The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-02-09
.:o and Ohio Railroad Company

-, scheme OF the CoNington anu
',r,ad which has been attracting :"
'-'N .,,,,on from capitalists abroad ms
n'"> :" ,,,,oa our own citizens To ah ehof'
" .,ir so invaluable 4 bifthFlSh' III nv
.,t,y II had seemed that, III me mus, %
49,, ,.,,aral desolatlou of ouI dear ola .ho'''''
,a Tho general distribution oil heT eH'N'''
t,crudinr almost the very houSehoid e"">' Nv
no,s would be put forth 10 save a"S P'' -
,ha Invaluable patrlmony passing away - w
,ls.s.i,u cf strangers. This impression
-,s ont 4 delusion. We have men VINO can
ox,rt themselves. and men VIII" appreciate INV
,.,,rs of the important franchises YET iel' l"
,na Sfate ont OF the many ihat the i't DIV
ture has thrown away.
4 proposition was yesterday sent throns"
- Lousa IN lis committee for incorporating
,ba Virginia. Atlantic and ONO hallroao
r,,,rony The gentlemen named rs cofpo'
- ara our own Virginia citizens. they
a-o. Isaac Davenport, 7. w. McCance John
r-,o,s Tq,nrs l. kemper, L. Il. Deane, J. II.
uarvev 4 II. Maury, Il. a. Lancaster, J. Il.
Mcdaniel. c. Il Mason, W. J Robertson hugh
G,u,chcr. F. Fontaine, J. NJ. Bolts, {. ="
purcell Wellington Gotdin. w. II. HaXall,
u " uaxall, D. / Burr, W Il. l>aacS, Solo
won Davis, Samuel Miller, Abram Warwick
rohr Purcell John Endcrs, l.. u. Crenshaw.
Ia. Thomas. Jr. w. g. Paine, W. Il. Jones.
lanes II. Grant Robert Edmond, John free
land : c. Tarav. G : Palmer, VIM. Palmer
2 Rarland. ]. q. Meem. =. McCorkl", Is. {.
rIarnoran. Alexander Rivcs, y. b Hin, J. \.
Scott c 7. Workman, u. J. Saunders. James
Duplop. Ct L. Watson, ID. Currie, Il. u Has
kins. A. Y Stokes, III. +. c. BaskervlH, +. y.
Noting and !. Il. Anderson.
The scheme proposes that the company shaA
construct, equip, and operate, line or lines
Of railway from one or NOR" points on III"
Chesapeake, or any ono or more OF its tribuia'
ries, 10 the Ohio river. III the construction OF
said road, the company are required 10 com
mtnce their operations AZ CoNlnstoh, ana 10
complete and equip their road thence TO the
Ohio on the alignment of CHARLES Is FISK
Civil Engineer, before constructing any other
part Of their road The work n Covingtoh 10
be begun in six months, and the ROAD 10 IIic
Ohio 10 b. completed Ill six years, unaef 'tc
penalty of the entire line rcvcrilhS 10 Hi'
State.
The gauge OF their road 10 correspond WIN
The Central railroad. The capital 10 De 1'''
10000 10 $4,000. 900. The State 10 rahsAet ~
the company its entire property Ill 'he Wv 40
ton and Ohio railroad. There Is 10 W w ~,
elimination as 10 tolls FOR or against amy i"'
road company in the State r,-,,.
The Virginia Central Railroad to'hp
and any railroad company chartered oS -,
yirgini, for constructing railway aiohs ~,
linz of The Coyincton and Ohio road may s""'
stock in this company, and they hwy oooh .,
sol;date the franchises, rights &c "a
said companies into one corpor"nom' o,,d
Thu scheme. in short, is 10 es'apiish st'"o
, ,,hich will include the 'oN'he 'on
na r,,i, Tho Central, and the York RIVER o'
snch cher line from Richmond as may Ut
da,arniped upon. Here then, we secui'
=, ,be new part OF the line, ana th"'
49,. Tho mart already built 10y own people
a. which the State is large stakeholder
W, .hou,d thus control the shortest and mos
arsih,e way from thc ocean 10 the Ohio and
Nississippi Valley. The grades OF this route
eastward are the best of all the routes from
the great West TO the seaboard. On the Co
xington and Ohio line the sharpcst grade
coming east, with all the heavy frelghts, Is
only twenty nine feet 10 the mile, III it's noun
tain section while in any other section OF the
road the grade could hardly be easier IN ON
tide. water region. Such a road, in our own
hands would confer benefits not to be over
estimated-while we are satisfied that Nlr'
pinia should, in no ease. part with the controI
of 1t.