Evening star., 1869-11-04
ALEXANDRIA.
LOUDON AND HAMP
SHIRE RAILROAD.

SHIRE RAILROAD.
mort of the eIDresielemt-EIeefio,, of 1Df
ficers &C. Ac
Tno -, o'',',oI
of the Alexandria, Loudon and Hampshire Rail
road, was held at the Office OF the company, in
Alexandria Yesterday. when the President of rho
Company hoh' Le"s hchehZle, Suphhtteu the
annual report OF the Board OF Directors, which
was read and adopted.
They say that ''slnce their last annual meeting
communicaton was received from +. NJ wal
ton ana other cltiZens or Hardy county, III rela-
non 10 cOnnection with the proposed kanawha
anu Shenahaoan MAJ railrOad, whch, IL Is contem
sala Sn county, by the way OF Mooreheld, to the
U.io isi IiHeI, AT vi near IonI Iieasant, ana IN
RIrsoaa Ea,ot,;o, =, ~, -, ,lS .n,S ooinPny - T IN a
~. ,h .a ~, Ei. " -. heio a' hooreheiu,
vi, NM r,io 1;. NIu ~, W ';s uu I ,dI.. =.
ne uiaec.oIs apiSlloeu ~ Iepfessnt p SCI. .ns COM
and Messrs. Andrew JamieaSn ~ and I + NJ Sta.
art, friends of this work. who attended. and
were kindly and bosn;tahlv received Nnnh
anxiety was eXpressed for n connectiom nv this
or some other road. by which the rich VALLEY of
the South Branch OF the Potomac could be
opened and developed The convention was i'm
session two days. and much interest was exbib
tied by the delep; IS along the line of tI,e conn
ties extending towards the river for a railroad
An examination of this line was prom;sed nv
this comnany and IN is now i'm proeress Inv o,,y
principal assistant engineer, Addison Narbury
Esq, with the hope that a favorable location
NAV he found in connection with the original
plai of this company. i'm making our road one i'm
which the coal interests will he thoroughly 10
yeloped. The directors have also had a meeting
with the citizens of Washington and George.
town, looking to a co-Operation i'm this enter
prise by the CORPORATE authorities of those
places.
and short route from the West to the National
Capital can he fOund and that if this is found fn
be correct, then, that w ashington would deem n
subscription of 81 900 600 a suit able one I'm view
of the faculties afforded by the onen;nc of
another great railway from the West tO the
National CAPITAL and forever silencino the com
plant of the want of accommodation and the
neriodical talk of removino the seat of Govern
ment to a more central locality. BEFORE this
work Gan he comnIeted the RaItimore anI NH"
Railroad will be amply employed i'm proyilino
for the increase Of travel and freight, and there
need he no rivalry or iealousv between tbe two
corporations. In Is too late In the dav for anv
railroad COMPANY to Claim exclusive nrivileces
Under the authority of the stockbolders at the
last annual meeting q CONTRACT was entered into
on the 22d of March. 1859. with certain narties
for fhe building and enunment of tiis rod
ready for use within three wears from date or
such further time as might be necessary. from
Hamilton Station I'm I6utloun county To tho
town of WINCHESTER, or TO such other point at or
near Winchester as NAV be fixed upon. npon
terms which were deemed, ON the whole, adyan-
tageous to the company. In consed uence of
some of the parties interested not Complying
agreement.
day of May last this contract was abrogated and
revoked, and on the I'd day of july last another
contract was entered into with III. s. McComb.
of Wilmington, Delaware, and other gentle,
men, which Is now being carried ont in good
faith. The character OF ali the eent,eHen
connected with this contract warrant the board
in assuring the stockholders that eyerythjn9
agreed to will be performed i'm good faith
and as promptly as circumstances viii admit Of
With the enlarged views which are now enter
tanned in regard to this road, it is deemed i'm
portant that a thorough Examination IF the
Country should be made, i'm order that n Iocatinn
of the most suitable and economical character
NAV be selected. Two parties are now in tb..
field, west OF winchester, and we Are NOT Vet
prepared to report the result of their eXplora-
tons That portion of the line between Ham;I
ton and the Shenandoah river can be Got ready
for contract on either OF the two routes on short
notice. the surveys having sufficiently progressed
to decide upon location without delay, as soon
as the board deems It advisable to act. IT is
now delayed ON both lines in consequence OF a
dificulty in the assessment of land damages
landholders along both lines having eyinced
great iliiberalty on the subject, whei, we con-
sider the benefits which would accrue to them
fron the facilities which rairOad confer.
Since our last annual report the extension has