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' fllftt fllfM" IT'' HPS lltlffiffi - ; f ! "HO IIOBTHNO'BOUT 1 - 1 i. -h-ri-'t 69. ! Pit n i, - i i-. . '' ' ! 1 VOf. IV. M!; ""'j- r- . v- ASHEV i ' s -i ! ! u. i t. ! THE PIONEER. ALEbQWELI,, Jr., Editor and Proprietor. 4 The Western N. 01 Eailnjai t . vi- if .-irn' i';;r f.r; f WESTERN DIVISION. KZPOBT OF THE CHXKP XNGINSB. . This I retrograde O.eeoir 1 otlu(flftyiienarabe,)i.....:i...L..M 00 2 " ( numbrm,.. . i 00 i.0Jreekj nomberO .... 60 J h Crektto its Northern side. mpyement increases the distance and gives us. gronna ; upon f men xo resi pur; maximum grade, and farther,' enables us to occupy 8TDCXE0LSES7 KEETEfa ASD EIUmaASIZlXlOSr l road to be constructed at as early day r z prac- ucawe. ine same commiiLee yy: y JVufeK and JHrectora of the a road from near Riley Rays, up CrzsseyM 771 C-K-B-' Branch! I to intersect the road leadic 7. from VxamMKJr ' '!'!;: . cheaper ground,1 and thus gets us down into Warm Springs, Madison county, North Caro- By an amendment of the Charter ol the thValley of Scott's Creek' thence along the Hnat to Wolf Creek, Tennessee, and O have "Western North . Carolina Rail Road," this meanderings of that creek; crossing and re thfe same constructed as soon as possib' ?, and Road has been divided into two parts or Di- crossing in the-vicinity of the Turnpike Road; . i. j - to r .. o , o r Eeporti (ithePreadentaiidOhief Engiaeer. I to report their action to1 the next riec ang of Hates of Advertising. Vrf lnn.flnt lMertlon .. i 00 Th l0"' innlon ....".....V..... 60 .b,-"I0'r,mp"r H ordm. either r?,,. wt Prnu orderl n d TerUiemenu are held reiponii. Tue for the umc. The FintAmiTial Meeting of the Stockhold er! of the Western Division of the Western Horth Carolina Bailxoad Company, Awem- bled at Asheville on the 13th October. 1869. WHO WILL CARE ' r Who will care f f i when we lie beneath the daisies, : Undernealh the churchyard mold, And the long gras3 o'er our faces ; ; Lays ita fingers damp and cold; I ' When we sleep from care and sorrow, And the ilia of earthly life ..! Sleep, to know no sad to-morrow, -; ' TTho will care ? ( Who will care t ' Who will come to weep above us, 1 . Lvin oh I so white and still, j Undemcath the skies of summer, I ; When all nature's pulses thrill : Ti a new life, lad and tender : i Full of uny, rich and sweet. t And t!ie world is ikd in splendor, ': 1 Lat tiio yt ars shIl e'er repeat r Who will cure? j. Who will caret f .AVhen Queen Autumn's flowers blossom, i And she stoops in pity down, With a white flower for our bosom, Taken from her royal crown? j tWho will come to kneel in pity . , By our long and narrow bed, jWhen'the wild winds sing their ditty In the grasses oer our head ' Who will care? I Who will care ? ? When the Spring time's glad smile lingers On the meadows, f;ir and wide, t And she drops, from rosy fingers, ' J Bloom ana leaf from every side j Who will come with tender yearning, i To the graves of thoem they miss"? f Who will sigh for our returning f ' To their presence and their kiss- Who will care? k i ; ; Who will care t j Who will think of white hands lying ; On a Mill and silent breast. ; ; TC. vi r ir.oif to kr.ow iliing, the Board of Directors of this Company.; r On motion, it was , :-x:T ; JUsolved. That the Board of Directors be nrrlfrfd and hprehv instructed bv th Stcc!vhol- ders of this Company to comply jwitli and perform the contract heretojf ore made by the Westerri North Carolina! Railroad Co rnpany, j vnin iue noncomoe aurnuiite vAmj-uy, ui relation to their road from Asheville to Paint , Rock. -J-4 v ! 1;4J!." :'-:..VV-;!r extending from the town of Salisbury on the which, we denominate, till House Tunnel, "rTortJi flarnlina "Rail "Rrmd wpsit.warrl to the I On motion. General Jos! C. Abbott was called to the Chair, and 6. M. Roberts re auested to act as SecretarvJ i ' I ' . "4 - , The annual report of G. W. Swebsba,1 Pres- On motion, it "was, ident, was read, and on motion was adopted i Resolved, 'By the Stock! anu appruveu anu oruereujio ue unaieu m i jLaviaSOn, ana iames xo. connection with the annual report of the Chief I oointed a committee and N orth Carolina J Kail lioad , westward to the thence do wn the slopes of Scott's Creek on French Broad River. And ' the ftWesJtern the South side we avoid a Ridge of 190 feet in Division," from; that point westward to the height and 250 feet Ions' over the North Fork Tennessee' or Georgia line in the direction; of of Scott's Creek,1 a feature In; thb former lo Chattanooga, including a branch Road down cation which it was desirable to avoid. The the French, Broad River, to connect wiA the fall in Scott's Creek being so great rendered CO. fc C; Gap R. R. near Paint Rock, at the jit still necessary to continue1 on the side hills; Tennessee line. ; I I J '! j L1 - I of that stream for three miles, cutting a snur Under the provisions of the Original