The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-01-25
FROM cRewe 10 RICHMOND.
Colonel Humn Explains Moro Fully iii.
Position Regarding The Road.

Colonel Hunin Explains Moro TuilY Iiis
Position Regarding The Road.
Editor Times:
The Blackstone Holloway county, Cou.
rer mistake slightly the position took Doe
"a late article IN THE TIMES ON che subject
of subscription 90 build Il railroad from
/ GROVE o. Richmond Alv edDrt ,ss tO i--
! -uadc against such "a subs .rlptou hN tuD
cltN of Richmond. and NOT a- hc -upIosD-,
| b, thr people Individually. That Wd- NOT
/ ihe question. 10 DO bad been mi.ht mot
have seen proper o. discuss 10. But ID ]
| lad. would have advised against giving
/ the railroad money tO do what DO cosld cas-
! ih do for itself. Aud yet / want fhs rail-
/ road built, and think that have,
perhaps. a stronger personal inter-
| est m 10 than most individuals.
/ Not less chan i've years ago, a- Well
| / remember. my attention WAS called fO
this connection Dog my enlightened friend.
Gei era john ID. lmbndtu, and / have
ulcsscd 10 ever since. but NOT boo the city o.
ticamoud The railroad has rather more
interest iu 10 than she.
Again, the Courier seems t1 mi-undci-
stand my views 900 REGARD to lAe ef .ci 90
railroads ou cities. think railroads have
been the making 81 ODE cities and The ruiuoi
I
is how 90 correct Chat c,iL The article
published argued CHAT the balance OF ad-
vantage lu the particular ease WAS In taNo.
OF tine Norfolk and W s,tru railroad, Wh'ch.
therefore. could better afford t0 build DO with
h.rc.paIl OF Sl3.uUUO.o than Richmond with
HlrclcIit of only $50 Olo,oDo.
Again, thc Courier D., at Dull a@ to m,
..plau of calculating the cost OF huiluiu-
railroads. calculated NOTHING. ] ASSUME
. 4. .HI
.cielt miles. thc assumed distance. say
$4,000. and tWo bridges, ONE across tlc
Appom8ttlN 8n1 ,ne other across lne James
al. say NlIj.UOO viii Doe hardly les, than
Si0lU.O-saN l.UHUUU0. / assumed this "a,
a.furing point, after adNiscmeut with ONO
f the best expert engineers ln The State.
ID the,stimate II too ni-G, Then ilt railroad
viii Doe better able o. build the connection.
II too low. then the corp ration oi kDh-
mlnd has less reason 90 waste her money
on DO. Sne has one SINK pocket uu haN0
low ln the new City Hall. Aud when eh,
cots nd az that, ele is threatened VIII
another ia the shape Of the Broad-slregt
viaduci
uae Courier seems disposed 90 twit me
WI.h having favored the appropriation 81
100000 uy the city of Richmond to thc luu-
mel. Certainly / favored DO. under implied
hedges made, as ! understood, by MT /
HUNTINGTON Seeing how that turned Out, | /
want % guard The city against q similar /
risk. 4 burned child drea0s the fire.
note also that in It's reference To the DIFF /
ference between state and city bonds, 10 Is /
intimatcd that | am, iu some sort, held re- /
sponslble for the low price Of the t0umcr.
The credit Of the re-adJu-ter scheme, Tor
that is the list Of that remark, / cannot |
claim. If could the only objection would !
have 20 taking 10 is. that under that plan
of settlement, the debt of The state IL liked
at entirely too large figure. That was a
great Improvement on the Funding bill. 10
n was called, and the McCuliogh bill. But
mar fixed thedebt at S23,OOO,OOU, when ac-
sortling 10 the plan, IL should have been
less than SI.500OO0, and according % The
equities Oi the case, II should have been net
)ne sent.
do not see the relevancy of my action on
opinions on the public debt 10 the correct
ness OF my opinions on the propriety Of
lichmonds building branch railroad
Bat If The Courier Obje Is 40 them, / am
perfectly willing 10 give hin, the opportui-
fv Of MAKING any criticism upon them that
M may choose. Only If he thinks the fund-
ne or McCuliOch BIN Is better, II is but fair $
o me and the argument that he should say I
10. Ii is true that this particular time, when /
for final settlement Of the i
Iaht on (he basis Of the Riddleberger bill. G.
~ amended, may open IN three or four
weeks. is not the most Opportune for such a 81
iscussiop. Ana would suggest that II the
curriers' remark is intended topr0yoke one,
RAJ II be- pOstp0n d until the termination Of
ne negotiations. when II they iall The war
I'm reopen. or II IL shall terminate IN set f
emeut' as hope they will, any discussion
Am DO 4 Unnecessary. FRANK q. RUFflS.