The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-03-20

Making III" sum OF .................. ?3A2,S5D 20
't.. " ho!" of which were liabilities resting
r.Htu tie company at the time the preset
,,.r,i tnol. charge, and which were not re-
ntyd rs Your predecessors.
III" residue of the increase of debt, say
-'j2,2Gi.n9. was incurred in making pcrma-
r.ri additions to the property of the COM
ituy, such Is paving for the iron bridge on
'.r hwamohc river and five miles Of new
,ad .wljch had been put under contract by
'Hr lrrI"rC>>"r>}, and for rclayinS seven
Ea.c> with new iron, putting in new cross
','>, amG ditriling and balla>ting the old
'Hu'A. and making other improvements To-
rrir,G - III the report Of the Superintendent.
II Lr whole length OF the road, including
~" castor branch aud SidingS, is 90 S1.l0u
u.ln>.
"uur whole debt, funded and floating,
w. on the lst day of january, 1873, SSH
G>9,GG-hcing about $1,000 per mile.
THE new Year has opened with bright
prospects. The business for the months Of
.3uulry and February shows an encouraging
increase over the corresponding months OF
-; year. and the Board have lately had
>aicMn promises that through connections
shall and will be made on equitable terms
Tor 1hr transportation Of treights by the all!
Iaii line between Weldon and Baltimore and
atvrmrdiatr points. The Board have been,
;ud arr still, anXiouS 10 secure q portion Of
t." profits OF the transportation OF through
l"i-ht>.
"bH The l2lh Of June lust reported that
l,r&Niarion> were pending with the Presi-
G'Hl Of tnc AtlaA,ic. Mississippi and Ohio
NthuAd Company for connections with City
f'nl. Ills Propositions subsequently sub
Er,trd we're bot satisfactory, aud 1t was not
ur,''.t iudriOus 10 make the outlay neces-
g! :" extend ctr road to City Point after
GTa> known nat the Virginia Steamship
aUt Packet Company had been bought of.
Zine Board of Directors considering that
l.igauytI conncction-all raii-between
Weldon and Baltimore (by which produce
oGu merchandise could have free and speedy
tr@>lD would best promote the interest Of
la,,r >:ntkholacT, and of the commercial
communities Indeed, of the whole country
through which the line passes, took measures
iHr&atli>h >lich connections. The ri e>ident
"4d superintendent applied 10 the officers OF
IT, il ehm"nd, fredericksburg and Potomac
l''!road Company TO carry through treights
nd We're refused. Therefore, in the month
"i December hast, application was made to
lc General Assembly Of Virginia for such
~ amendment ul our charter ~ would have
accomplished The ol,jrct - much to be de-
Ir"i by IL" tompany and the public. The
>';1I" INDEFINITELY postponed the conSiderl
u"H %! our application.
The Board arc nnt discouraged by this
temporary "A't!uction Of their purpose
hE-i. htc4'!s"'' N5 winter, and with the next
""Hrrar - .n1!, the same influences will
irpn'', rn; prevail; and secondly, because
ILL.,,
hutg".t! Company, 10y keeping the promises
>'!rmo:y made by ia President before the
'"lH0'n 'b.u!nit'cc, may render it unneces-
,"E u r''tcw the application.
e !.">p"c't!liy submitted.
REUBEN RAGLAND, President"
'N' ''p'''N were unanimously adopted.
!"j"r, # tie Er0mi,ing Con,mitee.
''1 Examining Committee reported the
" 81 -" road to be in excellent order.
",- ~" exception of about thrcc-quarters
90. u 'iii'r wllcA was damaged kist winter.
..! ir"nmcnd that several miles be re-
,.'' T. ~3.';I IS possible. The bridges were
.''""' ~ le N good order, and lately re-
i.'!'"d. Il" ifou bridge across the Roanoke
i've. SOC " cii0n Is represented to be fine
.'''.iic, capable OF withstlndirg the pres
''@ N"E !rcshct. The elnbankment of
' .'"! r':cully damaged by tho rise of
-, ..''f. hrs been repaired, and is now en-
,,.! '!". the committee express gratitca-
''' q. tic Increase of business at all the sta
', recently exhibited, noting particularly
'H'Hl>c N cotton. Ii is recommended
80 '"" report that line of boats be put on
i'o''"Ec river below Weldon in the
i''' @; IL" company, and to feed
=, transportation with new resources of
80 HE trace Of the lower Roanoke is
"'"'E Increasing, the amount of cotton
Liking 10 Weldon yearly alone being 1000
, ''">, OF which bu, small portion found its
G %"i % TINS city. The ticket system, which
t n'n heretofore operated to so great advan-
nr ,' WINS continued. The committee re-
ported That it had mol visited the CASTOR
W.a"sI Of the road, but two freight. trains
hsen "esns run over 1t weekly. Tbere.,has.
wv 'aI little improvements at the de.