Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-04-15


requires to be said was never designed to b'
secured to that authority which now directs
ritheSe your creature corporations, the South
rIern Security Company, bureau OF the Penn
IsylYaRia railroad; 4 control acquired under
1.-THE instrumentality Of laws which bear upon
their face such an Interpretation as would
forbid its exercise TO that power which has
.Iby some species of legerdeniain come to
the direction Of these works for the accom-
Enlistment ot its own ends, and whose actions
llhis General Assembly IS pOwerlesS to gov
ern. Who shall the people OF Virginia hold
responsible for the Introduction Of this twin
sister of the Credit NobiIier: If | would be
lgoverned in the discussion of this bill by it,
context | would conclude that it was a pro
position not for building railroads, but for
the single purpose OF enabling one railroad
in Virginia-and that railroad. shall l say.
refusing the jurisdiction Of This General As
>embiy-tO secure privileges ut vdriauce with
rhe policy on which the work itself wds
Wounded. Under this bill il would be easy to
subordinate your entire railway system to
ithe power of alien interests and 10 overthrow
Ithe policy OF the Stale. Under Its o 1eratiOn
chartered obligations uiIy be ah-olyed even
the very Fundamental principle Of gauge may
be varied at pleasure.
Mr.. Chairman, we want policy in refer
ience - our railroads, unlike That which seek
E.ni aims to make them Instruments OF az
s1rIjizcment and profit 10 people outside o.
Virginia we want policy winch shall BE-
responsive to the public interests OF our
state, and liz or,ier to secure lis enforcement
our public works should BE- under the contro
iof those Who are OF IN. bone AMI III 3oi OF
IJhis people. say To vow, from an expe-
i.iouce OF over twenty years IN cOnnectiO..
iwiEh he public works Of this State, thai
There i 10 security, 10 safety inT the pIbliy
tiu,-rrSts. higher or 5af--r than having them
H.urr gLe control oi TirLiHia Legislature
land El,Irr the direction 0t Virginia people
iuuIrr Il infringement W..a-' interests ar
identified with yoEr-, which shall be read,
10 strike for your interest, whenever am
wherever occasion may arise. In this liz
the safety OF the Commonwealth in reference
to her highways. Why not siIsn 4 policy
Why Should any railway corporation Of tai
State hesitate, much less refuse 10 be GOV
e.uel hy thay authority by whose permission
auI all. If was constructed: Why sIoul.
they desire amy other master tHal this grta
.lI noble. State: Nhy should they desire
,u serve. guv other peop." more tLan this:
II J. FOR THE INTEREST OF VIRGINIA THAI
or; oWN tIIIZE&S Should OWN An
DIRECT Hi,; ROADS.
Need say that the ends - much IL sire,
Fare 10 De b'>t secured when the mans. .,.ln.t.
.oI Jic-e works i, ooaiiard 10 those who II.
responsive in Interests aHd impulse TO TN
welfare "a thc;r own state:
have said t.i4t the mission on which these
pJb..a works were founded hal ,or lis U5icc
-ar pII!i.. good. aId this 'vc conceive 10 b.
.CIc Legitimate work in which W ~. engage:
81 ttat iiI!e Of railway ii Who's behalf AM
b fore YOU.
III, line. Mr. Chiirnqn. has since the waI
.iil - contend with mere ,iiI;rui,ies. per.
.iEp-. than any other iilIc o. railway within.
yo,Ir borders. LEFT at Jhc conclusion OF tllI'
great disaster in a woru-ous condition.
broken down in credit AMI exhausted in re-
sources, wholly unable to furnish It's OWL.
people with proper accommodations, | may
iDa permitted 10 tell yDd that theTc We're re-
manning j. connection with this line OF wort
hos. Hlo felt tlJt il were better to I;li III an
.aourst effort to retain IL in the control O..
Virginia hands. than to take the easier
i53urSe O.; barteriur away . franchise - vllua-,
be Iud 20 important To the future OF the.
'tG.r and tine welfare of the people. In tl',
y.i-i TiDi Wliicl marks the lapse Of time
since Jh&t day. this one single work has eN-'
Doa.iaJ over four AMI quarter millions Of
npuoy. a sun within live hundred Thousand
ioltrs OF the entire amount expended By all
the oth-r railways within In" limits of the
State, mainly upon that portion Of the line
between Petersburg and Bristol. IN restoring
-..at valuable iiersagr TO = condition which,
o-,iay r'itl cIgeS com ptriSDI with any sinh.
ri work soJth OF the Potomac. While per-
aiTniGE That duty, hH.tvy a, the task ha-
sr..'i. and performed ~ he iustu-mentaiity
lone q Virginia ptGpi1. it has been IL,
3-.rsis5-nr puEpOsa o. that i.ne to increase lis,