The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-29
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In Henry County.
RAILROAD ENTE RPISESssl
Rockingham County Votes the y Next 4
Z Month on the Question sof Issuing B
100000 Ii Bonds For the Ma.
cadar1xlng Of County Roads

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cadamlz,ng Of County Road s.b
\ kAYODAN,s N. CT March 2s.-For
sometime past q rutnor has been ours
rent In this section that q large cotton
mill was to be built at the old Anglin
Mill place on Mayo river Just over the
| Virginia line In Henry county. ~ hne
| water could DO developed there and It is
said the property has been purchased
for that purpose. Tho nearest railroad
point is Prico, small station on the
Winston Salem division OF tho Norfolk
and Western, about fifty miles from
Winston and seventy from Roanoke. II
this mill is built, rumor has IT that
the Norfolk and w estern will build q
spur out from Prloe to tho site, thence
nlong through Stokes county, N. G., to
Danbury, touching the iron ore section Of
the suurntown mountains and coming
back to their line again ut Walnut Cove,
N. O. Should this DO done, a. valuable
tobncco, timber and mineral section would
be opened UP to the world. The Saurn-
town mountains are rich in minerals OF
many kinds, covered with forests OF splen-
did timber H ana the county Of stokes
rnnks second to none In the State In
the chewing qualities Of Its leaf tobacco.
Tor years the people have tried to- get
a road, and III tho matter Ia, laid before
Thorn properly by responsible men, they
would doubtless vote q liberal ,subsorip.-i
ton. Tho road In question would also
make Piedmont, Wade Meeohum,t and
Moores Springs Of easy access. All these
lie within few miles Of each other. and
the health-giving qualities OF u their
wa ters, backed by the pure breezes that
blow constantly from "Old saura g. top
are unexcelled In this broad land.
Rockingham county votes next month
on the question Of 4 Issuing $500, 900 In
bonds for the purpose OF matchmaking
Its roads, and 1t Il Is hoped the&%'fors 4
Will win. s The plan is to belt the coun-
ty with road starting say at Reids-.
Vile. thence to ttS Leaksville, Stoneville,
Avalon, Mayodan, Madison u: and along
the southern border back to 4 R dsytlle.3
Then It lis proposed to build another road
ty straight through by the county seat.
to the southern boundry and one from.
the western boundary straight through
to the cas- tern, crossing the other at the!
county seat. Other plans have been sug-;
gested but this seems to be the most
feasible and to meet the views OF the
people better than any other thus far
7Su6BeSlOu.gs OpStihct6 VI tlOICf anu uOatteJ
will likely be engaged and an active ca n ::
vass OF the county will be made before
the matter comes to vote. af 81
The County Commissioners have or
dered the election to be held on April
18th and the general opinion IS. That the
bond issue will be voted. @
Another rumor which bobs UP serene
#ly every once In awhile. has been heard
from again recently. Sometime ago a
charter was granted a telephone COM
pany In Spray, and said charter was
very broad In Its scope giving them the
right to operate O 'phone linel build and
operate electric railroads and 50 on. It
is now reported that the prime object
for which that company was organized,
was to build an electric road from
Reidsvle to Spray, thence to stoneville
and on by this place, following about
the same route as the proposed maca-i
damized road the county, hopes to build.
This would be a great convenience to
the people IN this end OF the county, for.
while we are locate on a railroad, 1t Is
hard for US to get In an out. as we would
like. @ NJ
It has been source Of wonder to
many why tho Southern doesn't extend
the line from Leaksvile, Its present ter-
MUS, to Mocksville, where It would touch
their line from Winston to Charlotte. 8
Years ago, the old Danvle. Mocksville
Htu SOulUWcSt6FHs LWIllCL WAS surveyor
from Danville on by Leaksville to Mad
3Ison and on to Mocksvlle, N. G.. grad ed
and laid the road bed all the way to
Madison and the matter, was then aban-
! doned for some cause. Later the COM
.pany that built the narrow guage from
Danville to Stuart, ran a spur from a
| point on that line about twenty-five miles
above Danville to Leaksville, whore It
stopped and has remained to this day.
All. this was before the present manufac-
! turing town of Spray was ever thought
| Of so the road was made q narrow guage.
Later. when Spray was started and the
business began to take on considerable
volume, the guage was changed to stand
| ard, and the Southern took II over. True
| the Southern won't let n fellow use their
mileage books on chat road. or on the
| one running to Stuart. Va, which also
| Is being made standard guage. but stil
enginenen and conductors on those lines
/ get orders from the Southern station in
Danville and the general Impression is
| that they belong to the Southern. The
i grade for the extension referred to from
Leaksyllle on by Madison to Mocks-
Vile Is comparatively easy. and doubtless
4 much OF the road bed could be used for
1t seems to BIO In good condition yet
4 At Madison, this extension would con-
meet with the branch Of the Southern run
n Ming from Greensboro to Madison. Then,
90 S'otSN' ~ WYNN wy wv oOutUci " EOhu
Il from Winston to Charlotte. at Mocks-
vile. thus giving the Southern virtually
II double track or rather two roads from
Danvile to Charlotte. t I.3i&4
| Another thing, It would enable them to
reach Spray from this end. without hav-
Ing to go away around by Danvllle and
then back to Spray, as they now do, II
you will take a map OF this section you
will readily SEQ what this would mean
in the shipment OF cotton Into Spray and
the shipment Of all their products that
went South.
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