The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-11-28
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TUESDAY. ....... NoVEaDIA 20 49,
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,,ve.,ors (so we hear) Of the Cn ,ea 70 me-
oiG ,b,o Railroad Company re'n u Lii 70.
ahG 49, ~ nrnnositfon of the Counc,l w, the
cerSs 70 the Church Hill tunne'. Not af
g a.u w manifested by them ,ne arc vnccted
~ u..rrnriscd at this refusal. WI WI TINT was
#. Thcic Requirement, W." nasonosition) that
no p,spd' should make the tunnel VIII
ticn inoss,u,; and without regard 70 "a,
oht co''oR ,,t # we remember rlen,iy, .aS
pms. announced that II hicpinon..
DaEt ts% nav s200, 900 the tunnel "9uiu W
vow am1 we were led to inter tnas .Is
on,is ,s. I' If The Council would be accep'gu'
Wtst + the matter now !--hacaHso"A A-''
qmrcr. .a,,,on "Wba,
vii! the Enquirer say?" II aaml's 'na sa ~
D;spotch would have voted tue lnon ~,
:. n,tbont conditions" Then it Is not io'
y, - answer. The Enquirer claimed th'
conditions OF the Council as It's own suss''
ton. Let 1t answer. oont
%. Has the company refused 10 "Isops
the proposition Of The Council. ~ The
fbe E,,y,re~ had better inform Hsei' VI ~ ~
f,ct before it interroga'es Us lu,'no -,
orr o,,nion the conditions are, Ia pai' al
,s.S, ahsured. But about their reJec'ion
let us know The fact before we as'u'n0 " ~
be such. .;,os, Of
I'd The ENQUIRER is "not surprised .,
the "refusal., The Enquirer "eApec'eu
;t.n What credit, then, is due to that Jou,
nal in so important matter ior susss
fos ;, cloiueD conditions which IL "o'0 GO,
forms us it expected would be reJuseu
Where is the grand motive OF tue p"ono
good in 8 great measure oil WHICH ~
Enthusiastically claimed the au'hoi euAp'
which It now boldly confesses IL essasoo W
defeat by proposing terms winch IL eN
pected would be re]cctedf o,;o
All. "Thcir Che Chesapeake anu ou.'
ro,,nanv,S requirement was that hlch'
mond should make the tunnel "'1hou' WV
djtiors: without regard to expense, says
thc Eao,,rer. We have corrected the En-
o,,;irer several times upon this point. Inc
comDany "required" nothing. Ihey SIM
NV asked the right Of way across our liin'
cirsl streets. II was our opinion, anu IL
waS thc opinion of some Of the Wisest anu
,tpest citiz ms Of Richmond, that IL "o"'u
he far better TIA, Richmond should Dnid
III. tunnel than that the commerce or the
CITY along the principal streets saouid DC
o!structcd by the constantiy-moVlng tIa!ns
of ,he Chesapeake and Ohio railroad win
it's immense business; and upon this VIE"
the Council acted. That IS all.
We never spoke of this DelnS zone
"w,tlout regard to expense" We stateu,
in reply TO the assertion that u Wou'u
cost million dollars Tor S15o, ooo) Oh
the Uhtq and Enquirer, that the cost OF
the tunnel would not exceed $200,ooo, ana
We stated that we thought that sum IN
vested in toe tunnel would be the most
nrcf;abIc investment Richmond ever made.
1t would secure the perfection OF our
advantages for shipment and transn'p-
mcut, and make Richmond the terminus
Of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad we
challenge the Enquirer to show TO the con-
,j4rg. H. has mace m assertion 10 Ine
contrary, aud We have right to dcmand
The proof
5r. "What is the matter now" Let
the EaQ,!tyer answer that. IT claims credi'
Cor the "condltions'-confesSing now that
{ expected they would he "rctusea:
What is the matter, Mr.. Enquirer?
Eut the public welfare Of great ccmnu-
mites generally survives stralcgleS such rs
that the Enquirer acknowledges to have
employed, and we have no apprehension
f,i; that III the present case all Will come
right. We are not the organ OF the Chcsa-
1.cakc nad Ohio Railroad Company, and
have never spoken for that company. We
cl.im 10 he tho enthusiastic partisan of The
cty Of Richmond, ard have steadily
csnouscd her interests, and never with
more carucstucss than in favoriug The pro-
position that she should contribute sum
sGf.iri2n TO build The tunnel under Cburcn
Hi. We do not approve Of the condi
tlvus, ju, we arc not alarmed. The tuh-
Eci will be built. We think the conditions
ere offensive. Their tone conveys ah iin-
puia:lon which might we'll arouse sei'sr
tive feeling in company which Is oo'ns
So much for tho great benefit OF this Guy
But as nc know that offence was no' ia,
tended by tie Council, and as enete uis
circumstances which so far TO explain ano
,n9lluy the nature Of the coho''ionS' wv
feel no anxiety on the suhJect. AL w"
come right,