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ren, Vance, Franklin and Wake counties to Raleigh, 

 where it connects with the Raleicfh and Auofusta 

 (under the same management) and with the North 

 Carolina Road east and west. At Weldon it con- 

 nects with the Wilmington and Weldon, going south, 

 and with the Petersburg Road and the Seaboard and 

 Roanoke Road, going north. The last named is 

 under the same management, which owns a line of 

 travel from Baltimore to Wilmington and Charlotte. 



The Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad is 80 

 miles long. Coming from Norfolk, Va., it passes 

 through Northampton count}', N. C, to Weldon, 

 where it makes connection Avith the Wilmington and 

 Weldon and Raleigh and Gaston Roads. 



The Seaboard and Raleigh Railroad is in op- 

 eration for 45 miles, from Tarboro, through Edge- 

 combe, Pitt and Martin counties, to Williamston on 

 the Roanoke. At Williamston it finds deep water 

 and steam navigation ; at Tarboro, railroad connec- 

 tion with 



The Tarboro Branch, which passes through 

 Edgecombe, 17 miles, to Rocky Mount on the Wil- 

 mington and Weldon through line. 



The University Railroad, 11 miles long, is owned 

 by the Richmond and Danville, and runs from Uni- 

 versity Station on the North Carolina Railroad to the 

 immensely valuable iron mines near the State Uni- 

 versity at Chapel Hill, Orange county. 



The Western North Carolina Railroad, now 

 the property of the Richmond and Danville, is in 

 operation from Salisbury through Rowan, Iredell, 



