The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-11
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No Boats for Tct1 Days alidE
Mails Are Very s
Scarce. ~
ALI ANXIOUS FOR 4 RAILROAD Al ,
The Richmond and Urbanilla l,ii1c:
Seems to Have Good Chance F6
Of Constructor. i@.

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s5t5 II Especial, to Tho Times. Dispatch)
98DtJN NSVIL LIZ, II SEX CO j, " Az, Feb.
1o.--No steamer Nus been above Kappa
hammock for ton days or more. ind It's itI
probable thut another week will 90 BY
before d boat can reach F'reder lcksbiii'g,3
even II a tl,aw sets In at once. y he last
ten days mali from, ri chinpn,d ls piled
up on the d hc,. side Of 1rraxier's Ferry.
the Ice being too thick for the ferry boat 90
TO cross, and the mall carrier not q ring
to risk the leo on foot. V d
"A, few stray letters and but two Issues.
OF bic TIlnes-D Dispatch have arrived ~
this office since wednesday,, no 2Sth u
January. }a5s Il g i
private subscription to pay d = extra mall
carrier to go around sS w Wal kcrtonl,
where there il "a bridge, to bring the
mail due here by that way. somlethlng ~
radically wrong with this mall route
.rnppahannock, but Six miles from IN here ne
the mail from -ichmond for lower ESSEX sit',
came BY Tapr.ihannock. and 81 l1us 4 "a tye
had n,l@uninterruptcd daily mail s Bu t
since the change OF the route by Frn zler's
Ferry, instead Of by Wa kertons " and lfn
thence to Tappahnnnock, q freeze Or g
heavy wind FOR rain storm, pre- vents u ho
mall 81 from being brought across y 5YElt.
Mattaponl River. # II n, 4
part from having no pa pers, the l !, busi-
ness inconYenense \. u Ssri q S lhefo
tThe Northern Meek is cut off from this ls'
asido st 81 tie Rapph Hammock altogether.
when the river freezes. II AZ present there
IL no crossing 81 at A Tappahanno ck, 81 and
none; II I ain% Informed, at rban llst.sss5S
with such conditions confronting tte
people Of Essex aud the n ortherrn y cck.
tEis not to be wondered Bat the ei iea rnssst
wish for d rallroau smoestE GO n g,
tive tlzens are becoming g, Mop 3 "
and I am quite sure that all VIII 9stahrld
shoulder to shoulder to do Wllateyeer may
81 reasonably expected i Of them TO ell ~
courag go the nterprise. V N ,i3I
am in receipt Of another ct Ter from,
Mr. Burns, o e New Y ork, ga Ting tina Z ste
expects to begin active work Just as soon r
as 4 his engineers turn in their final IT,
ports 81 He thinks the work Will begln.
Within tie next few weeks. Mr. Burns ri lsI
: ~ I' lila 4 ssocitl tes seem determined + ot
build tho Richmond and U rbann road l1
Some have faith In It; many have none.
Jusf what all of the work done u and the
Expenditures made mean they rs ~ NOT g!
intend to build d road Is Ind ced a. pti zzle.,
Some think that there Is an ID line ROAD ,
behind II all, and that u y e 81 lhe s q
BLUFF knownonly in the railro,aEa!d circles;
1atooks tie promoters at their vi pr y
So published their fF,urtheer
than that this depoMen = ]. no g:
Some 81 the clt izens ,t ppaf h IAN
offered "a man S X over The river
on the ice 10 bring tho ma i across s g
accepted the offer and made the ne rlI
Tie heavy sleet is disastrous to, the le
pcact n trees. A1apy Of Sl he u trees nave nave
brpken4d down vic. he weight of the ice. .
Skating on the river Is eScellefnf siios =
Onc, might easily skat to from Iappah nan lI
mock is Punch Bowl Point, q distance li'ttll1e'
81 twenty mill 4 !. {. y,
Navigation from Urbanna up is nov ~ s 'ls
pended, the river being frozen q cross Sc
allSthe way from Fred ercksburg 70 Or
banna. It would require a week Of warm wa g
weather to clear tho river Of Ice sum \
cently to permit the stennle run from rom
Tappalannock to Fred erl cl< sburg, ss
e Tie oystertnen are Idle, and none 81
the delicacIes could reach Bal timorc from
this section even II they could be tonged'.
rs there i s. no transpo at present.
When the oyster business stops the 'e. .mef-
chants, as we'll as the oyst ermen them en-
selves, feel It point ~, , IA