Char- from Kaler's Hill bv a short Tunnel of 250 feet xerana its amenaments uuM9..xpe ",yv esiern i nntHwo- desoend aeain into the ..valley and directed, to proceed at oldera tha A. T. umbough, be ap- authorixed and co to the City of Chair i was requested to J Nashville. Teneesee, and confer with the Gov Thomas ! Ij. r Clinerman, ernor and Legislature of Tennessee, in rela oaviuson ai uon vQ toe connection oi iue uiauaui yum Divi8ipn" of said Road, was duly organized on the 18tb of October, 1368, and your sub scriber appointed Chief iCngiriber, witb in- ! strnctions to locate bothjthe main line and its branch to their Western termini. Soon after continue there until we reached the Tucka segee River, down .Which valley we followed to appoint where,- to save distance and avoid Engineer. On motion the appoint General Hons. A. IL Jones and ; Aj committee to address the i of North -Catolina by a circular the papers, setting forth correctly the interest Carolina Railroad, and that Jthey , have power Capt j Calder Turner as Principal Assist- gidel T. great . curvation, we cross the Tuokasegee River by a Viaduct of four (4) spans of sixty (60f feet and immediately enter ,a Tunnel of 800i feet in length through a spur' .of the: receiving the above instructions the 2d Corps of Engineers were properly equipped for the Teonie of the State I hrlani fian and t Charleston liailrOad With I A i -u r j 3 -JL -c t -t t . . i ar - r-t r r.-- Ti ' vi . r - v. iitT' 7V ,i V1 uuu iwau uuuci vapi. j; . i. um, uu mm ourselves again on ine oouin swe oi tne uiar letter inrougn the western division oi uie vv estern, xxorwi the other or main line under the1 direction of samjB vaUey of Tuckases;ee River! do wn which! Clingman were appointed said jComraitfee, who, in a short time reported; j the following btock re 19.941 shares -On motion it was. $ we continue to run fifteen miles with a rkably cheap line for a mountain country? continuing the line on the Sbuth side off uckasegee we avoid two (2) crossings of oesides ;one ( l ) oi uconaiuntee ana amounting to nearly 1000 feet of idemff. - Vvnen; at a point opposite the respectfully submitted ; Dut, by the casualties "J3igBear Farm'' we leave the Tuckasegee of the late war the Notes. Books Maps Pro- and fnss to ths Vallv: of Alarka Crppt near to communicate I files and other papers (except the report above Mr. j Dehart's, and instead ; of pursuing our vuau i course down Lunh ciooKKU BLi eiiiii. crossinj?; . . s . i i . , 7 - - m of the State in the early completion! of the and authority, that was j heretofore conferred ants for their respective Divisions. ? H i I rem Western Division of the Wepterrj North Car- on the' Chief Engineer of thN company, in re- ; The location of both hese Divisions' had r . , . r ! , ..,-. tuu ,w w8yuiui.,ww 7A Deen previously maae ln ioo under my airec- the T f On mfiiin. t.hfl l;h.qir trs antnnnr.pn tr I erkootinrr tlio .nnnprt.incrJanfi t.nat. t.n K- I - . j i v. r a o i i iir I .7 I " V. r Tr""! r."v"r 'v"w rr'- ? rrr V" T wn, ana a report oi me j r ourveys uy myseu that river, "iT""'" " r"- JJ:. r"' I ulCM1Jf co"cv "c v "."" vnust actmg as uniet engineer ;ior tne vora- j Deep Creek, ii. iiprnii in iti -wfiit 11.. in. rifinv miiii i iiiir i t Tnnno nDnoccrv t i rrj fill I. liiim rHNi 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 r 1 i t ; r t - i r i :il i f t j -On motion it was. 1 ' n. ry in order (o subserve.the public CQnvenienoo that another road shall be opened between the arm oprus ana the moutn, oi ivy two Zj miles abovi;- 3farshall.' I havb directed Mr. Blake, Jrinciplo Assistant Engineer, for : that Division to make a I jreconnpisance of the grounjd and report the tesult. j '.' t i In conclusion, I will idd tht in addition to the Engineer Corps on j location, I have two j (2). Construction Coq:s one for each Divis ion composed of gentlemen Skilled in their Profession by education and practical experi-( ence, ti whom J am indebted for much valua ble assistance, 1 , '. ! '.! . ' -If" 1 : I I have the honor to bef very respectfull v, ." , i Your obedient sery't, ; f 1 ."v.- JAMES OJ TURNER- . - Ch. Eng. Y. Div.fW. N. C. R. R. Important Facts Weir Source! of Wealtli .. J North Chrolina: I ' J : From the New York Joarnl of Commerce. I r T-7 7 rpt. Tk. T Inf t.hp lat.if war t.no TTntPa 'TlnnVsi ' lf ana Prn- ! A sAiaa - Vrt VoHtt Alm.lr ,oJ presentea.in- person ana by f proxy : w -n;v0Tr IKo inatmpt ir. mmmnniti) Ifiles and other'rjiabers fexceo't the rerjort above I-Mr1!' "HAnartV anrt lnstoarl ; lVnrsm'no- nnr1 shares of private stock, and? 13,294 h..;. tL.An Tinn t?;i t?a I mpntinnpd wprrJ ..Pstrnvpi Snlthat all mate siocK. represeniea oy wo. y . wanagan, , . t nrlipr Jnnnw.t.inn' th was known of these 'routes' was. thai thev were Andf'rPArhfiftin with pmpnaivp rnsMino-flt until a miinntv I . . . . . u . I. . mL i . . . 