Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-12-20

May, which he inmatcd that he had uIt received from
the President of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Com
pany concerning certain proceedings OF the President
and Directors of that Company, of the 18th May last
Whereupon, IT was EesOtrcd, unanimously by the
President aud Directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal Company that they cordially unite with the Pre-
sdent and Directors OF the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
Road Company in the liberal sentiments expressed bv
them I'm the resolutions of the 18TH May and they will
seek by all proper MEANS IL preserve the harmony
which has been so happily established between their
companies.
End be IL further Resored That the President of this
company forward To the President of the Baltimore aud
ONO Railroad Company copy ofhe preceding resolu-
tons, signed ON behalf of this board
Extracted from the minutes of the Board, and signed
on their behalf &. F. MERCER.
Pres. of the Ches and Ohio Canal Co
Extract from the report of Capt VIM. G. Mcneil on
the condition of the Chcsapeake and Ohio canal made
Dec l. 1S3. in compliance with the orders of the Sc
cretary of War, of May It, 1888 Appendx-p. 156.
An alusion to peculiar difficulties, encountered by
the canal ut particular localities ecits few remarks
IN relation to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
which, perhaps may not be entirely irrelevant this
OCCASION Tor although confct between these two great
works has until recently, been carried almost from
their incpicncy, it is length happily terminated and
1t is believed that their interests may be made harmo-
nlze and the prosecution of both be mutually beneficial
The mineral products of the Allegheny the sources of
the Potomac, may find additional market for their con-
SUMPTION through the avenue to be afforded by the Bal
umore and Ohio railroad, from the Point of Rocks
Baltimore; while many of the agricultural products of
the SOIL diverted from the ordinary channels through
road would aiord) may be made tributary the trade OF
the Potomac AT any rate from the prior occupation
the ground by the canal which else had been by
the the conviction has arisen that the
ton of the one will have rendered almost imprac-
tcable the extension of the other, by the orig-
nally contemplated; and | led, therefore, TO sug-
gest the alternative offered in the facility with which
the Railroad may be extended through The railey of
ne Shenandoah, in consideration of the advantages
OF which may, perhaps, be found adequate induce
ment.
Extracts from Mc report Of c. F. Mercer, President of e
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, to he Stock
holders, made Monday June 3, 1888. 4ppendz, p 49,
ia, 1871
'But rational doubt should not be entertained that
Maryland and Virginia will contribute further aid to a
work which they founded and that the Congress of the
U States. by whom its progress hitherto has been
much accelerated will continue to this bond of union their
countcnancc and favor.
GAS coniirmatory of this confident hope the late com
promise OF the long subssting controversy between this
and the rival enterprise of neighboring city, the
pornm OF the Chesapeake, cannot but be favorably
garded.
'rhc President and Directors have recently received
from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company n re-
solution of their board, which mancsts, in good faith
on their part the grounds of the sentiment here
pressed.
That no accident may nerposc to arrest this current
OF good feeling, the undersigned have caused the works
designed for the common use of the Frederick turnpike
and the rail road TO be vigorously prosecutcd and
already let to entcprsing contractors ofhgh reputation
Tor hdety to their engagements the residue of the road
To be graduated by this company with stipulation
complete At by the end OF the ensuing winter months
and onethird sooner than is required by the late COM
promise effected between the two comparatively II3-
ia.
at with unfeigncd qualification that they found
their approved by the of large majority
OF the stockholders at their last general meeting The
srances which they have since received from other parts
OF Maryland, well as from the citizens of Baltimore
that the most friendly feelings towards their enter
prise have succeeded 10 those which long protracted
controversy had embitteed have further tended TO con-
firm the opinion that the Canal Company, whatever
may be the value of what they have conceded have
made no sacrifice of interest that will be amply re-
CURED in the future progress of their yet aborous
terprisc.
When the canal shall have been completed as the
undersigned now confidently trusts il will be without
further embarrassment, while the rail-road car is seen
pursuing its rapid TO The south, and the canal
boats steadily urging their the arcSt the line
but twelve miles for which these great works brought
In contact by the late compromise will dwinde into
point not of collision between embttered rivals but of
union between generous friends seeking by different
means, common objcctthe public good "-p. l2012l
(Fcr more ample view of the papers relative 10 the
compromise between the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road
and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal companies see APP
pcndN, from pagc 1877 10 1881
Having read these extracts from the public documents
Mr. Cabell said in conclusion that he thought he had
shewnlst That the subscription proposed would be an
excellent investment of capital Cd That in the event
OF the failure of the present charter there the strong
grounds TO believe that the State would again refuse
execute the scheme. And Sd. That furthermore in
such event, by the Intervention Of a great Compa-
ny in another State, the Western trade would pass by
another outlet to the sea- and be forever lost the city
of Richmond and the Eastern portion of this State.