Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-04-25
LOCAL NEWS: ?
THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL Is.


TIE LouDoUN BRANCH RAIIRoAD. AT
the meeting Of the Stock holders Of: the Maoas
coo Gap Railroad Company yesterday, when
tbn sutiect of the transfer of the Road to the
orange and Alexandria Railroad Compa
uas under consideration Timothy Taylor, OF
Ioudoun, opposed the transfer. unless some
,rovisio 81, was made for building the Loudopn
Rraucb. s He was unwilling that-theestoek in
that Branch, To- which his people had so liber-
.lv subscribed, should be given away without
,ome Compensation he did not consider it
fair and as proxy fol-. a majority Of the Stock
holders 10 Loudoun, ;;he should vote against its
tranfer. - 0g' S II 3. ;88EKlt
Mr.. Marshall answered that he thought the
Company would look upon the Loudoun
Branch in tthessame light that the Manassas
Company had done, deem TITO their
interest to construct the work, which he con-
sdered Of great Importance. It was not
deemed prudent however to make the con-
struction Of the Branch stipulation in the
transfer. The Manassas Company could do
nothing, and the Stockholders of the Loudoun
Branch would be no worse off,, pecuniarily,
than the Stockholders of the main line The
great object was 20 have Manassas rebuilt.
After. the agreement was made and the main
line constructed, he thought the Orange Com
pany would find it to their interest to build the.
l.oudoun Branch. So +5 s5. Rs
Mr. Taylor said thai sle could not compre-
bend the gentleman OF what use was the
stock Of the Loudouo braoch if. they did not
intend to complete the road? He would not.
give his consentto vote this stock away as gift.
lIe complimented Mr. Marshall for his honesty
and integrity, but could not see how he could
with propriety, agree TO vote this stock
away without sone guarantee. He did not
wish TO sacrifice or give away the interests Of
those he represented.
Mr. Marshall sai} that the Loudoun Branch
was not Included 10 the act. The gentleman
would have to appeal to the Orange and Alex.
andria railroad.
COL Patterson, OF Loudoua, objected to the
transfer, as it LETT tHc stockholders without 8
voice hereafteN He wasdemocratic enough to
believe that the people ought to have voice.
He had no objection to making It che road,
but thought that they should have something
TO say once in a while They we're now losing |
everything, and bye-and bye would not have
even vote: Things have been going wrong
for some time--for +, he last six years He |
thought that the Southern Contederacy was
going to do right, but&they, Toe, had gone all
wrong. -a~i@.lS .aSf&
YardIy Taylor was In favor of the Orange
and Alexandria railroad finishing the road,
but he wished the stock holders OF the Mauas-
sas Gap railroad to have. a little something to |
say.
". D. Massey, said that the Manassas Gap
railroad was utterly bankrupt, and it was pro
posed that the Orange and Alexandria railroad
should administer upon that baukruptcy.-
There was no conclusion but that they should
accept the transfer if they wished the road COM
peted He wanted TO know if the stockholders
thought that the Orange and Alexandria rail
road would complete the road and then allow
them the control OF it. They were allowed to
have two directors living along the line OF road.
Col. Patterson said thHt if the transfer was
made, he would like 10 have little ride once
in while He was too poor to be elected !
dire ctnr re.