left Goldsboro at 7:l5
the A. C. L. could await its arrival at
| Kinston and give mail and passengers
eastern connection.
This would be a saving Of almost Il day
for western people having business in
| the east and would give all the eastern
people the early mails which they do
not now get until night.
The business of those eastern towns
accommoda ted by this schedule would be
| greatly increased.
The tobacco men of that section with
dealings in Richmond and Their northern
points, could reach GolisborC at night
getting into Greenville next morning
saving almost day.
Passengers can now leave Tarbolc,
Greenvilie and other eastern points late
in the afternoon and reach Raleigh that
1
suggested should be adopted, people in
| Greensboro, Durham, Raleigh GOldsbCro.
tic, could visit those eastern towns.
| spend a day and return home that night
| Better schedules are needed-the people
are entitled to that consideration and
II the towns most to be benefited by this
| rhange would urgently ask it. the rall-
Dad would probably make the necessary
changes.
County Commissioner Irvine has re-
ceived the appointment of general agent,
at Eienton, for the Suffolk and Caro-
lima Railroad-Edenton News.
A special report Just issued by the
Interstate Commerce Commission on rail-
road accidents in tho United States dur
ing the months of July, August and Sep
Itember, 1901, shows an unusually fatal
| casualty list in many respects, particu-
| larly in regard to collisions and derail-
ments The most significant portion OF
| the report however, is that which re-
| fers to coupler" accidents. In spite OF
IN increase in general accidents. the ell
| feet of the more wide spread use of au-
| tomatic couplers is shown by the fact
| that fatalities due to coupling cars de-
| creased fully fifty per cent during the
quarter in question as compared with the
same quarter of the preceding year.
| Much credit is due to the Interstate
| Commerce Commission for it's work in
promoting the more general adoption Of
automatic couplers on railroads. An
other good thing the commission is DO
ing is in the line of urging more complete
IairbraKe equipment.
| In 1897 the Stone Mountain Railway
| Company was chartered by the General
1 Assembly and organized. Before and
/ since that time the company has had