The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-04-14

ries and washing plants III Inc thIteu
States. The capacity Of the plant as
drawn by the engineer Is Tor nffy cars
a day. and capital for this Is secure
II will be carried on by a man VINO
has sufficient capital TO back awning
that promises to be good and BRING
q fair return on the investment lie
is a New York a favoTabiy attract
ed 70 North Carolina, and MS coming
gives the State another helpful friend
at court.
An output Of fifty cars a day Is a
pretty good production. but the heid
has been carefully covered ana IL Is
figured on a conservative BASIS lhat
the prospect is as certain as any busi-
ness venture. To begin with the sea-
board Air Line is preparing 10 oaiiasl
its road. and get it in the most sub
sta condition. and his VIII mean
| an enormous quantity OF gravel from
the new quarry. Then the aboard
is trying every day to get started on
the improvement work or the double
| track the rest Of the way from HAM
| let TO Richmond. When tfat is started
| again it means a quantity OF sand ana
gravel that will hold a quarry down
| to business pretty steadily for a long
| time. The quarry about TO be opened
here on the Randolph and Cuplber-
land is about the only one aVailapie
for miles, and it covers nearly a
1 square Ilil6 Will IL SfotCi oCPCo4A
| the gravel being the broken down rock
from the quartzes Of an older forma-
ton, a rock so hard that 1t Will cut
glass almost as we'll as a diamond.
This is the way the McConnells are
going at the things along the road.
They are picking up the possibilities,
searching out the real resources,
going to headquarters to find out what
hose actually mean. Theth-
er they are practical, or whether they
are fancifuI, and when the value Of
anything is discovered these men go
to some Of their old New York, Chi
cage or Pittsburg acquaintance and
show what they have TO offer live
men with capital. If this combina-
ton does not win it is hard to guess
why.
Other Things In The Pot.
Other things are in the pot up here
around Mcconnell, but these are the
principal ones that are now taking
shape and giving promise of imme-
date big industries. Various mineral
deposits are found in the Deep River
valley, gold being among the number,
and not far from Mcconnell are old
mines that produced considerable gold
when the primitive methods. used be
fore California caught the eye of the
} world. served in this country.
For some years I ave heard talk
, Of gas issuing from the ground in
some place not far from here, blu,
t inquiry failed to locate the place. MY
T acquaintance with the oil and gas
fields Of the North and West would
incline me to think either is not very
: likely here. But the other mineral.
are beyond a doubt in great guam
t tity.
S It is not in the mineral develop
S ment alone that j.. R. Mcconnell, tn.
G | ind II ct rio ooapf ic inforoCfo1 II.
e has set for himself the task of build
e ing up a traffic for his fathers rail
road, and he does not intend to over
look any bets.
Settling Farmers On Line.
y One OF the practical projects, an,
J one that might be studied by othe
sections that want to progress, Is
land scheme, which has for its pur
. pose settling farmers along the linz
A large tract Of land has been bought
e 1t has been cut farms forty acres O
whereabouts. These lots will be sol
to settlers on long payments, an
equipment in the way of building
Will be provided or partial payment:
e The idea is to make it easy for en-
~ ergetlc armers to obtain a locatio
Is where they can have a farm that wi
Il do something for them, and the the
y DRY is that it is better to make lon
l. term payments for a mar so that h
> can pay Tor his place and make some
d thing of it than to ask him NOR
IMAM ne can meet and compel hir
to fail.
The o wants successful farm
TX ers. 1t is not in the business of sci
is ing land. 1t wants to obtain and cor
e, Vey TO farmers such land as they ca
is use and every effort is made to he]
the farmer, but none for the Ian
es s~peculator.
at and Cheap. Soil Fertile.
I'd Lands in the n~eighborhod are SIT
cheap, and the soil is of excellel
I'd quality. While the lower end OF II
er railroad is in the Sandhill country. L
OK here around Mcconnell the land
heavier clay, and entirely differer
p The surface is hitler, and the indie;
d tons are that when once the count,
IL ecomes better known it will attra
H. settlers, especially under the fave
o. able conditions Mr.. Mcconnell is e
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