Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-22
Railroad Matters,
ATLANTA AID CHARLOTTE r. R,

ATLANTA ATD CHARLOTTE q. r.
To-morrCw tho question ct tho loasc Of tho
Atlanta and Charlotte Railroad will b. cousid-
cred aud probably decided upon by The direct.
ors Of the company 10 New York, and tho re-
suit is looked for with great interest 10 Bali.
moro and Richmond. Tho Richmond and
DanVille Railroad Company end tho Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company arc both
ceslrous OF securing the rad and "skirmish.
ing" was quite active yesterday. The Atlanta
and Charlotte runs from Atlanta TO Charlotte.
and il about 266 miles in length. LIS csptal
stock IL 81 csc. 900. tho majority of which is
held in New York. There iss bonded indebted
ness of about $4,000. 900, OF per cent, $780,
OO0 CT which have o preference. Tho Rich
mond and Danvills Railroad Company offers
to lens, the road, guaranteeing per cent. 10.
forest on tho stock ond the Interest 90 all the
| bonds Incomes included. What the Baltimore
and Ohio will offer is not definitely known, nor
will it be uutil tho proposition is submitted to
| the Atlanta and Charlotte directors tomorrow.
1t is believed though, that an offer from the
Baltimore and Ohio even less generous than
that of the RichL1ond aud Dsnvie would be
considered with more favor, tho security being
beyond question, and tho business to be derived
from the Baltimore aud Ohio very great, and
hence OF lmporan3o to the section of Virginia
through which tho road passes. To the Bait
and Ohio tho road will b. valuable connection,
and tho Virgioia Midlard road viii be vory
greatly benefited if it is secured. When tho
Virginia Mdland was sold recently under Or
der of court, it will be remembered that the
purchaser, were Messrs Robert Il. Baldwin,, j.
Wick Brown and Robert Garrett. who repro
seutcd the bondhodels The Baltimore and
Ohio OWES large number of the bonds, aad
there is little doubt that the Atlanta a5d Char
lotts connsc lon. if secured, will greatly improve
thor ue.-Baltimore american.
GEORGIA CENTRAL r. II.
Tho Ccutrsl Railroad of Georgia proposes to
losso the Georgia Railroad and its branches for
ninety zine years. guaranteeing S per CENT per
aunum 10 tho stockholders. Its rumored that
the LOUISVILLE and Nashville Company. and tho
Richmond AID DanViIle combination have oach
made similar proportions. Prominent officials
aud large stockholders of Tho Georgia Railroad
ta7cr Lease to tho Central Railroad Sales of
tho stock were made yesterday at l2l per shsre.
RAILROAD FROM sTATEsvILLE n. G., TO COP.
PER KNOB.
Or. Il. NJ. Zoos, who represents tho Copper
Anob Mining Company, was here this week,
looking to arrangements for beginning a survey
OF tho line, and expects to place force in the
held at an carly day. He says the road is GER
tain to DO bull; that tho company have p'enty
OF means, End that connection will bs made
ct this polot with tho Atlantic, Tennessee and
Ohio road and with the Charlotte rosd,-
StatesriAc. ~. g., Eraminor, March IS,
HE Earl of Ai;lie says an English paper,
has lately msdo large purchase of land in
Colorado. His second son. the Hon. Lyulph
OgilVie. will occupy tho property, and has
brought over with him O practical Scotch spr-
cuiturist TO act es his manager. The land is
within an easy distance of Denver City. Lord
Hlrile, 1t will DO remembered, was in this coun.
Try less summer. when he Waited The Western
States. "
DAVID 7. LATTNER, one of the three mon 20.
Gently taken from the West Virginia peniten.
tlary TO Detroit. Mich, on the charge of having
murdered IN old man named Hilger, at Norris.
small Town near Detroit, three years sgo, has
maze iull confession of the crime duplicating
Ms Two companions and two other men now in
Inc Michigan state prison for III, esme ofrsnse.
efNoPsGs OF THE WEATHER FOR FEBRUARY,
loSl.-Highest thermometer 60; lowest 90:
mean 34.3; highest barometer 80, 80 inches:
lowest % OF; mean %. 10; rain tall g. 10; snow D.
AocotlnK' We. W. G.
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