4; . : i . f xi i . n:l: ; 1 f T - 4 . . i proxy for the State constituting a majority y t of the representative capital stock of the Com- p GSr V r.Vi v or rest " - i'- '.'- i'it.-; :.' iv: I i Al;Tr j. : IlirifV- Ii.U 4 . i;urus. it - u-4'l. nr i p;rt'' inir m tell us; II.": ft ti '.I- 41 It 1.1. it tt it 4i h in ti-Hnv j-nt n-vJ? wiiat its know.. hut stir- w!iut lu:.;y u:.-h vi"' !:'! -Hr.t -I ...k . J' ' ': .' '' 5..- ! Me rgli-r U 'he uc -knowletlcd t"li.i.' ? 1. . It is -nut net-esAiry that the arguments should L Hound : all we want to know i, what the Arguments i nra f f At j the same time it must be admitted tliat party journalism i inferior journalism. It! may be Mn.irtlv, fhrillantly written, while- independent J.mntalisni nkiy he slip-slop and dulL but not the laj Is the invraU othc first below tl'at of the si-coiiil. The difference is just that which there is between the clever ail vocate and the sedate Indce. The ,lirst puts the view of the cumj which makes fur his client witliout regard to its accuracy; the . fccotkI lias to deal onlv with fact The; first has ..minivi.fiinilr fir 5 mlnlfr? n rr in tfirillrmy InnntfnPA I1I'V Willi; V lUUUlQlilp, lit tlllllllUg VlUVUVV, or brillant ruirabox; the second has to deal simply with! the facts and with the law. The first will often draw forth a cheer from an excited;auditory : i the- Second is listened to with respectful, perhaps ; fleepVt suence, xei me nrsi nopea w rise 10 me ! position of the second; the advocate always hopes j to be a jude, and I suppose there is ho honest i jurr?ahst wiui would not ratner De tree: to speaJc ! wjiube believes to be the truth, than be compelled to plead the cause of a party independently of truth. ' ;Tlare are several reasons why he should do so. tin the first place, he must feel that, though j there ig a great similarity between the party! journal and , the paid counsel, their positions are not cquite the rami! The position of the second is i thoroughly understood and recognized, and no one blames him for tnaking out the best case for bis client Bat tlu irty journal is supposed to have some sort of oiristience to recognize facts. The journal may, therefore, decieve the public when ithe lawyer con 10 hot; and so the honest journalist ', does not i like 3he oiuivocal position which partyj journalism involves. In the next place, independant journal- ' . Z - .ntTvl T , irnnn 1.U1 K" ZX lllLlkU UiUIOWJA 1UI l A t ktl nanv. On motion of. General Stockholders proceeded twelve persons to constitute rectors for the ensuing yearj and G. M. Rob erts and A. 1. JJaudson were appointed Tell ers, and reported "thit the following- gentle- j U1,U t. t C I VSlbVA 4UI iyV IT t b f si ttt o : v. v . owepson i receivea ni i. ,l i nos. u. vjiingmau Jos. U. Abbott W. f. Rollins It. M. Henry, A. II. Jones, J. R. Amnions, Geo. W. tTahairaiV. (.JeoIV. Dickov, !'! i A. T. JUvIdson, . 1 : M. S. Liitlciield, . " A ,Jx Kcont-r, ' j " t ' Jns. iL UiuLotjgji. ;. ' . .-' i .. f c.r..i . i ?: if x ur. t teaii- i y- Uk: ; ti - July ei-guu, u: r. J-'-ytuv- i p. mtijor ity cf the eutirc Stock; represented,; toSviti G. W. St-; ;ifon, " j iTlso Li Cl:nt;riirtr, los C. Atltt j j i lWj W. Rollins, ;'.l!lt.rv. !! AVil. J(u Division of ' the .Western North practicable. The location, ot.this Uivision )t we reach the Tennessee River, and then run- oaroiiua xvaaroau at r; near, me hub ui uie uv . , :i igwi y j.vvvwvvv . mi.h5 mug up. iuab vaiiey n- iu uau jLc bu uaiieu; 2726Q votes. 33221 44 32226 33226. ;30301 33226 '183226 33226 tt ! tt : tt . tt' urer is hereby directed to expenses incurred. There being no further b oi Gen. R. M. Henrv the iournrd ne die. : : JUS. U. AiSpurr, Vt m'n. G. M. R greets, Secy. Carolina," west of the last Winter and Spring, and one hundred or at (100) miles or tne itoaa maae reaay ior con- Treas- tract. 1 will say in this connection that in j pay all necessary the vicinity of Asheville several lines j have 1 1 f - been run, but none definitely located, j But in : hsiness, on motion regard to : the French Broad line, beginning i Stockholders ad- aDouiinree aj miles aown saia nver irora this place and on ;. the Western :side, the line j runs on that side of the river uri til it reaches crossing the river three (3) different times on; the line of the Blue Kidge Kailaoad, as for merly contemplated ,to the'; mouth! of Nanti- halefe, we uow incline outline tojtHe left near; Dehart's Mill on' ihe Alarka. ana with a verv good and direct line we cross the ridge run ning' aown Deiween AiarKa ana tne j.ennessee, and ithen keeping upon the slopes -of the hill si bordering on the iTennessee we descend tq the mouth of Ivy, when it crosses the French that! river . near the mouth - REPORT OP THE ' ' t if . - ! : I rJb the Stockholders of the PRESIDENT. jj ' 33226 !3:J221 Carolina Railroad Ij .Gentlemen :r- j i ,t the orgam nation ion of the. Wes.tern' N Broad by' a Bridge of 4 'spans 650 feet in whef-e! we cross the