The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-09
COMMIT TEE MET
But no VOTE
To Look Further in Char
ter Prop positlon.
TWO HOURS SESSION.
Senators Determined to Protect the
States Holdings.
TO MEET AGAIN ON SATURDAY.
sub-Committecs Will Then Report ON
Various Phases OF the Question
Which They Will In the Mean
time Investisate-CoL Pur-
cell Delivers at, Addeess
ON Petitions in General.
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Senators Determined to Protect the
States Holdings.
TO MEET AGAIN ON sATuRDAY'. !.

The Senate Committee on Roads was
In session for two hours yesterday at
ternoon. considering the bill to grant
charter to the Seaboard AIRLINE to build
u road to Washington.
a vote was not reached. The bill was
taken UP and read and It's provisions
discussed
along with.tt was considered the. propo-
sition of the Richmond, Fredericksburg
and Potomac road to guarantee the
Commonwealth twelve per cent. interest
on It's stock.
subcommittee were appointed to re-
port as to various features of the bill
and the Richmond. fredericksburg and
Putomac's offer. These reports Will be
made to the committee al. q meeting to
be held on Saturday morning.
AS, was stated in The Times yesterday.
IL is pretty we'll understood that the
charter bill will be. fapopaby reported.
But it is also quite certain that this
will not be hastily done. The propositions
to charter Il new road to Washington,
and to protect the Commonweaitii's hold
ings in the Richmond. Fredericksburg
and Potomac road, Are inseparably con-
nected. The members OF the committee
will guard in every possible way the
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Potomac stock, while recommending the
granting of the charter.
One OF the subcommittee appointed
| consists of Senators Jeifries, Munfort
and Sands.
4 MEMBERS VIEiW.
| A member OF the Legislature from q
section OF the State some distance re-
moved from Richmond. made this obs
servation yesterday: "lf were resident
of the Capital City I would oppose this
proposed charter Richmond Is now the
terminus OF the Richmond. Frederieks-
burg and Potomac road, and IT'S head-
quarters are here. 1t is the terminus OF
| the Atlantic Coast-Line.. and VIII be the
| terminus of the Richmond, Petersburg
and Caro1ina. or Seaboard Air-Ldne
Should this bill be passed. the Atlantic
Coast-Lfne will certainly acquire pos
| session of the Rf-nrnort;. fredericksburg
and Potomac. and the Senbcafd VIII reaen
| out to Washington Richmond Will, then,
naturally. become 4 way station on eoen
| OF these great trunk lines. s5u viii Ia g
I another case of s590.02d y sannet Citiest
EfilI IN order TO send the CHastEeake anfi
Ohio on to Newposr r,.sws. think the
proposed road will ba goo1 ~iius for
some sections of the STATE, 5ut, y seems
to me thar, viewing, It .ro:,f one stasi1-
point it will not be o good thing tor
Richmond But your people eight 20
know best w:,at they want. and. think.
they will get what they ask for
rFHE ECesNvENrTON-
There has been SONS talk among MEM
I hers of the legislature OF passing q bill
apportionfng the State for delegates &c
the Constitutional Convention. providing
| for their election and naming the date for
| the convention to meet, such q measure
| TO become effective whenever the people
| endorse the convention scheme There Is
| no probability of this being done. as tha
ablest LAWYERS who have looked INTO tns
| matter say such q msasurs as rhtt pro-
| posed would be unconstitutional ine
\ idea with those who suggested enis ptaIi
was to save the expense of an extra ses-
| sion of the Legislature.
/ Colonel J. R. Purcell. OF Prince Wliait'n ,
county of "roan mare fame. dei.Neree
am address on politics In general IN ths
| hall of the House of Delegates last nshs
! 1t will he. recalled that when q eai'etiul.s eas
/ for Governor in 1857, he attended a meet.
| ing of che Stare Democratic CofntiNe.es J, :,
I at Murphy.s. He made q speech IN Wiitse @ .
he asserted that the "roan mare Wouiu
win. Colonel Purcell did not have a larss
! audience last night. but his adartss "i'
l highly entertaining
| In speaking Of Colonel w: Y. Bryan, . ~ y.
/ said 1t would be a great mistaKs ZOE u.
/ Democrats to trot out next lait q noiss i.'isss
| that had been beatsn- he promissa
I however. to vote for Cohonsi bfSan - Nv ~
/ should be renorninatet.. :.
I II. was expected that there. would of
!. meeting OF the special COMMITTEES ap.
/ rofr,.e,t "a, investigate the Davis boot ane
! shoe contract with the State last nisns' iise
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