The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-01-20

Cuba
But New Orleans is not a port that
can provide a great deal Of coal, as
the rail haul is long from the coal
fields to the port.
The river brings down a lot Of coal,
but it is available only at certain
times and that makes coal high in
New Orleans.
Cape Lookout is as convenient to
the coal fields of West Virginia as
nificent harbor 1t is below the dan
gerous Hatteras storms. 1t is as con-
yenient to the canal as any port
Cape Lookout and the Railroads
These conditions have been noted
least two interested railroads,
-f,. bly, they have been setting
tl4 etqf,, his direction for lon
ger L. ala as been suspected.
At least u IS be able to put coal
down at Cap lookout by the time
facilities are there for loading it on
ships. for only limited mileage is
necessary to make the Norfolk and
Western a leading coal hauling road
of North Carolina.
The Norfolk and Western is es-
sentially d coal road. 1t traverseS
the big coal fields Of Southern Ohio,
then comes over into West Virginia.
| following up the Big Sandy river
| through the enormously wealthy coat
| fields. and into the Pocahontas coal
| territory OF West Virginia, For all
intents and purposes the Norfolk and
! Western has on its lines all the Goa
| it can haul out in years.
| This road has a line from the coal
| fields to Durham. At Durham it
| suStainS friendly relations, if moth &
closer, with the Durham and South
| ern road. which reaches down to
Dunn. From Dunn an extension >of
iected to pass through Sampson, Le-
! noir and Jones counties to the sea at
| Beaufort, opening a vast undevel-
| open country on the way, and pene-
trating O. vast development tha,
needs an outlet. Right OF way to Mt
Olive in Wayne county and station
site there are already secured.
The people who are talking of this
project down here are people who are
usually we'll enough posted to be
good authority. and they seem te
take it as an assured fact that {
) road from Dunn to Beaufort is be
!, yond the possibility of doubt.
Extending Durham and Southern.
There is a plenty OF room for al
, extension Of the Durham and South
ern road from Dunn to the coast
Look at the big county of Sampson
, You can start down near IvanhOe
where the Coast Line road croSse
from Pender county. and you car
travel in a straight line fifty-fve miles
, without seeing a railroad, unless yo,
! count two or three little lunbc
roads built by the mills to haul OIL
: their logs CT lumber. From Dunn t.
: Beaufort is a hundred and twent,
miles as the crow flies and a roa.
5 built through there would cross tn
Coast Line at two points, the tw'
{ points about fifty or sixty miles apart
. \ n u nt, 1,o
7 a train ON the new road would hav
r to stop for a crossing unless it dug vi
I some lumber roads along the way
or these, however, there are several
I which will make important feeders
4 The engineer who goes down int
Y the projected line of the road fror
Dunn to Beaufort TO hunt out tn
g rience that will remind him Of
E trip into the heart Of Africa.
: We got to talking about hogs tn
Q other day and | brought up the Obi
t man who was telling some fellow u
n the State about the big hogs that ar
raised in Ohio. so big and fat the
) can hardly walk, when the razor
|. back breeder asked what in thunde
: a man would want of a hog tha
couldn't out run niger
S 'Outrun nigger and lick 4 bear,
the Carteret man insisted.
II perspective FOr Zach Neigh bOrhOOs
e Each neighborhood has it's ow
# angle Of perspective. The forests be
g tween Dunn and Beaufort are full
q game. Deer and bear are the inc
II dents. A Pamlico man told me
e could get license to catch oyste,
for twenty-five cents. land # you ju
l. catch them for yourself and not
Is sell. you don't need to pay the quar-
8 ter he added
IL II I had time I would put in a bi
o to Mr.. Duke to let me have a trans
l. when that line is located from Dun
le to Beaufort, and I would have
re small caliber rife and a fishing rc
n in the outfit, SO that when it com,
! time TO smoke up in the evening
n could go down Oh the bank and dal
with the fnny inhabitants of II
% water. or give the hog bear an exh
- bition Of SIookeless powder and bucl
l. shot.
'r They speak here Of the une1plor.
~ lands. No doubt there is much