Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-04-18

t-E3S Z a!n-T hlelA2e r! s lis3, sa eSS.Sant Gt
N3.i3lk, AL Father McCirihy Father H'st2's,
SO assi:tsa: s. LJncbnuFs.
Size Virginia midland Extension.
TAc Virginia t!dlsad Railroad directors mat
Baltimore Saturday, atd Gtfaitely decided
to * CD .!!at Eoad irom Din5iji:, Va, via
aiaos:si,., \. ,, t*;!h,e c30u:a:i0n 10 Car
lets J to Sp.rioIsta;S, s, G. tbs Ection was
uaacim'u9'y tsksn :i:e: aeiu; discussion. dur"
oG whiob ta2 Gee, w&1 cocsid2lcl from o7try
p2r: 6: vis=. The m49iitg o7sa.iZ d sbaut
no1n. gi.h CGl. j. =. Barvcn-, Il this ely
Tic pCtslicbs ct II: read, il the chac, aud the
following difsc:ors prezcoi: Mesrs Z. q. Hot.
land, Uhaa II. E;ccatcci III. Payne, j Ohm J.
Lowell, and } obn w. Bu,ko, Of Eirsiuis; Rob!.
Garrett. YIN. ksya:r. John * Cowcu, WE.
Flick, i, I. Baldwin a1d j. Wilcox Brown, Of
Baltimore Colonel Barbour ANNOUNCED the
obiec: 81 Tie meeting ard said i! was Que Of vital
necessity to their road, if they desired il to be-
clme anything moro than pe,o ltcl lice.
Tho extension will DO effected uadcr tic name
OF tho i o,th CaIolina Midlald Railroad. which
corporation was organz!d uId,r tho lass Ct
thst s:ato about ycir ago, and Is Gov repre-.
soD!ed By tho following officers cnd directors:
pr1eidert. J. S. Baroour. Of Aicxsn1ris. We;
Vice President, Ma ior j. Tur1cr Mocr.tead, Of
L3cksVilla, N. T.; Secretary and Treasurer.
yolouel j. W. Al4borough, CT winston; Diytc
tors, Maj,r L, W. Hairs;on, Of Baltimore;
Msjor J., ". hadcEsln, Of Msllssn. N. 9;
Joseph 3; Vaushr., Mslis1u. N, G; }. W.
Fries, Of Winston, n. g; Captain j. T.. Gil
mir, Ct Winston; a. NJ. b Doe, Of Moek:viiIt;
W. c. Wilson. Of NIccksv!lc A. L,szc;, OF
Mooycsvia. lrl Dir. Wiley, ct Winston.
TIE North CaroliEa Mi!lssd R!iIroad IN,
secured q right OF way through Tbs STATE, wh c.
has Gcon surveyed AID located md, ommcnc!pg
c! Daa7lIIc, Will Tue along the Dan li7cr south.
1sscr'y 10 Loeksvillc, n, G. theEco 20 Msdi.
500, 10 Walnut Cove, to Winston, to Mocks-
vile, to Mocres7l!'o, 10 Sp3rtcusburg S. q.
Ir. H)bert Garrett, &C behalf Of the Bal!i-
no7c aud Oaio Railroad Company, ancouec.d
that his company vas willing to subscribe its
jus. qao:a toward The coastrCc lou of the road,
believing it to b highly profitable aud desra
bic id7cstmsa.. l. Vas also stated by tho gen.
ttcne0 :gcser! that The various county and
to"a corporations, SID s3mo of tho cluuties
through shioa the road viii PISS; es we'll as
private cliiz:ns, had subscribed literally, aud
were still subscribing. TIE right of Hsy will
c2s: little OF nothing 90 The residents along Tho
luo are anxious 10 have the road built.
President Barbour laid that at least $500 600
had ceen positively pledged by the citizens OF
North Carolina on condition that the city Of
Baltimore and tho Baltimore aud Ohio Rails
road would contribute amounts proportionato 10
the great bcreG:Io bederived by them from the
excelsior, and hal no doubt tina. tho subsorio-
tl3n5 would bs lsrgaly increased
It was decided to undertake tbs Wo:k of
bulldog tho road IS far south az Walnut Cove,
Il, G.. { distaco, Of 50 miles from DanyilIe,
tho to,a! length beios l35 uiIes. 1t Was stated
ina! ths pfo5abs c2st OF carrying tho road that
lar YOU'D be about S7500OO, or SIS 900 Der
mlc; and Ie;o 1:ion vas passed pedgiDg tho
ViTglcla Midland 10 supply sill tho necessary
capita! ttr ihs purpts?, net secured through tho
subscriptions 10 the stock. Tao meeting, after
discussing Tie feasibility ct obtaiuing 40 en.
doTssn .at 81 the stock ct the North Carolina
Midland Road by the city Of B.Ilimo?c, nd
l)ucocd, without taktcg deii1t. ection 10 this
ccuE:C a0.
Co0rel Barbour, il c;u7erEatiun alter the
EleeIipg, said that the &C ion taken hsd b:en
6,roog!y Iec0mretd.J. and he was saro soud
clTr7 out tie oSj!ot IN rieW-c1pvi;c, he p.o
ps CT North Carolina that the Virgins Mid
'aod Road desired tAe excelsior, aud did not
ask auy Cn9 to put m9ncy where /. Toud cot
!Gvcst lis own fuGd5 The determination 10 st
o;cc build Eeariy oua-haIf CT the ex,ecsion
T2Cl /, Hl.hOlt d,u5t. b5 hi2hly eco,grssipg to
lEe N0Ih Ctrjolans. and ha WIS c1nviL cd
that "tca lie work be-! b:ou f,,!y COM "a uced
-3hlen would Dc wit5ia few Tecks-thcy
Tou|d at once tcndtr the cid sh;ch they should
giv', IN Tl:w 0! tho s2vartssfa TO be derived h7
them.
C7lozc', ]. 3. Ia!os, the eugiaoer Who sur
Vfy2d a2d !tc,'td Tho extension, said it Was,