The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-21
Friday, April II, 1905
MORE; ABOUT THE SOUTH-BOUND

OuuCT Tie hcduIu6 iDlpOiL dAC q
way Project" The Retail Merchant
and Manufacturer, of Winston, refers
to the proposed railroad from that city
to some point on the Seaboard Ali
Line between Charlotte and Whining
ton. In what il says about the teik
of a great trunk line from Columbus,
Ohio, it puts new light on the propo-
sition. If this is the plan then SHOULD
the people of our state make greater
efforts to have the southern terminals
located on the Cape Fear. That paper
says:
An important railway project is the
Winston-Salem S~outhbound- 1t is
proposed 20 build this oad from
W~inst1n-Saiem via either High Point.
ThomasVille or Lexington to either
Hamlet. Rockingham or W~adesboro.
At one terminus there would be con-
nection with the southern and Nor
folk and Western systems-at the
other. connection with the Atlantic
Coast Line and the Seahoard Air
Line.
That is not all. 1t is broadly limited
that the road would become a link i'll
IL SItdL III III Al'iA bt''
ohio. to Charleston S. c. It would
be. besides. q direct route from the
coal fields Of Virginia to the NAM
moth ava station thar he federal
government is establishing at the
cost of many million dollars at South
Cardinals chief SEAPORT.
This Southbound read has awak-
ened liveIX interest from M end Of
the contemplated line to the other
and all of the W it is likely to
touch have expressed themselves will
ing IL subscribe literally to the stock.
It will be necessary for them to raise
$500. 900.
1t is understood hat northern cap
italists are behind the proposed road.
Colonel E. III. Fries. president of the
Wachoyia Loan and Trus Company.
is at the North Carolina head of the
movement. and he a v hat the road
will certainly be built il the conditions
are complied with. The length Of the
Southbound road would be about II
hundred miles
We are glad TO see that Governor
Glenn has come to the aid of the peo-
pie Of Wilmington and Southport in
their efforts to secure the location OF
the coaling station at the latter place.
His assistance will be valuable to them
and he seems TO be greatly interested
in the efforts to secure this advantage
for our state.
This movement should not be looked
upon as local. IL is not for the bene-
fit of Southport and Wilmington alone,
but should be made a state matter. All
our peOple should take a hand in the
endeavor to make this a North Caro-
lima road, thereby establishing in our
seaport at the mouth of the Cape Fear
river the most important maritime Sta
ton on the South Atlantic coast. The
location of the coaling station there
would be a great thing for the state.
The people of those counties aud
townships through which it is propos-
ed to build the road and who vote SUBJ
scriptions to it's stock should interest
themselves in having the southern te:-
minus located at Southport. They nat
urally would have much influence in
this matter.
Southport should have all this back
ing in addition tt the fact that she
offers better location and far great
er advantages than any other South
Atlantic port. With the governor, the
people and the press of the state with
her it looks like she should succeed.