The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-07-15
From our Special Reporter.
The Chesapeake md Ohio Railroad
The COnvenfion-Yfs Spirit and

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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,
July II, 1867.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Convention closed its proceedings yeSter-
day, and you have already received re-
port of the same. The nature of tho de-
bates Of its second day rendered report
Of them neither easy nor useful. The diff
fercnccS. among The speakers were more
fanciful than real. Upon the main point
of the unreasonable Importance and in
calculable bcaclits of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad there was but one voice.
The debate was chiefly with reference to
the equal division of the S5,000,OO0 be-
tween Virginia and West Virginia, as pro-
posed by the resolutions of the business
committee. West Virginia led OIL in
brief speech from the Hon. Samuel Price,
of Greenbricr, one OF the most lntelll-
gent as we'll as one of the most sincere
and upright men in the State. He avowed,
what every man knew, that he was an ar
dent friend of the great work, having de-
voted tho best part Of his life to its sup
port. He, however, expressed his fears
that West Virginia would not. be able 10
raise the two and half millions, while If
the same amount only were allotted to
Virginia, that State would raise no more,
and thus the contract between the Central
Railroad Company and the commissioners,
which required that five millions should be
raised, would be forfeited. This was the
cause of great concern with him. He
thought it would be better to leave out all
reference to tho amount TO be expected
of either, and leave it to both to DO their
best.
Mr.. Magruder, Of Albemarle, objected
to the naming of al amount to be raised
by Virginia, the moro especially because
il might operate as restraint upon her,
since it was expected that the amount oi
her subscription would exceed TWO and a
half millions. Richmond city and Au-
gusta county alone proposed to raise that
sum. Therefore he desired that the
clause allotting this amount to Virginia
should be omitted from the resolutions.
He would leave it altogether to West Vir-
giuiaps TO say what that State could do.
Mr.. Caperton stated that the apportion-
ment had been determined upon in COM
mit,ee after much deliberation. 1t had
been commended with force that as Vir
gina had already built in good part, out of
the private funds of her own citizens, 200
constitute the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad, and IS the remaining $50
miles were almost entirely located
in West Virginia, therefore the peo.
Pile Of West Virginia might well and
reasonably contribute half of the five mil
lions necessary to construct the work to
the head of steamboat navigation on the
Ohio. Mr. G. stated also that West Viz
glnla in her subscription might have as.
slS,ance from OHIO and Kentucky, whose
aia the committee had in view in their ap-
portonment. Indeed, large subscriptions
were anticipated from Cincinnati and other
commercial communities in addition to the
iiperai subscriptions from counties and
Towns ,i ), on the upper Ohio and Big Sandy
inmealaseiy IN the vicinity of the terminii
VI Inc great railroad; Incidentally he paid
agso"ng tribute to Virginia for the noble