The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-07-15
DON'T WANT SH|F Ting
YARDS.
Southern Railway is Having.
Trouble at Greensboro.
Contends Guiiford County Can't Tax Their Si-
diugs and Spurs to Business Houses,
Fac cries, Etc.
Especial to News and observer.) }

Greensboro, N. c., July 14.-The South.
ern Railway is having no end of trouble
about the location of its new shifting
Yards The plan to build at Pomona hav-
ing been abandoned, it was concluded to
locate the yards about midway between
Pomona and Greensboro.
This stirred up the owners of valuable
residence property along there. To build
the yards required a change of an old
established road and few feet OF the
frontage of the Fair Grounds.
A meeting of the stockholders of the
Fair Grounds was held last night at the
request of the railroad for the purpose of
donating or selling enough of this frontage
TO give sufficient room for the yards.
But the association adopted resolutions
adverse to the donation and protesting
against the proposed site.
In view of the seriousness of the situa-
tion, involving as it does the irreparable
damage of residence property for dis
tance of three miles, 1t Is suggested that
the city organizations and the Fair Asso-
ciation appoint a committee to go to
Washington and lay the matter before
the head railroad officials there, and con-
building TIE shifting yards beyond Pom
ona, near where the Winston-Salem line
branches off from the main line.
The county commissioners, acting as a
board of equalization, disposed of but few
complaints for excessive valuation yester
day, adjourning until the first Monday in
August.
The most important complaints were
from the Fentress Gold Mining Company
and the Southern Railway.
The Gold Mining Company complained
that valuation on its property had been
raised from $4,000 to 1000. They con
tend that it should be valued only as
farming lands, as formerly, plus the ma
chinery.
The county commissioners had computed
the amount of mileage of the Southern
Railway in the county in the. shape of
quasi private property, such as sidings
and spur tracks to business houses, facto-
ries, mills, ETC., in the county and as
sessed this class Of property at fourteen
mile, valued at $4,000.
The railroad contends that this property
is included in the valuation of railroad
made by the State Corporation
Commission in its estimate; that these
spurs are necessarily an integral part
OF the main line, useless without it, and
not subject to separate county taxation.
Both of these important matters will
be heard at the August meeting. Mr.. r.
d. Douglass represents the Gold Mining
Company. and Messrs. King and Kimbal
the railroad. Vice-presioent Andrews will
also be present at the August meeting.
Prof. It. e. Sharpe, the new superin-
tendent of Education for Guilford county,
has begun active work for the public
schools of the city. Yesterday he re-
turned from a trip to GlDsonville, where
a conference was held with leading citi
zens, with most satisfactory results, look
ing to the holding of an election for vot-
ing a special tax for schools.
1t is reported that the South Eastern
Tariff Association have instructed their
agents here to discontinue charging the
25 per cent advance on stock of mer-
chandise. About a year ago war was
begun on the Greensboro fire companies
for refusing to make this advance of 20
per cent.