The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-21

ed against IN the matter of freight rates,
but this does not mean that they will
remedy the evil.-Durham Herald.
Track laying on the Oxford & Coast
Line Railroad has reached Fishing Greek
and the 500 feet trestle is being put in.
We have not heard any kicking lately
about the railroad entering town, as the
company has tried to treat everybody
fairly.-Oxford Ledger.
The demand for new stock in the At
1antic Coast Line is so great that new
subscription rights at a premium are
in demand. AS a rule the stockholders
are taking the additional stock, but es-
tates, not having reinvestment funds to
take the new stock offered for sale, there
has been considerable stock on the mar
ket which sold as high as SITS.
The Missouri papers are printing an
excellent article on Rural Electric Rail
roads, written by Mr. Howard Is. Shaw,
professor of Electrical Engineering in
the University of Missouri. Prof. Shaw
is graduate of the University of North
Carolina of the class of 1880. He be-
lieves the time is near at hand when cleo
trio railroads will be constructed
throughout the rural districts. Closing
his article he says-and what applies to
Missouri applies also to North Caro-
lima
with special regard to this State, the
availability of cheap coal and water adds
materially to the prospects of the paying
qualities of smaller electric roads. AS
at present developed the electric railroad
has field peculiarly it's own, designated
as short haul or local traffic So evil
dent are the advantages of this field that
many steam roads have introduced it on
their branch lines.
'The electric manufacturing companies
have in the past been spending most of
their energies in developing apparatus
for large city systems, but are now turn
ing their attention to the proper equip
ping of country lines. During the past
year there have been developed three
new systems for this purpose. These
systems are now being applied. Either
of these systems will make a noticeable
decrease in the cost of construction of
the electrical part of the system and in
the operation of the system as a whole
by Mr.. G.. w Hinshaw some days ago,
the proposed railroad is to run via Stone
Mountain and cross the Blue Ridge at
Grassy Gap. This, if carried out, in
sures road through this immediate sec
tioa-a section badly in need of a road
for being isolated as we are, twenty
miles from Elkin and seventeen from
North Wilkesboro, it will be a great
advantage to the people along the base
of the Blue Ridge here, that the road
be built. The granite and timber. in
this and Stone Mountain sections-and
especially the GRANTEES surpassed in
quality and quantity by no section of
country. This, alone, ought to insure the
building of the road-not taking into
consideration the other products.--Brew-
ers Curfew.
p The Charlotte News mentioned yesler-
day that Geo. ID. Boyd, well known
painter, had entered suit against the
Southern Railway for $4,000, for the
loss of his arm. The accident occurred
at the Southern's passenger station in
this city, the 9Th of last September.
Boyds counsel, Mr.. Burton Smith, of
Atlanta, also lost an arm while aboard a
lanta Ga. Another coincident is that
both Mr.. Smith and his client lost TIE
left arm and almost in a similar manner.
Mr.. c. L. Barton, general manager of
the Suffolk and Carolina Railroad, was
here yesterday and the matter of trans
fering the Elizabeth City and Western
Railroad to the Suffolk and Carolina was
81,
erly signed by President c. E. Kramer
and Secretary M. n. Sawyer, of the E. c.
and W. Surveying for the Suffolk and
Carolina is still going on in and near the
city, and things are getting in proper
shape so the work of constructing the
road from here will be rapidly pushed
Elizabeth City Economist.
At Currituck court. in the case of
Ambrose Lindsay against the Norfolk
and Southern Railroad for injuries re-
ceived from being knocked off the top
of a. box car by the water tank at Per
quimans river last summer a year ago,
a verdict was rendered giving him $4,000
damages. He sued for $4,000
The first OF January will soon be here,
but the Blue Ridge and Atlantic Rail-
way does not seem so near. On the 28th
day of February, 1901, Mr.. Geo. l.. Prem
tiss executed bond to the incorporators
of the above named company, to-wit
]. A. Deal, Geo. A. Jones, n. e. Little
field, n. l.. Barnard, T. B. Higdon, r. l..
Porter, H II. Jarrett, S. H Lyle and j.
o. Harrison, to forfeit $1,000 as liqui-
dated damages for default if he should
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of Franklin by the first day of January,
1903, on condition that Macon county
vote 100000 in bonds for the purpose of
aiding in building the road. Macon
county voted the bonds. 1t is evident the
railroad will not be here by the time
named Then the question arises what is