The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-04-17
The Railroad Movements.

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Richmond. Fredericksburg and Potomac
railroad has purchased the charter 'of
railroad from Fredericksburg to AieSah-
dria, gotten through the Legislature solie
wears since BY the late b. F. F1oKLIN. A
company has been organized under THIS
charter, with the title of the "Potomac
Railroad Company" and its stockholders
are called to meet in Alexandria within a
short time to consider the question OF the
immediate prosecution of the work Of
building their road. ...
This road built, the Richmond, Frede-
ricksburg and Potomac line will have an
all.rail route from Richmond to George
town ,is..-.
The purposes of the Pennsylvania Cen
trail were announced week or two since.
According to that statement, this company
proposed to complete, during the present
year, their road from Alexandria to Frede-
ricksburg, or to Quantico (ten miles beyond
fredericksburg, whittier the Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
Company are now extending their road. IL
was o part of the plan to buy out the Rich
| mond, Fredericksburg and Potomac road
| to Richmond, but as that road is to be cx-
| tended to Alexandria, this last-naned point
| in the plans of the Pennsylvania company
will have to be changed if that company
enter Virginia at all. They have extensive
investments and projects south OF Rich
mond, and it would seem indispensable
that their connection through Virginia
should be perfected. If both parties are
| firm VIC shall have two railroads from Rich.
mond to Washington, and that will be all
the better for us.
The prospect is now that Virginia will
soon be placed upon footing OF equality
with other States in the rapidity and gen.
eral facility of her intercourse with outside
commercial and producing communities
The enterprises that are to ensure us this
great advantage-without which the State
cannot prosper-are full Of life and energy
Especially is the great Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad progressing with all the rapidly
that the enterprising company controlling
it are able to accomplish. In July, ~, i
will be so far completed as to run the trains
through from the Ohio to Richmond. Pos
} sibly small part Of the temporary tracl
may be left for use little while longer, bu
, it is believed that, without unforeseen diff
culties, the temporary track will be aban
, doncd AT all points.
/ At the present time the tressel-work a
Jerry's Run is gone, and the train CROSSE
l that deep gorge On solid ground. At thu
great Marlborough fills. one Of the deep Ia
/ vines is spanned by the road-bed, and thu
: other is being rapidly filled up. These fill
S will be completed, it is believed, by the
Y summer of 1872; and then the temporar,
t track over Lewis's tunnel will alone remain
! should the tunnel not be completed. 1t is
, hoped that it will be opened to trains in time:
but the rock through which it is bored is
of the hardest kind and very difficult to
: penetrate. Steam is now used upon it, and
: the contractors are doing all that men can
: do. 1t appears that there will be little or
, no necessity for arching, which goes far to
, compensate for the heavy work Of boring,
: and, indeed, may make the tunnel as cheap
: as any on the road.
i, At most this important feeder of Viz
| ginia commerce will be finished in very
short time, and the trains will be running
with speed and with style of equipment
, equal to the railroad fashion of these days,
T gladdening the hearts Of our people, and
swelling the commerce and wealth of the
: State.
South of us great changes and improve
ments are near at hand which will largely
] increase the commerce of Richmond with
the people of the southern States. These
Improvements will manifest themselves be.
| fore long.