Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-03-31

the Senator and Delegates from Lee
and Scott, as well as one of our own
Delegates, abandon the A. M. 4 0. Co.
our ''only hope.n join hands with, and
meet In midnight caucus, the promo
tiers of the Valley Railroad SCENE.
which proposes to dwarf the A. NJ. o,
INTO mere local Road, and thereby
render il incapable of self preservation
much less the extension to the Gap.
Moses Adams was once the proud
pessessor of $4,000. 200. In poverty
he says, he is now spending The eve
ming of his life. telling the world what
| he did with il.
Shall it be left for some future Moses
to tell the story, of how the A. M. &
o. Co., raised "a 600, 900, for our bene-
fit, and how the same was DESTROYED
lost-oy the incessent agitation of a
few petty politicians of Lee and Scott 2
"Washington's" frequent illusions
TO the question of salary" leads me to
suspect that be has some aspiration to
political office. 1t has nothing to do
with, the question. a matter to deserve
the attention of any one but a politi-
clan.
The Va. and Tenn Divisions proper
ton OF the salary, is but little more
tnan it paid R. l.. Gwen, and I will
submit to Washington, if the service
rendered for its proportion, is not ten
times more valuable than that of its
former President. Washington
says the sole purpose OF the people in
voting their stock into the A. NJ. e. O.,
was TO secure the speedy completion
OF the Z. q. extension. This was one
purpose, but not the only one, and as
this is still the purpose of the Co.,
why discuss it? Our people exchan-
ged their stock in 200 miles of road for
stock In 400 miles of road, share for
share. BY this arrangement, they OBJ
waited disjointed management. and Sc
cured continuous transportation with
lower freights, more freights, both To-
cal and through, promptcr delivery,
aud greatly increased outlay of mon
ey along the line, for current expen-
SEES.
One would suppose from washing
tor's" solicitude about stocking in,"
that Go0dson was deeply interested.-
If thought Washington" was a res
ident of Gu0dson, would state the
exact amount or stock her people held
in the Va. & Tenn. Road, when it was
consolidated, but as he Lay reside
some where else, I do not choUSe to
make the exhibit. But just between.
Washington" and myself, and to go
no further, / will say that If each
share of stock held in Goodson, at the
date Of consolidation had been taxed
to an amount eqHal to the present
State tax on property, it would have
produced the enormous sum Orwell |
don't like to say--If -four had sold at
$500 per barrel. it would have bought
exactly one barrel. This and nothing
more.
Washington. thinks, if General |
Malone had not been looking to Chat
tanooga, all whould have been WE'LL
General Mahone's freight and ener- |
getic action, saved the line from Bris- |
tol to Chattanooga, from the clutches of
u foreign corporation, and prevented |
break in the connection Of our line |
with the South. Without this con-
nection, the A. NJ. & o. could not live |
to the completion of the G. Gap extern
sion, if the work were commenced to- |
day. l thought all the 'illiterates"
understood this.
The path OF duty is plain, and it
does not lead in the direction of useless |
agitation and newspaper controversy. |
Let us in good faith. uphold and fos-
ter the A. M. & O. ''our only hope"
and all will be well for Bristol, though |
the Delegates from Scott and Lee
may drive the Road from their hor-
ders, with those remarks, bid |
Washington" final adieu. ~