| From the Richmond Dispatch |
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| April 8, 1861 |
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| Railroad meeting |
| A large meeting of citizens of
Caswell and Alamance counties, North Carolina, was held at
Yanceyville, North Carolina, on Tuesday last, to take in to
consideration the contemplated railroad from
Milton to the Company Shops, on the North Carolina Central Railroad
{the North Carolina RR}. |
| Col. Jones, of Danville, Va.,
delivered a speech of considerable length on the advantages and
beneficial effects of railroads, exhibiting facts in railroad
statistics instructive and truly encouraging to the friends of
the Milton {& Yanceyville} Railroad.
At a rough guess he placed the cost of the contemplated road at
$600,000, and glancing at the wealth of Caswell, which he estimated at
$8,000,000, he thought this county could well afford to take $250,000,
if not $300,000, of the stock. He cited the example of other North
Carolina counties of less wealth through which railroads now passed,
and could not believe that the people of Caswell would be found less
enterprising and mindful of their own interest. |
| It was resolved that the
Commissioners appointed by the charter be requested to open books for
stock immediately, and that said Commissioners report progress at a
meeting to be held at Yanceyville on Wednesday of Caswell Superior
Court, (8th day of May next.) |
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