Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-06-05
THE MARROW GAUGE R. r.
Return of President Wood from Richmond
What be Succeeded in Doing,

MIN IN 'front.' or Mayor BaTRer'S store,
near noon on Tuesday. The unsual
inquiries followed, but the President
declined to yield freely to the use of
the pump. The main points of our
inquiry seemed to be such a. he be-
leved newspaper men have little right
to the possession of. True, in this, as
in all matters of grave public interest,
we were ready to respond to any sug-
gested restrictions as to the use in
these columns Of anything which
should be withheld, out Of prudential
considerations, from the public; but
like other tsiie mortals we had to
take such as we could e and look
content. The following colloquy en-
sused:
What success, Maj. Wood, did you
have in Richmond?
"Well, pretty good. saw the Gov
ernor, the Auditor, the Superintend-
ent Of the Penitentiary, Gen. Nun
ford and the Attorney and
had conversations With all of them, +"
Did the Governor agree to furnish
us the convicts according to the char
ter?
well, yes: I can get ms many as
want
How many do you wish?
"Well, hundred viii DO me now"
Is that as many as he would agree to
furnish ?
mo, can get more after awhile, I
think. Borst h IS forty odd, and they
are good hands too. Col. Swami is 60
ing up to see him, aud if he is IA re-
ported, working them on farms instead
of some public improvement, lie will
have to return them, and l can get
them"
Are not the 100 you 81 eak Of good
hands
well, Swami said would have 10
put some 90 or 40 white men in the lot
and that he thought he could pick out
some that would suit me. l would
rainier uaN Z neg Coes
What becomes of all the Others?
THE Clifton Forge railroad gets 400,
all it wants"
Major, does the Governor comed"wu
off his horse and agree to furnish
them on the terms of the charter, on
does he still claim that we must raise
;he money and furnish it with which
o transport, feed, cIothe aud guard
them
well, we get terms that are salts
factory to us"
Well, what are the terms?
"Such M We are willing to accept"
Yes but does he agree to furnish
the expense money, or do we have it
to do?
NV ell am very well satisfied with
the terms"
Yes, that may be, Major, but / think
this is q very important matter, and !
regard the terms on which we are to
get them as Of the highest Importance
in our case. Can't you tell me the
terms?
"Well am satisfied with the terms
We expect to 60 ahead. l saw Major
Honmou, Chief Engineer Of the \.
NJ. d O II. r., aud he told me Gen.
Malone had told him to turn over 70
me all hismaps and surveys, estimates
&C., aud says they are anxious to help
me all they can"
You are not OBJ iged to take their
route are you? Can't you pass near
w. G. Lindsay's, through the Deck
erd Gap and and up Moore's Creek, 10y
Buffalo Pond and Beuham's Mill
down Wolfe Run to Mendota, and
avoid all complications with the old
line ? | think that far the cheapest
route and it will give us fine grades,
will it not?
eyes. but it will increase the dis.
lance too much, but we can so any
where we choose"
What are you going to do next, Ma
jor?
"Well we are going ahead; we don't
mean to stop"
At this poin. the sun had made the
circuit Of President Wood so that we
no longer sat in his shadow, and we
took bee line for tha NelOs office,
On Wednesday morning we met
Capt J. IL. Wool, one of the directors
and he politely responded TO our in
quiry ms to what the Board of Dircc-
tors, at their meeting on the previous
afternoon, had done, and, among 9TH
er things, said they had determined
to put Capt. Winston and Mr.. King
to work ut once on the experimental
survey aud to send out solicitors for
more subsaril tions. The next meet
ing of the Board viii be held ut Estill-
willie next week, when further plans
will be developed,