Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-12-14

The recent incorporation of the
south and Western Railroad for the
Icompletion of it's line across this
state and the rapid construction OF
The road through Mitchell county
las revealed a railroad plan which
Jay work a revolution in the manu-
featuring and shipping interests OF
five States and make Southport the
tgreatest coaling station on the South
Atlantic coast. ~@.z- -
The contamination of the present
Iplans indicates an independent line
from the Kentucky border, with
easy northWard connection with the
favorable facilities there for export to
Europe, South America and the
West Indies, not to mention the OPP
I%portunities for traffic to the Pacific
lcoast and the Orient, which the COM
tpletIon of the Panama Canal will in
ivite.
The road has bean completed for
:seventy-four miles and runs south
from Johnston City, Tenn, through
the counties of Mitchell, Yancy and
Mcdowell, III Tins Stale. The en-
pl3ymen, Ut 3,2UU hands, the ,ab5r-
ier5 receiving Si.oO a uay, shows the
apidt.y With which the grad ng ol
What PROMISES 10 be a link between
Vie Great Lake, the coal field and a
.orDn.nal Coast Is being pushed.
rne Manufactul els Record of No
yemOer 80 last, deVotes TWO columns
W a description Of the wonderful
work Of building this road through
three states. The engineering is, on
L portion Of the route, as remarkable
perhaps as any east of the Missis-
lsippi.
The act has been ascertained that
parties il terestt d in this road have
acquired the greater part of the
water fronting OF the Southport har-
oor. Enc. dragged 10y The digging o.
the Panama Canal and Tie s utherI
industrial deve. olIneut these per
lsons, it is evident, contemplate the
learly establishment OF coal export
ling piers at Southport and will make
THAT modest town a formidable rival
tof Norfolk and Lambert's Point.
Occupied with securing this frontage
lat Southport is the news that the
projectors IF this road have acquired
salmost the entire Southwest Virgins
.ua. n>l >, .u.o WnicA tIe lac 10 ue
t1g pushed AZ rapidly as posslbie
This important railroad, destiRed /.
tet d vessels with coal a: SOuthp:r
aad supply the North Ca,olinA fac
tories and mills with fuel, will, it i.
laid, be built and operated indepen'
do ntly of any other railroad as it has
strong Seaboard Air Llne domino
ion.
The strong forte Of this new line
n the opinion of those who have
,tujied the construction of the Soutt
aud Western, is its proximity to the
Ioituminous coal fields OF Virginia
thus cheapening, il is expected, th'
cost of transportation to manufac
turing points in the "Oid Norti
state" Toe cost of coal is nov
Wat.hed as closely by manufacturer
- the price of cotton is by mill men
The building of the South ant
Western through a territory nov
without railroad facilities, where tn,
population is dependent upon tn
rural mail carrier and the wagol
tram, is expected to worka wonder
Iful change In a number of western
counties. The plan adopted con
templates, according to reports from
hat section, the development of sey
leral North Carolina points by th
methods similar to those employee
oy some of the great western raj
Iroads in bringing immigrants an
fostering stock raising and agricui
lure.
The line, when completed on tn
Ipresent plan, means a strong CON
lpetItor for the railroad traffic froI
kentucky. to the North .Carolin
coast.