Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-11-05

" conditional MODE oil subscription 10 vlndicaie
" and protect our local interest l can further
" say, il we can raise The private subscription,
we will have our claims fairly considered by
" The officers and stockholders
(Signed,) Respectfully,
JOHN VOOLFOLK.
"Lci US get The private subscription, and !
fear nothing. ). W."
Thus far have endeavorcd 10 show, that The
claim on The par, Of The company TO make Sc
lection OF The route, was not ian 0ftr-hopght,"
as charged-,h they cannot be "esiopped by IFS
own declared opinions in iSi7," or by opinions
EXPRESSED al any other time, either by their Pre-
sident or their Board OF Directors.
| will now enquire instead Of being cstopped
in their claim 10 exercise the right oil selection,
whether they are not sustained and fortified by
The recorded history oil proceedings relative 10
The extension Of The road, as we'll as by The ac-
acknowledgement oil tina, right on the parI OF those
Immediately interested in The Northern route.
The legal question | shall mol concern myself
with, believing that the constituted authorities
need no other lights than those they already have
access 10: :,
Isl. In October, 1896 convention assembled
at S,aun,on, the avowcd object of which was The
extension OF the Louisa Railroad, not confning
il 10 Harrisonburs. The first movement was 10
BAH county. Al this Stanton Convention, al
though invitation was given 10 all interested,
neither Rockingham nor Greene was represented.
The counties Of Albemarle, Augusta and balh,
had the largest representation. have no copy
OF the proceedings before me; but am confident
| do TER when say that The proceedings, in
GLIDING the able address oil the President, Doctor
John Brockenbrough, all contemplated that
Charlottesville and Rockhsh Gap were not to be
excluded. A memorial was prepared TO The Ge-
neral Assembly by order Of The convention; pre-
sened al an early day of The session; was reler-
red TO the Committee on Roads, &C., by whom
the bill for the extension OF the road was reported
That memorial, presume, is among the papers
OF The Clerk Of The House. As well as remember
A. II. H. Stuart, T. ]. Randolph and William
Kinney, were The committee, and l presume
did not present The subject so as 10 exclude Inc
claims OF The Southern route. The difficulties
about The particular phraseology OF The bill were
not adjusted until short time before the pas
sage; but finally that agreed on, was substantial
~, il not liter ally, the same as that OF The reso
luton OF The Convention, substituting in lieu o
Covinglon, the word Westward"
AT a very carly period OF the session, endea
vored TO have the form OF the bill agreed on, and
The following extracts Of a letter from K. r. Oar
racol, Esq, the delegate from Hanover, throw
much light on The subjecl:
"Mosr Tour, Nov. 2, AZ.
"Dear Sir: embrace The earliest opportunity
of answering your letter OF the 3O,h October.
recollect well, in the interview we had with Mes
sieurs Bare, Brown and Newman at The Column
bian you urged on them the importance of no
combining the Legislature 10 vote on one pari
cuar gap or route for The extension ofthe Louis;
| Railroad, but let the advantages of paricnla
.Mr. Barbour was not present at che meeting OF IN,
stockholders, and think, probably never saw the ad
dress until printed