line of the Blue Ridge length, thence; down on the. Eastern side of Railroad, and' the Tennessee River, to the the river through. the town ot.jJMarshal, the Naitihalee Vallev, thereby: saving ten-andr t 1 A. i X 1 y,,.; t S. 1C 1 ! i T of .Nantihaleel TI estern Division. property is in view, when it recrosses.to the of tho Western-Divisr ovth Carol iha Railroad ic- ':iniiouuceJ f! Company, twelve mouths sinjee, I was elected Thokidh the Company! then had YX I VI j. 11. Amnions, ; j ' GjiW. Gahagiai, H. V. Dickey. .; AiTT. Davidson, ' M. S. Uttleneld, i ; Jos. Keener, j ; On motion of General Rj M. Henry the Chair announced that the election of Chie Engineer and Secretary and Treasurer were in order. General R. M. Henry! put in nom- gineer, who was unanimously: elected, and without a disceuting vote, the election being vtva voce. i!-vs . w General R. M. Henry then put in nomina tion G. M. Roberts tor .secretary and; lreas urer, who was unanimously elected, ithe elec- General Clingman offered the following resolution which was unanimously adoDted : Resolved. That the thanks of' the Stock- holders are. due and are hereby 'tendered to George W. Swepson, President Major Jas. C. Turner, Chief Engineer,' and G. M. Rob erts, becretary and Treasurer, for the able, emcient, energetic ; ana , , raiinrui r manner in which they have discharged their respective duties during the past year.! The Stockholders adjourned until to-mor row morning, 9 o clock., V r ' it'll' Stockholders met according' to adjourn ment October 14th: 1869, 9 o'clock, a. m. The following, nesolution was introduced by General T. L. Clingman and unanimously adopted, as an amendment to bection 1st oi the By-laws. , t ", ' :. f'- : ;'- -: , . t'. j Jitsolved. That the word "thereafter" ;oc- Tlaj journalist who knows mat ne i ,wring m curing in decuon r irsi oi tne uy iaws De oprJsition to the truth, cannot but feel hampered stricken out and the said sectiou shall read as Tiiehournaiisi wnosccKsine " follows : ''That." The next annual meeting n.iilnii. Jioncsivm journalism, as in ervuiimr , . WT ' . . . ..ili; tiw.lMsitrolicv. Honest iournai;$m produces ot the rstocKiioiaers oi tne western division nn J fleet and Becures an influence where i party of the Western! North Carolina Railroad. iuurfaiUm has none. It is risM, and it pays it 3.Manv shall be held at Asheville1 on the yi becMse it is nghMewpiper rre. - i Thursday: Of October next, .and the Dia-cior.s elected at thi5 and subsequent meet- its rosse.ss;oa. vt:t. me llecc; ! were immediately made! for CUU011 ot tl:q VOIK I have iff. mntraisted a brillant party, with a diill independent. no neea wuy me maepenaeni On the contrary it is far I intrasieu a urui!iifc f journal But there is n " I iourfuil should bo dull. '-iTHrf likelv to l oriliant Uian tne otner. f, if is free : t. tDce up'such suhjuil as give an oppA-uuhy for IirilEance: it is free to let such as do hot alone.1 . of the Road; but before these bonds could be sevej-al abrupt; bends in the River which ;t amolint of Tunneling; but; far ekBridginfe? issued and made" available it? was ascertained these points are shut down arid confined by and It better alligiiment with a -less 'amount of f J Keep it Before th Peopla. i XVe find the followinir in the Illinois Rtutist lor August 22, 1856, and it is equally applicable to the pretjent time: j l.TKeep it before the people, that the cheapest, "eaii it and most Interesting medium of conveying to nifamily information on a vat variety of impor tant subjects, is through the well stored columns of iv judiciously conducted paper. ' I ' -3 j Keep it oerore me peopie, mai uie neau ox a - f aniily who refuses to subscribe and pay for a good - iwtDr on account of the cost, is "penny" wise and iiouhd foolish," as he not only keeps them in igno- ranee of many things they ought to know, which ! ranlot be. acquired as well In any other way, but f he excludes himself from information of practical titilftv often times contained In a single number 1 which may be worth to him many times as much as l the Subscription for the whole year. 3 J Keep ft before the people hal the preparation m and! issue of every number of a paper is attended I with considerable labor and cost, andthatitissome I Ihlrfir more than meanness for a man to make a I r-ietice of borrowing and reading a. paper for ! whfch other people have had the honor and honesty 1 to subscribe and pay. f '- J. 4J Keep it before the people, thet fevery well 1 fC-r.iUCtca paper is wm locts in its lnnucnccon liiuniuui nu fuuuu - -.-t:,-srr''.rf their pre fc-s.