The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-09
RAILROAD WILL
Do Al. 4 |. / {. IN
Chesapeake and Ohio g .Eit..y Favorable
70 Plan. for Better Scl1c-
dulles i'll Valley. 81
OTHER ROAD MUST ] 81 AGREE ''' ZEE:
Iyncllburg, I Le '.;,Illge' otaul'-
ton and HarrisonbuIrrg5 N NJ gu Is.
ASH for Connection.

I, -, san lives Of tho cities OF LYNCH
Il. -, Ana stanton and the towns o.
Sinrton ana Harrlsonburg, yestcruuSn1N NV
4 !, ,,arv salts factory conference With ire es'
4 ;aont y eorgc w. stevens General man w,
& ], ~, q Nj n Doyle and General eoilSc1tlol
a51I.GTg wickham, in the effort TO secu y,
hat + messenger schedule betWee ' Wy
,,,,,,t q named. Tho party embraced so HE
,,rominent business and profe t'l 1's'
B - Ia n,a ces named & The result OF tLe !,
4 Sarenco was that the chesapeake any
,,n,a5 of,,finls gave The visiting dclegallon
satisfactory assurances tf1 3' wy -. -,
4 -, 4 part was ready 70 d = {,
a. n doing what cou y ~
!ln as. n nrralgement looking to ps,,st
Snhsd,iics down the valley lro tt.
lo I3s dant stevens stated after the con
thnt complete and free. u!scuSi1.
Elm Of tho situation was nay, III. ~ under
of.which The conferees thoroushi ~, ~.
stood each other a ahe s agsiiee and
Sst he Conditions complained o. py liz
ors The Chesapeake and Ohio R s,,,,
way will take up and consiu g i it ars
the mnnv ny tin tho various
i Ms consiste ed OF Attorney-G General An
dc rson. Captain 8. B Walker .,enei n 81
Scott Ship, nv; 9; o Gs,ss y Lsexington
Messrs. John c. Dabney, ylce,pre's So H.
and John A. Faulkner, seeretaaEIS. o., % IL Il
I.ynchburg Board of Trade: M 4ess,s,. r r.
w carpe nf 1Fap9rs n rts ' and Hon
canerton5 Bruxton and Mr.. Clarke " ort -
i' Those Who Spoke.
General Scott Ship. Mr.. p ot%s ,,o NJ.
Draxton and other members 81 the T., u o,1;
CATION presented she ~ 'r.1e existing
sehedules it was difficult for q person y 9
80 from 5 Lexington or Lynchburg si 70
+ sstaunton. IIarrisonburg or any h poi tin,c
yaallsyI N W Say through train
", ~, !, ecnnt1ection ut Lexington sufficiently
close 10 make It possible to make n; q go, con
tnuous trip down th9 valley ~ ~ lanes
River 4 divisions, operates a line, IRON 9 !,
1vnchburg and Richmond to Lexington
and there the Valley branch Q. t iM,d Ba y,
4 stanton and HarriLsonhurg and oyer tn
leased tracks OF the Southern RailWa!
\ down the valley to Mount, Jackson, MeV
I Market, woodstock. strashurg ana WIN IN
Jiarper's Ferry and points between Their
e and ,Washngton. From Glasgow TO Loci
Laird, ~ distance Of slightly more t ntt
I Uses the Norfolk and Westerns Shenan
Il Laird into Lexington over the Chesapeak
and Ohio. Then comes the route, as out
"a lined above. :
q a. ,nnnection SO close as to be equira!en
thereto were fortefully presented by tn
Is advocates of close connection, and the
were given an attentive audience by Tres
ident Stevens and his fellow officers.
III was made apparent to the represent
atiyes or the cities appearing, that N
chesapeake and Ohio was willing TO q
what 1t could to bring about the desire
ord but that the consent of the Bait
,nnre and Ohio would have to be secured
e Valley branch Of the B lIhI!,H na az
,Inn,, ~ OF doing It's share to secure tn
ID rtform desired. The various cities rel
resented Will now appear before he PROF.
al crEofficials OF the Baltimore ana ono an
81 1,resent their cause
ID ',rhc REPRESENTATIVES, OF the various toWr
H we're GENERALLY we'll satisfied with the
raception and the hearing accorded the
by the railway officials.