Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-11-04
LOCAL ITE N 8.

SAo'I Nav, # the Orange and Alexandria
s' ssa.5 company, convened at the office Of
han" m,a,v in this city, yesterday at L
'Ae a. motion Of }. 5. Barbour, W..
o''S,a, :. =, Albemarle, was appointed Chair
y "' no meeting J. II. Reid, secretary Of
-. "',' Company, acting as secretary Of the
y TAYLOR moved that committee OF
.,,.e be appointed to examine and report
-. ,r,xies. whereupon the chair ap-
,.3 i. Taylor, Of Alexandra, ". II.
. .., Of Fauquier, and J, NJ. Dillard' Of
y,..p. ,aid Committee.
,.o,ou the meeting then took recess
anil o'clock, p. NJ to assemble at the
Iycum Hail.
',srro'elock, the stockholders re-assem-
,,I ;, ,he Lyceum Hall, when the Commit
= N proxies reported a quorum OF stock
.sr, in person and by proxy. The Bye
-eo.;rinc persons representing stock,
themselves stockholders, was suspend
,,J /, number of proxies admitted
W., p-e.iden, Of the Company, }. 5. Bar
- rben read the report OF the President
IA Director, a follows:
PRESIDENTS REPORT.
., i, 81. GGujd,y. y the ord"3s ana AeeSs"dF'd
p.,,1i rnpang:
meteor. of the Orange and Alexandria
r,mr,nv, respectfully submit their an
ks'.l Il III, affairs of the Company, aud
u- nm II the road Tor the financial year which
,,',,.a IN the .iOth OF september last.
,,,rt ui the road has been in operation, anu
nnI.r construction. during the past year, IN
49,, II. general subject may be more clearly
understood it will be III the nam treated uhuef
Effective divisions, which together substan-
,,gy embuiy all the operations ara business VI
-. I,upary for that time.
80 WORK is OPERATION.
rh, ,,.l Receipts of the year arising from trans
.,,,f,,,t passengers and freight. de-, amount
N. ,u,n ii S2sS.791, against s25s,sg5 81 OF the
,, before. showing an increase OF SZs,sel %.
e.. ,.,t r.c,ipts are $l57,57l 81, against $751;
v. Il Of the year preceding.
r.,.,y ..ycp thousand three hundred and seven
> : s;Ul passengers. and twenty nine thousand
H.. hundred t2g. 300 tons Of freight, have been
,.,p.p,r,ed over the road during the past year.
IT,, results exhibit the fact that the road has
Increased it, business Of past years, and IS able,
aysp in its limited and unfinished state, 70 make
r.nunera,ive profits upon its cost
M. proper 10 state in this connection. that the
f,,s received upon through passenger. carried
".., N. road. for causes heretofore stated, has
l.n relatively less than the compensation Of con-
,,c,ir, lines, and will be considerably Increased
AMI, that mart If the road also as soon as the
SRI i, ,ini .hed and in operation 10 Lynchburg.
The rali has been worked with satisfactory re-
.aI,, ana the trains run with regularity, unattend-
81 a heretofore. hy the occurrenceot any serious
accident, Or loss of life or limb Of single pas
..p,sr Duo care has been bestowed upon that
r,r, NJ the road in operation, and such repairs
mai. !, were necessary for the safety OF tho trans
from the ratio Of working expenses TO receipts
stated by the General Superintendent At forty
,.- cent, il is manifest that the road has been
worked with strict economy. III Is be!ieved tha'
he ,r.,nization Of the Transportation Depart
men, !. efhcicut and well ordered, and equal to
m. .,i,,inr requirements of the service. Vi
,oar.e in view Of the early opening Of the exten'
SION i, Lynchhurg. an enlargement of equipment
and an additional number OF employees will be
r..,u,r.i liz IN. business of the road. Some small
p,,vir,p in, been made for this object already,
but IN, General superintendent estimates that
three mura engines and SIX passenger cars VIII DO
re,ur,l for this service by Spring. new pas
.enr,r building is much needed AT the Alexandria
Station. l., construction has heretofore been
postponsl partly on account OF the financial cou-
iition Of the Company, and partly because OF the
uncertainty OF The mode OF connection which
would be finally established with Washington city.
The time has now arrived when the credit Of the
III, ,.- Il Al
some better accommodation in this respect.
The rcpor, OF the General Superintendent, III.
W.Ndnd.griit, esl A.. herewith submitted, will show
ID fetal the condition of hi, Department. and
contains mach information III relation thereto, OF
interest 10 the Stockholders.
WORN UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
Il was confidently expected AT the last annual
meeting that the extension 10 Lyuchburg would
haze been completed and i'll operation within the
year then neat ensuing. The protracted heavy
;a.u. u las winter and spring, and unusual ply
scsl difficulties, however, have tended to delay
n. result The work il now very far advanced,
and BY the middle Of December it is calculated
that the rails will be laid continuously from Char
"ttesri!lc To the North side of the Canal bank at
Lynchturs. and the line ready for the reception of
Tie train. to that point The work is also in pro-
sres, u construction from the Canal to the Depot
ste Al Lyuchhurg. but involves some heavy ma-
'G'y, with difficulties OF access 10 foundations,
s'sing from depth of water al the crossing OF tn
lanai. The communication at this point can be
'Ipp!lei temporarily, either by Canal Boat and
lauIbuscs running To- the Virginia and Tennessee
Railroad Depot, or by treSsel work across the Ca
hai i the James River and kanawha Company
WI Allow it to he put in.
I. Atkinson. Chief Engineer. died in De-
'eacrr last, and since that time the duties Of that
E''Iioa have been efficiently discharged by the
de'cra Superintendent, Mr.. Nandegrift, whose
report ci the condition al the work under con-
flctIon j. hereto also annexed. About forty five
aAe' d track have already been laid down. leav-
az an.y some fifteen miles remaining unlaid.-
me "ors OF uack.laying is now III progress at
''e'a points, and will hc completed al the earliest
'acieaole period. When the magnitude Of the
l'@t' J, considered, and the vast difficulties OF
.seiccuttou taken into view, it becomes = mat
go generalization that u work Of such great
IG''t1atc j - near its final completion. The
Ns7 benefit, wach 1t Is expected will result from
-e e'r>irar.inn Of the road. have induced the ex-
"E''e9' extraordinary exertons for its early com
ESa'n Il i believed that every effort has boon
UsioSed = BRING about this result, which energy
'"I! could supply on the part Of those having
age Y the work. The operations Of the year
nov Ne execution Of heavy quantities of work,
'''' Mach exceeding what had been done in any
t"i,as year.
Vai Company may hereafter with pride refer TO
ac' that they have constructed Railroad
,'aou' = parallel in the physical difficulties of
- "h'iTugton a whole, and with less assis-
,% lroyortlonally from the Treasury of the
'aan any leading work III Virginia.
"a agreement has been entered into with the
.so'A Ventral Railroad Company, by which
-, !"f' q their railway between Gordonsville
:" r,nneciins the extension with the original
r. =, a, !. ID 70 lie purpose, Of our cO@Pa,