The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-02-18
VIRGINIA NEWS.

me ZINE from rynchburg to Go.
yinSton.
r,:. Convention me, Wednesday, F. 7.
, i've Of Rockhridgc. president. The
A ,,''.S present secretaries. Delegates were
r'''"I from Rockbridgc, Botctourt, Nor
?, T vc,son, Richmond, NV. Is. lsaacs,
-; ON, Campbell, and James A. Scott
nasSa-a Petersburg. Amherst. and Nelson.
De ~ following resolutions, offered by Mr..
, " Ruttnn, we're adopted after the relec-
= substitutes offered By Colonel White
%'' - Nelson, and Mr.. James, OF Bote-
..,,rt--,he Richmond delegates not voting
RESOLUTIONS.
u.Aoross the General Assembly of Virgil
,:o Aid On the first day of March, 1867,
"n.,t a law entitled IAN act 70 provide for
.tn .,n,nict;on of line or lines of railroad
t e.. ths waters of the Chesapeake to the
Ohio: and -
whereas the General Assembly did, in
-, same act. indicate its sense of the i'm
,',rtsnrc Of n line of railway from Coving-
tam. Or some convenient point of connection
r;,h the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, to
1r.,hhurg, and did make It the duty"
Il the companies therein named to con-
.t-uct said road; and
Whereas the General Assembly provided
10, in certain contingency, the Norfolk
and Petersburg and Southside Railroad
Cor,rsr;cs should be permitted to complete
tho extension of the aforementioned rail-
-,sd "a Coyington or some other suitable
,,;Dt of connection and
Whereas il seemed to be the object of
The General Assembly, i'll the above-men-
,;,,rd act, to provide for the construction
# At least two lines diverging from the
nrssent trunk line-viz.. q straight line
rom Charlottesville to Richmond, another
from Corincton or some convenient point
10 Lvnchburg, thereby accommodating the
communities Of North and Southside Virgil
MA alike; and
Whereas we consider that the faith of
the State is pledged to permit the said
Southsile extension, and, by implication,
~ least, in the manner most agreeable to
The communities directly interested there
fore
Resolred. That in the opinion Of this
Convention the interests of Southside Vir-
cinia, as well as those of the counties lying
along the waters of the upper James river,
demanded q connection by rail of the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad at or near Cliff
ION Forge with the Southside railroad and
the James River and kanawha canal at
Lynchburg.
Rssolued, That it is the judgment of
this Convention that the valley of the James
river will afford the best line, with easier
L.. lor laF ~ a,,,
ccted route, and that the Norfolk and Pc
tersburg and Southside Railroad Companies
he requested to order an accurate survey of
the said upper valley of the James river
for the purpose of ascertaining the shortest
and most practicable route, with the view
also of afordnr the largest accommeda-
ton to the counties Of Rockbridge and
Botetourt that the nature of the route to be
opened will permit.
ReSolred, That in addition to the ad-
vantages which our capital city Of Rich
mond will enjoy in q connection at the city
III Lvnchhurg with q line of roads of easy
GRADES falrealy constructeO, and with a
canal, We should be glad to see her have a
shorter and more direct line TO Lynchburg
and the Southwest if she desires it: and
will furnish every guarantee that We can
give to secure perfect fairness in the inter-
change Of commodities passing over the
respective roads terminating at Lynch
burg.
R.>Ulced, That one person from each of
the delegations here present be appointed q
committee TO proceed to Richmond and me
moriGlize the General Assembly to grant
such additional legislation az may be neces-
q, IL nd
and the Southside Railroad Companies,
Jointly, or the latter singly. as may be most
cXpedient, TO complete the proposed extern
sion TO some point Oh the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad.
Under the last resolution the committee
10 visit Richmond, as far as named, stood
az follows: F. T. Anderson, Rockbridge
Hon. Thomas S. Bocock, Lynchburg; Hon
John Goode, Norfolk :; Hon. George W. Boil
ling, Petersburg. The other members OF
the committee will be hereafter announced
Judge William Daniel, General Malone
Colonel John T. Anderson, Major James B.
lorman, and Major j. 4. Johnston, were
appointed to correspond with the proper
authorities of the proposed Pittsburg and
Charleston railroad with a view of pro-
noting such directions of the proposed line
through this State as will be to our advan.
tage.
At night there was grand banquet, al
which speeches were made by Captain L
b. Houston, Major Dorman, General Ma
hone, Major Don Halsey, A. NJ. Davies, J
B. peterborough, General 7. Il. Munford
and Green James.
The HIGH BRIDGE.-It seems to be a
fixed fact now that the new iron bridge will
soon take the place of the wood superstruc-