The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-11
CONTRACT SIGNED
TO Bull D ROAD.
Northern Capitalists Give Bond
to Operate Line as Speedily
as Possible.
DATES SET FOR HEARINGS
Several Matters TO Come Before
Corporation Commission
Other Raleigh News.
!, Isgeslal to The Times pispateh. j

hI.El OpeCl2l 70 INC Times DiSSatEh.l
raleigh, ~. e., March l0.-rhcrc was
duly signed and scalcd to-day a con
tract between lnc Governor and Coun-
ell Of State and Gilbert IL. Gilbert of
New York, representing New York
capitalists. with Charles l., Alternately
as attorney for corporation that the
interests represented by dir Gilbert
Will form. to ;axo up tae work OF the
Equipment of the Aattamuskcet Rail-
road In HYDE county. and operate II as
speedilY rs possible. The people of
Washington uHd Beaufort and Hyde
counties arc TO meet certain conditions
as 10 terminals, rights and other mat,
ters that arc conceded to be generally.
acqulesced IN, so that tho early com
Fiction &C this Important Eastern Caro-
INA enterprise, In which the State has
invested heavily through convict labor
for the grading of tho road. is as
s,red. a cash bond of s5O.OOO was put
up to-day as a guarantee to the State
that the ruad Viii be equipped and
operated Iii good faith The road is
los miles long. and extends from
Washington around Lake Mattamus-
keet, and from Fairfeld to Burgess's
Mill. and Rosebay Assurances are
given that there is no rela ton OH The
part OF the interests that Mr. Gilbert
represents and any other railroad en-
tcrprise in North Carolina Tho fullest
r
Monday, June IL, is tho date set for
scssion OF the Corporation Commits
sion at f.eXington for tho purpose Of
hearing the matter OF requiring the
Southern Railway Company to con 4
struct an overpass for It's main line
there, It is a contest that has been OH
between. the citizens and the railroad
company for quite while.
On June l3 the commission will be
at Rutherfordton for the purpose of
looking into the matte rof requiring
the erection of a union station, There
will he a session al Saluda June Is TO
decide as to requiring the removal of
the present railroad station 10 a more
convenient location and the provision
OF additional side track facilities.
Chairman Mcneil and Commissioner
Lee most probably Will make this trip,
Commissioner Brown remaining in Ra-
leigh to take care of the routine bus
mess OF the commission.
VIII lie No Contest.
1t Is officially stated that all prob
ability of any contest involving the
recent championship ride range shoot
here by the teams from the three COM
panies of the North Carolina Guard
that made the highest score in the reg
mental shoots at Raleigh, Goldsboro
and Gastonia Is past There had been
exceptions to men shooting whose en-
listments had expired and not been re-
newed but It was found that this was
the case with all three OF the teams
that participated. 1t is the intention
of the officers to guard against this
condition. simple oversight on the part
of the company officers in keeping the
enlistment OF their men up to date. in
future by requiring the captains to
furnish to tho Adjutant-General list
of twenty men, from among whom the
team VIII be chosen. These Will he
eNamined as to the enlistment dates
and other conditions. The original
protests in the recent shots here In
volved the Asheviile and the Lumber
Bridge teams but IL was found that
the Raleigh team was also deficient
in this respect. So the Dupont trophy
cup that was won In the regimental
shoots BY the Raleigh company. and
generously put zip again 70 cham
pionshiP shoot here, Will go to tho
Lumber Bridge company.
Assistant Acknowledgement g. L.,
Jones has made a ruling for the De-
partment of Education as to the rev-r-
sion of property that has been con
demned for school purposes. and the
right OF the school authorities to deed
this property in fee simple top arties
Yves taken by condemnation. He holds
that good title can be given, for the
reason that the law provides that
whare condemnation has to he resorted
TO the school trustees get title in foe
simple, and any property 50 held can
be conveyed. This question has arisen
IN Gates county, but is one that may
develop in almost any part of the
State under the present activities in
consolidation and changes of school
districts.