The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-05-30
THE Times and the Covington ana
Ohio Railroad.

1Vl,a Times ana the SoNuiBLoi slao
Ohio Railroad.
The Richmond Times Of yesterday
makes the article published in the ms.
match on Tuesday demonstrating as"'ns'
Tho apparent effort Of that paper 70 eA','.
a;.,rust ms to the intentions OF those WHO
have interests on the line of the oo'inE'o''
I'd Ohio railroad the occasion Tor MOST
elaborate article, the object OF wh'en 's''
nrove first, that it is not wise to CONSTRUCT !,
,ho road sixty miles beyond Covington, an"
,,sre stop it; secondly, that the Covins'o"
and Ohio road must be built WITHIN s'N
ears. or all that is invested IN IL 'nus' NC
f,-feited and third, that Richmond must
10 satisfied tina, money can he had to hn'S'l
.,o ro.a n the Ohio before she emoarKs
in the enterprise. We agree with inc
ars, two propositions of the Times, pu'
wonId so modify the third as that Ken
,,,o,s shall ;oin ,cith other communities not
so deeply interested as herself in raising
tho means TO build the road to the ono.
Tho Inference from the language OF the
Times Nigh, ne that it expected Richmond
% ,oId its arms and 'cait for other people
:, rive money guarantee for a work
when she is more interested in it than any
other community. We cannot suppose
,ba, the Times means any such thing.
Surposipg that the Times does not OBJ
;.o, N the resolution of the stockholders
or the Central road, it will not oppose
n,,dcinc the property Of the railroads east
and west of Covington TO finish the WORK
from the Falls of kanawha to the ONO;
and we further infer that, as the Times oe-
s;-ss to see the road finished 10 the ONO
within six wears, il will not object TO such
modification of the contract as Will allow
The plcdging of the property AFORESAID I'M
,,eS;atelv upon the raising of the sum 10
complete the work to the Falls. For that
would insure its completion to the ONO
about as soon as it could be completed 10
the Falls. which are l26 miles from 90
yiugton: from thence to the Ohio being
ninetv-seven miles only.
So, being agreed upon the first branch oil
the proposition, that the road ought 10 be
completed to the Ohio, and suggesting
here the way to avoid the forfeiture OF the
property in the road il not completed IN
six wears. mooted by his second, we see no
great difference between US: While the
Times and ourselves are heartily "anX-
ions" "that the Covington and Ohio rail
road shall lie built" and as heartily con-
cur in the opinion that ait will make Rich
mond very great city"
The Times considers the Central rail
road in a deplorable condition, financially.
We imagine the Times is led into error on
this point, and that the figures will so
prove but il is not a matter of import
apce 10 consider the condition of the Cen
trail in this connection just now, since II
subScribeS nothing and pledges nothing
now toward the building of the Covington
and Ohio railroad.
In the matter Of the "imputations !"
upon motives which we supposed the
Times had made upon the owners Of
snrings and coal mines, that paper declares
that We placed an unwarranted construc-
ton" upon its remarks. Very well. We
understand that the Times admits that
when these gentlemen say they desire the
Covington and Ohio railroad completed to
the Ohio, they do not wish TO see it stop
ped at a S,ring in the mountains, or be-
meath the crags Of Greenbrer, but that
they really express what they feel. 1t
says, however, that the interests of the
people of Richmond and these springs
and coal men are different in this that
their interests might be benefited if the
road stopped at their property, while those
of Richmond would not. Exactly! But
as nobody wants to stop it all, why raise
the question! 1t is honest and proper iol
every man to advocate an improvement
that may be beneficial to himself; and II II
only by combining the personal interests
all along the line, including this city, tha'
We can build the work at all.
Seeing, then, no point worthy of contro
versy between our neighbor ana ourselves
it affords US pleasure to relieve nm u ;, ." =,
"painful and disagreeable conclusion " u
which he had arrived that there was u "
a"ba,tle royal" between us. Inc on!
regret we feel in affording him .h'S iei''
grows ont Of the further disappointment o
his hopes that such con'roVe .s ~ou,'
aid in boring through some of the tunnel
ON .ha road. process 50 beautifully be
gun by his article of yesterday!