The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-05
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OF SCHEME,
He and Senator Elkins Own
Central Railroad Of va.
.COULDS NOT INTERESTED
Seems Evident That La ter Interests
& Control Chesapeake and Western,
4 e and Will = ontinue It TO Glouces-
ter Point Washington Notes
Times. Dispatch Bureau
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33 n 81 Washing ton. y. G., May I, g
4 y It may undoubtedly be stated as GER
tainty that the Elkins- Davis syndicate
are behind the Central Railroad OF Vir-
GINA, which has condemned land for 9
tunnel through the shenandoah Noun ,:lr'
tain at Dry River Gap Rockingham ham,
county, and which Is preparing to begin
active work on the tunnel. I'D
The Tim Dispatch correspondent call.
ed at the office OF ex-senator Davis IN q
Street, to-day In search OF Information
along TINT line. Senator Davis had packed
his grips ana gone to Elkins. West, Va,
along with nearly all the members Of his
office force. "a few OF them remained be-;
hind, but expect to leave for Elklns next
week. e One Of these admitted that the
Davis syndicate has a corps,. Of engineers
In the field & In Pendleton and Randolph
counties. He would not admit that me B
Central Railroad Of Virginia was SIM
ply the Virginia agents Of the Elkins-
Davis people, but what no did say col.-
firmed the statement made to The Times
Dispatch correspondent by an office OF
tho Central Railroad Of Virginia. that
there was an understanding bet Ween the
two companies, and that the Central lol
Virginia had acted for the Elklns-Davis
syndicate In securing the charter under
which II Is operating. y 55S 4
When asked by The Times-D Dispatch
man whether the work being done by
their corps OF engineers in Pendleton
and Randolph counties was not in con-
nectlon with that Of the Chapman corps.
which has been operating for the Central
Inf "a al that il10
was not sure. but that he thought 1t was
n He said that Senator Davis had been
asked by the editor OF the Manufacturers
Record, OF Baltimore. to outline for them
the relation existing between the Cen
trail Of Virginia and the Elkins-D Davis
Syndicate but that Mr. Davis had re-
fused to do 30 on the ground that sound
business principles didn't warrant such 'leA
This, OF lourse, In itself Is an inference
that therefis some relation betWeen6 them,
for IL there were not denial OF such a
relation would be the natural order Ct
things Taken with the other fac is cited
In the case 1t looks to be evident that
the Davis syndicate, and not the Goulds
are behind the operations in Rocking
ham. iii55ai ~ $s} 49, vs. 35l
SEEKS OUTLET TO 5WAsHINGT'oN.
1T has been understood for severalay ars
that Senator Davis wanted to get Into
AS was stated in, his correspondent Sum
day, deal was on hand a Il one time
whereby the Yves Virginiaa Central and
the Southern should conn cot q tn come
point between fHarrlsonburg and Z ID kins
or Durbin, Va. SO that the former
road could get into Washing ton. The
deal fell through with the acquisition Of
theYWest Virginia Central by the Goulds.
However, the syndicate still owns the
coal and iron railway, running from Ell
kins to Durbin, and the Charleston,
Cleindennen and Sultan, which was re-
Gently acquired, and 1T is belleYed that5it
lis seeking an outlet over the Southern
ut Harisonburg. the traffic OF whose Ma
i,lassas branch line would be tripled with
ontBany trouble. 55,5 VI
| EIf these differences are correct. and
those who are acquainted with the 81 un-
itlon believe they are. 1t leaves the Goulds
| still behind the chesapeake Western rtad
and with no interest in the new enter
prise which has been sprung on the pio-
pie so suddenly.HIt is said on the bust
Authority that tho Goulds have closed
their mortgages at Gloucester Point, aid
tits still believed that others propose to
utilize the Chesapeake Western to 6 OF
an outlet from their main line. which will
be at Grantsvile West Virginia, to Tide
water at Gloucester Point. Tho rail-
road papers, such as the Railway Ago,
the Railway and Engineering Review mad
the Railway and Engineering Review and
| peake Western as n Gould Interest, and
outline the project 1T has been out
/ lined in thei preceding pnrag raph. :
THE CONFEDERACY's SEAL, 81,
Mr.. Charles Halack, OF this city, has
written letter to a local Il newspaper, !.
giving considerable informant lon about
the Great Seal OF the Confederate gov;
ernment. It will be seen by a careful
perusal OF the letter. which follows, that
| it did not fall into the hands OF tha
Union army on tho fall 'of Richmond.
The letter Is as follows: IS I'M
iS"rhe Detroit Free Press. OF q recent
date, has the following. which is being
copied in Virginia papers: u. * "a
ar" .rhe great seal OF the Confederacy
| Is supposed to be In the office Of the Sec
rotary of State of South Carolina. The
| original design called for an equestrian
rortrat OF washington In the center.
| after the statue which surmounts his
| monument In the Capitol Square In Rich
|mond, and no doubt that gn wns exc
cuted by Joseph S, yVyon, chief gengrayer,
| OF her majesty's seals, No. PSF Regent
street, London. His charge for the work
was el22. Somebody issued proofs Of
wearing whIskers and a Confederate
SLOUGH hat Who has the die from which
they we're struck 1t should be worth q
Handsome sum as n curiosity.
1"I will say that the history q the
know Is about like this: During the hasty
evacuation of Richmond the seal came
near being overlooked, Mr. Secretary
Mallory's detailed description OF the last
days Of the contederacy, as given
In \ Mcclure's Magazine, does not al
h.de to this; and, therefore, the
writer begs permission to inter-
polate He is personally, indebted S,, to Col,
Halifax. NJ. S.. who was on ex- PRESS
dent Davis STAFF in retreat, for the de-
scriptIon and history OF the seal. which
follows, Wood Is n nephew Of General
Zachary Taylor, once President Of the
United States. 5 r ~ :,
gresa ~ the Confederate States. held In
Joint Resolution 9aGsra.v 70 ws osa ndon9ed
said seal to consist Of an equestrian
portrait t,r Of washington (after the statue
which surmounts his monument IN capl,
to i Square in Richmond}, surrounded
With a wreath, composed OF tho prln-
cipal agricultural products Of the Con,
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