The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-01
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Ss one of the mos q tgratlty tying annotirih
!,n1e,its $ot Ethe nav year il &that n q d
mite movement I IL wsll under ~
the bul ding " an elect ING DIN
tits cityta tt .rapp hammock lSf and he
sNorth ern N eek of rgin iaS rto c15n-l
4 struc ion Of suoh d line lAs long been,
advocated ana ngl tat ted, aid 10 few years rs
Sugo H " Northern Neck n rail road rs eethied
almost assured n Now no VI exGr, Il d c8rn-;
slparly IVA Il ample Scnpi tal has 4 been @r--3
ganlzed q and pre- parat Ions for appli cs.-5
ton for III char ter are belt Ia mad Only
1s nical ton mains rel
moved. Il s5 ssf III 5ls r.
There Is? some eau,est ton ID the minds 81
the State Corpora Ion Comm issloili s tl
am ong the protectors 81 the "a line as ~
Gtheir ig;it 81 tho prospe I've comp W.
sbuild a line d Ell raj way leling Y Ne
line of tho 81 edmond. is Fred ericssb,ir
and otona q Ra lway which ll's
State tself8 owns an IL ltcres PendA(tl'gs
ns decl sion by the Suprern es Court 81 e, ~
Speals OF virginia, constituting he statute
which forbid or Is regarded BY some (, &
Sforbiddlng tle building sof III q parallel
ITO the n ichmontl, # TTedcr clsyburng and
Potomac Inc the granting of tho chart e}ri
is$ held In beyaice B. Part OF 81 rroposstdl5
electric line ths nix rom his city Btt,
ashland, e D. distance OF soy ente cen niles,
would pract llel tho steam rail-
way. 3s Ashland B the cute n of tile
proposed road Viz through & King liam.
king All 4 ueen$ and essex coun tifss.Ii;to
sTappah thence acr oss the r flp-!
|Spahannock River { and Il through M rthvtn'-
|$borlp, ] ana #Inncas Ter countie s tor Ches-3
5apenk e Hay sSA Y lima will 5be constructed
l to AsllIutd and ,tdrs,;e along the route
4 stated. At { a point al ong this line, be-
TWEEN Ashland VI and ss8 Tapp ahannoc k5S9s a.
branch will diverge 6 to g loucester Poln.l
Tho entire line including the branch,
will be about 100 Y m Hes IN engt ana ana
In stthe event OF ts cons tructl On VII
be the longest electric rnil way line In the
South t. not in the erti country.
"a M ri Gould Presi dent. Ia3
$sS The Off cars Of the ctiye corpora
ton which prop les 3sto build the line
ARE Frank u. Gould, resid en- enry
Anderson, H vice presld dent I'm IVY Thillips
secretary and treasure BE-. I NVay as
ssistant s sacre tary and eaaurarSD rec
tors, esrs ould aud
son. ID III. w Il Jams, ". 8. w heel wright
FrItz sitterdirgaa and Is. III Harmed. Tho
osrpective company u be e loiliinally
scnpitalizcd at t25, 900. but he event Of Of
CO instruction or the line, this I'LL be "a
i cre ei n to- four MI Ions. x he
ograp llical ali lcultie s are ct grehts
and. it Isl believed that The road can g be
NbEilt at II Teasonab bio 90 st.
ne great value OF sue 8 lie to his
Scity Is that. tSwould open to r. cl,mond
trad 4 I y largo and 4 ri terrlt P5w
wh olly inaccessible q n q 5ss q present
8trradins almost exclusive Bal tl-3
smlore although this cit q much nearer
There isi steamer to- Bal trnofe
oweyer. which enab les the people 49, ss
L tho section OF IN bed 8by iief
@nrop0sed Sline n to 20 Ito II 3a ltimore q ID
Eroturn I'm much shorter time and l With s!l1s
FAR i essS hardships and inconvenie hc lta
$than "A I'll ey \ could reach r almond Tho
obbing ii adc 81 ri chnon and the retail
trad Is we'll. have long sd voc ated such
q line ana believe 4 lid he tAbly
nr,arated from the start. It lid tend
Is build up tn country through Which
& III passed, andsSto give a real g mpe tuS
Ito Richmond trad An every II 2