Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-20


TIE r. & D. r. r. OFFICEs.-The
offices of the auditor, treasurer, and
general manager of the r. & d. r. r.
Co. were to-day opened in their old
quarters in Washington, having been
removed from Atlanta on Saturday
night. The other Offices ofthe company,
including that Of the receivers, will at
once be transferred TO Washington.
The Alexandrians are delighted 10 get
back to their home after almost Il
years absence. Last night when the
train arrived here from Atlanta the de-
pot building was crowded with the
friends and relatives of the returning
clerks gathered TO welcome them back
home. The scene was a joyous one.
In some instances the residences of the
clerks were thrown open, and illumi-
mated and friends assembled 10 offer
them q kindly welcome home. Mr.
Oakman, president of the Richmond
and Danville, East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia Railroads, has returned 10
New York after an inspection OF the
property, and states that it is i'll good
condition, and that the r~eceivership of
the Richmond and Danvillc will prove
i protection 10 the property.
In the Richmond and Danvillc re-
ownership case in Macon, Ga. on Sat
urday. the evidence having been con-
cluded. argument was opened by y. G..
Cunningham. for the Central, who ar
gled that the case was within the
courts jurisdiction, and that the papers
filed in Augusta were properly served,
and attacking generally the points
made by the defence in its answer upon
the score of no jurisdiction and defcc-
tive service. He was followed by j. +.
Lamar. for the Richmond and Danville.
His leading points were that the Cen
trail had not introduced evidence show
ing the lease Of that road to the Georgia
Pacific. and having no contracting re-
lations with the Richmond and Dan
vile the complainant had nothing upon
which to found a suit also, that as the
road had been in control of the Rich
mond and West Point Terminal Com
pany that company could be made Il
party TO the suit. Mr.. Lamar was fol-
lowed by Marion Erwin, for the Cen
trail. Pending argument the court adj
journcd until to-day.
In speaking of the removal of the
offices to Washington the Richmond
Dispatch says: '"Thc Richmond and
Dauville Railroad Company's offices
should be located at Richmond. This
much is due to the city that
givcs it such an immense amount
of business. while Virginia, which
endowed it with all of the
corporate privileges that it enjoys
certainly has the right TO ask-yea, to
demand-that these offices should be
established and kept somewhere with
in her borders. Our charity In this in
stance begins at home, but if the Offices
cannot be secured to Richmond then
they ghould go to Alexandria or Lynch
burg or Danvillc. Certainly they
ought to be within the limits Of the Old
Dominion. We invoke the attention of
the business men of this city 70 this sub
jcct. Ifthey will firmly demand their
rights they will probably succeed, for
the company no doubt will soon have
iayors to ask of our General Assembly,
and while it is asking favors Of our rep
r~esentatives we car insist upon our
rights. Let us hope that with the re-
organization OF the company the Rich
mond and Danvilie will be heard of no
more as a football for spectators in
Wall street, but that it will be often
heard of building dcpots where they are
much needed, opening up new trade
areas and developing industrial centres,
and doing a greater business and benc-
filing the public and the stockholders
moro than eve before. Let it become
a 'town-builder' in Virginia and North
Carolina. 1t can thus enrich lts owners
rs we'll as all of the country through
which it passes.