The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-01-07

Iaa- "a LeEaslSttIre IN 1883 fHeer-
Carolina Railroad COMPANY and
The North Carolina and Western
railroad Company" 10 which Cover
nor Morehead referred IS the con-
ssnrsaied extensions Of the .scrth
.a1oIlha hailread- immediately at
ter the passage of these acts. Gov
erner Reid ordered President More
head and the directors Of the North
carolina Railroad TO MAKE the a.ces-
sary surveys. In an open letter 10
the Greensboro Patriot Governor
Morehead said OF this order.
y desire 10 give his plsasin< in
Tiger 10 the friends Of these en-
terprises. through your valuAole pa
Per, with an assurance that the Work
Will De commenced at IS early a day
as practicable. Not = mo
ment IS 10 be lost. The deep. deep
regret is that thes. extensions ar.
not now in full progress Of construc-
ton. The giant strides Of improve
ment around US Should arouse is 20
action h ~ignorntncus and pusil-
luminous complaint that nature has
done 50 little for Us is q libel up.n
the Old dame Let Us see IL il IS not.
We have at the eastern
terminus Of one Of these ext~ns.un~
one OF the hnest harbors. at Beaufort.
Tor all commercial purposes. or n.
Whole AtlanU coast. And If the I'M
pioN mem a. the mouth OF the 4 ape.
rear snail succeed. as Il IS hoped they
VIII. We shall have another port sur
passed by few. II any. IN the South.
But IT may be asked. What
have we 70 require such a
port as Beaufort? Let the answer be.
n Of the world. Look al
the location Of tins port-placed AZ
the end OF the North Carolina coast.
which projects like Il ~promontory into
the Atlantic, midway and within sight.
Of h great line Of navigation be-
tween the North and the South. and
within thirty minutes sail OF tho
ocean. Nature made il for a n
place OF Commerce-thc half way
house TIVE the North and tho
SoHth-where steamers may get their
supplies of anthracite, emi-bi-Imla
Gus and bituminous coaI. al
But let US take a westward view OF
these extensions. The -oad %runnIn.i
from Beaufort along the Central Elil
road 1.-THE North Carolina Railroad I
and to the Tennessee lines and thence
along the lines already in progress Ell
construction TO Memphis viii not varx
one degree from a due west course.
Extend the same line westward and
| predict it will surely he Geneb ID
b city of San Francisco. which * ,0
become the treat emporium II tho
East India trade. and who can doubt
that the trade of the Mississippi val
ley, as wrli as that of the East lns:a.-
and CalEa, VIII crowd our port.
Under Morehead's SnpefNi sion. tho
work Oh both the Atlanuc and <orti.
Carolina Railroad and al the Nestcrn
North Carolina Railroad was in
augurated. on June Il. 1858. the
former was completed ard ready toi
trains from Goldsboro to Beaufor,
Htrbor. and 4 few months thereafter
found trains running ovcr the iaitc!.
to within fouf miles Of Morganton,
while the entire route 20 the Tonnes
see line had been surveyed ant part =
graded. In 1866 a bil. drawn in ~,
cOruance with the original plan was
introduced IN the Senate TO consolidate
these two roads and the North caro-
z n Railroad under the nare Of TIL.
: North Carolina Railroad Company
) Morehead now approaching the end Of
J his Ion and useful career. strong
: endorsed and supported this .eaS9re
: One Of his last public u~tteTanees wa:
i an appeal TO The stockholders OF th@
, North Carolina Railroad Company L
. throw their powerful infu.ncr -
: favor of tha ce~nsarEYnation Of ths
e great plans for which he bad .iver
the best service ~ his life. ATTIC,
. giving a brief resume Of the railroae
work done in the State, be said
/ Here let s. pause ms lake = s9t
vey Of what has been Gore in ~c~cf
years towards this great work From
Beaufort Earbor To GoldsboEo tho At
: lantic and North Carolina T.ailroas
Company have built n~inety-.iN miles
e From Goldsboro TO Charlotte Not
q fths North Carolina Railroad) hal
y built rs miles. FroIa Sal.sbllry I.
q within Sour miles OF Mc--anton ID.
Western Ncrth Carolina Railroad h.iv'
built seventy SIX miles of railroad
making in Phi 395 p,iier, Ircm which
I. deduct fOrty-th-ee miles from Sails
bury to Charlotte, and we have actual
y ~ buI1t Of this great line 3d. rnilfs
r in one eoniin = line. Think OF II
8 Seven years n Tire LIFETIME -
e State or nation. srvnI years ~ bsi
: az a moment in its c~>Gs;cnre- 1t woIl,
not cover the dc awning Of r. existence
e In the great Gay Of 4 nations i'm
pyovements. seven years waaid rot b
s the sunrise Of that day We har
) done this great w"fk in h Wright O
l. our great day OF iLte-nLl iMproTe
: Eaent-a DAY which .aWaesi SO helu
Z tifr,ly ,pon US. but which became On