The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-05-10

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SEABOARD AIR LINE SERVICE.
The service OF the Seaboard Air
Line has become so unsatisfactory as To
De intolerable. The matter was taken
up by n Chamber, and after a full
discussion referred to the traffic COM
mlttee Tor vigorous prosecution. Ne
EQUATIONS were opened with President
Barr by correspondence. resulting in
a conference in Wilmington between
himself and our traffic committee. At
this conference our demands were
considered in detail, and as the result
We have the deliberate and positive
assurance of Mr.. Barr that they will
be given full satisfaction. With the
xcept of the additional passenger
service and another passenger depot,
al! OF our demands can be met through
efficient administration, and there is
already evidence tina relief is being
given in these particulars. The pro-
posed additional passenger train is to
serve primarily the local territory be-
tween Wilmington and Monroe, and q
schedule providing for a train TO leave
Wilmington at about 1880 a. NJ. and
returning from Monroe so as to reach
Wilmington at about 1880 P. NJ. would
be at once a great convenience and
benefit to this territory and a source
of evenue to the railroad. We con-
slider the matter of a better passenger
depot easy of solution. and our sug-
gestion in regard thereto would oper-
ate to the convenience of the travelling
public and at the same time increase
the terminal facilities Of the Seaboard
at Wilmington.
When these improvements and ad-
ditions shall hav been made the
Seaboard Air Line will be a material
factor in the commercial development
of his port. Our desire is to inn
press the anagemen with the i'm
portance Of Wilmington, and to e
the benefits of a progressive and en-
l~ightened policy, which while re-
bounding to our material advance
ment, will be of corresponding ad-
vantage to the Seaboard Air Line.
These problems cannot be solved in
a day. and necessarily require time
for intelligent handling. We accept
in good faith President Bars assur-
ances and await with confidence he
fulfillment of his promises.
HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS.
We regret to note that there is no
assured appropriation for harbor
work at and below Wilmington, al
though the meagre sum of fifty thouS-
and dollars may become available for
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to the fact that Congress passed no
regular Harbor Appropriation Bill at
the session just closed, but instead ap-
propriated a lump sum of three mill
lion dollars to be expended under the
direction of the Secretary of War on
harbor work not provided for in the
list of continuous appropriations. or
this sum it is recommended that Will
mington be allotted forty thousand
dollars, which is the minimum amount
| necessary to continue the work now
in hand, according to the report of
engineers in charge. There is no
| thing SO important to Wilmington as
the development Of its port, and it is
a source of deep regret hat oud har-
Dor has not been more adequately
\ provided for. 1t has been remarked
frequently that If our people at large,
and especially the commercial COM
munity, would take such az interest
in our river and port, as is shown
| by our competing neighborS in enter
| prise of similar kind, we would have
| long ago accomplished that which
we cannot now expect to obtain under
| the most favorable conditions in years
to come. Let us hope that a deeper
| public interest will be manifested in
| this subject, and such means employed
as may be necessary to insure more
liberal appropriations for the future.
NEW ENTERPRISES.
Every effort is being made to in
| duce the location of new enterprises,
and the secretary has been in con-
slant correspondence to this end. AT
the moment we have strong hope of
inducing the location of two large in
tereStS among US. Industrial enter
prise on any extensive scale must
necessarily take the corporate form of
organization, and while prejudice
against corporations is rapidly disap-
pearing it cannot be doubted that
there is still some public misconcep-
ions to be overcome. The expression
artificial parsonage has been much
misunderstood as to purposes and
effects. The natural person has more
rights han the artificial person, and
because he has more rights he also
has more responsibility; and while
the natural person has more rights
than the artificial person, he also has
less financial Corporate
form is, therefore, employed to limit
liability in one direction and increase
in another. The natural
person will not undertake enterprises
on a large scale, rendering liable his
entire capital and imposing labors
which, as a single head, he would find
it Onerous, if not impossible to per-
form, so if corporate organization
were not possible the greatest enter
priSeS of the age would never have
been a reality. 1t follows, therefore,
that corporations undertake and per-
form work which individuals as such
cannot compass. and so far from eX-
citing public hostility the corporation
should invite public support. If al
individual will not embark in an en-
terprise rendering liable his entire
capital, no number of individuals
operating under corporate form will
seek a location where public sentiment
is hostile or ~aggrevating conditions
possible. Capital is no less sensitive
in the corporate than in the individ-
ual form. The notion that rpora
lions nave greater rights and
privileges, together with great
er immunities, than the in
d%ividual, is largely responsible for
this remnant of hostile sentiment
and when this subject is rightly I'M