| From the Richmond Dispatch |
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| February 14, 1861 |
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| Virginia and North Carolina Railroad |
| The bill to incorporate the
Milton & Yanceyville Railroad, to
connect with the North Carolina Road at the workshops, introduced in
the North Carolina Senate, passed its third reading Monday by a
majority of eight. It is without restriction, and gives the privilege
of a connection with the Richmond & Danville Railroad.
A bill introduced to incorporate a similar company, and which has
passed its third reading in the House of Commons, provides that any
connection with a Virginia Railroad leading
to the city of Richmond shall be a forfeiture of the company's
charter, and restricts the gauge of the road to the same as that of
the North Carolina Central Railroad. |
| {This would have been
one of the few railroads to not name itself with the names of its two
terminal cities. Milton and Yanceyville are only 10 miles apart on the
far northern edge of North Carolina. The intention to connect the
Richmond & Danville RR to the North Carolina RR at Company Shops
(modern day Burlington) was to keep as much traffic on the North
Carolina RR for as long as possible in order to charge as much freight
as possible. Traffic leaving the North Carolina RR at Company Shops
would have had to travel half the length of the state's most important
public works project. Traffic leaving the road at Greensboro (the
future Piedmont RR) would only be on the North Carolina RR for about
one-third of its length.} |
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