| From the Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N. C.) |
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| May 26, 1862 |
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| Something Must be Done |
| The present condition of the N. C. R. R. {North
Carolina RR} is absolutely frightful. Crashes, smash up, collisions, broken axles,
running off the track, and accidents of every imaginable description,
are of such frequent occurrence that, they are scarcely noticed by the
newspapers, and looked upon by the community as small matters of
course. Where the blame lies, we do not pretend to know, but it lies
somewhere, and the thing ought to be looked into. There is an
alarmingly great number of rotten crossties on the road. Some of these
are the bridge across Buffalo creek where the iron not being supported
from underneath, gives way considerably as the cars run over. Friday
morning about 3 o'clock, there was a collision at the Concord depot,
and the result is that a train ladened with naval stores from Norfolk,
lies helpless at the station. The stores are uninjured, and as their
destination is Charlotte, there is no inconvenience about the delay. |
| We are far from making these remarks from
a captious spirit, but the great risk to human life, and to property,
demands that something should be said upon the subject. |
| P. S. Since the above was put in
type these cars have been taken on to Charlotte. |
| Concord Flag, May 20 |
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