The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-03-25


ina Richmond end Allegheny Railroad
Today The bids for cross-sies and tese'
~,srh.noJcx for the Hichmond and Ale
ghany road will be opened at the company's
once IN this city. Asuhicieut force viii DC
nut upon the line n day or two to prepare
q for The cross-tiss between Rlchezond ana
New Canton, and tclegraph-pc's betweee
RIcbmosyj and buchanan. Ncgetiations s'
stecl and iron rails are being eawred in'e y!
The ccupanyss officers In New Work. WORK
win soon be commenced ssoHg the l'ns De
tween Riohmond and Cc'unsia. ana vac 'n'
d,c,,soux are that the rovS will be com
rir,ea - the latter point by the middle o.
Julv. yhe Buchsnsa sndClifton-Forge oil
vts;op y TO be ready for the rails fy the Isl
q Jd.y. =.
The parties who were in Richmond uu'
x,rp the negotiations frcident 10 the pnr'
cbayr OF the works. property, ana IRAN
cb,es OF the James River aud kanawna
Company by the Richmond and Aiiegnany
Railroad Company indicate tue eres'
strength and high character OF the 'a''e'
organization. H..
Mr.. aeoRcg NJ. BARTHOLOMEW, OF ha'''
ford. Conn, the president OF the comps"''
il one Of the wsaIfbiest men in New taS-
land Is president OF seven or eight corpo.
ratious. and man OF tireless energy ana
great ability. :,
the yice-presisent oftbc company. lie was
NJ one time director 10 the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad Company, and Is wen
koowu TO our readers. To bin Richmond
and the State OF Virginia owe q deet OF
gratitude that cannot be easily repaid AZ
n hoped that his services viii be sabstan-
TALLY rewarded.
Mr.. Francis o. FRENCH, OF the First Ma
tional Bank OF New York, is man In whom
The banking circles Of the country have pc
culiar confidence. He, principally, organ
ICED the syndicate taat took the largest Gov
eminent loan ever taken, end has repeat
edly shown bis courage and skill in great
enterprises.
Mr.. CONRAD n. JORDAN Is president oil
the Oswego Midland railroad, and presl'
dent OF the Third National Back OF New
York. lie Is a man well known and strong
Mr.. COLGATE, OF the noted hrm oil go'o
brokers Trevor & COLGATE, is widely
known for his great wealth and iiberaIhy
Mr.. SAMUEL SHETHAR has large hat man
ufacforiss at Yonkers-said TO be the
larges, in the world Mr.. ii. PARSONS is
large manufacturer at Troy. Mr.. SMITH Is o
banker Of New York, asd Messrs. COFFIN
aud NICHOLS are merchants. Associated
with these gentlemen is Hon. HUGH Nc
CULLocH, former secretary OF the United
States Treasury; and when we consider the
gentlemen who have been named as associ-
ated with them-General EWING, Sena ors
BLAINE and JONES, ERWIN DAVIS, Califor'
MIA millionaire; HENRY MILLER, OF COlum-
bus, Ohio; CYRUS ii. MCCORMICK, of reaper
fame, Of Chicago, and other we'll and
wideIy-kDown men, we cannot but be
convinced that this undertaking not only
means a road TO be well AID quickly built,
but to be managed by strong and courageous
nee, who will aid in the development OF
the country and secure connections and al
1iauces that will make the new road part OF
a line or system that will realize all that was
ever expected from the great schemes Of
other days, so that no one will regret that
the ruins Of the one enterprise were the
foundation OF the other.