The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-06-09
Professor YouMAss calls WALT WHITMAN
"the author Of that unclcan lmposture
Leaves of Grass" A just verdict.
EIOyd County.

pFFEAr OF SUBSCRIPTION TO NARR0T-6ACGE
RAlLRoAD-REMARKS THEREON-RICAhoND
ALLUDED To-wHAT RELATION SHE BEARS TO
THEsALEM EXTESsIoN-RxrRESs TRANSFORM
TON VIA MAHoEE's LINE-THE WRITER s
VIEWS COMMENTED ON.
correspondence of the Richmond Dispatehl
FLOYD Courthouse, VA.,1
June Sd, 1874. !
The vote of this county, taken on the 2Sth
Nav last, to authorize subscription, on the
part of the county, of $4,000 per mile to
capital stock of the Richmond and Trans
Allegheny Narrow-Gauge Railroad COM
pany, resulted in defeat of the proposition.
The vote ia favor of the proposition lacked
twenty.one of being three.Etths of the vote
poIlcd. and some two hundred and fifty of
being majority of the registered votes of
the county. Of the free-holders who voted
majority of one hundred and forty voted
for the subscription.
This result was brought about entirely by
| a want of confidence. No one here knew
| anything of General Imboden's English
| company, English capitalists, or English
contractors, and no one came during the
canvass to inform the people. The people
of this county have very exalted opinion
| of the capacity, wisdom, integrity, and pa
triotism of General Jubal A.. Early. and his
letters published in LynchDurg and Frank:
lin papers seriously affected the vote.
In addition, some ofth adjoining coun-
ties subscribed to the, Norfolk and Great
Western road, gave bonds, paid part of the
| interest, are now in serious difficulties about
| their bonds, and yet no road. ~: .. 49, -
If General Imboden will take Richmond
city in his confidence, convince the, people
Of hat nit nf he Onn
| faith and ability of his English contractors;
and Richmond will endorse the contractors,
| the stock will be taken along the line, in the
| opinion Of your correspondent certainly
this county will do all that is required of her.
| Richmond and General Malone Joined
Iu,nds in defeating an extension of the Valley
road through the counties north Of General
| Mahene's line. While I can see that those
counties lost much by this defeat, and Gene,
raj Malone gained much, / cannot see how
Richmond was benefited. a-s..5j1@
The trade Of Southwest Virginia is now
with Baltimore over General Mahone's line
and the Orange and Alexandria line. The
merchants Of this county trade alone in Bal.
timore, and, judging from marks on goods
boxes see at every store, the same may be
said of every county dependent on General
| Mahone's line of transportation. General
Malone adyertiSes for express transporta.
ton to and from Baltimore and New York
| but not elsewhere off his line.
| 1t seems to me that Richmond should not
desire to keep down development Of re.
sources Of the counties next to the Ken
| lucky lire, when she is not benefited there
| by. II the Valley extension is built. those
counties will only have choice Of two lines
| to Baltimore. If those counties now 60 to
| Richmond by way Of the Danyile road, they
| could still do so after the Valley extension is
| built, by way Of the Chesapeake and Ohio
| road, and it is just possible have some ex-
| press accommodation with Richmond.
Is it fair or reasonable to expect to keep
| those counties undeveloped and in the back.
| ground forever for the sake of Richmond,
even when it is plain that Richmond is not
benefited thereby?
Now, to open up those counties and bene.
fit Richmond and accommodate other large
portions of the State, why not build General
Imboden's road, If his proposition is a real
one; and Richmond ought to lead and give
confidence to the enterprise. T.
ct" certainly misunderstands this paper
when he infers that we placed our opposition
to the extension of the Valley railroad be-
yond Salem upon the ground that it would
injure Richmond. Not bit of it. We
placed it entirely upon the ground that it
would be hard to build that extension by the
side Of the Atlantic. Mississippi and Ohio,
when that road ought to be an outlet sufi.
cient for the Southwest. 1t would be hard
on the State itself, SO deeply in debt, to thus
impair the value of the Atlantic, Mississippi
and Ohio, on which it has large claim.
Oh, ne; we know the Atlantic, Mississippi
aud Ohio line too well TO set it up as friend
Of this city when we know that 1t Is not. 1t
is quite enough to see that it gives Balti.