The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-06-11

amount heretofore in our whole his
tory appropriated for them That bill
~aprropfi3tes only about five million
dollars for entirely new projects and
North Carolina gets about one-aint1
of that mount.
II rejoice With you that by the pro-
visions Of this bill you truly fine har-
Dor is to be tho gateway to the sea OF
these great waters and inevitably OF
a large part Of the greet
which is sure TO be developed when
they are released from their personal
Imprisonment and deepened and eX-
tende and improved as their com
merce shall warrant and demand
What has been one in this behalf
by Congress is only the beginning. put
it is an auspicous beginning. It's Ger
tain fulfllment and full f~ruition vii.
connect YOU by a deep inland channel
with the chesapeake Bay and guaran-
tee to NORTH Carolina a great water
highway deep enough to loaf sea
worthy craft of ligAt draft. Ghe
cheapest of all agencies of Transport
tation mors than twenty-five hundred
miles in lsigth, every mile Of which
will be aH asset in the hands and
pockets of our people equal in value
to any mit6 OF railway nov under con
struction in the State-a highway
which will mot be capitalized-Which
Cannot be eApitalize1-whiCh viii not
be monopoli4ed- which connot be
monopo1tzed h. the ayarice or greed
of man. highway to ~
sea TO the south and to TIE sea to the
north. and there connecting With the
uncapitalized and unnonopol zed high
ways Of tho world who's thousand
tcrmini gt II the homes 0f our hals
Of mankind. and with tho completion
of the Panama Canal VIII 20 to the
homes Ct the other half When the
forty-five thousand dollars, appropti-
ated FOR that purpose at the first SOS
sion of the last COngrCSE. is expended
Vol harhor. the south entrance to this
great water highway viii have q dertl
Of ~ least twenty feet at lcN tide. a
GeItll we confidently expect II have in
creased 70 twenty TVc OF thirty feet
before tie five hundred and IF = thou
and dollars appropriated fcr connect
ing these sounds VITA your farb7r il.
fully eJporded.
"Ncrth Carolina has onl- two great
natural narhors. tfe one ut Beaufort
Norebead n the other at Southport
Wilmington. and in concluding this
branch Of ny subject. | want 70 saw
for myself and for the whole North
Carolina delegation in Congress t'lat
We are determined t. leave nothing I'M
dore 70 secure for both Of these lp'r-
bors and all their tributarv waters fair
and Just treatment by the government
For fftE years You have seen the
iron horse Of como lar Of
~ ~ t' - FF'E A - ~
SOUND and river which separates YOU
from the mainland and there halt ar4
turn back. Elsewhere along the Ill
yers sounds of Our Eastern section the
same thing has been happening
mountains Cid not stop him-he eth
or dug his way underneath them -
Nth q defant snort mounted - their
highest SUBMITS and pronCo1 down
the opposite side. still nc balked at
the waters edge Of thes" sounds IL
seemed that these broad sheets IF WI
ter ~interposed IN insuperdbie obsta~I"
to the construction Of north and south
lines of railway east of their western,
headlands, and that the people t. tn"
north and south Of these sounds mus:
forever he denied the benefits Of di-
rect connection bv rail ~ length.
that problem has been solved and ser.
tied. The iron horse Of commerce no
longer ha1tS at the Moreroad pier.
slacls his thirst. shifts the breeEes OF
the broad expanse before him anG
daSheS back from whence he cam"
hut bolGly raves tire tides and the
waves. and dry shod. deposits his bur
den at your door. Nor VIII he stou
with crossing the Bogue He viii
soon he dashing with feet foot across
the broader eXpanSe of the A~lben1arlC
between EdentOn and Nackey's Ferry.
"When We consider the costumes Of
this new departure in railroad con
Struction. ve are forced 70 the conClu
sion that YOU are justified in attaching
great importance to the bridging Of
these sounds by the Norfolk n
Southern Railroad a. indicating q
great railroad scheme, Influenced and
inspired by 20 nething greater than
the hope of profits from local business
or the desire toEfaCilitata and quicken
the movement If that business