The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-25
~. Lyon Calls for Reports - Com
pare with the Statements
Rendered.
NDHE TINE ASKED AND GfANtEb.

tt a meeting Of tn" Senate Committee on
u,,,,. anl luicrual Navigation held in the
..,.,uJ Auditors ctiicc on Friday morning
yrI instant. at 10 o'clock, M">Sr-. ilnI'addi ,
cochran, Our,tl,0crry, Ferry. and Ward
were rrc,,nt--llr. Holiday prcsidn1.
The Chairman announced the readiness Of
The rommi,tpc to take ny ihc hIl>irr-S pend
rrg when it last adjourned, l"ing the re-
suun>cs If Mr.. j. VI. Robinson to the ihr'
Ten questions propowndrd hy Mr.. John
Iyun, and s,id that he (Mr. lIolladayl had :
printed copy Of the questions which ht
would read TO Mr. Robinson and hear III.
replies.
Mr.. Lyon: The first question | wish tt
Put 10 Mr.. Robinson is this:
Mr.. Peter V. Daniel (intcrrupting) Sir
! object TO the putting OF these questions
np. a, time and rcquirln" Us TO answer
,l,a,u one at Il timc-cach question to he
added tn indefinitely. and inquiry led away
,ntc wild excursions alter irrcycllut matter.
iLr.r 1rc>iiuns were read ~ . whole aud
r,opo,,utiad a.aiu>t Us as ON" indictment.
y, uuw in-is; iI;at we shall J" allow ed 10
answer tlr~c ~, >ii"!l% 4. e whole IN the
order in which they were originally pro-
pounded, witt, no allowance Of additional
questions.
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and Hn,nnh. r,,lr,oI r,n"n,nv hn1 ox.
l,.n,trd NIL iis Irmt;,, over - 1iyidrnds IN
the purchase Of stock in the Haleirh and
Castor railroad, nor thI, il had purchased a
controlling interest in That road. I said thot
fll. MT revenue had been surut in q or,,t
many W.y,-in the purchase If iocpmniiyrs
Lui,liu. car Improvement of propcrty upd
- I"ltioa nf It has been spent in the purchase
Il Stock IN tn. Raleigh aaa Castor railroad.
uun p:urctd 10 answer the slrriai u,ipS.
tlrn..
~. The r;nht 10 purchase stock In the
Ea,igil ar,l GusEon Railroad Cumpan, was
in,uicd 10 the Srahoard and Roanoke Rail-
road Tompauy by An act pt the General As
..mh, oi lh,s State authorizing the CON-
y.,nY io purchase stock Of road, connecting