NORTH CAROLINA'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE WINNING OF THE WAR 677 



this so-called "Land of the Sky" is from two thousand to 

 three thousand feet. Mount Pisgah is adjacent to the 

 property and the accessibility to the Southern Railway, 

 six miles from the Transylvania branch, adds value when 

 haste in production is so essential. The ties will be loaded 



tion will become a natural shipping center for the distri- 

 bution of cross-ties. 



In the Hiawassa Valley section, from Andrews to 

 Haysville in Clay County, twenty-five miles of road 

 have been graded by Andrews Township and Clay Coun- 



THE BEAUTIFUL HEART OF THE SAPPHIRE COUNTRY 



It is here that beauty and utility meet in the service of the Government. By the end of the year it is hoped the present shortage of cross-ties will 

 be greatly reduced by the development of North Carolina's as yet untouched forests. 



ty and are ready for the rails recently granted by the 

 Railroad Administration. These rails would have been 

 laid sometime ago but for an injunction served by the 

 citizens of Andrews on the town restraining the sale of 

 bonds. This matter was finally adjusted but too late as 



at Lake Toxaway Station, until a few years ago one of 

 the wonderful resorts of the South, the "Little Switzer- 

 land of America." It has been in a dying state since the 

 flood and is in dire need of the development which is now 

 a part of the Railroad Administration plans. The sta- 



