The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-21

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81 TIE ~ait Ralvay Companies as, far
;her directed S 81, their plans So a.s
tlouS tni Suggestions With the clerk ,t
the Corporation Commission.
This the 1>tu day s. July. 1902
SOUTHERN WILL APPEAL.
Judge Watts. representing Ia. S,aboara
agreed g. comply With the order. hut the
southern objected h. The order anl prac
tIcliy gave notice that ia appeal vauI1
b. taken to the courts. the object y thr
appeai beng is .e-t the eo-u>ttutonaHtx
81 the Fuller Glu
Summing the whole matter up ii looked
Very much like both sides we're afrsId tbtt
the other had some scheme ua It's -.,..c
and that 4 trtp wts beng SGT In TIL,
orlsln.l proposition there was nothing
sud about putting the depot On Peabody
street. i beng stated that the station
would be erected regardless II the SUITS
and let tie courts settle tins matter. Then
the Southern wished to put the building
out IN the street and To place 4 four wear
limit on the suit, pending.
Here are tie original propositions of the
Seaboard and the Southern a, presented
by Judge Watts and Colonel Andrews
BY JUDGE WATTS.
The the seaboard Air Lane Railway
viii consent to become a party to he
erection Of a Union depot. together Win
the Southern Railway ana tie Norfolk
and Western Railway, preferably 1T tht
site east Of RoXboro street, If the com
mission elect. ut the market site. and that
the parties OF tins proposition conCede
title n Peabody street to the Southern
Railway. Provided, the Southern Raj
wa yItII I.aN-n To Ill. G. l,r ~. 49,
Railway for the period Of ninety three
years on the uneXpired term Of its pres
ent lease. an easement Of one track on
Peabody street to connect with our tracks
Is now located al the freight warehouse
and at Dukes factory. The amount to he
pad for said easement to be determined
by arbitration, consisting Of three practi-
cal railroad men selected in the usual way.
that IS. the SeabOard Air Line 10 select
one, the Southern Railway select the sec
Ond, and the two then chosen to select
the third and then decision is the de-
cision Of a majority Of them to be found
binding upon the parties OF the agree
ment.
BY COL. HENDERSON.
The Southern Railway accepts the
proposition made by the Seaboard Air
Line, as it was understood to have been
SldleQ Dy Judge WATTS dS lOllOWS. We
will agree to build a Union depot for all
three OF the roads at any place this hon
orable court may desire between the Rox-
boro place and the old market site. pre-
ferring the old market site, as the main
people seem to do that here. If the Sea
board Air Line has the necessity to use
our right of way, we Will give them
license to come IN and use 1t as long as
our lease extends. The expense TO be pad
for keeping up the depot on trackage. It
looks like we would pay IS per cent and
they 1919 per cent. That same offer is
opened to the Norfolk and Western
We are not willing to sell the right OF
way that was given to the old North
Carolina Railroad to anybody until the
courts say that it is adiudicated away
from Us. We stand as trustee for that
company, and We viii sell not one inch Of
its property until the court says we have
it to do. For that reason | am instruct
ed to say that the question Is an lnde
pendent one. We must stay IN the courts
where it is. We deny the right that
they should take up Judge Purnells case
and decide It.
The warning factions OF the Southern
and Seaboard Railroads and the Corpora
ton Commission all reached Raleigh yes
tcrdav afternoon on the e%astbound South
ern train.
The Seaboard and Southern officials
were all peaceably quartered III NIce-PresI-
dent Bars car. others in the party being
Nice-Pre.ident Andrews and Attorney
I1abius Busbee. Of the Southern, and
Judge Watts Of the seaboard.
The Corporation Commission and its
forces led the way UP the depot platform,
while a little later in Their wake came
Col. Andrews and Mr.. BuSbee. Mr.. Barr,
of the Scaboard. stood on the platform
while his car was shifted over TO the Sea
board track. \ reporter 81 this paper
saw he looked pleased and decided to talk
to him.
and how did the matter end. he ask
ed Mr.. Barr after shaking hands.
THE railroads didn't get together and
the Corporation Commission required that
plans be prepared and submitted to It for
approval in thirty days. and that if the
roads did not agree on a site the Conmis-
sion would"
How do YOU feel about ito"
'~'Thoroughly satisfied" replied Mr..
Barr. W could not agree on the exact
location and the commission has said 1T
must be between Mangum and Roxboro
streets. III the street midway DtLNttH
THESE IS the market site, proposed by the
Durham people. If We don't agree the
commission Will fix the exact place. | am
satisfied at this"
Being further questioned Mr.. Barr said
that the Union Station to be erected III
Durham would cost, with the real estate, !
anywhere between fifty and seventy-five
thousand dollars.
How about the improvement in the
eaboard shops here. Mr.. Barr" said the
reporter, wanting to know where Raleigh
came IN.
Yves got to do more work than We are
doing here now he replied, and there
will be more men here Further than
this Mr.. Barr declined to give out any IN
formation concerning the shops, but his
manner and words indicated that there
would be an Improvement and an enlarge
ment of the present force.
Mr.. ]. L. Bone, of Oak Level, Nash