The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-02
ASSESSMENT OF RAILWAYS.
And of Other Common Carriers by
the Corporation Commission, Shows
an Increase Of $500, S3e@Salaries
of Rural Delivery Carrier-Aycock
and Joyner I'm Dare County.
Messenger bureau.

The corporation commission today
| gave out information regarding the
new assessment of certain property
Of the railways and other common
carriers. The Atlantic Coast Line has
947 miles. valuation $24,454,014; Sea-
board Air Line. 612 miles. valuation
S12, 500. 900; Southern railway owned
lines. $50 miles, valuation s14,735,250;
Southern railway leased lines. $50
miles. valuation s~11,575,339; miscel-
~Ianeous, total valuation $S9,4S3.073.
Western Union Telegraph. s927.924;
telephone companies, s623.702; South
| ern Express. $402.109; Pullman COM
pany, s163.401; electric light and gas
companies, s3O5,S60 street railways,
s1,564,19O; waterworks. $401.125;
steamboats,. S179.605; bridge and ca
nal companies. s222,500; refrigerator
companies, s104.032. The grand total
is S14.377,522, the increase over last
| year being $592,836. The increase Of
mileage of railways is Sc. divided as
follows: Suffolk and Carolina, "a
miles: Pennsylvania, IL; Durham and
Charlotte. 3; Cape Fear and Northern.
4; Chowan and Alexander, 3; Raleigh
and Cape Fear. Z; South and West
| IN. 4.
An order ISSUED by the adjutant
general today announces in regard to
the encampment OF the National
| Guard of the state. that no men en-
| listed after July 18th, except in case
| of r~e-enIisted, will be taken to camp,
and all enlistment papers must be
| on file in the adjutant generals offic.
| before companies leave their home
stations.
United States Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue Yerkes, of Kentucky,
is here. He says he Is making mere
ly a social visit, and that it hes no
| thing whatever to do with the reve-
nue. frauds in this state. that It Is
not his special purpose to investigate
| anything connected specifically with
the york of this district. He said
he thought the question of fraud was
| very largely exaggerated. He visited
| points Of interest in the city while
here. as the guest of Revenue Collec-
tor Duncan, Special Agent Chapman
being also of the party.
The local Parker and Glenn club
will have a big public demonstration
tomorrow evening, with speeches and
that sort Of thing. The club ia a
! large one and will be one Of the larg-
est in h state.
The Anti-Saloon League is not de-
pressed by its defeat ait Wilmington.
1t has lost the day only in six or seven
places in North Carolina.
1t is learned that the following Is
the rule in fixing the annual salary
Of rural free delivery mail carriers:
"a miles and over. 1920; % to "a
miles. s702; % to %, 1884; Fl to 22,
1866; 20 to 81, s64S; IS to 20, s612;
Is to Is, 1915; IA to 16, $40: ~ to
IA, 1904; 10 to IL, $4eS; 8 to 10, s432.
. Eight miles is the shortest route.
Charters are granted to the Mofft
Iron Works. Co., at Sanford, to make
boilers, saw-mills, etc, capital stock
$4,000, NJ. NJ. Moffit being the chief
stakeholder, and to the National Box
Co., of Elizabeth City. to make bali
rels, boxes. crates, ETC., capital stock
$50, 900, James F. Scott holding near
ly all the stock. The Brown Clothing
Co. of Salisbury, is given permission
to change it's name to the Brown
Palmer Clothing Co.
The old sun dial from Fort Macon
is to be brought here in a few days
and will be placed in the Hall OF
History. 1t is a large and queer look
ing affair. set in brown-stone. The
i've mortarl (which USED to stand
within the parade ground in this fort
are now mounted at the Soldiers
Home here. They are ten inch ones
Governor Aycock and Superinten-
dent Joyner are attracting fine audi
ences in Dare county. That Isl a
watery world, everybody travelling by
boat ard wheeled vehicles being
scarce. 1t is SAID to be cheaper to
live and to travel there than any
where else in North Carolina The
people are up to date IN the matter
Of public schools, however, as any
visitor in the office of the state SUI
perintendent will certainly see by
looking at the map, Dare being a close
second to Guilford county. the latter
being h most enterprising educa-
tional county in the state.
1t is not known whether the Re
publicans will consent to a general
joint discussion with the Democratic
Shte ticket. The Democrats wan1
a general one, and do not care tc
have the Republicans pick out indi.
viduaIs as competitors IN stump de-
bates. The formal challenge to the
Republicans will be sent in a few
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