Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-04-22

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SUBSCRIPTION TO THE CENTRAL RAIL ROAD.
The Common Council Of this city adopted the following
sa,,rion NJ their meeting on Monday Afternoon last
Resolved. Ih.t pull be- and The same Is hereby directed
take the sense o the rcehoers OF the city on the qucs
ton whether lho Council on behalf OF me cry Of neno.
may subscribe the STOCK OF the Virginia central aoa
tomoaov company Incorporated Tor work oil nterHa
simprovernen this STATE part ot which Is constructed
sa,d ncu! this city, amount mol eaceeone Two h"'I''
hnus,nd the Time Of holding the poll be III on
dv The 23d dar May 1853 and that this resolution h
fpublished Tor month"; and afterwards un Inc DAY OF th
poll in least Two newspapers OF the cl'y.
The frcchudcrs oi Richmond therefore 10 say "he'
s,,.y will grant corporate subscription 10 llis impotau
swork.
The civ already owns $3.50 00U in the Ddnve Kali Roat
and 500 900 H. The Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Bott
M these Subscriptions WILL in the course OF two years, h
payng seven per cent, annual Dividends at the least Into
sr treasury; giving her one per cent clear proh' upon W
sx per loan Issued for The stock subscribed 10 hcm
We shall ,ndcavor 10 show a days the prospect q
breaking The Siew OF receiving dividend from '
SJamcs River Canal The city has already been indirectly
Reimbursed told Tor her outlay upon that valuable I'm
This fact universally conceded IT, 10 this remu
iteration her large subscriptions there be hereafter auoe
actual divide nd out OF earnings Of the company though
who will say thai the city subscription TO Is Stock ese
seemed be- has been nn"lse unu unploha
8ble SO far the city herselfis concerned
II remains for Richmond lend her Po"cFlui az
md capital 10 the Central Rail Road. The Slate has de
srrnncd TO carry that work forward To The ONO river
H. no onorr Local or even Virginia enterprise. IL is
continental work II part OF great Anal ne Amos
Street, reaching 81 Louis in Missouri /" this rliy
rscnIs in ths aspect The highest claims u the attention
! ltichmond.
The central road proper extends from Richmond 10 Gov
Hngton in Allegheny county The State Rail Road now Jas
scommenced extends from lis terminus al CoSingon ives
wia county thence 10 be prolonged by on
STEM 10 the mouth Of The great kanawha and by another stem
. the months Of The Guyandoe aud Big Sandy rivers a
Euyandoe the line will be connected by bridge with
All road running from The opposite bank 10 Cincinnati
Thence 10 ST the continuation OF the great straight
zur railway The James river L" the Mississippi wi
{ ,uon be complete.
W, derive from an authentic ucul the following
particulars ~ relation The OHIO and Mississippi Rail Road
connecting the cities of Cincinnati and ST. Louis by line
d hrce hundred and thirty five miles in extent:
Tlo work oil subel aud forces are employed on saei
Icparate section throughout the line The grading Tor one
,ndred and hly-ss miles, eighty two on the Cincinnati
eod and seventy the ST Lonis end WI
DC fully completed October ready for the superstruc
ue This murK was commenced Julv OF last year. and
been r s,cutcd required by the contracts which
ire in October next Fifteen engines have beer purchased
III 10 DO on the line before the Isl OF October Cars
Fare being delivered the Of twenty per monIh and The
ane will BE- well supplied for next winters operations Ten
Thousand iron rails have been purchased 10 he de-
yerd in Nav and June OF the present year More than
hundred aborcrs employed the line and the gra
ling will be completed within two years The line will bc
npened and Ia operation from Cincinnati the Jefferson
c road ,ichty-two miles BY the Isl OF January next
sinp rail road connexion between Cincinnati and Lou
,vile wea,y ivu miles Shorter III the river route, and
Road and b. me Is, Of July 1851 the New Albany road
Eormag Tie shortest possible ra read cohncN"n between
; Toni. AMI Louisville; and via Louisville continuous
nil road from ST. Louis 10 Cincinnlt IN fifteen months
rom he prcsen, day The subscriptions ;he stock
4 atuount to over So, 600 900"
Tins il seems thai the whole line from ST. Louis GOV
State ia provided Tor and under construction
sFrm Cuyins.on 10 Richmond The road bears the Of
1.-THE Virginia Central Rad Road and Is 10 be constructed
land owned By the Virginia Central Rail Road Company
is 10 this company and for ths part of The WORK. that tn,
p,ion is now solicited from Richmond II Is 10 that
bart of the road Immediately connected with Richmond ano
which is intended 10 secure benefit OF the great
sne beyond and the great trade coming IN upon from The
2Wes that Richmond 10 called upon TO vote subscription
I'm is road above all others In the State, In which II now
mos, behooyes Richmond TO have voice CONTROL and
Her interests identical with those OF its com
pany Their interest will be to draw the whole travel aud
TRADE coming in from the West along lis whole line
even 10 the depo;s OF Richmond Their interest will be 10
pcvcp any Fart or parcel trade from leaving the line
s,auoon Gcrdonsve any where cisc and 10