An important change :u the freighl
tran.-purtation service between New
V"rk, IM;i!ade!phia and the South, ins
been made by trufiic agreement ar
ranged between the Ihdtimore Steam
1'
.". Company by which a through
freight line has been formed for hand
ling goods to all points reached by
the Seaboard Air Line and its connec
tions. The llil'.iniote ev Philadelphia
Steamboat Company maintains a daily
service from New York and Philadel
phia to lialtimore by way of the Dela
ware and Chesapeake lt.iy canal. The
freight will be carried from lialtimore
to Portsmouth, Ya., the tidewater ter
minus of the Seaboard Air Line, by
the steamers of the Old lhiy Line, and
thence transferred by rail to its desti
nation. The new line will give added
facilities to Philadelphia merchants for
doing business in the South, and it will
receive a large patronage on account
of the shortness of the route, and the
quick dispatch of freight which it en
ables. XuK'HI CAROLINA AM) TIIL TL.V
nksski: iSITIoN.
The Pittsb uo KecorJ nukes these
timely observations concerning the
Tennessee Centennial Kxposiiion and
the tnteiest that should naturally he
tell in it by North Carolinians, as well
as the quickest and most conen;ent
way of getting to Nashville:
The Tennessee Centennial Kxposi
iion should be peculiarly attractive to
North Carolinians and be visited by
large crowds of tarheels." Not only
is the exposition itself highly credit
able and very attractive in the num
ber and excellence of its exhibits, but
all North Car llintar.s should feel a
special interest m it, because u com
memorates the bii t'u of a great State,
whose existence is due to North Caro
lina. This exposition was opened on !
the ist of Line and will remain for !
six months.
