Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-17
RICHMOND & DANVILLE R. R.

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Moved Back to Washington.
Upon the petition ofW. P. Clyde, T.
C. Mabcn, and w. II. Goadly, Wedncs-
day filed in Richmond in the Z. S. Cir
cult Court for the eastern district of
Virginia, Judge Bond appointed 7. w.
IIuidekoper and Reuben Foster, of
Baltimore, receivers of the Richmond
and Danville Railroad Company and all
its leased and operated lines of rail and
steamboats,, and the same official act has
been performed in North and South
Carolina and Georgia. Judge Newman.
sitting at Atlanta, did not act in the
matter until yesterday. This action
ington some time on Wednesday. Sew
eral weeks since the Georgia Central
made application to the Georgia court
for the appointment of a receiver for
the Richmond and Danville properties.
1t was alleged hat the Danville is
debtor to the Georgia Central, and that
the latter has otherwise cause for ac-
ton in the premises. Judge Speer
fixed upon Friday, June II, for the
hearing of the application for a re-
ceiver. and iii anticipation of any order
he might cnterwhich it was feared might
be in favor of the Georgia Central and
inimical 10 the interests Of the K. 4 ID.
company, the officers of the latter COM
pany decided to throw the matter into
The courts of this district and so applied
10 Judge Bond for the appointment
of n receiver, which was granted.
Al. HriIal-onor j. nnn- IN Al
lmnta and has received possession from
President Oakman. Orders will be i'm
mcdiately issued appointing the same
operating officers now in control. Yes
tcrday Capt. w. II. Greene was appoint
ed general manager.
Last night orders were issued to re-
move the Offices of the Auditor, Treas
urcr and General Manager of the r. &
ID. Il. r. from Atlanta back to Washing
ton, and the building formerly occupied
by the company in Washington is now
being gotten in readiness as rapidly as
possible.
The order directs that the employees in
the offices named shall leave Atlanta
on a special train on Saturday night for
Washington, which city they will reach
on the following night. This will be
good news to the various railroad
clerks who left here last summer when
the Offices were removed TO Atlanta.
Upon it being officially announced that
the transfer OF the offices was to be
made several dispatches were received
here from AleXandrians III Atlanta III
nouncing the fact to their relatives and
friends, and there was JOY in numbers
of households rs the news was circu-
lated.
As soon as the news was received in
New York yesterday a statement was
prepared and issued Jointly by the gen
tlcincn at whose instance the receivers
were appointed
They say "thc parties making the ap-
plication to Judge Bond not only had
the past action of the Georgia court as
AN indication of what it would do on
the 18th inst, in the matter of granting
a rcceivership for the Richmond and
Danyille Company, but also had other
evidence which induced them to be
licve that n receiver would be appoint
ed in tie interest Of the Georgia Cen
tral Company. To avoid such Il calam-
ity and the consequent further spoiia,
ton of the Richmond and Danvilic
property, these parties took the only
course which seemed open to them to
certainly stop such hostile action.
This appointment OF receivers by
Judge Bond is not only not inimical to
nor in opposition to any plan for the
reorganization and rehabilitation OF the
nanyille system, but will be found to
greatly facilitate and aid any plan OF
reorganization, while if the Georgia
court had obtained possession of and
Jurisdiction over the Danvillc system
this would have been rendered practi-
cally impossible.
The order OF Judge Bond fixes Au-
gust 16 as the day on which, if desired,
cause may be shown for either abrogat-
ing this r~cccivership or changing 1t as
the interests of the Danville Company
NAV suggest. This interval of sixty
DAYS will give time within which to
mature and promulgate any plan fer
such reorganization, and will III the
meantime hold the system together as
an entirety and protect it from covert
or open hostilities.
The necessity for such action will be
further appreciated when it is known
that for some weeks past the Richmond
and Danyille Company has not been
able to keep either a dollar in bank or
In its safes within the State of Georgia,
because every such dollar has been at
tached or garnisheed by parties alleg.
ing claims against the company, and
even the money sent by express for the
liquidation OF pay rolls has been at
tached in the hands of the express
company, and in every instance n
nous bonds have been required to re-
lease such moneys
A dispatch from Atlanta says No
doubt the appointment of Messrs. F.
W. Huidekoper and Reuben Foster, as
receivers of the Daville road will give
a temporary shock to the holders of Sc
curities in the Danville system, and, in.
deed. throughout the South. There
can be little doubt, however, that the
ultimate result will be very beneficial
10 them. Mr.. OaLman returns to New
York tonight, accompanied by Mr..
H~uidekoper. He says that the offices
of the Danville railroad will be remov-
ed to Washington as rapidly as possible
and the accounting department will be
moved probably next Monday
In speaking Of the R. D. atiairs the
Baltimore Sun of to-day says:
erie ,,rdorcton1inO that DrcXel.