The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-24
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as the old ones are dingy and dark.
These new general offices would fully
meet the wants of road with 800 or
even 1000 miles of track. In our
opinion the needs OF the Atlantic and
North Carolina road for many years
to come and the comfort of the gem
eral officers could have been amply
secured by the expenditure of half
what these rooms have cost.
We examined the depots at all sta
lions and sought To inform ourselves
about the business. needs and pros
poets of the various towns, villages
and communities served by the road.
Much of the money reported by Mr..
Bryan as spent i'm betterments was eX-
pended for new depots. 1t appears
that at the time he was appointed
president, there were very few stations
which had suitable depots. Not all
of the expenditures for this purpose
have, as we see it, been wisely made
Coming west from New Bern. the
truck sheds at Clark's and Neuse
crossing, built by Mr.. Bryan, appear
To us to have been needed, ana we
are prepared to say that they serve
an excellent purpose. we can say
the same of the excellent new depots
at Tuscarora and Cove. BUSINESS al
both these places is increasing and
the depots were planned ana punt 10
meet the increased wants OF the flu
ture.
The de1ot al Dover is small uncom-
Portable for passengers and employees
and there is practically no freight
room. The business handled at this
noint is lust about double that done
at Tuscarora and Cove combined, and
fully five times as heavy as TuscarOra
alone We understand it has been
the purpose of the management to
build a new depot at Dover. and we
think this place should have had pre-
cedence over some other points, rus
carora for example. We are OF the
opinion that a depot similar TO the
new depot at Tuscarora and Cove
would be ample for the present or
prospective needs of Dover.
The new freight depot at kinSton Is
splendidly planned and constructed
and poorly located. 1t is roomy and
elegantly finished and ample in every
way for the large business done by
the road at this point. 1t would
have been much better If n larger lot
could have been had upon which to
build so as to make delivery TO drays
easier and safer. but this could not
be secured near the business district
of the town, and we believe IT was
wiser to build upon the lot in use
than to remove the freight depot TO
the suburbs in order TO secure de-
sired room for wagon delivery.
At Falling Creek there is a small
warehouse and waiting room, and we
were told that it is the purpose OF
the management to build q new depot
here similar to the one at Tuscarora
1t is possible that there may be some
business or prospect of business al
this point which we could not see
and which was not pointed out to us
but as we see it there is no need tol
other facilities at this place.
At LAGRANGE the old freight sta
ticn is entirely inadequate in size, SC
located that heavy and bulky lfelsh'
cannot be delivered directly from the
warehouse to wagons. Besides i
is rotten and dangerous as a fire-trap
menacing other buildings. we have
no hesitation in saying that it was 4
great error of judgment to have eX-
pended $1,960.17 for depot al
Best's, and leave the poor old make
shift at LaGrange We do not see
that the need existed at Best's fol
such a station as the one recently
! completed there, costing the sum
mentioned above. 1t is our opinion
that $500 or $3.50 at the most would
have constructed depot at Best
that would have met all the demands
of the half dozen families living IN
eieht of the station, as we'll as all
their unseen neighbors, while the re-
Gently completed depot ut this point
would have fully met the wants Oh
LAGRANGE. town of 1.3O0 or 2,0OO
population, for many years
The new freight warehouse az
Coldsboro. built at cost OF 50, ~
is. we believe, the most elegantly mn
ished and one of the largest railroad
freight warehouses inthe state. 1T IS
orr oninion that the old warehouse
at this point should have been remod-
elled, the floor and platform raised 10
the level of q car floor ana an once
for the agent constructed III one
end. all Of which could have been done
for from $1,000 to $1,50O, instead or
building a new warehouse. Inc ora
depot was OF brick, two hundred feet
long and forty feet wide. affordin3
plenty of room for all the needs OF
this place 1t is located between the
tracks of the Atlantic q North caro-
lima Railroad and the Southern Ran
way. and Immediately upon the SIDE OF
the Atlantic Cast Line track. while
the new depot built as it is on the east
side of all the tracks is entirely out OF
reach of the Southern road ana the
large transfer of business between the
latter and the Atlantic q North caro-
lima road has still to be made at the
old depot, thus dividing the
time and attention OF the
agent between the two places
Goidsboro than the old house AFFORDED
and the money spent in the erection
of the new depot was sufficient tC
have put the old station in good condi-
ton and paid for suitable and adc-
ouate depots at LaGrange, Dover
Newport and Morehead City, all points
which badly need new stations. Whel
Mr.. Bryan assumed the management
of the road there was not a good o.
sufficient depot east of New Bern eX
cept the large warehouse for eXchang'
of business with boat lines at More
head. passenger and freight depo
for Morehead business proper wa
badly needed. At Newport, tow
of about 800 inhabitants, there was
small, dilapidated depot and Their
were sheds at Havelock, Croatan am
Riyerdale 1t seems to use that tn
needs at Morehead, Newport and Croa
tan should have been met first and il
the order named and that there wa
not and is not need for the large de
pots at Havelock and RiVerdale. TIL
present administration has left the ia
cilities at Morehead and Newport jus
as it found them, and has built a ney
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