History of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Charlotte, a thriving town, capital of Mecklenburg county. North Carolina, on Sugar creek, 1 68 miles W. S. W. from Raleigh. It is one of the principal towns in the W. part of the State, and has rapidly increased for a few years past, in consequence of the gold mines which have been opened in the vicinity. A branch mint has been established here for the purpose of coining the gold. This town is the terminus of the Charlotte and South Carolina railroad, lately finished, and of the Central railroad of North Carolina, now in progress of construction. It contains several churches, 2 newspaper offices, and 2 banks. A plank-road, 120 miles long, extends to Fayetteville. Pop. in 1853, about 2600.

Charlotte, N. C., Dec. 27. - Information of another frightful railroad disaster reached the city this morning about 8 o'clock. It occurred on the Air Line Railroad, 500 yards beyond Paw Creek trestle, 9 miles from the city, about 7 o'clock. Two freight trains of the usual size left Charlotte yesterday morning in sections -- that is, the one about 15 minutes behind the other. On the up-grade just beyong Paw Creek trestle, 14 cars of the forward train, under Engineer ANTHONY, broke loose, and stopped after running only a short distance. In the rear car were the flagman, ROBERT GRIFFITH, of this city, and six passengers, three of whom were colored. When the detached cars stopped, flagman GRIFFITH jumped off, and, having told the train men to inform the passengers that they had broken loose from the remainder of the train, immediately started back to signal the second section, which he knew must be only a few miles behind. He had not gone back far before he heard the engine of the...

Charlotte, a city of North Carolina, and the capital of Mecklenburg co., is on the Atlanta & Richmond Air-Line Railroad, 265 miles E.N.E. of Atlanta, 44 miles S.S.W. of Salisbury, and 110 miles N. of Columbia, S.C. It is the northern terminus of the Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Railroad, and the southern terminus of the Atlantic, Tennessee & Ohio Railroad. It is the seat of the Biddle University (Presbyterian), organized in 1867. It contains a court-house, 10 churches, 2 academies, 3 national banks. a state bank, a branch mint, 4 cotton-mills, 2 cotton-seed oil mills, a hosiery-mill, 2 machine-factories, furniture-, sash., door-, and blind-factories, and 2 daily and 3 weekly news paper offices. Pop. in 1880, 7094; in 1890, 11,557.

Mischievous Boys Place Big Rock in Road and Mr. Draper, Returning From Gastonia, at Night, Injures His New Machine.

Mr. A. J. Draper, secretary and treasurer of the Chadwick, Hoskins, Louise, Calvine and Dover Mills, is the latest addition to the increasing ranks of the Charlotte Automobile Club, he having recently purchased a fine $1,800 Franklin car.

While on his way back from Gastonia several days ago, Mr. Draper had the misfortune to have the heavy tire on his eft[sic] rear wheel badly cut. He was speeding over the macadam roads of Gaston county at a rapid rate about dark, when his car suddenly lurched to one side as if he had run over a log. At the same moment a gang of boys who had been lying hid beside the road rushed out, yelling and whooping. Mr. Draper did not lose control of his car and came on to Charlotte without further mishap. But on investigation he found that one of his new tires that one of his new tires had been badly cut. As a result the machine had to be...

Charlotte, a city of North Carolina, and the capital of Mecklenburg co., is on the Seaboard Air Line and the Southern It., 44 miles SSW. of Salisbury. It is the seat of Biddle University (Presbyterian), organized in 1887, Elizabeth College, Presbyterian College for Women, etc., and of a branch mint. It has manufactures of cotton, cotton-seed oil, caskets, belting, carriages, clothing, fertilizers, mining and other machinery, farming-implements, etc. Pop. in 1890, 11,457 ; in 1900, 18,091.