| From the Wilmington Journal |
| January 26, 1865 |
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| Wilmington, Charlotte & R. R. R.
{Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford RR} |
| Great credit is due to our
railway authorities for the promptitude and efficiency displayed by them
in meeting the extraordinary demand made by our people for
transportation facilities. We mention the Wilmington and Rutherford
railroad because it is less know, and may be said to branch off from the
great thoroughfare of Southern travel. The cars on this road are kept
running night and day, superintended by all the officers of the road,
from the President down, and we doubt not at a heavy loss to the
company. We were somewhat astonished to see the conductor of the
passenger train, Capt. Lachtin McLaurin, maintaining amid the bustle and
confusion of boxes, chairs, bureaus negroes and babies, the same
patience and cal demeanor which was characteristic of him in the "piping
times of peace." The public should remember individuals and
corporations who stand by them in this emergency. |
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| We copy the above from the "Carolinian"
of the 19th, for the purpose of calling attention to a matter which we
have neglected, and also to Capt. McLaurin's and the other officers of
the road, untiring exertions to render every assistance in their power,
to our citizens. While the Charlotte Road has been doing all it could we
are free to say that we feel confident the Wilmington & Weldon, and the
Wilmington & Manchester Roads have acted in a similar manner. For our
part, we think they have acted in the most benevolent manner towards our
citizens who have manifested a desire to leave here on account of our
present situation. |
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