﻿Durham 
  and 
  Franklinton 
  Railroad. 
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  The 
  Durham 
  and 
  Franklinton 
  Railroad. 
  

  

  We 
  hail 
  with 
  profound 
  gratification 
  the 
  project 
  in 
  vogne 
  

   for 
  the 
  speed}' 
  construction 
  of 
  a 
  railroad 
  from 
  FrankliiUon 
  

   to 
  our 
  city. 
  On 
  the 
  1st 
  of 
  April, 
  1884, 
  a 
  large 
  and 
  enthusi- 
  

   nstic 
  meeting 
  was 
  held 
  in 
  Franklinton 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  ascertain 
  

   the 
  sentiment 
  of 
  the 
  people 
  along 
  the 
  proposed 
  line 
  in 
  re- 
  

   gard 
  to 
  the 
  movement, 
  and 
  to 
  take 
  initiatory 
  steps 
  in 
  rela- 
  

   tion 
  thereto. 
  The 
  meeting, 
  as 
  we 
  learn 
  from 
  an 
  eye 
  witness, 
  

   was 
  largely 
  attended 
  by 
  influential 
  citizens 
  who 
  live 
  on 
  the 
  

   route 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  points. 
  

  

  Col. 
  W. 
  F. 
  Green, 
  in 
  an 
  able 
  and 
  exhaustive 
  speech, 
  

   pointed 
  out 
  tlie 
  advantages 
  of 
  tapping 
  the 
  R. 
  & 
  G. 
  Road 
  at 
  

   Franklinton. 
  After 
  liiss[ieech, 
  Hon. 
  C. 
  B. 
  Green, 
  editor 
  of 
  

   the 
  Tobacco 
  Plant, 
  who 
  had 
  been 
  elected 
  chairman 
  ofi 
  

   the 
  Durham 
  delegation, 
  spoke 
  at 
  length 
  proving 
  that 
  great 
  

   beneficial 
  results 
  would 
  accrue 
  to 
  Franklinton, 
  Durham 
  and 
  

   the 
  entire 
  country 
  through 
  which 
  it 
  would 
  pass. 
  This 
  was 
  

   followed 
  by 
  speeches 
  from 
  representatives 
  of 
  Franklinton 
  

   and 
  Louisburg. 
  Rev. 
  A. 
  Walker, 
  Capt. 
  T. 
  B. 
  Lyon, 
  IJ. 
  A. 
  

   Reams 
  and 
  Jno. 
  C. 
  Angier, 
  President 
  of 
  the 
  Durham 
  Woolen 
  

   Mills, 
  all 
  spoke. 
  Under 
  a 
  resolution 
  a 
  committee 
  was 
  ap- 
  

   pointed 
  to 
  raise 
  funds 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  survey 
  of 
  the 
  route, 
  which 
  

   will 
  be 
  done 
  at 
  an 
  early 
  day. 
  The 
  people 
  who 
  have 
  the 
  

   money 
  at 
  Franklinton 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  road 
  are 
  thor- 
  

   oughly 
  enthused, 
  and 
  everybody 
  knows 
  that 
  when 
  Durham- 
  

   itcs 
  put 
  a 
  project 
  on 
  foot 
  they 
  never 
  stop 
  short 
  of 
  success. 
  

  

  The 
  key 
  note 
  has 
  been 
  struck 
  and 
  soon 
  Durham 
  will 
  have 
  

   a 
  competing 
  line. 
  From 
  reports 
  received 
  from 
  gentlemen 
  

   who 
  visited 
  Franklinton, 
  and 
  from 
  what 
  we 
  know 
  of 
  the 
  

   enterprise 
  and 
  liberality 
  of 
  the 
  Durham 
  people, 
  we 
  have 
  no 
  

   hesitancy 
  in 
  saying 
  that 
  ^100,000 
  can 
  be 
  raised 
  in 
  a 
  week's 
  

   time. 
  

  

  The 
  delegates 
  who 
  attended 
  the 
  meeting, 
  report 
  a 
  deter- 
  

   mination 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  citizens 
  of 
  Franklinton, 
  and 
  

   those 
  along 
  the 
  line 
  between 
  here 
  and 
  that 
  place, 
  that 
  means 
  

   nothing 
  less 
  than 
  success. 
  There 
  was 
  also 
  present 
  a 
  delega- 
  

   tion 
  from 
  Louisburg 
  who 
  were 
  looking 
  after 
  the 
  extension 
  

   of 
  the 
  road 
  to 
  that 
  point. 
  The 
  impression 
  made 
  upon 
  the 
  

   minds 
  of 
  the 
  Durham 
  delegation 
  was 
  that 
  the 
  road 
  to 
  Frank- 
  

   linton 
  would 
  be 
  built. 
  We 
  trust 
  that 
  before 
  these 
  lines 
  are 
  

  

  