-od fricrid3- of Avoidable neglect When the event has umT lamentatToa regret come too late. BaZr to hav prevented iia cit&fitropha t7 timely ings shall continue until the next annual nieet- On motion of A: IT. Davi'dsbn it was Re-j solved that Jas ICeener and J. R, Ainmoryj together with the President; to be elected by the Board of Directors, constitute a committel with authority to examine and pass 'upon the vouchers of the President George W. Swep- son, in settling with his successor and report to the Board of Directors. . j On motion of George W. Gahagan, it was resolved ' that Section 13 of the By Laws be amended to read ai follows, to wit : j j That; The Directors shall have power 'tq establish a common seal with suitable devisees to ascertain and define the duties ol the offi cers and clerks, and other employees j of .the Company, and direct them; in : he perforra-j anco thereof :" and to dismiss from the service; of. the Company and ofioer,; Agent, Clerk, or employee appointed then or elected by the Stockholders, and to file sucji necessary untij the next annual meeting of the Stockholders. On motion it Was ordered that W. W. Roli lins, George W.: Gahnganli and James Hj. Rumbough be appointed a-cmiuittee to surfj vey, locate and put under contract, a cnangi ofthe Buncom'e Turii)ike ifrpm! Alarshali tc 'arm Springs, Matlison Cdintjj North Car olina, and they ari hereby authorized to cal npon the Chier Erihetr toj niaWe the survey of the road, and they are equirei Xo cause the West side of the river arid so continues until the Tennessee line is reached, where we con nect: with the Railroad running to Morris town, on the Tennessee & Virginia Rail Road, This Branch of our Road, byj making this connection, places us in immedafe3ommurii cation with the Western j Roads, and is only gorouV prosed about ninety (90) miles from Asheville, ; The nd two corps of engi- change from the previous location (byj cross he fieltj. Four millions ing and recrossing Fi-eueh Broaid i River) ren one-half (I0)miles distance and 2400 feet of Bridges and Viaducts ; thi's brings us to the' Western County seat of Madison County and contin ues on the li.ast side until the Warm Springs end bf the first section of the vision, as formerly located. Having reached the Tennessee Riverl- w findfthe distance!: frbiii the Frerich Broad the fTennessee River at the niouth bf theNanl tihaiee to be only a few hundred feethortet thart the location !of !l 8Sp, , but owing to the f act fthat whilst we gain oyer 2'iiles between the Tuckasegee and Tennessee Riyeis'wlth an improved line, I we Joseneqrlv'ithat distance between the Balsam'TuuneT anij the Tuckai searee Ri verl in Idesceridinsr i the !Sc'otts Creek . ... . . . . :.," . I .1 ! . i .... j ...I., "v... ,l ..i-- i.-v . . -i by tne Liegisiature to aid m: tne construction tne line on ueuer grounu, xiieruoy avumnig i si0pes and valley, having aoout the . same no funds in .arrangements neers wore viiaced in th of bonds ol the State had been appropriated l ders the allignment much better and places ses&e The articles which appeared in the Journal lat, all. encouracrin&r the neonle of Vircinia to extend the culture of sumac and its 'preparation for use, setting forth Its commercial advantage to the Btato and the pecuniary profit to; those who would embark in its culture and shipment, have proved of the most beneficial results to the people. The j articles cn lightened them as to the commercial value of sumac. and instructed them how, to utilize it in the way most acceptable to the trad and most profitable to themselves, all of. which has tended greatly to ex tend the sumac traffic in Virginia-U-as.I am assureJk by prominent dealers in this city. J jThis Is most for tunate to all the people bf j Virginia, as It will' tend materially to supply the .deficiency which a depleted harvest has brought upoti them.. i The drouth has been fearful all over Virginia s bo much so in many of the counties las to render Ue crops almost worthless for harvesting".; ' Were it not for the many natural! resources With which Provi dehce has favored Virginia, the utilization of whic h ; will furnish ample means for procuring all necessa ries of subsistence, the suffering the people ih many of the counties would be f ;arul :to content plate. As I have before said, th Journal has th ready done good service to the people of1 Vlrglhia by encouraging, and In many of the counties iuagu rating a branch bf industry destined to be of incal culable advantAgeforallUnie. j j ., The material interests of the people of Virginia and North Carolina, which the Journal has so prov identially enhanced,! may be greatly extended by encouraging the further develppirjelnt of such other elements of productive wealth as Comprise the most prominent Of the many ready resources bo abundant C. . 1 J . 1 II M . 