| From the Asheville (N. C.) News |
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| February 20, 1862 |
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| Danville Connection Ordinance Passed |
| The ordinance authorizing the
connection of the towns of Greensboro' and Danville by Railroad {the
Piedmont RR}, (says the Raleigh Register, of 8th inst.) after a
discussion of three days, passed the Convention on Thursday evening by
a majority of 26 votes. This ordinance merely gives a naked charter to
a company desiring to build the road, or to the Confederate States,
if, in pursuance of President Davis's message, they conceive it to be
"a military necessity." |
| The question of connecting the
Richmond & Danville Railroad with the North Carolina Road has been
for a long time past an exciting and embittering one. It has now found
a settlement, but with what results of good or evil to North Carolina,
time alone can tell. Let us hope that those who have contended that,
so far from injuring the best interests of the State, the connection
will contribute greatly to their promotion, may, in the sequel, prove
to have been true prophets. |
| The Richmond Examiner says
that President Davis' estimate for aid to the Danville connection is
one million of dollars, to be expended as the President may direct.
And that he has in a recent message to Congress advised government aid
to the amount of $750,000, for the completion of the Mississippi &
Alabama river Railroad, so as to connect Selma, Ala., and Meridian,
Miss. |
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