The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-07-04
The Atlanta and Richmond AIRLINE
Railway Company.

The meeting Of the stockholders OF the
Georgia Airline railroad and the AIRLINE
railroad in South Carolina. on the 2Sth OF
June in Atlanta, Ca, again calls to mind
the great line which Is now being con-
structed between Charlotte, N. c., and At
lanta, Ga.,-a distance Of 225 miles. Al TINS
meeting the two companies were consoi'"
dated under the name Of the Atlanta ana
Richmond Airline Railway Company.
The management will consist OF president
and twelve directors. In the election
which took place for officers Of the CONSOLE
dated line Colonel A. S. BrfoRD, the prcS-
dent of the Richmond and DanVilic ana
Richmond and York River railroads, ana
who for three years past has been in charge
Of this line (having organized the enter
prise), was elected president by accE'nia.
ton General A. AUsTELL. of Atlsh''. '"''
yice-president and II. y. MCApEN' Esq'
of Charlotte, N. c., second ricc-prcsioeht'
1t has been determined 10 prosecute
the work vigorously from ho'h tcrm'l''--
viz. Atlanta and Charlotte. Between
s;x and eight hundred hands are now and
have been for months past engaged on the
Georgia portion of the work, and = much
larger force is being organized for the work
in North and South Carolina. The CLOUDS
which lowered over this important WORK
have been dissipated, contract having
been made with an experienced ana chct-
cetic cont ractor of New York, MIR. 4. /.
Dickinson, to complete the whole line rom
Charlotte to Atlanta in two years. nc
President, in his address TO the STOCKHOLM
crs of the consolidated company, SAID that
he expected during the year 1872 to run
train without change from the waters VI
Chesapeake bay to Atlanta, Montgomery
Mobile, and New Orleans. The greatest en-
thusiasm is manifested in all the counties OF
Georgia and South Carolina through when
the Air Line is expected to pass, and all are
subscribing literally to the work. Inc
line is to run from Charlotte north OF York
willie rta Spartanburg and Greenvillc, ). G.,
GAINESVILLE, Ga, &c, to Atlanta-two nun
dred and twenty Live miles. The road Is now
in operation from Atlanta eastward III Geor"
gia twenty miles, and thirty-three miles
more in that State are under construction,
which it is expected will be completed by
January 1911.
b. Y. SAGE, Esq, the chief engineer OF
the Airline, is now in Charlotte, n. e.,
making his arrangements for vigorous
prosecution of the work; and as all the
capital required is now ready, it is fore
gone conclusion that the road will he built
in the time specified.
The Importance of this great road cannot
be set forth in the space we can devote to
it. Immediately on its completion the
immense travel between New York and
New Orleans will fall into this channel,
AS it will be the shortest and most eXpcdi-
tious route between Richmond, Baltimore,
Philadelphia, New York, Boston, and Char
lotte. Atlanta, Mobile. Montgomery, dc. III
passes through magnificent country,
healthy and well. watcrcd, rich in mineral
productions, and with some of the most
lovely scenery on this continent. The
Richmond and Danville road, i'll connection
with the Airline, Is destined to he the
great thoroughfare between the North and
South.
The well-known ability and energy Of the
management in charge Of this line Is il suiii-
cicnt guarantee that no time will be lost,
and that we shall not be disappointed III
our expectations. This work should have
the sympathy and cooperation OF all our
people rs one which promises TO do much
for oI,r city