The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-04-05
From the Cincinnati Commercial, March 3l.J
Kentucky and Great Eastern Raii-
way-MeefinE at the Grand HOtef-
Fair Assurances from Kentucky
Counties.

Kentucky anu UrSab 1aseSA A~sAA
Marketing at the Grand Hotel
Fair Assurances from Kentucky
Counties.
There was held yesterday, at the Grand
Hotel. a meeting of prominent persons who
are taking an interest in the Kentucky and
Great Eastern railway, an important enter
prise that has lapguiShed for two or three
years, but that now appears to be taking
fresh start. The meeting yesterday was COM
posed of about thirty gentlemen, including
the following representatives of counties oil
Kentucky: Hon. Laban T. Moore, John
Means, Judge William c. Ireland, Boyd
county; - Bates, vice-president OF East
ern kentucky railroad, GreeDup county
Judge Garland, Lewis county; DR.. John I.
Fleming. Mason county; +. W. Allen, w.
w. Orr, L. }. Bradford, IS. Orr, j. 5. Brad
ley, Bracken county; Thomas l.. Jones, f.
NJ. Webster, J. Macarthur, II. d. Helm, A.
S. Berry, Jesse Arthur, John B. Taylor,
Peter Macarthur, Campbell county.
1t is proposed to build the Kentucky and
Great Eastern railroad from Newport, Ky,
to Catlettsburg, and thence to Huntington,
W. Vu.-a distance of about 165 miles. Ar
engagements have been made for carrying the
enterprise through, provided the counties
through which the road will pass will sub
scribe one million and half dollars, aud
individuals interested 10 the enterprise bali
million more to the capital stock, and the
people along the route will furnish the right
Of way. The proposed route OF the road ex-
tends along the Ohio river, through hen-
lucky, in the counties Of Campbell, Pendle.
ton, Bracken, Mason, Lewis, Greenup, and
BOYD. Nearly all of the road is in Ken.
lucky, except about twelve miles in West
Virginia.
Some opening remarks were made by Pre-
sident Warner. In the course of his talk, he
said that the company that was organized to
build this connection on the Ohio side, from
Columbia TO Huntington, was still in exist
encc, and he was still president of it. But
ue had given it as his candid opinion that
road depending on individual subscriptions
for its entire capital to start With could not
be carried on ia Ohio now, largely because
the bonds cannot be sold on new railroads,
because of the laws on the statute.bookS re-
la,iug to railroads. He thought the Ken
lucky route for this line ought to be adopted,
and he thought it necessary for the counties
interested to subscribe propOrtionately on
basis of million and a half or two million
dollars. 1t Is believed that frem the big bend
above Catteusburg down TO Cincinnati the
Kentucky side is the better side for rail.
road, in business light.
Colonel Jones, of Newport, said: " have
been informed that baye been elected one
of the directors of this company. | can say
what have previously said to meeting of
the gentlemen present who were present at
a meeting held here ten or twelve days ago,
and | can speak liz part for the county in
which reside. Although think it rather
unprOpitb0us time to ask of The people OF
Campbell county subscriptions to any project
whatever, still think our county, and par
ticnlarly our little city of Newport, will be
found ready 60 do their SHARE. NeEport has
contacted large debt, which is matter Of
concern to our tax payers but, ID 10Y own
Judgment, it wilt be necessary to go further
to make larger debt-in order 10 get out of
our difficulties. Railroads are necessity,
and we iced this railroad. IL bus been well
said ofrailroads that where there apparently
nothing 10 develop they create interests.
There is no line to be built so important to Us
as this one Of which we are talking now.
This road would run through good agri.
cultural country and open up great mineral
resources. The building of it would, / think,
make Campbell county speedily worth
S5,00O,000 more than she Is worth now. 1t
would be an improvement OF great import.
ance to our little city of Newport, which
would be a terminus OF it. Campbell county
ought to give four or FIVE hundred thousand
dollars, and Mason as much as that. Bracken,
Greenup, and Boyd ought to do the rest will
ingly, and I think they would If the matter
were properly presented to them. / am
ready to go before our people and advocate
fair, respectable subscription. I am inclined
TO think that the right of way can be OBJ
tanned in kentucky at very little cost-that
it can be obtained gratuitously.
Mr. nc Arthur suggest that the indi.
viduals representing the various counties
hold conference, and then report to the
Judge Ireland, of Boyd county, said the
practical question, and the most important
one was whether the money could be
raised. He thought Boyd county could be
relied upon; but he didn't think that
Greenup county would give any support.
That county has been csllsd upon often, and
has voted down these prop ositIons contInu-
)usly. Boyd county could tie relied on, be
bought, for say 100000. The road would
'un thirty.fye miles through Greenup, and
only seven miles through Boyd. ue would
ike to hear from Mason county. Lewis |
county had voted 100000, but the issue of
he bonds had been epjoined. The road
would ruin nearly forty miles through Lewis
ounty. lie thought the road could be built
or less than tive and half millions. The
'gnt OF way from Maysyilie to Portsmouth
lad been'already obtained >E4Ds@
.