The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-01-10
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OBJECTIONS TO THE NEW BTELPRorosED
BY aiR. ;FtiLKERsoN NLlIiE ETTER FRUM YHE
STATE PROXIES orHER MEETING
THUS AFTERNOON. 49,, : s. 8.
The Committees on Roads OF ,fhe Senate
and House met vest terfayi morning- Gene
raj Lee, chairman il Of the Senate omniittee,
Major Johnston, president, d, tie h jones
River and Kanawha Company, and Mr. Fl.
c.: Parsons, vice. .prpsideDt Of the Riehmo nd
and Alleghany Rsaiiroad tssl i! Company Mere
Senator Fnkerson, rk /, presented res substitute
FOR The or:ginaI bllt. which be had, lndi-
Gated at the last Joint meeting, Of the two
committees -. :. ~, s,.,...ss,, Il =
Major Johnston read the substitute pro-
posed by Mr.. Fulkerson, and eypaained the
changes, between the original blu and the
substitute. !, -. s., !, :. -,
A LETTER FROM THE STATE PROXIES,
/ M:ior Johnston. in connection with the
bill, read tho following letter from the State
proxies in reference to the fearly construc-
tion Of the road sfa ::.l
RICHMOND, January Z, 1879.
KGjor John w. Johnston, President James
Riyer and Kanaphq Company: +. 4
Dear Sir, Understanding thatthe bin pro-
posed to the General Assembly looking to a
sale OF the roperty aud fran ehises OF this
company to the Richmond and Allegheny
Railroad Company has ELECTED opposition
prlncipaly for The reason that it does not in
terms. refer to the contract heretofore agreed
upon between the two companies. we have
this day met in conference to consider
what course would seem 10, us proper
to be pursued in reference to the
proposed legislation. We have carefully
examined the. substitute which has been
prepared by Colonel Fnlkerson. to whom
our original bill was unacceptable. We
unanimously agree that this substitute is
entirely acceptable to US, and we request
that you will make that statement to the
proper committee charged with this sub
iect, and we earnestly hope that legislation
will no longer be delayed, believing, aswe
do, that this substitute must be- acceptable
TO all parties, embodying as it does an agree
ment which was entered into by the two
companies after 4 careful Investigation Of
all the circumstances connected with its
consideration. til '.| = 2 - :
Very respectfully. your obeqient servants,
'>s-!.-. THOMAS W. McCANCE,
"a ,.,.' st BENJAMIN. III. NowLIN, =
"a 49,. A. T. BARCLAY, 7
Proxies representing hestock of the State.
''.-''' a NEW QUESTION. f
Mr. Sherrard inquired whether there was
any clause in the bill which would require
The railroad company to keep up the canal
until the road is built.
Major Johnston said he thought that diff
ficulty was met by q clause in the contract.
Mr.. Bernard, OF Petersburg, proposed an
amendment to the 9Th section so as to work
a forfeiture OF the property back to the
james River and Kanawha Company in
case the Richmond and Allegheny Rail
road Company fail to build the road.
MR.. HENRY's- AMENDMENTS.
Mfr. Henry, OF Richmond, read several
amendments which he proposed TO offer to
the bill-which have heretofore been report
ed in substance in this paper. II Il.
BIZ. Henry said he regarded the amend
ments as very important to this city, espe-
eiaIly as it might be that this, road may be
designed to build up some other city. i,
Mr.. Henry also proposed an amendment
to the, 9Th and Sth sections, and said that un,
der, the contract already agreed upon the
Richmond land Allegheny Railroad. Com
pany had an unlimited time in which to
sign fhe contract. :..., ~! i r13 I
-. Mr.. Henry, also proposed to amend, the
5th section, SO as to require that part Of the
road built east OF Lynchburg to be COM
menced at Richmond. g.. - ..,i,,, d.
| Mr.. Henry said that under the original
charter OF the James River and Kanawha
Company the company is exempt from taxa
ton. He proposed to amend this bill so as
to tax the railroad company. ,, g...-
or1y tod ov, ND
curing the company to keep up canal navi-
CATION to Lynchburg and Lexington from
Richmond until the railroad is built. d"
Major Johnston replied to Mr.. Henry's
obiectious and amendments to the bill, and
went over the ground already gone over i'm
the discussions in the stockholders meet
! ing. He also said that the clause in refer
ence to the interruption of travel during
railroad construction had been omitted and
would be put in the bill. -;.q...i
After further. discussion Mr.. FulkerSon
| moved that the amendments proposed be
printed, and that the; joint committee shall
meet at 4 p. NJ to-day (Fridayl. l.
/ -, 80. .4 III MR.. PARSONS .,...!. .laa .
| r Mr. Parsons, vice president Of the Rich
mond and Allegheny Railroad. Company,
Having been invited't address the commit
tee. explained the relationship of the COM
pany he represented to the james River
and kanaWha Company.
=, The time OF the committee having eX-
,pired, Mr. Parsons was. Invited to appear
before the committee in the Senate chamber
this afternoon at 4 o'clock.,4;,4 ;;.,1,l;i. o
Adjourned. .,o7;, - r.:,n'7ati ,4Hf.:E l.,
Cost Of the state Conventions Of 1897.
In the Senate yesterday the Chair laid be-
fore the Senate the following communica-
ton from the Auditor az TO the cost o., the
Constitutional Convention OF 1867. which,
on motion OF Mr.. Koiner, was laid on THE