The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-07-14

rail distribution
To be a port. and grow simply as a
port. a town must have railroads. SIX
roads enter Wilmington. OF these
the Coast Line from the north does
not vet figure kindly in busine for
the port Of Wilmington except for
local service. The fertilizer trade for
for Carolina points and the export
| trade from Carolina points that can
not be routed to another port entail
ing a longer haul. will pass through
Wilmington. The Coast Line is not
disposed to ,,ive up at Wilmington any
business that can be carried to Rich
mOnd or Norfolk on the north or to
| Savannah or Jacksonville on the
south. The SeabOard is equally averse
to bringing to Wilmington business
that>can be carried farther.
Future Coal Loading Port.
There is one possible exception, and
unless that should result in a division
of the freight to another port,
Charleston. for instance, it ought to
! make Wilmington an enormous coal
loading port. The Seaboard gets into
the West Virginia coal field, and it is
not going to be long until that road
will be taxed to it's limit by the coal
traffic that will come over it's line from
the coal mines to the coast. The
Seaboard should become one Of the
great coal hauling roads, and the port
at which it delivers it's coal W" be a
great port Of export. AS the coal
trade will be largely with the Panama
Canal, where ships will be obliged to
recoal both for trips through the canal
to the west and from h canal for
the voyage across the Atlantic, Will
mingtOn Golfers going to Panama
should pick up more or less Of cargo
for the return Oyage
More than a fourth Of the imports
- 49, 49, A.
countries of Latin America. Much
Of the business that comes from the
south could stop at Wilmington if it
were not that the tariff follows the
banking centers, and goes to the
points where foreign exchange is
easiest and distribution best facili-
| tates. Wilmington is therefore not
general ommerce. Which is a good
5 thing for the State Of North Caro-
1 lima. for it puts Wilmington in the
position Of a city that must depend
4 for it's prosperity on the prosperity Of
e it's own territory. In other words
e Wilmington is the port Of North Caro-
lima. along with what general bust
ness it can pick up. and h more
S North Carolina thriveS the more Will
e mington grows and tfrives. So We
: all grab hold together.
WiimingtOn's Progressive Newspapers
- ldo q ody dI1SdI
e Of it. This is manifest in severa-
t ways. The most significant sign il
the newspapers. l don know which
Y is cause and which is effect, whethel
the town is responsible for the news
h paper or the newspaper for the town
: but whether the hen was first or tn
egg o find it nowadays that wher,
the n is the other is. and that i
the way with towns and papers. 1
paper with a thinker behind it woul,
~ make a thrifty spot on the SUNNI
u of Mount Mitchell. or in the tangles o
n the coast swamps. I did not get owe
Is to the Dispatch office. 1t was no
m necessary. | fell in with Jas. H. Cow
~ an enough to know that the Dis
r. patch is certain to do a mans job i
IS tanglinS Wilmington in the hurdl
race North Carolina Is making tower
I'd a higher Industrial plane. Cowan
er driving a four-horse team. and nc
Ill a one Of them makes a false step O
IN gets out Of the track.
LII was in at the Star office. Trimme
On to a thickness of tissue paper fror
the front door to the stereotype room
en- not an ounce of dead load. everythin
e. labor saving and new. the Star is f
for the job that is in front of it. Ther
Sc is a neat outfit. BuSine ss comes
I'd the front door, nj it goes just tn
right number Of inches when it
II. caught BY the business Office, which
geared to no lost motion. The ed
1t torial geography puts disdom alor
he side automatic tubes and elevator
a and a bit OF news goes from tt
~brainery to the typesetting machin
Is and right along the line to the max
lal up tables, the stereotyping room. Il
tie press and the people. Everythir
new, and everything built on tn
nts old geometrical definition of a lii
ca which is the shortest distance b
IN tween two points. With the outfit a
lg- heads to match the equipment.
Wilmington. by nature. is a han
ties some old place Within the last fe
IN years the people rave been studyi
the the high sign, and the prevailing al
bition is aestheticism. 1t does O
m soul good to wheel over the fine M
Of streets, that run all over the city a
stick out INTO the unit for mil
lief in all direction. becoming h come
for tons Of New Hanover county's moe
'ac- road system. Warner. from Lexiu