Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-12
new RAILWAY LINE
Legislature to Charter Richmond and
Washington Company.
FAVORABLE ACTION BY COMMITTEE
Proviso Against Consolidation With
an Existing Company.
ROUTE OF NEW ROAD
FAVORABLE ACTION BY COMMITTEE
ROUTE OF NEW ROAD


The construction, 90 ~, ,,,,;,,,, H., -.
ne wi. oel'a Vi al. aoui',onsi me Vi
railway between this city and Richmond
va, has been rendered certainty by the
action Saturday of the senate committee
of tbA virpini. lepis,atnra which after
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lieai mss which ias'eu iot se'eidi evenings
nnaliy decided by unanimous vote to
favorably report the bill for the incorpora-
ton of the Richmond and Washington Air
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taken up In the senate tomorrow, where
1t is conceded by all parties informed on
the subject It will be passed, without I'M
pecess.ry da,av and n &c assarted th.t 81
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or the house OF delegates
The passage Of the bill has been asked
for by the board OF trade and chamber of
commerce IN every city or town IN virginia.
North carolina ana south carolina, adJa-
cent to or on the Seaboard Air Line, of
"hicn system inc proposed r9aa WIZ FORM ,1
in mart induce Governor TYLER to sign the
bill when it is presented to him. The in
corporators named in the bill are John
Shelton Williams. president of the Sea-
board; E. ST. John, the vice president and
general manager of the same road, and
several bankers and capitalists, who are
largely interested in the securities of the
various roads which compose the Seaboard
Air Line system.
AS is well known to the readers of The
Star, the only direct line at this time to
Richmond from Washington is the Balti-
more and Potomac, or, as it is generally
understood, the PENNSYLVANIA line to Guam
tico. a distance of about forty miles, and
thence by Way of the Richmond Freder-
icksburg and Potomac railroad. a distance
of eighty-two miles, to Virginia's capital
After Mr. Williams and his associates made
application for the charter for the Rich
mond and Washington Air Line, they found
in their nath what it was at one time feared
,,o,,id we've an ELECTROMAGNETIC obctac1e
IN the Fact that the state of Virginia
nwpeG a Very large block of stock in The
D u ,nd p md II uas asserted NV Some
persons of influence that the building of a
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,,n ,I he dstinan,i pc tba hast int arest
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The States Interest.
According TO an official report made TO
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'he ieslsiature iast "eeh ny .ne state auoi
tor, the state of Virginia in 1873 subscribed
for 2752 shares of the stock of the R.. F.
and p r r Comnany for which If maid
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menus. DIS lne rdilrodu COMPANY cdIieu ioi
money. sS'o,2W. Inc commonwealth OF
virginia mas curing tne past slAtS-sWo
years received olNiuehds amounting 10 a.
lou ool.ou: w men theSe iactS were Drought
out MI Nllllams ana ms associates IN the
proposed enterprise suoIhitteo d PROPOSE
tlon TO the legislature that before the char-
yer asked LOT ps theih sn1uid become eI-
1cctive the STOCK heid by the state OF Fr-
ganla IN the flcninono, freueLlcksbu ana
POTOMAC railroad company should be SOLD
70 the RICHMOND ana washington AIT Line
halfway Company at not less than S2oO per
snare Ihey also o1ered on the part OF the
richmond ana washington railroad Com
pany TO execute bond In the sum Of $780,
wv, with the richmond trust and Safe De-
forfeited to the state If the comnanv shouId
fail to buy out the states holdings in the
nc hicnmona; fIeaerlck sa ana POTOMAC at
This nrnnnsi,ior go hi r. a,sz
President Myers and other officiais of the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac,
ana counter ofer was made to guaran-
se % sot pea ao cent per allum on us
was ,iread Nv th"sa fsuo,snn ~ miLGh a.; !.
e "',,, rati,.i tW. ~ m9uiu III
co afnep aTmnsr Of conferenoos hotnon
ne, f az a anu tLe lhcorpora-
Il