The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-16
AMONG THE RAILROADS.

Yesterdays Henderson Gold Leaf
says% There have been some changes
in the clerical force at the Seaboard
depot lately. Jim Gilmore, former
chief clerk, goes to Oxford as agent at
that place. Wesley Adams who has
been clerk i'm Capt. Elmore's office,
succeeding Chris Aydlotte, when he be-
came ticket agent, is now maggage
agent and car clerk; Perry Aston,
lately at the Southern depot taking
his place with Capt. Gilmore; John
Perry who has been looking after the
baggage and doing general work since
going with the railroad, recently is
transferred to the freight office as ship
ping clerk; Chris Aydlotte will go to
Raleigh to take a position in the office
of G.. II. Gattis, travelling passenger
agent, and w. p. McNair, of the tele-
phone company, will succeed him as
ticket agent.
For some time the Mount Airy &
Eastern Railway has been in the hands
of receivers and has not been a pay
ing investment. Mr.. T.. NJ Wiley
capitalist of New York, is in the city
for a few days and is one ofthe largest
stockholders in this road. His COM
pany will take steps at once to put
the business on a paying basis. They
will build a new MILL either at Kibler
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quantities of lumber on the market
They will put new crossties on the
road bed and put on new rolling
stock.-Mount Air Views.
Mr.. Geo. d. Mills, of Warsaw, Indi-
ana, is building a much needed cleo
trio road in Western North Carolina.
When completed this road will extend
from Asheville in a northeasterly di-
rection to huntsville in Yancey coun-
ty, and on to Boonford> in Mitchell
county. Il will run through some of
the finest timber lands in the State.
Along the route will be established
some of the largest lumber plants in
the South. 1t is the purpose of the
company to make extensive develop
ments along the line of it's road. which
is of standard guage and the shipping
facilities will be such that through
its connections the company can place
its lumber on any market in this coun-
try with great dispatch.
The Charlotte Observer notes the
presence in that city of Capt M. l..
Jones, of Thomasville. T. L. Caudla,
of WadeSboro, and Donald, FITZGERALD
of New York, for the purpose of MAX
ing the final arrangements for financ-
ing the road from ThomaSville and
High Point to Wadesboro. Capt. Jones
is quoted as saying:
I'VE will build our line from High
Point to Thomasville, two of the most
enterprising cities in the State. From
Thomasville, the road will run along
the Narrows of the Yadkin, crossing
the Pee Dee near Ansonville, and then
on to Wadesboro, where we connect
with the Atlantic Coast Line for
Charleston and the soaboard-the
most advantageous route in the coun-
try, by the way. The company that
has the work in charge is known as
the Carolina & Pee Dee Railroad IL
Developing Company, with a capital
stock of 100000. High Point and
Townsville have already agreed to
subscribe $4,000 each to the enter
prise, and l can tell you right here
that we are not to be troubled with
any financial difficulty. A New York
trust company has agreed to take the
entire bond issue covering the pro-
posed railway, and we are meeting
here tonight for the purpose of ar
ranging all details"
If the Fries road (the Southbound)
goes from Lexington to Rockingham.
all that section Will be wonderfully
developed.