The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-25
Among the Railroads.


Mr.. Forrest, the financial manager of
the Carolina and Northern. Railroad
came here Saturday from Florida to
meet his attorney. Mr.. f. K Proctor
Jr., to confer with Mr.. ]. A. Mills. with
reference to the merging of the Raleigh
and Cape Fear with the Carolina and
Northern road. which would give Raleigh
connection with Ellington. Fayetteville
Lumbertca and Charleston S. c. Last
night Mr.. Proctor went out with Mr.
Mills to Fuquay Springs over the road
If any agreement has been reached, il
has not vet been perfected. Mr.. Forrest
the financial man of the Carolina and
Northern. has associates who have ample
capital for the work
The papers have all published a tele-
gram from Chicago telling of a $1,000 be-
quest made by the Bloomington million
aire 70 a railroad conductor who had
treated him with courtesy. The testa-
tor had been in the habit of asking a
great many questions. and he had been
impressed by the patience with which
Conductor Mason, of the Chicago and AL
ton, had satisfied his curiosity on the oc-
casion of a trip many years ago. Hence
the RENE mbrance in his Will.
Moral: Conductors, be polite.
Referring to this incident, Mr.. Henry
Edward Warner writes this poem in the
Baltimore News:
If bunco man should stop you on the
street and ask your name,
Do not frown him down or call a cop, but
furnish him the same
Fer beneath that oily surface, tho you
may not be aware
There may Turk the grateful pocket of a
multi-millioaire.
Be not rude. nor hesitate to help some
aged man to walk
Where the icy pavement threatens, and
be willing with your talk;
Who shall say, altho' perhaps you really
haven't time to spare
(And altho he smoothly swipes your
watch, he's not a Millionaire?
Now, perchance. your BARRIERS hammer
ed in the whiskers on your cheek
And put oil upon your moustache till with
scented stuff you reek;
If he hoarsely whispers: Say, yer
needn' tonic on your hair!"
Be not gruff nor get excited; he may be
a millionaire
Yes. they've placed market credit to
the fellow that's polite.
And his chances for reward have been
reported out of sight;
But l fear the iceman. goldman and the
plumber II never share
In the grateful subsequentness OF a
multi millionaire.
The Windsor and Powellsvile Railroad
viii in few days put on its newly re-
pairel and prettily painted coach. II is
a little beauty and is a credit 10 any mar
row gauge road in the country and
much better and far more comfortable
than many we have travelled in on stand
ard gagged roads.--Windsor Ledger.
The truckers at Ridgoway have filed
fourteen suits against the Seaboard Air
Line Railway Company for alleged dam
ages in falling to transport their fruits
to the Northern markets in time for them
10 be sold 10 consumers. The plaintiffs
have employed Messrs. II. a. Boyd and
Hicks and johnson to prosecute their
claims.-Warrcn Record.
1t seems now generally accepted that
il is the Southern Railway that is build =
ing ;he Charleston, Cincinnati and Chi
cago Railroad through Mitchell and Yam
cey counties and Will build to Marion.
That road is said 10 have bought that
part of the road in operation in South
Carolina.