The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-02-09

Atlantic and Ohio Railroad company
The grand scheme OF the CovlnEton ana
Ohio railroad, which has bcea attfac'lhN -
much attention from capitalists abroad ms
nj last aroused our own citizens 10 an eHo''
% ra,oin 60 invaluable 4 birihrlght III tue
family 1t had seemed that, III the mas "'
the general desolaIiou of ouI dear ola .ho'H'''
and the general distribution Of her th'e'''
Including almost the very household fodS' II"
hand would be put forth 10 say" any par "
the invaluable patrimony passing away ~ 80
possession OF strangers This mpresS4o"
turns ont 4 delusion. We have men WHO Can
exert themselves, and men who appreciate 'n'
value of the important franchises yet lett /"
the State out OF the many that the i'Slsla'
ture has thrown away.
A proposition was yesterday sent through
the House to its committee for Incorporating
the Virginia. Atlantic and ONO kaliroao
Company." The gentlemen named rs corpo'
rators are our own Virginia cluzehs' lh's
are. Isaac Davenport, I, w. McCance John
Echols, James l.. kemper, l.. Is Deahe' J u
Harvey, X. IL. Maury, X. A. Lancaster, J. X
Mcdaniel, G. X. Mason, w J. Robertson hugh
A. Gallagher, T.. Fontaine, j. NJ. Bolts, {. "
purcell Wellington Goidn. W. II Haxall,
b. w. Haxal, ID. l. Burr, W. Il. lsaacs, Solo
John Purcell, John Enders, l.. ID. Crenshaw.
Jas Thomas, Jr., W. q. Paine, W. Is. Jones.
James H. Grant, Robert Edmond, John Free
land. :. c. Tardy, G : Palmer, VIM. Palmer,
r. Ragland, j. q Meem, :. McCorkl", b. {.
Flanagan. Alexander Riycs, y. II. Hill, j. \.
Scott. c. 7. Workman, u. J. Saunders, James
Dunlop, CT T. Watson, u. Curric, X. 0. Has
kins. A. Y. Stokes, II i. G. Baskerville, +. y
Noting and J. Il. Anderson,
The scheme proposes that the company shall
construct, equip, and operate, 4 line or lines
OF railway from one more points on the
Chesapeake. or any on" or more Of its tributa.
ries, 10 the Ohio river. III the construction OF
said road, the company are required 10 com
mcnce their operations al CJvinston, and TO
complete and equip their road thence TO the
Ohio on the alignment of CHARLES u. FISK,
Civil Engineer, before constructing any other
part Of their road. The work at CoSington 10
be begun in six months, ana the road 10 the
Ohio 10 be completed III six years, under the
penalty of III" entire line r"vcrtinS TO III"
State.
The gauge OF their road 10 correspond with
the Central railroad The capital 10 be So
600 900 10 800 oI1. 900. The State TO transfer TO
the company its entire property in the toNins-
ton and Ohio railroad. There Is 10 he no DIS
elimination tolls for or against amy rail-
road company in the State.
The Virginia Central Railroad Company,
and any railroad company chartered by West
Virginia for constructing a railway along the
line of the Cuvington and Ohio road, may take
stock In this company, and they may also con-
solidate the franchises, rights, &c, OF each Oh
said companies into one corporation
The scheme, in short, is 10 establish grand
company, which viii include The toNlngton
and Ohio, the Central and the York River, or
such other line from Richmond as may be
determined upon. Here, then, we secure
control Of the new part OF the line, and thus
protect the part already built by own people,
and in which the State j. Il large stakeholder.
We should thus control the shortest and most
eligible way from the ocean 10 the Ohio and
Mississippi Valley. The grades Of this route
eastward are the best OF all the routes from
the great West 10 the seaboard. On The Co
yington and Ohio line the sharpest grade
coming east with all the heavy freights, Is
only twenty nine feet TO the mile, in its noun
tain section, while in any other section of the
road the grade could hardly be easier in our
tide. water region. Such Il road, in our own
hands would confer benefits not 10 be over
estimated-while we are satisfied that Nir-
pinia should. in no case. part with the control
of it.
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