The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-10-26
Spring Hope RoxboTo Road.
ink Between A. c. L. and N. 4
W. Railroads.
Company chartered-Proposed to Ex'
tend from Spring Hope to the Nor
folk and Western-ls This Part OF
Plan for Coaling Station Near Beau.


The Raleigh Post Of Tuesday says
this in connection with the incorpor-
alton of the North Carolina Connect
ing Railway Company, particulars
of which are published elsewhere in
the GOLD LEAF this week:
An important railroad company was
incorporated yesterday and from the
route defined it promises to be part OF
the great plan under way for the deyel-
opment of Eastexn Carolina and will fur
nish the Atlantic Coast Line with direct
connection through this State with the
big coal fields os West Virginia.
In connection with the Incorporation
of this company there lies an interesting
story About twenty years ago the Coast
main line. to Spring Hope, in Nash cOun-
ty, and the general expectation was that
it would be extended on to Raleigh. How
ever, it stopped in the woods, hardly 20
miles from the North Carolina capital,
and there made Spring Hope its termi-
nal A scheme for bonds to be issued in
this county for the completion OF the line
here fell through and the popular suppO-
sition ever since has been that the old
Raleigh and CASTOR Railroad. the parent
of the present Seaboard Air Line, reach
ed an agreement with the Coast Line
whereby the latter was not to enter Raj
eigh in consideration of the use OF the
formers bridge over Roanoke river at
Weldon. This state of affairs has con-
tinued until the present time, the Coast
Line still having Spring Hope as it's
terminal. But the completion OF the
Raleigh and PamlicO Sound Railroad
from here to Washington will pass
through Wilson and there tap the Coast
Line. 1t traverses too a portion OF the
same territory as would the extension OF
the Coast Line from Spring Hope here.
But it now appears that the Coast
Line may have different and far more i'm
portant plans for it's little line to Spring
Hope The North Carolina Connecting
Railway Company was incorporated
yesterday for the purpose OF building a
line from Spring Hope to Roxboro, a
point on the Norfolk and Western, line
that runs to the Virginia coal fields. In
building this connection the company
has the right to traverse the counties OF
| Nash Franklin, Halifax, Warren, Vance.
Granville and Person.
This company is to begin with 800 600
capital. to be increased to $45O,OOO,
which by majority vote of the stock
! holders may be increased to q larger sum.
| The incorporators are D. w. Gum, Roa-
noke, La; d. !! Nysewander and S. p.
| Douglas Of Loledo, Ohio; T. F. Whitlel-
sey, Mobile, Ala; W. H. Hood and r. H.
| Hood OF Henderson, N. G.. All the incor-
porators have $50 shares each except the
| Hoods who have $50 together.
| 1t is we'll known that one great syndi-
cate, backed by millions, is in possession
of the A. and n C. Railroad, from More
head to Goldsboro, and of the Norfolk
and Southern which is being extended go
as to make, with the little Pamlico, ORR
entail and Western, a line between Nor.
folk and New Bern. Does the building'ol
a connecting link between the Atlantic
Coast Line from Spring Hope to Roxborc
on the Norfolk and Western mean a
great coaling route via the Norfolk and
Western, the Atlantic Coast Line and
the Atlantic and North Carolina to build
up a great coaling station at Beaufort
or some point near there on the North
Carolina coast?