Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-12-20

has necessarily made the ircight-tratic less profit
able rs the cars came back empty.
30 tar a may be practicable the interests of the
\irSlnla Midland Railway require that some ar
rangement should be made whereby more equi-
table interchange Of traffic may be effected
Attention is invited to the suggestion Of the
General Manager that measures be adopted to re-
duce the present high cost of passenger trains
Double daily passenger trains on the main line
each way are, in the judgment of the manage
mcnt, quite - much as the business that can BIO
secured will justify, aud any excess beyond the
limit indicated, curtaicd.
An agreement was made in Nav last by which
the passenger traffic between the line of the
Chesapeake 4 Ohio Railway and Washington
City, was carried over the Virginia Midland
Railway between Charlottesville and Washin gton.
Under this a~r"cmcn: all cattle and other freight
tralit from the Chesapeake and Ohio Hallway for
points North also passes exclusively over the Eir-
ginia Midland Railway between Charlottesville
and Washington.
y large increase of business may be naturally
expected from the extension and development Of
the li::c OF the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway to and
from The West under the arrangement.
The completion of the Shenandoah Valley Rail
road to its point of intersection with the Norfolk
Western Railroad ut Roanoke with which road
1t Is identified i'll INTEREST," has caused some diver
Sion of traffic, principally cattle, which the Nir-
siaia Midland mas heretofore received from the
latter railroad 1t Lynchburg. No material loss
however, has been So larncurrcd from that source
III the passenger traffic. The advantages possessed
by the Virginia Midland Railway of directness
and quick dispatch must secure the ultimate
superiority OF its line FOR transportation over the
competitive r0utc
new and valuable freight traffic has been
developed, coluinS from the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad connection IT Strasburg over the Manassas
Branch aud Main Line of the Virginia Midland
Railway destined to lynchburg, Danville. Rich
mond aud points South of Dauville. This de.
vcopment promises still more favorable results
III the near future.
During the past season favorable crops and in.
creased local production have been realized in the
country along the line of the Virginia Midland
Railway, aud q steady Improvement in business
may be anticipated hereafter from that source
After ALL the best elements OF railway transpor.
taton are derived from local traffic, which it is
wise policy OH the par: ri all railroad companies
to encourage and foster.
The expectation OF large mineral traffic to be
afforded by the working and development of The
valuable iron ore beds cent guous to the line ui
the railway and its branches has not yet been
realized. Nothing Is likely to be done in this
respect until sufficient capital can be attracted for
investment in these values. The introduction OF
foreign ores 1T low ocean frcght, and nearly
duty free also operates to relurd the development
| Of the Virginia iron fields.
The attention Of the Stockholders is invited to
the relations OF the Virginia Midland Railway
with the proposed line OF railroad, known as the
North Carolina Midland Railroad, projected to be
constructed from Danvillc via the Dan River Val
ley, and Lcaksvillc, Winston, and Mocksrile, tn
Mooresville, point oil the line extending from
Charlotte toStatcsville. subscription of two nun
drcd and fifty thousand dollars has been made here
toforc By the Virginia Midland Railway Company
to the capital stock of The railroad company re.
frrrcd To, ana considerable portion of the grad
ing has been done. 4 proposal has been hereto
fore submitted by the North Carolina Midland
Railroad Company to lease The road to the Vir
giaia Midland Railway when completed. IL is
desirable that scmc definite action should be
concluded in the premises.
The annual report Of the General Manager to
which is appended that OF Engineer and Superin
tendcnt, and the report of the Auditor aud Treas
urcr are herewith submitted rs accompanying
papers.
All OF which is respectfully submitted upon be-
half ns the Hoard 0t Directors by
JOHN 5. BARBOUR, President