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- '""v ' Trf' -w r: :'-'x J'':tmB CHlMfESlLY OBSERVES; WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1909 4.-" f.f 10 FINEST TO EVER 0 Y-.-V V.V-J a' .' t ' t S S Ill " ' ' I ' :FQF0l HE EY m On the Observer-Chronicle Special 3 , days' trip 's will be made in all the luxury pos- ' sible on a railroad train. Railroad iWre (574 miles) Standard Pullman (3 days) All for Dining carmeals (entire trip) DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY $16 THK SCENIC ROCTE. W. D. Adams writes of the'C, C. & O Road as follows: The road from Boatic north to Ma rirm. while relatively hnyj, is a nothing compared to whaiuhf line from Marlon to Alia Pas discloses. For quite a distance along the way, the new road Is paralleled by the ex tension of the Southern from Roth erfordton to Marlon. which serves for no other purpose than to display the difference between the construction methods of a quarter of a century ago and those to-day. The main line of the Southern stretching from Salisbury to Ashevllle Is crossed about two miles east of Marlon, the town itself not being Included for the reas r n alleged that no satisfactory right of way uwp procurable. The scenic, part of the route Is from MHrjdn to Johnson City. A few n. lies north of Marlon Is the big bridge over the Catawba. 106 feet in height and over 90 feet long and containing more than 800 tons of steel. The view from this point up and down the valley Is nne long to be remembered. After leaving the river proper, the valley Is followed for quite a distance, the character of the country getting more and more rug ged and the cuts and fills mor. and more precipitous. As the head of the valley ia skirted, the view to the left of the Blacks, sentineled by Mount Mitchell and the other lofty peak, Is ss grand and beautiful as Is to be found on the continent. I.invllle station, one of the many undeveloped town sites along the way. offers a splendid view of the entire range. And just six miles distant is I.invllle j river, one of the finest trout Ashing ftr;nis In western North Carolina ' The other Htrcams in this general 'section are w.ell stocked. Llnvtlle j Falls, on the I.invllle river. Is one of the beauty spots of the State.' From I.invllle up to Alta Pass, the summit ! of the range. thre are tunnels after i tunnels, three tn succession interpos ing at one point In such direct line I that one ran clearly see through all I at one time. The gTade is 1.2 com i lenK8ted although the ascent Is something like 1.300 feet. In the development this line turns upon it self unite pronouncedly at five points , From one of the deep fills as the 1 road winds nbout the mountain, th 'whole vulley of the Catawba. with the encircling chains of mountains. Is clearly visible Thlis has been designated observation point Earn the op rce The Observer Co. desires to make it possible for as many as; care to take this elegant trip free and offers these propositions in connection with the circulation of its publications. , , . For each 13paid in advance, new yearly subscriptiossto The Evening Chronicle one free trip. . For each 8 paid in advance new yearly subscriptions to The Daily Observer one free trip. For each 64 paid in advance new yearly subscriptions to The Semi -Weekly Observer, one free trip. You Can't Lose Even if you don't secure the required amount for a Free Trip, you will re ceive credit for the amount you do turn in, and can take this trip by paying the difference in cash. Example, One-half the required number of new subscriptions and $8.00 will entitle you to the t rip. Subscription Prices; The Evening Chronicle per year $5.00; 6 months $2.50; 3 months. $1.25. The Daily Observer per year $8.00; 6 months $4.00 3 months $2.00. The Semi-Weekly Observer per year $1.00; 6 months 50c; 3 months 25e. Four quarterly or two six months' subscription count as one yearly. No limit as to territory in which to earn this free trip. reservations for this trip should be made at once. Tickets Good 10 Days Tickets will be good to stop off at any point on the line. Several ideal places to spend a week's vacation along the route. Reservations for our Excursion are being made very fast. Don't delav mak ing arrangements for