Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-01-04
Piedmont a. Potomac Railroad.

The meeting Of parties interested IN the
building Of the Piedmont and Potomac Rail
road held in Aldie Loudoun county, on We'd
nesday, December 9th, was very largely at
ten ded
The meeting was organized by appointing B.
F. Carter, esq, President. Messrs. Thos. Glass
cock and j. Arnstead Carter, Nice-President,
aud Alfred J.. b. Zerega and j. +. Brawner,
Secretaries,
The Secretary read letters from the Hon. II.
D. Cook, Gov. Of the District of Columbia, the
Hon. Elliot NJ. Braxtou, member Of Congress,
and various other parties living in the District,
in which they all expressed great interest IN
the road and their regret at not being able to be
present at the meeting.
The address of the committee to the friends
Isaac D. Budd Mr. Budd was called upon
for history of the z. < ?. Railroad enterprise,
to which he responded, giving full and COM
plete history Of the P & ?. r., from the day
the charter was first drawn, up to the present
time. Some of them then learnt how near the
charter came to being squelched 10 the Senate
committee Of the Legislature In 20.
MIR. j. Armistead Carter, in very lucid and
forcible manner, demonstrated to the meeting
the absolute necessity for railroad, to the
whole section of country that the L. i L. Il.
r., contemplates passing through. Also how
the farmers along the line, could subscrlb to
the capital stock of the road in money, land,
and material, even when they had no money,
from the fact that the building Of the railroad
would necessarily bring money into their peck
cts at once.
Addresses were delivered by Messrs Thos.
Glasscock, Burr Z. Nolaud, DR.. Pugh, Of Fair
fax, Lorman Chancellor and others, all in favor
of the road. And after considerable discussion
of the 7. Il 2. Il. r., project,
Resolutions were adopted unanimously by
the meeting calling upon our representatives
in Richmond to guard our interests aud see
that no changes are made in the present char
ter of the Piedmont and Potomac Railroad.
The following resolutions were then offered
by Mr. Burr p Noland they were more than
seconded and then carried without one dissent
ing vote:
Resolred, That We, the citizens of Loudoun,
| view with great pleasure the increased attention
which is being directed to the Piedmont s. Po-
tomac Railroad, and consider it rs the route best
adapted to develop that productive and magni-
fcent country lying under the Blue Ridge In
this and the counties of Fauquer and Rappahall-
mock.
Resolred, That as far as we are able we will
contribute by subscriptions in cash, lies, right
Of way, land and material, to the construction OF
this Railroad, and invite the capital of the coun-
try to be interested in it, pledgng the utmost
liberality in our dealings with the said Company.
ResolrCd, That we commend to the attention
of the people the address of our Committee and
fully concur with them in the views therein ex-
pressed.
Resolred, That while this meeting is opposed
to any change in the present Charter of the
Piedmont & Potomac Railroad, it is of the opin-
ion that the route from the Aqueduct Bridge to
Anandale, and thence along the old line of the
Loudoun Branch Railroad to Aldie, is the
cheapest and best route for the road.
1t was then resolved and carried, that COM
mittee consisting Of Messrs. Burr T. holland,
Isaac D. Budd, DIR. Geo. \. Quinby and Al
fred L. B. Zerega attend the meeting of SUBJ
scribcrs to the ?. Il ?. Railroad, to be held at
Rossyn on Thursday, January 4th -L""dnm
.MrTtor.
A dispatch FROM Woodstock by the Virgin
ia Telegraph line says :-A lady, about sixty
years of age, was seriously, II not fatally, inju-
red by the east bound passenger train, near
Timberville, on the Manassas railroad, ycster-
day
The Shenandoah ounty Bank, at Woodstock,
has been organized by the election of Moses
Walton president and full board of directors