| From the Wilmington Journal |
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| November 19, 1863 |
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| We are pleased to see that the
additional engines and rolling stock so anxiously looked for by all
connected with the Wilmington & Manchester Railroad have arrived, and,
as we might say, have gone into commission. |
| They have not got here a day
too soon, as we can bear witness. Although we know that the officers of
the road, together with the engineers and conductors, have been doing
their best, still there were circumstances that they could not control,
and the result was that detentions and misconnections were frequent, we
might say, of constant occurrence, to the great annoyance of passengers,
who, as men will do, vented their spleen on the first representative of
the company they could meet with, which was generally the conductor,
who, in such cases has to listen to any amount of grumbling and
growling, not unmixed with censure of himself. We know how it is, for we
have participated in breakdowns (not old Virginia but Railroad
breakdowns) and are still a little the worse of the wear thereby. We
therefore repeat that we have been rejoiced to see the additional
machinery and rolling stock, which will push things through
satisfactorily, and allow the stock previously on hand to remain long
enough in the shops to be thoroughly repaired. |
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