The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-11-25
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o,..aneake and Ohio Railroad.
rsa snnnal meeting Of this company took
,,.es IN this city yesterday. The two ste
t,nms ~ the morning and the afternoon were
sn sn and HARMONIOUS. There was no dis
n,,tation-no wrancling. The company Is
one Of deeds and not Of words. Keso.a-
.sons and the lengthy discussion Thereon oy
nersons who are much more pleased TO near
themselves speak than others are 10 near
them. are not now in fashion In the ches"-
neate and Ohio Railroad Company. Long
aro the late General HARvrE announced .ns ),
fact TINT resolutions don't build raiiroaus'
II was a sharp and startling TRUTH n''ereo
a,,-,,o the discussion of strings OF Eesoiu-
t,ore offered By speakers who spoke py Inc
hour 7. could not be denied, and II couia
not fail TO disconcert the decialmefs VINO
scanned to have been Of opinion (before taken
aback with the harsh declaration OF the
stern old gentienan) that railroads were
bn,lt with gas. The General mended the
effect ofhis rstinquiry by adding, 'tWhere's
vour money?' None who were present
have ever forgotten the effect of these pithy
interrogatories.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Com
nanv ia now one that would be alter che
old Generals heart. 1t has the money. IL
has little to do with resolutions and less
with speeches. The President goes his way
along the line, putting things right that are
wrong and showing up the work, and leaves
the President to present his report,
which is short, business documents plain
statement Of facts, without line Of senti-
ment in it. Here, then, we have railroad
that is solid. and rapidly going ahead to-
wards completion. 1t is built altogether
with money, without any admixture OF
printed resolutions.
We present the Presidents report this
morning. 1t shows that the directory knew
what they were talking about when the
work passed into their hands, and that it
will lie completed by the summer Of, 1872,
as promised. The report of Chief Engineer
WH1TcoMB necessarily enters more into de-
tail than the Presidents but it bears
out the statements of the President, and
gives a gratifying view Of the energy and
expedition with which the road is being
constructed. ..
Major WHITcoMB says the whole road will
be in operation by July, 1872. We learn
privately that the road from the Ohio to the
Big Bend tunnel, some thirty miles beyond
the White Sulphur, will be in operation
next summer. The moment that is done
travel will begin to take its way through
the State. Staging over the thirty miles
will be readily encountered to avoid the
long journey around the State.
We renew our congratulations of the
people Of Richmond upon the near ap-
proach of the completion of this great rail-
road. In the time that all the payments
upon piece of real estate (under ordinary
credit upon such purchases) will fall due
"six, twelve, and eighteen months 1.-THE
work will be done. Let man buy farm
on that credit now, and he will see how
soon the road is finished!
So that In this short period we shall see
trains Immediately from the Ohio running
into this corporation, and the rich freight
they bear, either being wheeled into our
warehouses or shipped from our wharyes.
That contamination so long prayed for, and
delayed until many had despaired, will give
a new life to this city, land new energy to her
citizens. We have the satisfaction of know
ing, as we have said before, that the enter
prising gentlemen who now exercise con-
trolling influence over the affairs Of the road
have no ulterior views prejudcial to Rich
mond. Their plan looks all the time to Rich
mond as their terminus, ard nothing can
alter that plan but some perverseness or
unprecedented apathy here, which no man
can believe possible. These prominent and
enterprising gentlemen expect the hearty
concurrence of Richmond in their plans.
aud they anticipate very earnestly that it
will become city of great prosperity and
magnitude city that will be the pride of
the State and the popular mart of this mid
die latitude. These things ought not only
to cheer our people, but to stir them on to
enterprises at this time, in order to be
ready for the new and happy turn in our
affairs that viii be brought about by the
completion Of the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad.