The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-12-23
A GREAT ENTERPRISE
Looking to the Establishment Of
Close Commercial Relations
WITH THE SOUTH AMERICAN
NalIons-lncorporatIon of the ColOm-
bia Railway and Navigation Com-
pany...West Virginia DIen In
tcrCslcd..-The Objects,

RlcnNoSD, Va, Dec, 29,-Yesterday
amepsure Of gigantic scope was intro
duced into the Virginia Legislature. II
was a bill to incorporate the Columbia
Railway and Navigation Company, II
was presented by Mr.. Letcher, Of Rock.
bridge County, and the incorporatora
are IL, G. Parsons, S. II. Letcher, Dennis
Shannahan, Edward Mcmahon, ], j.
Montague, Ashton Starke, v. d, Groner,
Jed IIotchkiss, Park Aguew, Francis A,
Reed, D. S, Burwell, Frank ], HeaFne,
Eugene Dana, A, W, Campbell, Ell En-
gisn, Nathan Got, ex,Gov, jackson, oi
West Virginia, II, s. Chamberlain, F.
G, Montague, ], II. Warner, William
Morrow, Nathaniel Baxter, O, B. Stahl.
man, John Il. Thomas, Cyrus II. Nc
COrmick, Thomas W, Holiday, Fred.
erick Matt, r. A. Kevans, Frank Ridg.
lev, Logan II. Roots, Montgomery
Fletcher, A. Baldwin, Joachim Vlesca,
", u. Schmidt, W. ], Behan, ], p.
Whitney, Juan 0teri, A, K. Miller, p.
Toenchy, II. q. Yarmouth, Richard
POarsQn, Alfred Grimes, John l.. Tho.
mas 0rlanl Smith, Granville p, Hawes,
4. ii. Simpkin, Is. d. Green, f. R. An
dress, G. s. Sargent, F, l.. 0mstead, T.
A, Beall, Charles Elliott, Charles TABOR,
Il. S. Quinlard, William P, Elliott, Cham
Cey Iyps,J. Van dc Yenter, O, J, Barker,
RE. FerOw, A. P. COlesberry, aud 7,
q, McKell, They are granted thepower
to construct railroads, establish steam.
ship lines, build ship.yartls, docks, ba-
sins, elevators, transfers, lighters, steam
tugs, etc., and shall have the right In
Virginia 10 secure and establish termin-
ais for its lines, 10 build ship-yards,
mills, furnaces, and to operate and ~
construct railroads or canals connect
ing its works, but such connecting
routes shall not exceed In length ten
miles. Ten thousand acres Of land may
be held. The company is also granted
the right TO acquire and hold stocks or
bonds Of any company chartered by any
Of the republics Of South America, and
To acquire and own the stock Of any
steamship company that may be incor.
pOrated tOrun between any port or ports
oithG United States on the Gulfoi Mexi.
co or Atlantic Ocean to Bouranquilla or
Carthagena, or any other port upon the
Caribbean Sea. The capital stock ls 10 be
not less than $l00,000,0O0, to be divided
into shares OF SlOO each.
The Board OF Directors may consist OF
twenty.one members. The principal
office shall be In the city OF Richmond
aud tue general Offices for tho transac.
ton OF business may be established In
Washington and other cities.
The corporation has In view the con-
summation OF the greatest railway
scheme ever conceived. Col. II. O. Par
Sons, OF Virginia, and Secretary OF State
James g. Blaine are Its principal pro.
mOters and 1t Is n sure 80. 1t Is one Of
the first Outcomes OF the Pan'AmeriCan
Congress now in session at Washington
aud Is understood TO have the sympathy
Of all the members.
The magnitude OF the scheme cannot
be explained in a small space. 1t would
require columns to explain the inten-
tiOns OF the corporation; how within u
comparatively short time Beunos
Ayres, in the Argentine Republic,
South America will be within
ten days travel Of New York City, by
means Of a combination Of railway and
steamship lines; how there will DO es.
tablished between this country and the
republics Of South America CONNER
cial relation that has not heretofore ex-
listed, and how one Of the richest regions
on tic plnhn will he deYeloned.