Railroad to Erect Safety Gates, Jan. 13, 1921

We learn that the Seaboard Air Line will in short time install gates on 1st street opposite the Terminal hotel. This is a very dangerous crossing indeed, and gates should have been placed there many years ago, which would have undoubtedly saved this company many thousands of dollars. Knowing this to be a dangerous crossing, why the railroad has hesitated and waited to so long, is beyond our conception. (From The Roanoke News, Weldon, N.C., Jan. 13, 1921, John W. Sledge, editor and proprietor)