Cut Off From the City
Without Warning. . . Hundreds of Automobiles Bound for Elizabeth City Held Up
When Mr. Robinson Closed His Road
Two hundred or more automobiles bound for the Elizabeth City
District Fair from points in Camden, Currituck and Norfolk counties found
themselves shut off from Elizabeth City Thursday morning by the closing of the
Robinson Ferry Road.
Without any notice to the public, C.H. Robinson ordered the
road closed and the bridge across Pasquotank river raised to prevent the
passage of vehicles. Some got as far as the bridge, just across the river from
the city, and had to get boats to bring them over to town.
The reason given by Mr. Robinson for closing the road was
that the tide was up over the road Wednesday night and heavy traffic cuts the
road to pieces after a tide.
And this is the price Elizabeth City and the northeastern
counties pay for their shortsightedness in putting up with private ownership of
the most important highway entering Elizabeth City.
Mr. Robinson’s action Wednesday aroused the ire of hundreds
of out of town people as well as scores of local business men and is not
calculated to help him in his desire to dispose of his road to the counties of
Pasquotank and Camden.
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