Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-10-28
Orange and Aiexandria Railroad.

The annual meeting Of the Stockholders of the
Orange and Aerandris Railroad Company held
ats session in Alexandria last Tuesday, when the
reports 81 the President. Clid Engineer and
General Superintendent read which pre-
sentfhe AFFAIRS I'd the company IN favorable
light. From the Report ofafr. Atkinson, Chief
Engineer, we learn that M material change in the
line OF the Extension from the experimental sur
veys ihasaee made in die length of the Road, the
distance from the poiKt Of connection with the
Virginia Central Railroad at Charlottesville, to
the Virginia ant Tepnessee Railxoed at Lynch
burg, being about 50 6lo miles.
The-extreme grades are limited 10 &c feet per
mile, and the curvature is mainly very gentle,
though IN some instances .rssius Of 1000 feet
is used, which is the minimum a this Road.
The aenrthof s,sag GIT line is :e,9I miles and Of
curved hpe 30 miles.
Forty -uiae tmHe) sections bave been let 10
contractors ef TIE highest character. and gene
rally at prices for graduation and euvert ma
sorry not exceeding former estimates the bridge
masonry asene being above them. The remain
ing eleven sections, sAys the report, ARE with.
he'd 10 f'ay ei ale policy of the Board. to
employ - landrasers on their own premises
whenit can be done without injustice to other
bidders a few DAYS vii settle the question. and
complete the award of the whole graduation aud
masonry esceTs the section aud bridge across
James river At I,nehburg. These jobs are .till
open, their precise location being affected by the
crossing af ;he james River aud kanawha Ca
nal"
The Parties engaged are prepared and warren
{ ed by their contracts and by the state of the
subscription, TO make outlay of labor in the
next gear in the aggregate of about S350,OOO for
"A minimum and it may be extended at the dis
erection of the Company, provided reasonable
notice be given To them, 10 S7Oo,0oO even
more.
AT this last named rate for the ensuing ycnr,
and a slightly more enlarged orc for 1856, the
road might be completed aud opened for travel to
Lynehbnrg IN the spring or summer of 1857.
am not so sangune as tn hope, however. that
such rapid progress will prevail, aud it is only
named here what might be expected under The
mos. prosperous condition possible of the funds
of the extension
The Engineers are already dispatched in
small force To prepare this work by stalking the
slopes for the Contractors.
Some OF the Contractors hive already broken
ground near Charlottesville with eommenduble
spirit. Owing to the employment of negro labor
however, the amount of graduation done before
the annual hiring at new year, will not be great
AT that time, the Contractors will be ready to
engage any amount of force To be desired. of
which .due notice vail be given them from this
Office
As respects the cost of the rond, Mr. Atkinson
says:
"At PRESENT. see no reason to make any modi-
hcatou in my views reyionsly expressed as to
the cost. II is 10 be noted, howeyer.thnt the es-
timatesiof February and March last were made
for money payments. while the eottraeiors prices
for earth and solid rock aud for calvet masonry
have been ON the average,as the event have shown
the same my estimates. The substitution Of
bonds aud stock payments 10 considerable ex-
tent may have influenced their offers. especially
lin the matters of lose rock aud bridge masonry.
, which IN some instances are above my figures
Rut the margin assumed IN these estimates was
1arge- 81 abe circumstances in o,her re spects nre
so much the same, that do not feel justified in
. making any change in their amount