The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-11-20
The Tunnel.
The ENQUIRER Of Saturday says


NJ n.s.,o,cb IL easily satisfied, anu ,,i ns
nc UtP III eoualled by its coInp,ad
$500 alter the Enquirer iita ,o ttbesa-
SS,a attcmnt on the rart OF tuo to
.no ooi- Nd t,hio Railroad Con,pi .;,s the
t,;nbten our CITY Council in.w ,sar Church
a,s.,,o,,s off. Of q tunnei u5' ,,,anv other
mi. a depot at Rocks" ,,;;,Iinn or more I'm
things, ~ ~" hv threats of going else"hefSs
ca>h c9% ;na bicbmond the go.oy anu
ana tn;s exposure it had Drought Tue
"heh -, ,o terms aud placed those VINO
colnp" - ms with the lofty air OF men con-
'"'nU I,oon in the position OF those woo
,.,'nhT, sue for favor themselves, IL Is III
."nI's rcrresbins 10 see the Dispatch take
VII the credit OF the arrangement no"
n.,e. Il 70 by the City Council 10 Aseh.
We understand the above paragraph 10
mean that the Enquirer was not Opposed
70 the construction Of the tupnei DS LUG
c,rnora1iop of Richmond, but that us ait.'
.Ies On the subject were designed 10 pc
,e,t the CITY Council from giving Wv
cha.n.onlo and Ohio Railroad Company
r,.ket.s and many other
u't ~, co.t OF u milton or more"
!, +. not tor liz to say Wh"' VIC H"4
attended to oppose. We arc SO wen Salis,
g., v.ith tue result OF our ehor's' anu
prr epioying so much "complacchcs, sna'
vat desire ,ore6ren the tunnel cues
Va, ,,o ,nr>t be excused ior saying
..a, = n,a we're in the En9u'rer's position
.t,o,,a not Ike 10 read the above para
=, connection with the three which
here follow:
.v. sre informed by the Dispatch that
ra,.;o,h,n i coming, und that Rlchmona
80 ~, 70 get ready to receive hlm. we are
j,rnmed that he will be here by heAI oc-
;nner ut used TO be july. ana thaC hicp,
mnuu must afford him acc0mmooat.oh.
All this means that our citlzens nus' 'un-
nal Chuich Hll!. ,,, r,o ,,.o-
via nj Richmond are not gong 10 tunnel
,Irurch u,!l."- Enquirer, October 23lh.
at the Chesapeake and Ohio Company
vii, enter into a contract (and it ought to
be d very tight one to hold tbem) not to go
bevoni Richmond, then 1t might be well
foT the city 10 tunnel Church Hill DOW.
viii the company give such pledge! Ihey
haven't the slightest idea OF dong H.
Enquirer, October eth.
"We see no valid reason whatever lot
eaGdlng such an expense on the taxpayers
OF Richmond. -,
HThs charter Of the company fixes their
terminus at Richmond on the water, anu
their interest fixes their terminus Ut pre-
cisel, the >ume place. AS TO the best me-
,hod Of reaching this point, that Is at the'r
ontion anu Tor them to determine. we DO
net see that it makes any difference TO Rich
mopd whether they reach it through
Church Hill or around t."-Enqmrer, &C.
ioder 30h.
The first paragraph declares positively
that "the people OF Richmond are not
going to tunnel Church HILL" The second
in,imatcs that if the railroad company
would "cnter into contract not TO go
"beyond Richmond, then 1t might be well
"f. the city to tunnel Church Hill now"
This language implies that in the absence
OF such 8 contract the city ought not TO
Tunnel Church Hill. Well, the Council do
not even ask the railroad company to enter
into such contract, but simply into one
that WILL bind the company to commence
it> coordination +" in or below Richmond,
thus leaving the company free to 20 beyond
Richmond. In the third of these para
graphs the Enquirer says that it sees "no
"vatid reason whatever for saddling such
"au expense on the taxpayers Of Rich
"mond.' Certainly we are willing to &C.
cord to the Enquirer all the credit in this
matter to which the public will decide that
il Is entitled, after reading the extracts
from its own columns which appear above.
Tee idea of representing the railroad
company as "humbly suing for favor
,hcU,scives" is indeed "retreshing:"
When did they this? That company has
made bur Que application TO the city in that
Connection. II has asked that Union street
might be opened by specified route TO
Dock street, and that the company, under
certain restrictions, might lay their tracks
ard run their trains Through the street thus
opened. They have never asked the city
TO make them any gift of "a depot and
many other things at the cost of Il million
or nJre.'
The proposition for tunnel originated
with citizens OF Richmond, and, as we
understand It, GOES from the Council to the
company rs more desirable than the open
Ing Of Union street. The acceptance o.
that proposition is thing as yet OF the
future. We hope that it will be accepted
but if the action of any newspaper can pre-
vent that result, we should think that o
the Enquirer would be likely to do 50.