The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-11-12
MECMENBURG COUNTY.
Of the Richmond Di.natcl

MEChLEN BURG COUNTY.
correspondence Of tue Richmond Dispatch.l
GAINESVILLE, VA, November S, 1870.
In accordance with a notice extensively
given, there was held here to-day i railroad
meeting, composed OF the mos. prominent
and substantial citizens Of this county. The
meeting was organized by calling Judge
Henry Wood, Jr., OF this county. to the char,
and appointing Captain Joseph +. Magee,
q large iobaccunist Of the town, secretary.
After Il free and pleasant Interchange Of
views in regard to the most feasible means
OF accomplishing their purpose, during
which entire harmony and unanimity pre-
vailed, the resolutions. which / append,
were adopted, and request that they be
forwarded 10 your widely circu!ated Jour-
MI for publication. NaiOr john E. Nc
PhaiI, OF Charlotte county, was present.
and advocated the route TO Keysville, on
the Richmond and Danyile railroad. --
|. keSolued. That it Is the sense OF this
meeting that nothing but railroad con.
Meeting what was once the fourishing and
prosperous town OF Clarksyile with The
market, Of the world can restore to this re-
zion OF country the high degree Of pros
prrty it ut one period enjoyed.
. ReS0iued, That the statements made to
this meeting to-day by persons interested
vile and the adjacent country. to the effect
that prominent officers and stockholders Of
the Richmond and DanviIlc Railroad Com
pany express Willingness to construct and
operate railroad from kcysville to Clarks-
Vile as soon as subscription in money and
lands 10 the value OF $4,000, available on
the completion OF the road to GAINESVILLE.
Shalt be obtained from the people along and
tributary TO said line OF road, have been
heard with satisfaction by this meeting.
3. Resolved, That fully recognizing and
approaching the difficulty of obtaining, in
The present depressed condition OF our re-
sources, so large subscription as $4,000,
We nevertheless belicvc--firSt, that q rail-
read from Key sviIlc to GAINESVILLE will ma
teriaIIy lessen the cost OF transportation of
persons and produce TO and from Clarks-
vile, will specially make OF Clarksville an
even larger market for tobacco than it ever
was, and Will make marketable and protita-
bic our lands. which, because OF lack OF
railroad facilities, are now OF but little value
either to sell or to hold; secondly, that the
people who are TO be Immediately benefited
by the proposed railroad from keysvilIe TO
CIark>yIle are amply able to make the SUBJ
scrption asked for; and thirdly, that the
desired subscription can and will be OBJ
tanned II proper and well-directed efforts
towards the accomplishment of so desirable
an end are. made. And so believing, it is
/ therefore
4. ReSolred, That Thomas F. Goode, j.
NJ Sloan, DR.. z. G. Nelson, J. W. Houston
George A. Endly, w. P. Webb, Z. B.
Goode, Philo Alcott, Thomas Easley, A.
W. Mayer, Thomas Williams, T. G. Finch,
J. ". Spencer, and J. l.. Thompson be and
they are hereby constituted and appointed,
by and on behalf Of the people living along
and adjacent to the proposed line OF rail-
road from Keysvile TO GAINESVILLE, an ex-
eculIve committee, with power to do and
perform all acts necessary and proper to be
done TO obtain and make available said SUBJ
scription OF $4,000, and generally to build
The said railroad.
.. Resolved, This meeting hereby as
SUres said executive committee an earnest
and hearty support in all proper efforts to
accomplish the object for which it is ap-
pointed.
6. Resolved, That we assure our friends
IN the county Of Granville and elsewhere
] III the State OF North Carolina that in thus
waning ourselves Of the opportunity to Sc
4 ture railroad from Keysvilc to GAINESVILLE
We DO not thereby intend to abandon the
%Aetne OF railroad from Clarksville to
VAiord and points beyond. On the con.
nary, we believe that when the construc.
1 u9n OF Il railroad from KeysyiIle TO Clarks-
4 '!1e IS provided for it will then be far less
4 ui!Hcnt than now to continue said railroad
4 ea 10 Oxford and points beyond, and with
'Ol, assurance 10 our Carolina friends we
cordially invite them to unite with us now
10 IN earnes. and systematic effort to build
lug railroad from keysyille to GAINESVILLE.
-. Resolved, That Colonel Thomas F.
: %%oode, Judge Henry Wood, DR.. A. W.
eager Thomas Easley, E. X. Williams,
n IL Alcott, w. W. WOOD, John =. Nc
rrhai!, }. N. Sloan, E. B. Goode, George B.
i'ieh, and Colonel William Baskerville, Jr.,
ae hereby appointed committee, and re-
! vested TO attend the next annual meeting
y Tue stockholders Of the Richmond and
IHaa'liie Railroad Company, to be held in
4 S,ctmDer, 1879, and to express to said
n%t.a'pany The views and wishes OF this peo-
Tad cav PAof0
a, ,asfe are about two thousand hogsheads
and Iooaeeo annually shipped from this place,
5 fbsnaIi immense quantity OF general mer- |
I Wona se received here. Colonel Walter w. |
sy,o a' VINO IRON extended observation and |
Nit. nee' and who is also entirely fa- |
nnr.a.t WIN the cost and difficulties Of trans
snir ~ Without railroad facilities not
j ,nr g ~ tlils country, but In Mexico, as
4 s,. au me taat bis calculations would demon
lSsra Laat by the construction OF this road
S; ss =, would be q saving to the people OF
Sys. ,.iseihity IN general freight business Of
"i1eea thousand dollars annually.
! ;lons. a matter OF public. interest to those
= Ky ). Tue Dan river, will state thatsI am
,es, wy 10 receipt yof d communication
;ins..e oionei5 ]. IL. Gil, United States en-
D,ns;,,. VINO completed the survey front
'4''ils 10 THIS place about q week ago,