The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-12
Among the Railroads.

The Norfolk and Western Railroad will
| build a branch road from Stoneville on
| the Winston Salem branch to Leaksvllr
and Spray.
Mr. H. S. Toon. son of the late Gen.
Toon. has become agent for the A. c.
l. at Red Springs.
The Southern Railway has commenced
the work of ballasting the track of the
| High Point, Randleman, Asheboro and
Southern Railroad. In a year or two
| the road to Pinehurst will be as solid as
| that of the main line.-Greensboro Rec
ord.
Our people and the travelling public
generally Will appreciate the improved
service to be put on by the Seaboard
| Air Line between Wilmington and Char
| lotte. Not long since provision was made
| for carrying passenger coaches on the
| freight which arrives here early in the
| morning and leaves in the first part of
| the night, giving double daily passenger
and mail service over the road. Now
greater comforts will be added for the
travelling public. A chair parlor car
will be operated on the regular passen-
| ger train and the mixed train will carry
| sleeping cars. This is an important ad-
dition to the service of the road in ques-
| tion and hundreds of visitors to the
beaches this summer will find travel over
the line most comfortable. 1t Will help
Wilmington in many ways, to say moth
ing of the comforts added to travel over
the road. Close connections wiz ~
made at Hamlet from the north and
south. The Seaboard Air Line has done
brilliant part by WilmngtOn's resorts
and pledges even greater efforts in the
future. Our people are grateful and
hold the Seaboard in the highest favor.
To that roads efforts is due almost eX-
clusvely the large patronage of our re-
sorts by Georgia people. Wilmington
Dispatch.
The new steamer "Nanticoke" of the
A. S. N. Co. is expected on the line in
q few days. Mr.. ]. A. Pretlow, president
of the company, spent last week in Bal
timore having the steamer thoroughly
equipped. 1t will be brought by the
outside route as it is too large to come
not yet been announced, but it is ru-
mored that the boa will leave Edenton
in the morning and arrive at Murfreesboro
at / p. m, leaving at p. m. for Edenton.
This will bring passengers from both the
north and southbound trains in the morn
| ing at Tunis and take passengers to
both the north and southbound trains
| in the afternoon. Considering the sched-
ule OF the trains, this is a fairly good
schedule for this place.-Murfreesbo
| Index.
| Rutherfordton, N c., April 10.-From
correspondence we learn that Mcdowell
county is likely to have another railroad.
| Mr. j. NJ Murphy, of Broad River town
| ship, writes that the engineers engaged
| in surveying the railroad from Ruther-
| ford to Asheville find they cannot get
through Hickory Nut Gap as it was pro-
posed to do and they are now surveying
| the line up Broad River from Bat Cave
and will reach Flat Creek Falls in few
, days The citizens of Broad River are
!; delighted over the prospects for it will
! if the railroad runs through this section,
open up a section that is rich in re-
sources.
Reidsville, N. c., April lit was re-
ported here yesterday on high authority
that contractors bids We're being asked
| for to build branch of Norfolk and
! Western Railroad from Stoneville tc
Spray and Leaksville. 1t Is known that
someof the leading spirits of the progress
| sive and flourishng Spray men have fol
some time been dickering with the Nor
folk and Western for the purpose of get
| ting that railroad to branch into SDr2N.