Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-06-26
RAILROAD MEETING.
errrsR CONNECTIONS TO BE HAD AT
coROONsVlLLE AND BASIC CITY.
>c,, schedule which VIII Be of Benent
60 Richmond TO Go Into
Effect.

lr.~,pOT'ant conference was held at ~ NJ.
...,iev al the Office Of the Railroad Com
...ncrand was participated in by Messrs.
-...~c W. stevens, general superintend-
w.. md c. C.. Walker. superintendent of
... Chesapeake and Ohio; Thomas J..
.-.oc,. suVtrintcndent of the Rich
.~f fredericksburg and Potomac rail
.r.I S.B. Thompson. superintendent
ne Virginia Midland railroad; q.
.,,l Rover general freight and passen-
...-, q the Shenandoah railroad =.
rere. chairman of tho Committee
"r.-.rl Trade. f.. @. Leigh, Jr., chair
.f tle Committee on the Chesapeake
ono and lts Connections; n. 4.
.f.-I. :. II. Deane, and {. Is. Antrim.
.mc committee. and Hon. George
r..-.a.. first vce-president OF the
.- q Commerce.
49, .mas { Prince, superintendent
.... X.ley branch of the Baltimore and
... was expected. tclegraphed his
o. attend. but Will be here OF
r raxt % consider questions re-
..to n- ROAD
rm CHANHER's FART.
r. Was q meet ng growing ont Of the
..r t.r several months by the Rich
r,I..l.r of Commerce Of the sun
.l.reI iTe'cat and passenger con-
fle Chesapeake and Ohio with
.- .. tle Virginia Midland. Shcnan-
. E.r.-. aul the Valley branch of the
.....-r ana OHIO.
..'ee Of the Chamber Of Com
tr- requested 20 state what was
... ..t tto k crmOnd people, Mr. T.. G..
or behalf Of his committee. said
-.lfl4tthepe0plc Of the sections
.-r. @. should have the same facilities
.....nr 90 and from and dealing
. I.r.rOud that they now have with
...-.t.r au ! Baltimore. and that points
.--s sr.,raphcallyth the same relation
t.u..l as % Baltimore should have
.-at.sto Richmond asto Balumor-;
..r.rts uoa-cr Richmond relatively
.s- -t-. fo Richmond. and those points
Baltimore relatively lower rate 20
..-.-.. Mr. Leigh explained that the
-..r. a,l merchants of those sections
... 'D ship their produce 10 Rici-
- .r1 buv thor supplies here were
, frtlr most part. entirely prohibited
.... ...t. 81, I'D account Of the rates and
..I.- ,-iahlishcd hy railroads which
... ....l valuable franchises from the
>.. t.t winch franchises were never IN
,.... t.v, the effect %. destroying the
....- ffel existing between Richmond
.f-. ....urS trading with her, or of
-...,. tl, trade and travel 10 other
U.HNoNp AND baltimore.
v-eV V-evors then stated that in his
rSro lo could SHIN fertilizers
.r. ..'. to the Gulf of Mexico. it was
t.r him % d. business at points
.a. Chesapeakc ana Ohio, hardly
..ar hundred miles from Rich
fh.t baltimore manufacturers
t.uh that H. was invading Their
.-.-. whom be attempted to do so; and
-...r0u II occurred 20 him that
,..- Baltimore manufacturers would
a.. perfectly wi q II he attempted
I'd. NJ points relatively as near
-.
neare called the attention OF
....., a. the fact that parties gong
u, or other places III mat
eu1us would N many instances
.. Wac - Alexandria, and there
hruua Midland rWlroad, an
.-'I.le ot wheat was often carried
.ira and Baltimore. and thence
around to Nle-mond in vessels,
raI.'. which s. .oolI nave b'eh
'' Richmond ''' the Chesapeake
. 'nis meeting vas called 70 con
m'lv the snDrct ~ pH, h'er
aH1 not i.a' %. HeiEAl I"leS' l"'
'. cases mentioned wer. c,ted to
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s. 'l els - '.u'i.
-1f soLrTloS.
tr.-Y. fII aI..l-.. 20 aul consideration
.fIi.v.I, connection, v,r. proposed
,. ,,I from I....u. ..f r.1 th. Cis,apeake
obi. "a. 'b. beg ru.rcA. for tho
.....f-. with tia .n.tr-fauliue. however.
.. r-.n.r authorities Of the respective
lr Thompson t.if tLn schedule over