Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-03-24

road was Influenced by any other con-
sideration, than, that the only possible
hope of ever having the &. Gap exteI.-
ton constructed, lay in the A. NJ. d
o. r, r. Co., =" Here we find "Bris-
toll" coming exactly to our position,
and we so stated, that when our peo-
pie voted the stock of the Va. & Tenn
road into his "Gen. Mahone's' hands,
it was for no other purpose, as we un-
derstood it, than to insure the COM
pletion of the G, Gap Connection
We believing, as bristol" says, that
the only possible hope of having the
&. g. extention constructed, lay in
the A. NJ. & o. r. r. Co. AS there
was no A. NJ. & o. II. r. Co. previous
made the A. NJ. & o. r. II. Co., then
of course BRISTOL agrees with us,
that in the bond of consolidation was
the only possible hope that insured
the completion of the G. Gap cOnnec-
ton. And still further along he says,
fully establishing our position, as we
think 1--WE quote his exact language
''The people OF Scott and Lee were
in despair of raising the means from
abroad or at home, we were too poor"
but one ray Of hope left to our people,
and that was to be found in making
the G.. Gap road link in the chain of
some great liue which was to stretch
from the Atlantic shore to the Ohio
River. This ray of hope revived the
sinking hearts of our people," &C.
We quote above "BIistol's" exact re-
ply to our "sillyn declaration, that
boil Inn IT, IF . l,r
Va. d. Tenn. road into Mahone's A.
NJ. & o. r, r., making it link along
with the Va. d KY. connection, there
by perfecting consolidation, it was for
no other purpose than TO insure the
speedy completion of the G. Gap con-
nectiOn, nothing else. Hence the
voting of S25,0 600 salary to Gen. Ma
hone. coupled to SIS, 100000 stewed
bonds, and a road already constructed
from the Atlantic Ocean at Norfolk to
the Va. & Tenn. line at Bristol, ST.
000, 600 of the latter fund TO be used
exclusively in the construction of the
&. Gap road. Obviating clearly the
difficulty of raising the 81, 800 900, from
the counties of Scott and Lee by pri-
vate subscription. This in our judge
ment was the SILLY" part of the whole
Job. If Gen, Malone had never got
ten the Chattanooga project into his
head, thereby losing sight of the main
feature i'm consolidation, we give it as
our opinion, that all would have gone
well with US.
We think il merest twadGle to speak
now of the inability of Scott and Lee
to raise the necessary subscription of
three-ffths of the entire stock. when
the link in consolidation perfected
this arrangement. Setting aside as we
have before stated, 81. ZOO 900 out of the
SIS .OU0, 900 of Va, bonds to the eXclu-
sive use of the c. Gap extension. -
Is not this enough for an illiterate
o pie to understand? We staked our
all upon consolidation. hoping thereby
tC secure those cherished connections
And for this alone we felt interested in
begging ('iBah") Gen. Malone 10 ac-
cept of the Presidency of the consoli-
dated line. 1t is useless 10 speak of
the rejoicing of our people when the
plan OF consolidation was perfected !;
nor will it avail anything nor, after
four long years, waiting the coming OF
Gen. Malone, who was to carry our
people through upon the car of con-
solidation to the summit of the Cum
berland mountains, where they might
look out upon their future Canaan,
those cherished ohio co6s@cctiOnS.
As to our begging Gen. Malone, DC. O..
we think the boot was on the other
| Ier entirely. Your correspondent has
not forgotten. if Bristol has, now a
courier was dispatched from Rich
mond to Bristol tosecure movement OF
the friends of Reconsideration at Bristol in
favor of Gen. Malone and t. make the
effort to get up demonstration in his
behalf Letters were written TO show
that there was a party in Bristol in
favor of consolidation. Your cores
pendent speaks by the book, locate
him where you will, he was one of the
original Supporters of Gen. Malone
and Consolidation.
'' WASHINGTON"