1 ttSi-. . ana so proimc in uie- sou ui iuose( oiaiei. , . , T have just returned frpm a' somewhat extended tour through the counties Of Eastern,' Middle, South ern and Southwestern; Virginia,) fend through the border counties along the northerh boundules xf,' Nortth Carolina, ahdl will" assures you I was much surprised at tfie immense j quantity of oak forest r evjrywhere saw, including the hstnut, oak, red' oak, yellow spotted, i willow, water,' post and white'. oak, all invaluable fpr the! twpertyr, tanning proper ties of the bark. . Black o&k is found, too, in great abundance all tlirough this regioii of country.' The bark of the black oak, as. you are aware, constituteV one of the most valuable dyeing) materials in use) Ground into quercitron it Is worth $50 per ton. la' London it is"quqted as selling at gold, per ton,' and at, jAn twerp, Hamburg, JJcrlin hnd Leghorn nt coniderpble advances on tho Enilih prices for American onercitron, Made intti rlarine it sella at, $1 per pound.- Tieclr!of tLeblacl: ouk i roed . for giving the ground' colora-to the .in ft nnd mott costly fabrics made hi prijits. . rj j . K iiiierested to somcxtent in the'l!in.inufcum of lenilU'r. curiwity jonipted me to a.i rl.i i i !:r. us potKible at'what price perjiuord oti1; l..?:k i- u.-:r:,ie condition could be delivered at. rM rtHtiourf !ong ' the rail whys and the 'Jandi:v p: nir and tht; Kanawha cknal le it was ascertained these points are shut down anjd confined by and a better allienrn that they were not valid in the opinion of the rockrbouud precipices and chtts, H Excavation this line having onlv" Whilst fey the looatiun of I860 there pre Supreme Court, j because hd special tax had j j . Owing to the extraordinary high wajter been lmposea ior me payment, oi.ine interest, wuicu oucurreu uuuug uie j'wiiiow - annually accruing. It was therefore necessa- found necessary to locate a higher line than ry that application should be made for addi- formerly, and as it is generally- a side hill lo- tional legislation : o wine to causes which are cation the work is necessarily 'heavier, and sufficiently known to the public already, there mor0 costly. ; many changes nave Deen,; ana er jifae leaving out of view ii large' amount of was much difficulty and great delay ! in ob- will syet be made trom the location, so as to R0ck Excavation on that pai-t of the old line taining the necessary j legislation, as j it was render, it more desif able and cheaper,; but of which ascended" the Tennessee River on the MaMig a difference In favor ! cf the ipresant ! ." ' : location of .. LU J....; ...- .".. 552,225 .u yi. witH this additional fact that the present -line reacpes a point 2 miles m advance oj; the forrn- 'ary from four to eight dpllnrs p nj4 ncai" jus l cuuia judge, ftLui I learned also that Uie average t ion from the same localities to hs about eight dollars per t Nov.', 31 1 Editor; the insnuf; IJtj ;teri jJissu.ehuett only add in this connection, that although this Division of the Road runs along .the-sides !of the French Broad River it passes over space sometimes m me iwver ana sometimes on uiu Mountain, slopes it requires a njee interraedi- not until near the close !of thesessioni in the month of April that such final action was ob tained, as was deemed essential to enable the company to prosecute its wcirk without inter mission. 'V );,, - ! '' The surveys had )in the meantime so ad vanced that considerable part of ; the work was commenced. For a detail of what has been done, I refer the stockholders to the re- been made upon the line as now run, but a Diickto port of the Chief .Engineer, jj 't !, critical examination of it satisfies me that im- iinen mere was nowever great nuciuauon irom timeto time in the value of the State ' bon( owing in part to allegations that the! bonds were invalid, and it was not until the bn preme Court; in tjie month of July promulga ted its last opinion, that the public mind be came satisfied as to the bonds issued for is made, will account for the delay in putting Eastward is now in runuing order to Wolf ( entered into with responsible parties by the a larger force on the worki- There, seems Creek, a point about 4 miles If roxq i paint f President and Cheif Engineer the latter, how- now, nowever, to ue uu mnuer uusuicie w iuCK, a miles oi xnat 4j mnea are graueu auu even -reserving me ngni to reiet or cancel the way of a vigorous prosecution of. both ready for the Iron, but on the' lj-miled yet 1 to these contracts: or rany part thereof' at ahy me raaiu line auu iue x-1 cutu uiuau ui anuu i oe graaea mere are iwo xnuge w yy juuiu, i nmei . ; -aater mues ami upwaras or ine of the Railroad.1 J if -f M ; across the French Broad River which 'are j When I accepted the Presidency of the groat importance, i v U f-.w'Hh beeri relocated and lestimates! of the same Company, my Object was to prosecute the! ; This link in tho Chain. of Railroad from I nretcared. proposals for the Gradincr and Ma- work with a view to the public interest alone, I Asheville toMorristown is Worthy of yoiurj sonrv of the said 100 miles were invited by and with no reference whatever to any party seriptis consideration, arid although i m: the pubhe advertisement for l month previous or political; object. Nevertheless, -' Ow- State of Tennessee, if the two