The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-06-19
PRISON BOARD
NOT SATISFIED
Could See No Evidence That
TranScOntinental Meant
Business.
TO REMOVE THE CONNECTS

| North Carolina Prison Author
tiles 1t is Most Likely That the
Tennessee and North Carolina
Railroad VIII Soon Have a
Clear Road for Their Work
Through the Mountains.
AS the result of the visit of the North
Carolina prison directors. the convicsx
who for the past two years have been
at work above Waterville on the sur
vey of the Transcontinental railroad
are TO be Withdrawn at once, and put
to work on The roads of North Carolina.
The prison directories found no evil
dence LnaJ Col. Jones who is the head
of the Transcontinental railroad, in
tended TO push through road OF any
sort and inasmuch as the maintainanGe
of The convicts on this work was cost
ing the state of North Carolina fifty
dollars per day, it was the opinion of
the board that they should be moved
at once, and such an order will pro-
badly be forthcoming at the next regt.-
lar meeting of the board.
The party which came to Newport
for the trip up The Tennessee and
North Carolinaroad was composed Of
the following: Chairman H. B. Warner,
Directors N. +. Edgerion, T. Gillian,
II. NJ. Chatham and r. buckingham
as well as Superintendent }. ). Mann.
They arrived Wednesday morning on
on train No. 10l and went TO Wa,ervilie
by way OF the Tennessee and North
Carolina railroad. AT Hartford Mrs. j..
l. Clark handed a carefully prepared
lunch superintendent Parks of the
Tennessee and North Carolina road,
and the visitors were permitted TO eat
the first meal ever served on a Tennes-
see and North Carolina railroad diner,
even th,iHgh the trunks of some of the
travelling men did serve as tables, and
Superintendent Parks was the dining
car conductor as well as the head wait
err. The splendid coffee which was ser
we'd put all of the gentlemen in good
humor for the trip TO the mountains
although narrow foot log, made two
of the visitors show the white feather
and others of the party had 10 help
them over the waters OF the creek.
At Waterville The party was met by
Capt. Hoskins who has been in charge
of the convicts ever since they were
first brought into this section TO woYis.
He escorted the visitors over mile OF
trough country, to the camp, which Ire
party found located on a picturesque
spot, under the shadows of the famed
Black Hawk cliff. The camp was ideal
ly situated and was found to be IN
good condition, but on the way 10 IL,
there was no evidence that any work
had been done, other than the locating
of a trail. From the camp and extend
ing almost mile was good road bel
which had been established blythe
convicts. this being almost the totaa
effort of the two years labor infhe
mountains. They found that the hen
were working with tools, which were
almost useless and that 10 powder nor
dynamite was furnished and that tho
three men under the paw of Col. Jones
were due something like six months
salary, so it was alleged.
The party went up the work for q
half mile above the camp, and came
upon the convicls at work in deep
cut, with guards standing at each es:d
OF the work with their rifles over their
shoulders. 1t madea very picturesque
scene, but a look al the tools wnief,
the men were using WAS sufficient Ia
| tne nina OF The prison directors 10
fproye that there was nothing doing in
the work for the North Carolina safe
treasury, So they returned TO Water
vile where The train had been held fnr
them an hour and they left Newport
Wee esday night for Statesvile W hese
another camp will be inspected.
lnasmucl as the Tennessee aud
North Carolina people hate been cor
tending for long time that the Trsns-
continental Railroad was merely block
ing their work, il is presumed tina,
some word of action on the part of the
Tennessee and North Carolina road
will be received soon after The depart
IRE of the conyicts IL Is stated that
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