The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-10-22

wur VIRGINIA WATER. .LISE.--VfSrT OF THE
l>;TyY STATES SESATE COMMITTEES on INLAND
y ,T>E .NsroRrArIoS TO RIcHMoNp.-The
,,,..,1,>t III the great central water-line Is in
,-..,,cd AT THIS time. in Richmond, hy the
..,,.,rrcc Of The United States Senate Com
Nee on Inland Wafer Transportation. The
ra.,nittct IL composed OF MessrS. Window,
=, Ninur>ota; Conking. New York; Sher-
,.,3. Ohio: Norwood, Georgia and Davis,
Yves; Virginia.
g., meeting OF the Board OF Directors Of
h. Chamlrr OF Commerce held on Monday
,.c...rnnon !. wa> resolved that the president
,f.hr Chamber ot Commerce be requested 10
,.,,,tr with the presidents Of the Corn ana
tr,ur and Tobacco Exchanges in calling
t..,l this committee. In iurtbeEance OF tlils
,..,'ution. . meeting Of the Corn aud Flour
y>,.lngc was held at hafpast 10 o'cloch
Yesterday morning, President l.. ID. Cren-
.r,q in The chair. hr. Crenshaw briefly an
,~,rrrrd The ohicc. Of the called meeting;
a.; ou motion of Mr.. George :. Palmer the
r,.r,S,ng resolution was adopted:
g.>otc,,l. That Lewis ID. Crenshaw, Esq,
..r,.> ,.ien, Of the Corn and Flour Exchange.
-. y,,r,iut,.,l 70 confer with the COMMITTEE
~ the United States Senate on lnterna!
Water Transportation between tue East
-st West, Who are to bt III 'h1 10y -.
Nr. William III. Tyler moved that MIR.
george :. Palmer I've associated WIN MT.
,r,.n,hnw in the conference with the Senate
committee. This motion was also aoopted,
.al the meeting adjourned.
I,Iu,ar.tely after the adjournment of the
t,rY and Fluiir Exchange, the Tobacco En-
..g4r.r met Mr. 3. c. Gray. president, III
.ar r.I4.r.
rG. nht T.; ct the meeting being stated,
~ ,ro,ion Of Mr.. 6. L. BarkSdalc the Chair
,,.,,;ntra :. committee of three TO act in
...,,iuuction with the committee from the
Carn Exchange. MessrS. {. r. Bark 'dalc,
= somrr,iiic. and +. Q. Noting were
,.r.u.rl The committee.
ri.r ti>iii ,.ui>hcd visitors from Washing
rn9 arrived ~ ;be northern train about l:3O
.'.l.--,. and H.rv escorted to the Exchange
u.,J. where quarters had been reserved for
r,l2i B,~ilr- the members o! the commit
&c.,, Hon. Frank Hereford, VI. C., Is also at
H. Exchange, and viii join the committee
e. ,4"lr tour vi inspection.
DELEGATION from Lynchburg composed
4 N.-,r>. +. II. Murrell, Peter }. Otcy,
ana Hon. Thomas :. B0cock. and repre-
-rIiaii,r from Norfolk in the person Of Hon.
s'tr-!ial! Parks. are also at the Exchange.
,ul vii! bc Win the committee to-day. Tho
.,L,llnen froin Lyncnhurs come to invite
H.. -ruy,orAto visit that city, and TO glvethem
..p7Gatlou concerning the great central
Na;"I..inr.
Yesterday afternoon the gentlemen were
visited hv several prominent citizens, and at
=. ,.,t,.r hour the committee visited several
,-,'u,. Of Interest in the city. This morning
s,.at ~ O'Clock they sill visit and inspect
w.. -hii-lock> and the dock connection, and
.,ului,ly extend their tour short dlstaDce
down the river On their return number
o; witnesses. engineers. and Others, VIII be
.yNaincd as TO the pracsicibillty OF the line.
aHi he testimony reported stenographcaIly.
This evening the committee will be pre-
,,.l,l 10 receive social calls but they have
,.,,in.t TO tie banqueted during their stay,
although numher OF citizens proposed and
,i,~irrG 10 entertain them. They visit this
r,y and state solely with view OF eXamin-
III. The great Virginia water-llne, and as they
.a,. to 60 into ucariy every State IN the
Il ai"n il can be Very we'll understood
,..a, their brief stay in Richmond Will be
,.~yo:,d 10 business almost exc lusively.
Tomorrow the committee will leave Rich
nI,nd ior The West r.G the Chesapeake and
Uao railroad. stopping for few hours at
Charleston. Eanawhi. From Charleston
i:.ry will 70 20 Cincinnati, thence to Louis
,.iJc and II. Louis, and possibly to New Or
tuaS, INSPECTING 81. Philips canal ana the
mouth Of tAc Mississippi river, though 1t Is
lfDtuttle New Orleans will not be visited at
II! time