Roads" could tote- 10th of June it-'Th'pppositioiis ing perhaps to .the I eixcited J condition by proper legislation be united and made one are ttow on File m this Office andare gener- ures, but enough are line of the Blue Ridge Railroad which should be'ailded to that location' iTliI; locating par ty' fiowever, are stilj in the. field continuing the ocationarid iare now on the) Nantihala mvjr aoout lo-mues irom its mouui naviBg 90 rftilpa lonated' Wfist of thfi Frpnr.h T?roftd ate position to occupy tne .exact gronna on Rjv4 leaving about 45 miles yU to be locat- wnicn me une buouiu reu sLimates nave ed - before reachiner i the Tennessee line at 1. - ! - J "IT I : V. I i UUlf 1 I Tin rVtr irr n -vt iq Iodq rtietonrt trio liiwmyi the direction bf Dal torn' t ' . ' ' Boknd passed 15 th President and Chief lpt th W. l)iv. oost of the work below that at which it is now f tha W X O R R:m rontriit' and im tho 19tb' day of October. 186a. After the neces- When this line is built andi the Road ;in sary amount of individual stock had been snU- s on the Jinrt .und the price to' icord, aycraglnif 4u.,Ur0 h,t cord. 'inn 1 lie tar. cut calls ior an annual rrhswrr: j iiundrtjd tnousunu cores ot baiA in the concentrated K-xtnt cf li; plied ' mainly from the Yx-rr,:z northern frontier of New E:i2)i:i and from beyond ihe in the slab unrosseel at i tanie1from fifteen to tweentw cord. Jow every tanner knows lck bark with the ross t:.?cc:i o.'T Fmore than if unrossed. 1 B very A oak bark rossed .is, worth. y.r.-f. than a ton of hemlock barl? ni cent manufacturer of - JeJitlu-? leather tanned with, an equal and hemlock bark gives more w value is imparted to the V)ckj desirable and more profitnbhv j The reason why Uie tanr-ers i Enffland States , use j heihlock b the manufacture of tlieir) l-'hei these States produce only tho 1 the Constitutionality of Tennessee from Paint Rock tb Morristown scribed according to the terms of the Charter the Company. " 1 . ' coriapleted. we' shall have an ? outlet " to the contracts for the bUildinirkand bomnletion of subiect of I Rnad and one coroorationi ltsi management ally' i at vp.rv hjirh Ficr , f . i " I - - i i j .it-- . j o. ro that sat- f could ' and ; would be more eoonomical :- and fourai for all the of the tmblic: mind onf. the politics. I have been unable I to give i&iai;tiuij tuatx utoi - w uu. , . uc nccu i uenenciai.f assailed because I did not manage the busi- The Main line having J.been ness or tne xvoaa 10 aavance potiucai i ODiect fittyrtive - 55 ) miles i ana work .at - moderate prices. Owilisr to the absence of 'the President. I ras re-located for J left o makewarda of the, wprkrto such! per- ti'1' UDWard8 that I Rons. as wpre'dfiemed resnonsiblI and in r Rno.h and to aid party organization or movements. length of line (55?milesj was made ready, in quantities as I believed most . advisable at T" 3 T .1- w 1, n K1 Jl . ' i.v iL. C. a C J ir .-ill ' .. :' r I " J . not being willing to attempt to manage the enterprise for the advancement of any party or political purpose, I have, lifter due consid eration and reflection, determined to no lon- trer occupy the position of President! of the Company. I therefore respectfully decliri to be a candidate for re-election, and 'request . i. ' ' i ! . mat a nnanoe wOmmuiee may ue appointea, in connection with my successor, to j examine the Company have been placed 'in ray ham may be transferred to my -successor im office, In takine leave of you officially. 1 1 cannot do so consistently with my feelings without bringing to your, most favorable! considera tion, your present most excellent Chief En gineer, Major James C. .Turner, -.: whose pro- f essional ability, s skill and integrity is not surpassed if equaled m ouritate. nl am gen tlemen, Your Most. Qljed lent Servant, i, .i . ! GEO. V . SWERSDN, Fresident. PjtKsinENr's Office, j ) : AshevUletK,iC.Oct.J3la869.p: ' :l connection with the forty-five (45) miles on reasonable - figures.:: This has been done, the Vench Broad Road, rfpr:;cntrac;:.-The subject ho wrer:; jto jthf ;Tatil!eatiori..'-t jo .the Corps of Engineers on this line, made the pre- Psfdent-'and' pireotof s;'.and .'on'ctqrg'are liminary surveys around and about Asheville, iio'ibnsflyijengiged.in'the-proisecution of the making counectioii ;withthe.;ta8(rn ?piyfs-;' wo r ijfjH Ai'SA-l' ion;" these lines not fiaving been decided 1";.a4" there; were rmanV- Cdntractbrs asking Upon by the-Board, have-not - been includei workl there wis ndt enough to satisfy all, but in the work awarded , to contract, v. :The;litie: mosd-wliV.'d.rdlpbl'gei worklirere. th!e bighest as located runs nearly 6 ver:tbe, same ground: biddr a nbog.thefeoiitra4tore -aVe jmanjr that was occupied by. the locatiori of 1860J as menf ihtegrity1 arid-responsibility, :wh'6.I be- an con-. theyhavereiected in cocsequoriK ;.f t! tf subnlv. Had Virrinia and Carolina been peopled by u race ambitions as are those on our they would Ion? since hayc found market existed along the); New I f u of Wither, in.1 1 .ECiConnecti-t ?!' t.i roe or four 1 vh:tl. .). m- , lit (? ;i tho rJfr. Jcl'vu red . '.s it r .:' ' the '. iiiiiyi. drjlars 1 per.. i.rit t i 1 of hem'-' t';:i'.r kinw..' "t,f ' more, rM:"n mixture ; ' k' cl.t, ;iri' reater 'ten!