NP, FO 4/4/1861

From the Fayetteville (N. C.) Observer
 
April 4, 1861
 
Our Railroad
   Next in importance to the salvation of the country, or rather the avoidance of civil war, we regard the successful progress of our Railroad enterprises. Hence we announce with gratification, the fact, that a corps of Engineers, have commenced, or are about commencing, the location of the Road {Western North Carolina RR} from Swananoa gap to this place. The Chief Engineer, Mr. S. W. Presnell, we understand, is competent and energetic; so it may confidently be expected that his work will progress with commendable rapidity. It is to be hoped, that when all things are ready, the work of grading the road will go on uninterrupted to its completion. Almost all we need, now, to render this mountain country the most prosperous and desirable, is Railroads, and we earnestly beseech our people to become fully alive to the magnitude of the subject, and keep so, until the Iron Horse shall triumphantly career over our hills and valleys.
Asheville Spectator

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