this trip. For Further information address J AS. KER, JR., C. P. Charlotte X. C, or A., S. A. L. Rail wav, THE, OBSERVE OBSERVER BUILDING, - R COMPANY - - - CHARLOTTE, N. C, ui in J .A OYER ( LIM HFIKLll ROM) THK 1.I,( K I KSION. a Tito Clioii "M mill Mot Srlei t ! nr xlon tier r i-nucl in the South n- He tin- Our Wlilrh I'lir Olirrvor Wilf Kun ''t Month From Char lotte to Danto. .. ami Return Oxer the I 'r-l iinird ( lln lilii'lil Road SonuMliin;; or tlx- Sights Along the Way Many lterva riuiD. Coming In F:rry tllillK Ht Hand on Hip Cars. The Pullman palaio our excursion which The observer in to operate July 15, 16 and 17. over the recently completed and fur-famed Carolina. Clinchfield Ohio Hallway system through western North Carolina, east Tennessee and southwest Virginia, traversing the (rrandest and most spectacular regions of the Appalach ian mountain rani?ea. promises to he one of the i hnU est and most dellht lnl tr''ps of the kind ever oitered In the South. The train, which will he made up exclusively of Cullman toaches. to which a diner will le at tached. tm?rchy Insuring not only the greatest comfort and esse of travel but every modern convenient e in point of service and fare, will leave Charlotte Thursday tn rnms'. July IS. 8t 10:25 o'clock. After making tbe trip over the Seatioarri to Hostlr, the special will he run in on the Clinch field tracks and the trip through the foothills to SSarlun will he made. After leavinn Marion, the new line crosses the Catawha and hreaks di rectly into th very heart nf the mountain '. The journev from Marion to Alta Pass, Rpruoe IVc. m-niw the Blue Ridge, and down the Toe river, through the Nolichueky canon to I'naka Springs, Erwln and Johnson City, Tenn., Is one of the most elegant In America. And the trip from John non City to Dante, the present term inus of the new road, is equally as beautiful from a scenic point ofview though not so stupendous. During the latter part of the way, the roud winds through the pleasant valleys of the Clinch and Holston rivers, turn ing In and out, piercing mountain npiirs here and crossing fertile valleys there, the adjacent country being just rugged enough to afford the most de llghtf ul.t hanges of scenery. The eye never tires for the sky line Is con stantly changing and new and fresh scenes pass into view all the time. HEPH ESfc'.NT AT I V K CROWD GO ING. The unparalleled opportunities' of fered by this trip have appealed to numbers of the most representative people In Charlotte and throughout the Slate for The Observer Company has been receiving reservations daily from all sections of the Ktate ever since the flrHt announcement was made. These have com.- from eltlex as remote on the south as Charles ton. S. C., and from Hurllngton on the north. Others have been received from Inter ening town. enough to iUgtify the l.eltef that the ex cursion will ot only be the mon select in personnel and the most delightful and comfortable In operation hut the largest as well As has hern previously announced, the trip will last three days, and all those purchasing tickets will have reservations not only on the sleepers hut on the diner as well and the price of the ticket, which is J16. covers all details. This is an average of 5 per day for a trip which under ordinary circumstances, operated as this one will be, would cost fully twice as much. The railroad fare alona to Dante and return is more Ihnn the price of this ticket. Over and above everything else connected with this Pullman palace car excursion, the outstanding feat ure, and the thing that 4kill lemiin in tho memories of all those who go on it for all time to come. Is the marvel of engineering design and construction of the road itself. In the opinion of the !est-poated erperts, this road is the most carefully built line east of the Uoeky mountains, costing as it did more than J4(),000, 000 from Dante. Va., to Btistlc, this State. Something of the scenic bounties of the road can be gotten from the fol lowing special article which appeared In The Observer ahout two months ago: KEATl'RKS OF THE NEW ROAD. The new road presents so many interesting features that the whole story can hardly be comprehended in one brief artMe. It is a difficult mat ter to determine just w