Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-09-29


- virginia fair weather, preceded oil the
,ss, ly local rains, stationary temperature in
ra.icrn portion, slightly cooler in the eastern
.ion and northcrly winds.
TUE CANAL AUGMENTATION. Fl. II
weII- one OF the lessees Of the Alexandra
rorol this morning, according TO appoint
e,hrt visited this city and held a confer
anca with Mr.. i. Wheat, president Of The
alexandria Canal Company, in reference
- the proposed transfer Of the aqueduct
~ the Government: to he used as q free
brlrc. There were present also ut the con-
;areHra Mayor Smoot, who is the proxy for
ba State in the canal company, and Mr.
Unbert Snowden, chairman Of the finance
,,mmittee Of the City Council. After ar
;otarcbanre Of views in relation to the mat
,ar, Gea. Wells handed Mr.. Wheat q letter
n secretary Fairchild IA copy of which WA
,,rinted in the GAZETTE yesterday and then
.ubmi.ted the following paper:
WASHINGTON, ID. e., Sept. -. 1~~6.
r..ls y,,<ii,As and Directors .4l,rondrm (auui Co.,
Grni,rincm: On the 18th June las I the Alcxan-
lila Canal Railroad sud Bridge Company request
i,tai ven would call a general meeting of the
stockholders Of your company for the purpose oil
4fIlup upon the question OF whether or not they
unv.t accept thc PROVISIONS al i!t AZ passed ny
r,,.r,s. prior H. that date. but whlCH not APP
,r,ysd uutil .uue list ! $50, tn the piers
a, the hlrxandI il Canal C"Upany for tine purpose
cfa Ir,r bridge. That application ha"ng been
declined Oh the ground, as we understood, that
fwag ncl czpydcilt t" call ;lat Meeting, we sub
o,,t,t 10 you similar request the I'D o.; this
rgo;,H ANA are to-day advised hy telephone that
,rufsu has been declined, and although we are
unui;,c,i Of thc terms of the refusal or the rcl.
.o,l. therefor this company now makes 10 your
rom,lly the following proposals:
TIN. provisions OF the act OF Congress referred
10 .lt..i hc accepted by both companies. \ decd
substantially in the same form the one hereto.
fore rxccuicd under act OF 1SSl shall hc cxc,ntcd
by ho,A companies and delivered in conformity
with the act OF l@@h.
Tn. proceeds OF the sale tD tie United States
under thu deed 50 (" he executed aud delivered
shall remain in The Treasury OF the United States
guttI the conflicting claims thereto if any, arc
settled.
Il the two companies cannot, within 50 days
agree between themselves as to what disposition
snail he made o: said proceeds, thcu the DISPOSE
tou thereof shalt be s:ttlcd and determined by
the award aud decision Of tArco arbitratorS com
potent aud dlsintcIcStcd men, one To be chosen by
c.rI OF the two companies, aud the two So chosen
10 select the third, the award of two to he iimai.
We respectfully request speedy reply Ia the
foregoing proposal and hone that il may meet
!oHs approval
IT, II. WELLS, rrcs't. A. c. l. L; & 3; Go.
WV. ". Ut SGaN, Secretary.
Mr. Wheat said he would call 81 meeting
Of The board OF directors Of the canal ai an
early date and lay the paper hclnr" hem.
Tho conferences then adjourned.
FREI"HT TRAIN WRECK >D.--N ,un.
pete snash-up Of Virgins Midland freight
tain NO. l>G, bound Tor baltimore. occurred
a. J. adeushurg yesterday inor:,iu.. 0n She
Shepherds Branch of the T. sal y. Rail.
road. There IS q considerable up-grade on
the road AT this point, ana The train came
up this 1T about 20 miles in hour. Crossing
the Eastern Branch bridge, ii ran into an
open switch just on the other side. There
is only about fifty yards of track st this
switch and. the train Numbered over this.
jumping into the mud and piling itself into
mass of spiDters a few feet from the river
hark. The train consisted Of eight cars,
which are broken into fragments. The en-
riuc buried itself in the mud, but is not Sc
riou$ly damaged. There were four men on
The train, none of whom were seriously hurt
Al saved themselves by Jumping, with the
exception CT engineer Hogarth, who was on
his engine when the crash came, and was
thrown about Il feet into an adjoining field
and considerably bruised. Night operator
BeaIs, Ct Hyettsville, WAS asleep in the ca
hoose when the train ran into tho switch,
hut was awakened Just in time to Jump for
his life. How the switch came to be open
Is mystery yet unsolved. The popular
opinion is that it was opened with the in
tention Of wrecking tho train. A track
gang passed over the road about half an
hour before the accident, ut which time it
vas closed. The switch lock was found q
e" feet off on the ground. 4 wrecling
gang froIn Mt Clare of about 100 men was
at work all day removing the debris. 1t
will take about two days to clear the track
Inc train was i'll charge of j. and O. RGil
road men at the time Of the accident
FAILED TO AGREE.-Tke Jury in the case
Of J. I. Gatewood VS.. the A. 4 +. Il. r.,
which came up for trial in the circuit court
yesterday, being unable to agree, We're this
morning discharged and the case continued.
The case was similar to that Of Acker VS..
the railroad, in which the jury yesterday
morning brought in verdict for the COM
pany. Gatewood sued for $4,000 damages
Tor being elected from q train because he
would not pay but fifteen cents for ride
rom this city to Washington, claiming that
he was unable to buy ticket at the ticket
c!llce in this city. 1t is understood that the
jury stood five for and seven against the
railroad
The suit brought by Mr.. VIM. +. Lylcs
against the Virginia Midland Railway Co.,
for damages sustained by having three Of
his ribs broken while engaged in shifting
cars in the company's yard in this city on
the hight of Sept. %, 1851. came u? before
Judge Keith in the Circuit Court Yesterday,
as stated in the GAZETTE. and occupied the
attention Of the court Till its adjournment
MI this morning. MeSsrs. John NJ. John
son and J. X. NJ. Norton Appeared for Mr..
ly'es, and Gen. VIM. Il. Payne and Mr..
Leonard Marbury represented the comra-
ny. The evidence of a number OF witnesses
Was heard This morning argument was
heard, after which the case WAS given to Inc
jury, who, up To this evening, being unable
TO agree, were adjourned till tomorrow
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