The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-12
Among the Railroads.

II ;s very unfortunate for the Raleigh
ond Cane Fear and the Cape Fear ana
Northern trains to fail to connect AZ
yarina. The Ellington trains arrives ana
leaves the junction about 20 minutes
ahead of the arrival of the Cape Fear
and Northern train. Last Monday morn
inc, was a dreadful morning to drive to
darlington. yet those who had business
before the county commissioners had TO
face the storm. If connection cannot be
agreed upon and made at this point With
out submitting it to the Railroad Com
mission. then the people should ask that
they take the matter in charge. The
Cape Fear and Northern has recently
moved it's schedule up 50 minutes, and if
the Raleigh train would drop back 20
minutes, they would connect.-Dunn
Guide.
A Lawyer" writing to the Charlotte
News about the union depot contest has
the following: The law of 1912, being
section 1868 of the Code, requires rail-
roads having functions W.T. other roads
to provide adequate accommodation for
the passengers at the junction. This
is independent of the act of 1903 en-
pcwering the Corporation Commission to
cause railroads to erect and MAINTAIN
union passenger depots.
"A junction in its brood sense means
where two railroad lines meet. In other
words it necessarily means where two
railroads meet and cross. Under the
statute of 1912 the railroads at one
time maintained a kind 0. platform or
union station in this city for the accom-
oe \,
place now designated for the union depot
By the Commission. If this were neces-
sary for the accommodation Of passengers
when the town was much smaller than it
is now, then it would seem that with
the increase of population in the city and
the increase OF passenger traffic the rca-
son for having the accommodation asked
for now and granted by the Commission
is 50 much stronger.
Under the Code and under the laws
of 1903 it would therefore seem that
as to the location of the proposed de-
po-, the Commission has plainly followed
the law"
If the weather will remain open so that
work can be pushed, it is expected that
the Suffolk and Carolina Railroad will
have completed laying its tracks Nby the
last of this week. The bridge across the
canal has been completed and the work
of grading for the balance of the way
has commenced. The warehouse is going
up rapidly and the carpenters are at work
today putting on the roof. Work on
the piers have also begun and the pile
drivers were putting down pilings upon
which will be built the piers and wharves.
Elizabeth City Economist.
OF course the Corporation Commission
will be asked to order the building of
union depots in many towns where they
are not needed, but the railroads are
not helping their side of the case by fight
ing the proposition in such a town as
Charlotte-Durham Herald
The price of white paper goes up and
down we are afraid that advance in
freight rates has come to stay.-Dur.
har Herald.-Yes, just as lorg as the
Senate refuses to give the Interstate
Commerce Commission power to prevent
freight eXtortiOn.
The gossip around the streets here last
night was that drummers Just from Raj
eigh reported that Mr.. McBee said the
Atlantic and North Carolina would not
be leased, but that the Vanderbilts would
buy it instead of seeking a lease.-New