The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-26
AND WHERE To NEXT
The Norfolk Southern Rail-
roads Possible Route After
it Lands in Charlotte

lVoN ~ O0oiOIC 1OUlC AIlCI
it Lands in Charlotte
1t Is Not Believed, Says Report From
Washington, That Charlotte Will Be
The Western Terminus And There
Is Now Talk of "Where Next?"
What the Norfolk Southern Rail-
road proposes to do after it gets to
Charlotte is a question hat is now
being considered. A special sent out
from Washington, D.. c., on the matter
has much Of interest in it and Is as
follows:
The decision Of the Norfolk South
ern to build at once toward Charlotte,
With z view to making the Charlotte
connection at the earliest date posi-
Bile, has caused much speculation here.
That Charlotte will be the western
terminus Of the road no one con-
yersant with railroad affairs in North
Carolina believes. Two rumor are
in circulation here. One is to the
effect that the Norfolk Southern will
build south from Charlotte, but the
other says that it will extend two
lines from the Queen City, one north
west and the other southwest.
b going to Charlotte the Norfolk
southern crosses the Southern Rail-
way. Before reaching Charlotte it
crosses the Seaboard and the Atlantic
Coast Line. The fact that it is to be
in touch with the three main lines Of
the State makes it impossible, at this
time, railroad people say, to tell
whether or not it is working with
any OF the big a Of the South.
There is a suspicion that the Nor
folk Southern will connect with the
CEnchfield. Carolina and Ohio at some
point near Lincolnton.
When the company that now con-
trolls the Norfolk Southern first went
TO North Carolina and leased the At
iantlc and North Carolina road form
er Senator NelsonW Aldrich, Of
Rhode Island was one Of the directors.
he went to the State to look the road
over. Later he sold out his interest
and gave up his position.
Ever since the Norfolk Southern
purchased the Aberdeen and Asheboro,
the Raleigh and Southport and the
Durham and Charlotte roads, a story
to the effect that the Rockefeller in
1erests are behind the road has been
circulating in financial circles.
One of the great roads of the West,
~ AAShS ia LII L OSCl
sound, belongs to h Rockefeller.
group This road has done much to
build up North Dakota, South Da-
kota, Minnesota, Montana, Washing
ton and other Northwestern States
It's methods are very much like those
of the Norfolk Southern.
The Norfolk Southern works in
connection with the Tidewater road
running from Norfolk to Charleston
West Virginia. The Tidewater was
constructed at great cost by H. III
Rogers, one Of the Rockefeller men.
The Norfolk Southern, in addition
to owning $50 miles of road, all save
about 40 miles of which is in North
Carolina, Owns the lumber interests
formerly controlled by Roper &
Blades and more than a million acres
of land in eastern North Carolina
Very recently this road had a carload
Of Ohio farmers on their lands in the
Tar Heel State.
the Norfolk Southern is to be the
great east to west system in NORTH
Carolina. The other three big roads
the Southern, Seaboard and Atlantic
Coast Line. run north and south
For the first time said a mar
from eastern North Carolina today
the people of the State ar going to
be brought together by a railroad
We can trade at home now. T he cas-
will trade with the west and vice
versa
Years ago there was an effort t.
combine the North Carolina Railroad
and the Atlantic and North Caroline
and do just what the Norfolk Southern
may do.
THE two North Carolina director:
of the Norfolk Southern are e. G
Duncan Of Raleigh, and G. Z. Foy, o
New Bern"
The Province Hanover, Germany
has some 100 miles of country high
ways bordered with fruit trees, The