The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-12
DOUBLE DAILY SERVICE ON THE
CAROLINA CENTRAL.

CAROLINA CENTRAL.
With tomorrow moring the Seaboard
lair Lin begins a double daily passen-
!ger service between this city and Ham
let. AS has been announced in the local
columns of The Messenger, there
will be on and after tomorrow two pas
lsenger trains out of n into Whining
ton on the Carolina Central railroad.
lone train will leave the city early in the
morning. returning late at night. The
lother will arrive about noon and leave
lin the middle of the afternoon. The
first mentioned is the new train which
lgoes on tomorrow. This will be a great
convenience to the business men of our
city and to the travelling public. We
believe this is the first time in the his
Ito the capital of our state, spend sew
leral hours there and return to his home
Ion the same day. We are firmly con-
WINGED that this new schedule will
lgreatly increase the freight business OF
1.-THE Carolina Central railroad along It's
INK " dIIu Gill
1T will give the wholesale merchants
such an opportunity to come in closer
contact with the business men of the
towns along the route that their bust
mess will be greatly increased. The
railroad authorities will soon find that
this is n of the best paying invest
iments they have made. We believe
ithat in a short time this train will be-
Icome so popular that it's passenger
fare will pay the expenses of running
freight traffic out of our city because
lof it's establishment will add greatly
Ito the revenue of the company.
When the movement was first made
iby the chamber of commerce., backed
lup by The Messenger, to secure this ad-
lin the town said the attempt would
Iprove a failure. They threw cold water
on every effort the business men End
1.-THE paper made to secure the much
needed train. We were told that we
had as well let the matter alone, that
we "OuIu hOl SuSSCSu- we "CIC iOl
discouraged though. We had good,
Iearnest workers at the head of the
Exchange who were aiding US in the
lmatter. We felt sure that If we could
lonce get the railroad authorities to see
1.-THE matter in its true light we would
ierersy and persistent hammering of
tMr. j.. Allen Taylor and his committee
of the exchange the people of Whining
ton are indebted for this very impor-
ltant improvement in the passenger
train service of this road. We are in
la position to know, and do know that
Mr.. Taylor has labored faithfully in
this matter and we congratulate him
That his labor has been crowned wa
success. The business men of u city
owe him a debt Of gratitude for what
he has accomplished against what at
first seemed insurmountable difficult
tiles.
| The Messenger is glad to know tina
what it could do for our city in brine
ling about this new and much desired
.lcondition in our passenger service it
has lone. We do not claim much credit
Ito ourselves, at the some time we ac-
knowledge with true appreciation the
kind words President Taylor has ut
TERED regarding the efforts we have
Imade in behalf of the business inter-
tests of our city.
To two men more than to any others
lis due the credit for having secured
this additional rain. One of these is
mfr. Taylor, of whose labors we have
lalready spoken. The other is Mr.. Hud-
lson, the superintendent OF this division
lof the Seaboard Air Line. He seems to
lhave from the first recognized the fact
THAT we were entitled to better train
service and to an improvement Of our
Terminal facilities and he went to
work to secure them for US. He has
carried his point and the business men
lof Wilmington and the towns along
1.-THE line of the o are due him a vote
Iof thanks and in their behalf The Mes
isenger here tenders them to him.