The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-11-01
Extension Of the Raleigh d
Southport and What it May
Mean.

"There has been no more I'M
portant railway development al
fecting Raleigh than the e1tep-
sion of the Raleigh and South
nort from Fayetteville to Hope
Mills, a distance Of four miles.
Although this is good news to
Hope Mills, it is Of great impor-
lance to Raleigh and Fayette-
Vile. on the one hand and to
Lumberton, Marion, S. c., and
Georgetown on the other. At
Hone Mills theRaleigh andSouth-
port will connect with the At
iantic Coast Line, the Aberdeen
and Rockhsh, and the Virg MIA
& Carolina Southern.
president John A. Mills has
made arrangements for survey.
ing a route for the extension OF
his road to Hope Mills, and 1t is
expected the work will be COM
menced at an early date.
"The principal connection the
Raleigh and Southport will make
at Hope Mills is with the Virgin
MIA and Carolina Southern, ope-
rating between Hope Mills ard
Lumberton, and this road in turn
connects with the Raleigh and
Charleston, which runs between
Lumbertc n and Marion, S. c.
This will give Raleigh a Inc dl-
rectly to Marion, S. c., the Sea-
board describing an acute angle,
the apex of which is Hamlet, Ma
rion and Raleigh terminating the
lines of the angle. The new con-
nection will present a consider
able saving in distance.
THE ultimate advantage OF
the Improvement will be an air
line from Raleigh to the harbors
O. Georgetown, S. c., and Char
ston,S. G. Georgetown is be-
; g developed as a seaport, new
4allroad enterprises being inter-
ested in it's development. Besides
a new railroad that will give the
Lumberton territory an excellent
connection with Georgetown,
which is being built from the lat
ter place, a line is now in course
of construction from Gibson, n.
c., to billions. c., the road hav-
ing already been completed from
Gibson to Clio, S. C. At Dillon it
will be within a few miles from
Marion, not exceeding 20, which
will connect with the Seaboard
and the Virginia and Carolina
Southern, this being the North
South Carolina Railroad. Mr.W.
r. Bonsal, the railroad promoter
who is building the new road, has
leased from the Seaboard All
Line the branch line fromHamlet
to Dillon, which will give a new
and much shorter route from
Hamlet to Marion.
1t was stated yesterday by {
gentlemen who has had long ex
perience with railroads that it il
more than probable that the Nor
folk and Southern is back of Mr.
Mills in extending his line from
Fayetteville to Hope Mills, anc
is supporting Mr.. Bonsal in con
structing the line from Gibson tx
Dillon, with the intent of taking
the complete lines from Raleigh
to Marion and from Hamlet tt
Dillon. Raleigh is the nearest
point to Marion on the entire sys.
TEN of the Norfolk and South.
ern.
Another we'll informed gen.
tleman suggested that Messrs
Armfeld, Mclean and Blue, who
built the line from Hope Mills tt
Lumberton, were interested with
Mr.. Mills in his extension of the
Raleigh and Southport. The rail.
road officials decline to talk.
"A gentleman predicted yes,
terday that within a few weeks
7ftor the completion of the Raj.
and Southport extension t.
)e Mill, arrangements will be
fected whereby a through
p,.5senger train will leave Raj
eigh every morning and rur
through Fayetteville and Lum
berton to Marion, S. c. Thi!
train, he stated, will be of grea
value to this city and to all tn
territory between Raleigh AM
Marion. 1t is a fine section an,
this development will make
rich. At present, if a man wish
es to go to Marion from Raleigl
through Fayetteville he has to 6
on three different systems. chang