The farmer and mechanic., 1915-04-13
Cana!ization of The Cape Fear
ForeshadoWs Huge De-
velopment
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every new change is seized upon by
men to their advantage. Capt. Jim
| Mcneil, who boasts that his mill was
here when Fayetteville was not, and
will be here when Fayetteville is a
memory says that last year he sold
about a hundred bushels Of seed
wheat to the farmers and this year
fifteen hundred bushels. and that 9TH
er seed dealers had a prOportiOnate
experience. This jolly miller is look
| ing for a trade at his mill that will
compel him to increase his capacity
to care for probably a hundred per
cent more wheat than he had last
year, and he predicts that from now
on the Cape Fear country will hold
it's grip as wheat country. The sud
den success of tobacco in the sandy
lands is we'll known. 1t would not
surprise those familiar with the Caro-
lima tobacco crop if the heart of the
bright belt should be centered closer
to Fayetteville in a short time. Things
Of this sort are coming up in the
neighborhood right along
Cape Fear a DeIiverer.
But that is not all. Back in the
is concerned. The back country is
served by railroads that carry freight
now from coast ports. But the five
big roads that carry freight in North
Carolina have lines to Norfolk, the
Virginia port, and they prefer to get
the long haul to Norfolk rather than
a short haul to a North Carolina port.
, They prefer the long haul to Rich
mond or Washington rather than the
short haul to any Carolina terminal
= There comes in again the rivalry be-
tween Carolina points and Virginia
n points, and the Cape Fear river is re-
4 garded in the country tributary te
: Fayetteville as a deliverer
/. Only one railroad comes to Fay.
etteville that does not touch at Other
n water points, and that is the Aber
S deem and Rockfish road. 1t is a small
y road, but the Fayetteville folks hope
n that it will be able to join with then
e in some way to be a part in the lin,
of freight that will be a water lin,
from the Atlantic seaboard to interior
sr North Carolina. Just what they hop
n for they do not know yet, and that i
s. what makes this section interesting a
s. the present minute. These peopl
:. realize that they are-getting a grea
&c instrument here, and that it is avail
ie able for use in conjunction with thei
s. great natural resources. They ar
I'd aware of the enormity OF what is i
Ae front Of them, and they are anxiou
a. to turn the entire combined opportu
" mites to the greatest use. But it
H. not surprising that in the face of S
= great question they are not pos
u, tive as to what is the proper step t
~ ~ take to realize on the assets.
- The entire interior of the Stat
-, northwest from Wilmington is askin
~ itself the same question Fayettevil
~ is about this water route. The who
~ region compreher is that here is
rs great possibility, but just how to e,
af iC
clear. That does not mean that tt
,r+ people will not make use of the ri,
er with all it means. Already Wi
AZ mington is working at one side of tt
N problem, and Wilmington is thrivir
ha through it's work. Wilmington
oh growing like six mon ns old bab
,u- Wilmington has ambitions. Wilmin
ere ton wants to be the port of entry +
ent all possible freight and the port
shipment for it's liberal share II
ISL Cape Fear river is an asset that w
ow mington recognizes, and as the ci
Wo grows more powerful to handle it's a
one sets it will put it's shoulder behind 4
.ins river and its trade. 1t will come mo
pt- than half way to meet Fayettevi
the and the upper country in making t
ana river a through line of traffic from
Ugh parts OF interior North Carolina to
in points on the Atlantic seaboard
Water Transportation Cheapest.
In spite of all the various hin
RANGES that are thrown in the way
res using navigable water for freight c.
,ute rying purposes water transportati
way is the cheapest yet known. A r;
the sheet from the New York Prod,
way Exchange shows a rate of six cents
cast wheat from Chicago to New York
ans lake and canal. eight cents by la
the and rail- and Il cents for all rail
wo- the same time the rate from Y
pio- York to Liverpool by water. a d
and tance three times as great as fr
rgin New York to Chicago was three a
pro- a half cents. I notice in the repo
rces OF the Merchants Exchanse Of
rade iLouis that the rate on wheat by