| From the Greensboro (N. C.) Patriot |
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| March 3, 1864 |
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| Piedmont Rail Road |
| We are gratified, to be able to state, that this
important Rail Road connection will soon be completed. The cars are
now daily running from Danville, to Reidsville, under the direction of
Capt. J. L. Hawkins, the gentlemanly and obliging Conductor. The
wearied passenger now feels when aboard something of the ease
and pleasure of the days of yore. |
| The track has already been put down for
five miles, from this place, and material is being daily conveyed over
the same. |
| The distance at present, of unfinished
grading, we learn is about six miles, with about eighteen miles of
unlaid rail. |
| We further learn, that Capt. Morrow, the
excellent Telegraph Superintendent for this, and other roads, is
making all necessary arrangements to remove the old line, and will
soon establish a new telegraph line, immediately on the Road, from one
end to the other. We shall expect to see the whole work complete in a
few weeks, and trust the Government will not allow the Contractors to
remain idle, for the want of materials. |
| Let the day of completion be hailed as one,
when Virginia and the old North State shall stand as the Siamese-Twins. |
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