The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-12-06

| RAILROAD CONVENTIONAL large number
of Presidents Directors, and other officers of the
various Internal Improvement Companies of the
State met at the Capitol, yesterday, pursuant to
| call of the Board of Public Works.
| On motion of Col. c. F. NJ. Garnett, the Conven.
| ton organised by appointing Col. ED. FoNTAINE
Chairman, and JOHN SEDDEN, Esq. OF Stafford
Secretary.
The Chairman, on taking his seat, returned
thanks for the honor conferred upon him, and brief
ly stated the object of the meeting to be, to confer
about the propriety of establishing tariff of char
ges for freight and passengers, transported over the
respective improvements, as suggested by the
Board of Public Works.
On motion of Col. GARRETT the rules of the House
of Delegates, so far as they were applicable, were
adopted for the government of the Convention.
Mr. j. b. Stovall moved that the representatives
present of each of the lines Of improvement hand
in their names to the Secretary, in order to know
what works were represented. And the motion
having prevailed, the following delegates reported
themselves:
Orange and Alexandria Railroad Messrs Ipman
Horner and VIM c Rives Directors
Virginia Central Railroads.&c. Ed Fontaine,
President VIM Gordon, proxy; Samuel Carpen-
ter, VIM Overton Samuel Brown, aud Hill,
Directors; and d Whtcomb, Superintendent
Petersburg Railroad-Mr III D Bird, President;
Thomas S Gholson, Director.
Richmond and Petersburg Railroad-Peter V
Daniel, Jr, President; Francis Rves, Roscoe B
Heath, Charles Ellis and Holden Rhodes, Directors;
Superintendent
Iirgiaia and Tennessee Railroads. M Preston,
Benz Wilks and C l. Crockett, proxies; C M Gar
nett, Chief Engineer; and E II Gill; Supt
Roanoke Valley Raiiroad.-James Williamson,
President
.Sea5oard and Roanoke Railroad-William Col.
Inns. President.
Richmond and DanuiHe Railroad-y Witcher,
Pres't; StovalI, l. Z Harvie and Ro Maury Di.
rectors; w M Tredway, Garrett and Thos w
Mc(sapcp. nroxiea 4
Richmond and York Rirer Railroad. Alexander
Dudley, Prest; DR. G l. Nicholson, II B Tomiin, w
C Douglass, w Taiaferro and R A Pryor, Di-
rectors Samuel HARDWOOD, proxy; and s Clax-
Richmond, fredericksburg and Potomac Rail.
road-Edwin Robinson, President; Geo w Mum.
ford, Director.
Alexandria, Loudoam and Hampshire Railroad
John Bruce proxy.
Winchester and Potomac Railroad-George B
Beall, proxy.
James Rtcer and Kaaapha Canal Company
Thomas H Ellis, Prest Thos Bondurant, VIM
w Boyd, James Lyons, John Womble, and John
Speed, Directors; Edward Kenna and VIM Ia.
iaferro, proxies; Edwin Lorraine, Chief Engineer.
Norfolk aud Petersburg Railroads. Mallory.
Prest VIM Malone, Chief Engineer.
Manassa Gap Railroad.-Philip Pitman, proxy.
Fredericksburg and Gordonsrale Railroad
Mr. NJ Garnet offered the following resolu-
ton, which was adopted:
Resolved That committee of three be appoint.
ed to wait upon the Board of Public Works and In.
form them that the Convention 10 now In session,
and ready to receive any communication they may
desire to make.
The Chairman thereupon appointed the following
gentlemen TO constitute the committee: Messrs
N Garnet, Lewis 4 Harvie and II B Tomlin.
The committee then retired, and after an alb.
sence of an hour, returned, and through their
chairman, presented the following communication
from the Board OF Public Works as their report:
OFFIcR OF THE BoARD OF PUBLIC WoRxs !
Richmond, Dec. 5th, 1854
To Col. Ed. Fontaiae, Presf., ETC., etc.
SiR The Board OF Public Works having been
waited on by committee appointed by the body
over which yon preside, informing them of your
organization and stating your readiness to receive
any communication they might have to make re.
spscling the objects for which the Convention was
assembled. direct me to ssy that they have no spc.
cial communication 10 make on the snbjeck They.
however, respectfully reter you. 70 tho circular
Which shey caused 70 BIO addreaeed 20 the ocers Of
the various imp ofthe 6tata inviting them
70 convene On this deg for the purpose Of confsr.
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