Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-12
HALIFAX.
WORK ON THE LyNcHBURG, HALL
PAX AND DURHAA ROAD.
Pushing 1t All Along the Line-rhe Con-
trsctors-The Tobacco Mar
ket, &c.
Of mo RIehmond DispatcA.l

fCOTt6pobdcDCc OF tho itSAiuVA~ b'@P~N~""i
sourB Boston. VA, May II, 1858.
Your correspondent Is glad TO report the
continued and increased activity IN the con-
struciion Of the Lynchburg, hsiliax ana
Durham railroad oil along the line from
Ivncbnurc 10 south Boston, and at Durham,
N G.
A. has heen'stated IN This correspondence,
the grading Of the road from Lynchburg 20
CampbclI Courthouse has been completed
with the exception 81 little work to be
done on the tunnel AZ Lynchbufg. rms
will be finished in q few days, and II VIII not
surprisc me 10 hear within the next Two or
three weeks that The rails for this part OF tue
road have been purchased. ] have special
reasons tQr saying tins. although cannot
make theasseriion positively. DO Know
however, that Dir. John Kelly. who has the
contract for furnishing ties for the first zen
miles ont OF Lynchburg, has received noun
cation 10 press MS work. and he VIII oeElh
al once delivering the tics.
At Campbe Courthouse Messrs. b. a.
Norman d Co. have taken hold oil the next
ten miles. and are at work upon ". ~ Toe
end Of their ten miles they are met by he>srs'
acrpell & Co., who are actiyelyat WORK upon
fourieen.milC contract which meets MeSsTS'
Darlington & Rely at stanton river, from
which point the lasi-named have the contract
So South Boston. They have Su0-let tbeIrst
1--WE miles this side 81 staunton river 10
Messrs. Eliason & Co.. who are at work. AL
Halifax Courthouse MessTs. COdwire Alien
are ut work on two-mile contract towards
South Boston, and at this place Messrs.
Darlington & Kelly are working towards
Halifax Courthouse.
Thus il Is seen that from Lynchburg 70
South Boston the road has been graded IN
great part, while contracts cover all the re-
naming portion, with work going on
Al Durham. the southern terminus, large
force Of hands Is also at work.
Tue TOBACCO MARKET.
The general tone Of the tobacco market
everywhere has been so utterly devoid OF
auv special features that have not been able
10 report ANYTHING new A. 10 the south Bos-
ton market in particular. The very I'M
favorable weather for handling tobacco
during the past month or two has had the
effect Of making receipts here small until thls
week, when breaks resumed their usual iull
condition and an the warehouses have had
large sales. Prices are firm, With possibly an
upward tendency.
ZIG SUIT.
Messrs. Watkins & Watkins and Captain
Henry Edmunds. OF llallfax Courthouse,
this week brought suit in the Charlotte Cir
cult Court against the Richmond and Dan
willie Railroad Company for the death OF Mr.
Joseph D. Noel, OF this county. Mr.. NOEL
was brakeman on a freight train and was
killed on November :, 1857, while his train
was crossing the bridge between Randolph
aud Mo,singiord. The damages asked are
$4,000.
Mr.. Henry Darlington, OF brakes Branch,
died Wednesday evening. He was in South
BostOn last saturday and while here had a
severe chill lie returned home on the next
train and was taken with brain.feyer, OF
which he died. He was brother OF Mrs.
William Leigh. OF Halifax Courthouse.
BRIEFS AND PERSONALS.
a large number Of our people left yester-
day for Richmond 10 attend the Southern
Baptist Convention. Rev. j. M. Luck went
10 the depot to take the ears, but was too I'M
well 10 make the trip.
There Is much complaint in some sections
Of the county about the lack Of tobacco
plants. but there will not probably be any
distressing scarcity Of them. PHIL.