NP, RR 1/29A/1862

From the Raleigh Register
 
January 29, 1862
 
The Greensborough and Danville Railroad Connection  {the Piedmont RR}
   The Richmond Dispatch urges the speedy building of this road in view of the following facts:
   The disaster in Eastern Kentucky and the apprehension it has excited for the safety of our connection with the Southwest through the Virginia & Tennessee, and the East Tennessee & Virginia Railroads -- and the possible interruption of our intercourse with the South via the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad, by the Burnside Expedition, directs attention to the vital importance of completing the connection between the Richmond & Danville and the North Carolina Central {North Carolina RR} Railroads. This connection, only some 35 or 40 miles long, might be made in a few weeks. We have the rails, we imagine, or may get enough from the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to add to those we have, to finish the line. -- It would be a surety against an interruption of a communication with the South and Southwest, which at this time is of vital importance. We trust that Congress will promptly address itself to the consideration of the matter, and that it may adopt such measures as will effect this work as speedily as possible.

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