The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-06-18
Cheeaoeake and Ohio Railroad.

Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
We publish below the letter Of Colonel
roxr,,sE. President ofthe Central Railroad
Company with reference to the arrangement
adopted by the Central Company for can
yassing the eastern division of the great
line of railroad to the Ohio, with the view
of raising subscriptions to its stock. We
hope that the friends of the improvement
will 60 to work promptly, and that we
shall soon be able to report encouraging
results:
OFFICE VIRGINIA CENTRAL RAILROAD Co.,
+. RICHMOND, June Is, 1867. :
To the Editors Of the Dispatch
Gentlemen AT a late meeting Of the Board
of Directors Of this Company the President
was instructed to cause steps 10 be taken
without delay to obtain a corporate subscrip-
ton from the city Of Richmond and counties
in Virginia which are Immediately interested
in the execution Of the conditional contract
which this company has made for completing
the Covington and Ohio railroad, and to APP
point commissioners 10 aid him In this duty,
and also to call public meetings for the FUR
therance of the enterprise:
Whilst every citizen Of every county ana
town iE the State will receive a direct or mol
rect benefit from the completion OF the Cow
ington and Ohio road, by the addition OF pop
ulation and capital which will attend It's sue
cess, and the consequent increase OF subjects 10
bear the burden Of taxation after Richmond,
1 regard the counties OF Augusta, Aioemarle'
Fluyanna Goochland, and Henrico as speclal-
ly interested, beyond any other portion OF the
Commonwealth. i have, therefore, appointed
a committee for each of these counties, as well
as for the city of Richmond, and l earnestly
appeal to each chairman to bring the SUBJECT
before his committee, and, through them, TO
the people of his county. IT is known 10 many
persons that by an actual survey II is ascer-
tanned that the railroad between Charlottes-
vile and Richmond can be shortened thlrty
I2O) miles with no grade exceeding twenty
feet TO the mile. The Chesapeake and ONO
Railroad Company, by the late ac,, are au
thorized TO construct that ROAD. when 'ie
saving of distances and the improvement In
grades are considered, the building OF that
short track rs il is generally called Will follow
absolutely as q necessary consequence Vi the
immense traffic which will come from the
" Great West" over the Covington ana ohlo
road.
The people of these counties have not only
the assurance that the stock they subscribe Tor
will yield them the eight per cent when is
guaranteed by the Central Company, but they
will secure all the benefits of building the air
line from Charlottesville TO Richmond. 10
every passenger who goes from Albemarle TO
Richmond there will be saving of one-third
his present fare on the railroad, and the same
proportion of all freight charges. -,
The people of Fluvanna and Goochland VIII
have n new line Of communication opened to
their market If every foot of land in Henrico
was converted into market garden IT would
not be half enough 10 supply the wants OF the
increased and ever-increasng population OF
Richmond The farms for many miles around
the CITY, instead Of being sold by the acre,
would be sold as town lots and by the 1901 AZ
a hundred-yea, in many cases q thousaho-
fold OF their present value.
Accompanying this is list OF the commit
tees. The chairman of each is requested TO
add such names as he may think eXpedlent.
Very respectfully,
E. FoSTAISE, President.
=. S-As Richmond is about TO raise two
millions of dollars think the counties above
named ought to raise 500, OOO-Augusta, 5000
600 Albemarle, $4,000; Fluvanna, Gooch-
land, and Henrico, each $4,000.
COMMITTEE FOR ALBEMARLE.
BIB Magruder, DR.. John II. Woods, Rev.
William p. Parish, James Southall, Judge
William J Robertson, Professor John b. Mi
nor DR.. John Baylor, j. j. Pace, William I.
Early, Colonel Thomas J. Randolph, George
w. Macon, 5. W. Ficklin, William ID. Hart,
John H. Undertake, John Wood, Jr., Ira
mond Thompson, Benjamin Wood, James
Alexander, William +. Gordon, James M.
Bowen.
COMMITTEE FOR THE CITY OF RICHMOND.
Hon. James Lyons, Judge William w.
Crump. Thomas X. Price, Isaac Davenport,
Ir., Richard O. Haskins, John Enders, Gene
raj J. Il. Anderson, Colonel II. g. Cabell,
Wellington Goddin, Thomas Branch, +. II.
Aylett, David j. Saunders, William b. Jones,
A. y. Stokes, 5. c. Tardy, David l. Burr, DR..
James b. McCaw, John Purcell, John Dooley,
William CT. Paine, Thomas w. boswell,
Thomas ] Evans, Moses Millhiser, r. B. .HaX-
all, John A. Lancaster. Robert Edmond,
James H. Grant, Hugh w: Fry, General j
ID Imboden, Thomas w. McCance, II. +. q.
Roskeryill, n. NJ. Lee, Thomas U. Dudley,
J ohm Wright, Alfred Moses.
COMMITTEE FOR HENRICo COUNTY.
Franklin Stearn., Colonel knight. Richard
NcCIruder, w l.. Harrison, j. Il. Young, Il.
r. McGruder, b. w. Green, John Wickham,
lanes Garrett j. ]. White, J. 5. Atlee, Co
lionel sherman McRae, Z. G. Warwick, M. S.
Cottrell.
COMMITTEE FOR GooCHLASD.
Colonel John II. guy Walter Leake, Will
liam Stanard, Colonel John Trevilian, John
Woodson. James Nj. Garland, +. N. Fleming,
Charles Massie, A. M. Hamilton, Colonel } u
Iian Harrison DIR. w. +. Walker, Randolph
Harrison, John Hobson, DR.. George Harris,
MI, Parrish, Charles X. Woodson, Alexander
Shelton.
COMMITTEE FOR AUGUSTA COUNTY.
General John Echols, John b. Baldwin, A.
H. IL. Stuart, Thomas j. Niche, M. G.. Har-
man, Alexander CARRIER, w. Fl. II. Lynn, r.
MauZy, r. Young, Bolivar Christian, II. G..
Bickei, Il. Crawford, j. M. McCue, j. G..
Fulton, Kenton Harper, Samuel II. Bell,
Stout, William Withrow, Jr., ID. s. Bell, Alb
salon Rainier, James Bumgarder, Adam M.
Haupe, William Dunlop, Meredith ID. Hogs
head, DR.. Thomas w. Shelton, Hugh G..