hat particular feature merits first place. To lovers of the beautiful and grand in scen ery, it will appeal more so than any other roud on this side of the Rock ies. A new and heretofore untra vers ed territory has been opened up, one that eclipses by long odd anything tn the neighborhood of Ashevllle. Sa luda. Round Knob nr Way nesville and far In advance of anything on the Chesapeake & Ohio along the Kana wha in West Virginia. Words are Inadequate to describe the Imposing majesty of the towering peaks of the Black mountain, which are so over- m 4. . - 3? s V t v w I- H. , n vii 1 4 . , . ,.,,,.f...:,f - u -jK.X. ui Vfaidact a th C C A- O. IUIrwv o Copper Creek. Scot! County, Vy. Jlu i. I4 iikK otgu whelmingly visible for a distance of more than 15 miles as the new line half-way encircles the Catawba val ley. .Mount Mitchell, the highest peak east of the Rockies, stands out in all its majestic dignity and so also a score of other lofty peaks which ' onstitute the Black mountain range. f broad arm! fertile vnlleys. of foam ing, tumbling streams and of skv vvai d-reiiM-hlng mountains tlieie ure hundreds, one followirtg the other in rapid succession from Marion to Johnson City to Dan'e. Va. SOMETHING OF THE ROAD IT SELF'. Surpassing in grandeur even Ihe scenery, God's handiwork, If such a thing be possible, is the road Itself regarded Mom the engineering point of view. (in the lipe between Dante and Spartanburg, S. C. are ".r tun nels, the aggregate length of which is six miles, and in a distance of 1 i miles of the 0 south of Alta Pass, in which space the road drops 1.330 feet, with a compensated grade of 1.2 per cent., there are IS tunnels or varying length up to 2,1 SO feet The alignment of the road winds In ano out among the mountains, crossing great ravines here and piercing moun tain spurs there, never deviating from a specified cou:se and constructed ab solutely regardless pf cost. For In stance, just south of the gr't Blue Ridge tunnel at Alta P the high est point of the line. ii.t2S feet, the road as built covers a distam e of sev en miles and returns again to a point less than a quarter of n mile from the starring point. At another place on this bend the direct distance be tween two points is but ,182 feet, whereas the distance by rail Is more than two miles. The road is Intended prlmarllv for I coal carrying purposes and although It penetrates districts heretofore con- ! sidtred inaccessible, the maximum grade has been maintained at one haif of one per cent. compensated against southbound traffic. In order to maintain this grade, many excava tions and an equal number of fills were necessary. One cut, that near Johnson City, is 3.S00 feet long with a maximum depth of 85 feet, from which 500.000 cubic yards of mater ial was removed. A number of fills more than 100 feet in height were also necessary. ' In this connection, as illustrating the ingenuity of the locating engin eers, the story Is told of a smort pro moter who acquired large holdings of real estate in Moccasin Oa.p, a natural pass to the north of Clinch moun tain, the barrier to the Clinchfield district, through which it was believ ed the new road would have to go. By this route the road would paral lel the Virginia A Southwestern for some distance. From careful Inves tigation. It was decided to take a short route through the mountain, much to the detriment of the schem ing promoter, who was lying In wait for the railroad company expecting the nest-egg of a fortune by sale of right of way on the basis of city lot price. By means of a tunnel, which, while it cost something like a million HAtt.M MS ... A I - tl . V. . . Tra eetci ai iiinn, i , i r cum - fpany sidestepped him and escaped. The guiding principle of those in charge of the new road has been to reduce grades and cut distances and by sparing neither time nor money, construct a system the future main tenance of which ths expense would be very little. A SPLENDID ROAD.. The track all along the way baa been ballasted with crushed stone and kIu r frnm ftirnarH mrA Va iX Si-pound cls, America Society 'it " . jr. " c .i ,',J 'W fc" -0 General view of Pumpkin Patch Mountain, near Toecone, JV. C.,,jhmingJmrvM400teAeW''ht what he hit was the rooj' level, and J.20O feet above Um river. (On the route ol The Observer's Big Excursion . . . .... ... . .. 