-rin,.;: ;1 more hie s.nrl' k cTciir inl )ck ,''v In U'l.UM.; r ih consrratn- my accounts, in order, as far aa'the effects of far as , WteTO;pprpach"d tte'-Balsiiml,H Atb Vojitodrf aithf ally execute dM-TnnneH someadvantageous" telranges have, tracts Ihey. may, aree to do. And 1; cc . -T ' . ' '- . , t r . . : Ti f - ' 1 i 5- 'it T . W . t t !.' mi ' neen maae ana some images appensea wixn, late the company in naving sucn men. mere buty frbm this .point ,Westward an entirely are; iome, however, to whom work has been different line has been i ound, jrunning .from awarded, who may fail because of their inabil- thisf Tunnel to the South and crossing Juda- itfT,"to 'coinpletei the work. IJias been our ,nllah Ridge by a Tunnel 500 feet in length, policy to put under contract all the work but then on its South' side to appoint where we to prosecute ojoIV the heaviest vigorously. ". : .... .1.:'. 11, :'! It l ..it. ti'-i: ; Ji - . . ... :, T- t . I : ' jcurve to mengni, ana oy anotner nori xuw - aomerpan qi .xne s rencn Joroaa iioaa nas nel known as Heel String, we et the North been j delayed onxaoooiint of the.act that th side of the same ridge, .rajming up the -hill Railroad j line occupied the site of the Tum- slopes of the valley .about one (1) mile, when pike Iroad and; tmtil the matter was adjusted we again curve to the left, .'crossing, the head between the Companies I did not dee?i it prn- of the Valley of the ' Middle Fbrk of j Scott's I dent jo begin brk," besides it will be peccssa- jorin ti i . OH l:iqu:. MtliAtmiUi.vii'.lhfu 'ii-il'ind ifii-i for the oak bark, which they n.ty hitherto n:l ircj to . go to waste,, ' ' - : j ' ! : L -: No effort as I can lcaru has been made evea sinoo . the construction of the numerou railway from the j Atlflntlcnorts back into the oak forests of Vlrclna. North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, to' transport bark to the very heart of Ithe leathar trade of New England cheaper than it can be transported from beyond the Canadian, border oyer the long rail- f ways leading to Boston. (The great oak forests are ' also penetrated by innumerable Jiavigable streams, ( whicboffer cheap and convenient transit to tidewater. ) ' The art of converting the astringent properties of oaij. ana nemiocs DarK inio an imperisuauie exiraci, which is being successfully introduced in various parts of the remote forests where bark costs only the laber of peeling, should be noticed .here.' Tlig, great cost oi me-uucesbnf y niykiau,KB iui iuio ui.ni- ufacture and the practical chemical skill, required, ) confine the proflta of the enterprise to the lew, who can control the necessary capital and skill. The Mmited - pecuniary means of the; people of Virgina ', places its advantages beyond the reach of the ped i pie. As all tanners prefer the use ot crude bark to f concentrated extract.1 however perfect its manufiuv tare may be, it is clearley for the people of the At- Jan tic oak States, where bark, can be had in abua ' dance, contiguous to uhe facliues of cheap trans portation to tidewater, to grind and ship their bark'. in bags like those used lor transporting sumac, as jt prevents waste and saves the cost of handling , bark in the slab in the several transshipments throuh which it must necesBarily pass in reachjcfif-, its destination. Tanners not only, perfej it iathit shape, hut tho bark, after being deprived of its' tart. ; hing properties, will command a ready sale, to tha , chemical works In the towns contiguous to the tan ' neriesthe former paying from six to eight dollars per ton for it This will reduce' the cost 'of trans. ' porting to about the price of transporting its enuiva- lent in extract made from the same quantity of bark.- ) Now, Mr. Editor, should the Journal of Comment ! set forth, these facts to the people of Vinrjna as ' earnestly, clearly and ably as it inculcated the rm? " portanca of the culture and preperation of somac, it would beneflt alik the people of Virgina and tho leather tade of the northern and eastern State.1 r Oak bark raised, ground and shipped in bat to this and the eastern markets tyill eventually fora j one of tha most valuable of the commercial Indus. ? tries of the Old Dominion, and your paper will dea- crve the credit of urging ipon ithe: people, pf V;r-. ' ginia to take immediate t,eps in (the inauearuoh of , an cntyrnnse eo ossenttai to mear pmspcritr II 1 S i J?
Weekly Pioneer (Asheville, N.C.)
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Oct. 23, 1869, edition 1
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