The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-09
Railroad Items.

1t is stated that the Richmond and Danville
railroad company have secured controlling
interest in the Chester and Cheraw Is. c..
railroad by late purchase of stock at nomi-
nal prices.
A special to the Cincinnati Gazette SAYS the
transfer is finished at Ashland, KY, and pas
senger trains will hereafter be transfer ed from
the Chesapeake and Ohio road to the Scioto
Valley road.
The Elizabeth City and Norfolk railroad
was formally opened on last Thursday by an
excursion of stockholders and guests from
Norfolk 1t was a general holiday. Flags were
waving and cannon fired. Speeches were made
by the railroad and town officials.
A party of engineers are at work about sew
en- miles below here in locating the Shenan-
doah Valley railroad on the Buchanan side of
the river Buchanan is likely to become at no
distant day railroad centre of no mean I'M
portance-Bu Buchanan Democrat.
The track of the Richmond and Allegheny
railroad will soon be laid through the entire
nethern line of the old basin from Seventh to
Twelfth streets. The piles have already been
driven beyond Eleventh street, and scoW-loads
of earth are being hourly emptied between
them to soidify the track and dispel its liquid
surroundings Dispatch 9th.
As the accommodation train on the Chesa-
peake and Ohio railway was entering the city
Yesterday morning some concealed mscreant
on the roadside threw rock through one of
the windows ofthe rear car. Nobody was hurt,
but the missile came near striking a lady who
sat by the window at which it entered, SILVER
ing the glass Wing eth.
A deed from the Richmond and Allegheny
To MOI ttraor Q
bonds amounting to $40O0,000 has been re
corded in Richmond. The deed was ordered
several months ago, pending negotiations with
the Pittsburg Southern railroad, to enable the
Richmond and Allegheny road to build their
road to the junction at West Virginia State
line These negotiations are still pending,
and it is not proposed to use the bonds unless
the Pittsburg connection is ordered, but it
was necessary to record the deed before the
consolidation became absolute on the 23rd of
June.
The Secretary of State of West Virginia has
issued certificate of incorporation to the
Kanawha and Raleigh Railroad company for
the purpose of constructing railroad from
the mouth of Calvin creek, Kanawha county,
to a point on Clear Fork or Big Coal run
The principal office shall be at Philadelphia,
Pa, and the certificate perpetual. The capital
stock is $3.50, 900 divided into shares of 500
each The corporators are JAS A, Wright,
Edward M. and Henry G. Davis, all of Phla-
delphia, and VIM Dewes, of Carkin, Kanaw
ha county, W. Va.
The Danville Neaos of Tuesday last says:
"The skeptical no longer doubt about the con-
struction of the Virginia Midland Extension,
as the contract for grading the road has been
given out to an experienced contractor, who
passed through the city on Monday, on his
way to the North Carolina line, where work
will be commenced and pushed on as rapidly
as possible The people along the line are in
great good humor and in the most excellent
spirits at the early completion of the road and
the improved facilities it will bring to their
DOORS No line has been located from Dan
vile to the North Carolina line, and as soon
as this is done work will be commenced on
this portion of the road"
Wednesday, at Norfolk, the special commit
tee on the sale of the city's common stock OF
the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio railroad
held a meeting in the Select Council chamber
and adopted resolution authorizing an adver-
tisement for bids for purchase of stock. Says
the Landmark, 1.-THE advertisement states that
sealed bids for 1000 shares of common stock
of the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio railroad
will be received at the City Treasurers office
until p. m. ON Saturday the 2Sth inst. No
bids will be entertained for any sum under
$50 per share, and must be accompanied by
certified check for 81 900 as guarantee for
performance of the bid. The committee re-
serve the right to reject any and all bids All
bids should be marked SEALED Bids" and adj
dressed to the Chairman of Special Committee
on Sale of A. NJ s. o. R. r. Stock, care S. S.
Dawes, Treasurer.
One proposition for the purchase has been
already received, and it is thought that there
will be at least two more.
Gen. Groner yesterday received the follow
ing important dispatch:
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, May %, 1881.
To Gen. r d. Gao1aer, Norfolk. "a.
The common stock Of the Norfolk and
Western will be issued share for share for the
A. M. & o, stock held by the city of Norfolk
as soon as certificates are prepared, which
may require twenty Or thirty days. Script
will, however, be issued Immediately, which
will be exchanged for the certificates when
ready. lSlgned