1 .. .v. .....tr tn lat " j locomotive is now at the shops ror stae t wwi. the new road but difficulty Is being had in getting It home, owing to the refusal of cohn?ctlng roads to give It passage over their lines. The opera tion of trains over the new system Js enflrely by telephone, this service be ing in accord with the latest and most approved methods of railway opera tion. , . section, in J3 feet lengths. The width of the roadbed 'on banks is 18 feet; in rock cut. JO feet apd In earth cuts 22 feet, including ditches In many places where extra material was needed for filling, the adjacent cuts were excavated to a still greater width In preference to taking the material from borrow pits nearby. This plan has not only provided more generous room for the roadbed and ditches but will greatly reduce the expense of building second tracks er sidings. All. passing srdings have the very centre of the coal district. A number of openings have already been made. Mr. John C. Winder, president of the corporation, a North Carolinian and well known in Char lotte, who now makes his headquar ters in Roanoke. Va., will be located for the greater part if his time at Dante after Julv. THE EQUIPMENT COSTLY. ' v At nearly ail points along the line there is evidence of studied location and careful engineering, particularly along the cliffs of the Clinch river and at Starne's bend, wiiere the new line gradually gains an elevation over the old location in order to strike high up into Clinch mountain. The bridges are all of the heaviest steel with strongest concrete abutments. The equipment consists of engines of the latest and most approved types, 100-ton passenger iocomotives, 15- rton consolidation locomotives, and the Mallet type of locomotives weigh ing 182 tons. The coal cars are of steel throughout with a capacity of SO tons each. One of the sights along the way from BestSc to Marion Is a string of. these cars more than a' mile and a half in length. Fifteen hundred more hre been - ordered, tneir cost approximating il.IQQ each. Some of the people tha. .n't shoot much 1"','r .h, SEASIDE SHOOTING GALLERIES. Customers Who Handle the Target Rifles With Skill. New York Sun. '' R might seem that a man wouldn't get rich very fast running a shooting gallery at three shots for a niekle, and he wouldn't If the rent waa too high, and still he might make eome thing atit. . The mtle rifles are eaKy. to "handle and it's fun to shoot them, The maga zine holds fifteen cartridges, and many a shooter when lie once gets started hoots the whole fifteen, and that costs him a quarter,- and sometimes a man will stand up' and fire away may bA four magaslnefula one after. the other, Vlxty shots, for which he paya SI; and custometi Hka that help along, but every nickel counts. ' -ti y Some men can shoot and some can't One man will step up here and plug a target bullseye with shot after hot, keeping the gong sounding like the striking of a clock, while - the., man alongside of him will fire sway time after time and never hit a thing, like the man you've heard about that couldn't hit the side of a barn even if he was standing on the Inside.-Hy " -t You - ask. How . about that ; If-.' lis was standing In the barn ; wett Se fired bow could he fail -to hit some can i but they like to shoo: anything or not. am. r " id ' e if ho a. an elenhant one think thej''re having f what they are seeklrg - s ,v and whether the shon.e. . ; get or not every shat gallery man. . . Houston Post. "The law can man for. acting " ; ,. i.,n brother. He woulo ( worthy, of the name ' he , had acten oin.- ,nherfnt do i'1 A TTnholdlng thus the :r of brother to protect - t .he thirty court ordered the n,;fl si tUlO Casteiiacw, - ml t .t s.vero Alcorte y , isnow under bond nr. ;-A. Casieiian :M c' J- rock quarryonthJ Stopped l Philde!phU Becorfi. . onrres"" . . Kar w " - kHhery case an" ., veu r '.u.tnBt witness- ' ... h, a ance f wlf ever refused bribe That II' trt-JJf Vft. but inafn Za mho. Later on ,n. rL? he dismr. h, r . - mnan. Beca"- a L a teU m .n. r.1 brib nun . - " i - ' -w - - - " T T - mmm,m TtsV v II. " SSVW .VSW MW , - '". w. J- IF
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