Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-02-22

shall not be again ordered, except up)n The pc
tiion Of ore half of the voters. Agrsed TO.
Pending confederation tho Hous, a6j0urled
Virginia Midland Hallway.
Tie snnua! meeting of the stockholders Of
the Virginia Midland Railway Company. The
proceedings Ct which wero published 10 yes
terGay's G.z tie, vas mos! harmonious oue.
There was not very large alter dsucs, but The
Different c?unties Of the State through which
tho road ruus. Wsr, represented by PROM
insnt gentlemen. The several 6narcial COM
brs.io0s Interested 10 the road. vera also fully
| represented ty g!n.lemen from Richmond,
Nsw York and Bitimore.
President Bilbaur, 10 Lis report 10 sddition
10 lbe synopsis published yesterday, showed
| that during tho year 1881. there were added
Ito the equipment OF the read two engines, ouo
passenger cosch, one combination or, ere
| fit, fv, gondoas. lwsuty enc ore CARE, teo
stock osrs. fifty -SV] btx cars ard tluf c,rduct
or's cars. Il is estimated that there will be re-
quired during the present year 600 toss Of
steel rails, of which smouo. 500 tors have
been secured and paid for sncs January l.
| 1882; 100000 Cross tiet; also two PASSENGER
ergnes besides tho Two ensioss slready Sc
cured siLcs January l last, aod four frei. b.
eoRines Mr.. Barbour, then goes oB to state
that the prospects for an increased business ole
most favorable, and says that he arrsug smeots
entered ioto with tbs Rcs m ond and D.r-
vile system cf railroads. which syslem tx-
tends through q rich Southern c,uoIry.
will add larg,Iy to the passergT soi freight
traffic, and thtraty irc:tase the reverb, of the
road. H. regards the conpany's conueo ion
With tho North Carolina MGla1d r .ilrosd ss
important sud valuable, aud SAYS The oynpl,
ton CT that road will ptovsa gtes: sdvsn sge
10 the Virsini. Midland So vol as to The other
| he ssys, pcio,log tc q c1noec iHn With hs Ma
oassa' Gap Br.oeh Of The Virginia Midla,d
road at s rasburg to ex;etd to the ca. f lids
OF West Virginia.
TIE rep,r; shows that The Virginia Midland
road, uaucr the management Of Mr.. Bnbour
sho was yesterday unanimously r.-lltcsed
President of The road, making term Of servic /,
| OF twenty-five Ytars. is every year blooming
| more valuable.
M.iot j. Turner M,rehcal. vio:-Pfesidsnt
Of the N,rth Carolina Midland Railroad, 300
invitation. addressed the nee,iog upon The in
portanoe Of the speedy completion OF that road
He sad the completion It the North Carolina
Midland road was one ct the C r1iusl points Of
tho Virginia Midland road; ibis work vas OF q
OF its enterprises. Silc, last September The
wcrk on bis road had been discouliuu,d, and
the forcs reduced from 500 to 100 meb. This
CESSATION OF operations not only impressed the
teonls Of North Caroina. who bad tuoscrb ID
Literally to tho road. with tia idoa thu. the ro-
cent change Ia tho Virginia Midland Railroad
tad left tbs North Carolina ro.d out
in the cold. but ENDANGERED The rights
Ct the company. The question il. Whit
risk will tbs Virginia hiiiIand Company
run 10 rendering aid sufficient 10 complete tho
North Carolina rosdp lis did cot ttitk there
would bs any risk. Th, road when com plotted
would b vsustls prtpery. Ii would run
| through couDlry rio in iron ore and othoI mo
eral DEPOT 8, and oil the fright of The South
reaching Dansie cvar the road for Saer trans
pUrta;ion he V. N. road would get. The ear, =
logs Of ths road would be $24 900 per mile.
Stock subscriptions OF $3.50 900 had b,en made,
end $l50 600 of work hsd been done Oh the road,
but this $3.50 600 did not represent the work
done. for the peopls had given their services at
a very smtlt coup.ns,tiou OGo;sI aud ire
vo,abo action by the Virginia Midland road,
| 10 the shape Of the resolution offered By Mr..
| Dooley. authorizing the Board OF Directors to
extend the necessary aid would pui the North
Usrolin, Midsod Road on lis tsss again.
Mr. DnoleS's resolution, au!horzieg the
Board Of Directors to extend the nsc,sslry aid
TO the North Csrclai Midland Road. was
! adopted.
Col. Menifss. Of the R,ppshanntck delegs-
lion, whose obisct in bsing rr,slnt OF the meet
lpg was to secure some aid for thu construction
| OF rrlrocd from WaIrenton to Sp:rr9Vile,
made quite leOgsby speech sestios forth The
| c,sms OF the people OF bis COMFY. He
said the people Of r ippahsnnock county v'rs
nov outside of the pale of civilization, ard they
desired to be put 10 railroad Communication
Nth other parts Of the State and ccuotry.
They desired The Virginia Midland Railway
Oompsuy TO give them some assistance in the
| constitution of the Facq1isr aud R,ppshar-
mock railroad. The charter for which was granted
By he Legislature last week. There had been
stvelsl routes mentioned, but the one thought
nost feasible by the engineer Was from War
renton hy Way of The Fsuqular Sprirgs apd
Washioeton, R,ppahanuock county, w., TO
Spafr}Vle, distsnos Of &c miles. The c,st
oil construction cf the road would b, $l2 600
per mile. iocladiag everything, a total of
100000. RsppAhannock coualy would sut-
sctibo SIS 600 to 100000 Of this amount.
Tue peopls If the coun'y were industriou, add
energetic, aud they mus. hav, . railroad. If |
they had to connect with the Shenandoah
road.
Col. Sius asked if . nsfrow guaga road
would Dot do.
Col. Menifee ssid . n,rr0w gauge ro.d would
not afford the facilities for the the frIospotu-
zion of cattle, besides the construction of q vide
gauge road would cost very little mcrt; if . |
vide gauge roid WAS built the rolling stcck used
on the Warreoion Bisuoh rold could be used |
and the expenses ct new rolling stock or
changing the Old ling stock to new ttuoEs
would ba obviated.
Gen. Payas said he c,u!d v1ucl fur the it,
dusry Ct thu psople Of R,pp,bsrn,ck. He
prtcticsd 10 that county for gears. aud bad
always found the people. not only courteous,
DO! thliIty aud ensraeii,. Iswas fact that |
JeF c'uId not thrive i, that c,uoy,
Prest. B,rbour sAid i. was ooly intended to |
btirg the matter tothe attention ef the meetiog.
He thCughsit would be better for the people of |
Rappahauneck to make their subscription be-
lore asking aid, ss the Virgins Midland Com
psty would then know better what to do. The
Warrsntoo branch road e,uld b, tx!euded into
kapp,tsnaock sud operated Wih very Iiuls
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