The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-01-20
ARTERET COUNTY, ,CAPELO0KOUT,
APROJECTED RAILROAD LINE
DIV the Three Figure In Situation Suggestive Of Ira
ton and Dreams Likewise Big With Promise of Won
derful Material Development in the Years to Come.

possibility for d. rest cure Of any
quarter Of the globe.
Now comes the other story. N
Progress is about to enter this i.
gion Of centuries Of quiet dreams and
unbroken serenity.
Assaulted by Progress.
Progress is assaulting Beaufort
from three sides. From the north
comes the inland waterway, that
will provide a route from ROS-
ton to Wilmington without going
out in the ocean. How much that is
to effect transportation is a debat-
able question for the present, although
1T would seem that as the country de-
velOpS the water route will become a
medium Of ineStimahle value. not only
TO local transportation, but to long
distance coast traffic from North to
South.
On such a route Beaufort will be
great WaySide port
1t will be Of greater Importance
because the United States govern
nent has discovered what the Hugue-
n0ts found two centuries ago, that
| Cape Lookout, that peculiar point OF
| land putting out into the sea, en-
| braces one Of the best natural harbors
| on the Atlantic coast
1t is har3or easily entered, for
| 1t opens like a funnel from the south
west, and ship standing in will en-
! ter just like fluid poured in bottle
passes without effort into the bottle.
The United States government has
taken notice Of Cape Lookout, Con-
gfeSS has appropriated a, million and
a third dollars to improve the natural
! harbor. and it is understood that six
! million more will be added, to make
the harbor at Cape Lookout a great
harbor Of refuge. It is far enough
South that it escapes the dangerous
storms and currents that sweep Cape
turbulent corners Of the continent
Cape Lookout will not only be a safe
harbor for shipping Of all character
but 1t will be a harbor of refuge fol
anything caught of the Capes in the
season OF severe storms, and should
save many q vessel that might other
| wise be lost. It will become one Of
| coast.
u Cape Lookout and Coal.
II But 1t transpires that Cape Look
out is about to figure tn something
, more than merely the possibility o.
, affording a haven of refuge for ship.
; that are in danger.
For some time it has been appaIen
to men who have been watching thu
: progress Of the Panama Canal tha
2 North Carolina must sooner or late
, SEQ much development Of RAILROAD
: traffic to bring coal from the noun
tains down to the coast for shipmen
to Panama for the shipping that will
e need new supplies OF fuel on the wa,
to and from the old world. II Pan
e anna becomes the great water wa.
r that is anticipated, millions of ton
e OF coal must be there to supply tn
j, | ships. A vessel that comes from Eu
r rope to Panama must have fuel t
S proceed and it must have lot. Tha
coal must come from the Appalachia-
f most Of it must come to the coast be
: tween Philadelphia and Charleston
= The railroads that are now in opera
: ton are not sufficient to carry enoug1
coal to supply the probable demand
| and they are aware Of It.
s Already preparations have been o
|, foot to get ready for this traffic. Tn
!, | announcement Of the gathering up c
h loops Of short line, and the buitdin
q Of connections to join Charlotte an
e Charleston is one Of the results c
|. this need Of coal carriers between tn
t mountains and the sea.
= But one that is more likely TO IL
j. terest the people down this way
O the project that is on paper lookln
TO the construction Of road that Wi
O bring Norfolk and Western coal
e Cape Lookout, where it can be loaC
e ed in one Of the best harbors in tn
: world. on vessels that will not hay
to pass the stormy capes, and Whlc
II can reach the Panama Canal as cor
st veniently as any other coal port
e the United States.
G 1t will be noticed by a reference
r. the map that New Orleans. the on
n Gulf port likely to figure in the Par
d ANA coal trade, is practically as fa
5 from the canal as Cape Lookout {
IS WILMINGTON. Panama is almost o.
e south OF Cape Lookout. the Foyag
Il between the ports reqnirine a Slicf