The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-19
.Rumors Afloat That the the
!GouIds Will Parallel j Al 81
r & r.. All n ! Way. ]. "a y
HAVE QL)lRED
VAST WAT e POWER
Dams Planned for Little River,
Rappahan mock Above Free der u
@ icksburg, and the Deco
quan--Be elieyed Goulds
Already OwnsSM q.
Vernon. b.

sFi That thu Wabash Rallron ~ making y
determined u and desperate at tempt % !
parallel tie iine OF the Richmond Fred
Fericksbnrg md Potomac between Rich
\ mond ans Il washington is a runlor that z;
has for several ears past been persist p,raa47
entity spread. t.$
g Certain facts, which are general kno
added to TRANSACT ons which have lately
taken place, have grea streng q thenea ned
these runiors. and whether OF not they be
true mako the telling OF lively interest
i to those connected with the r icf,Honntd, nd
fredericksburg md II 2 Poton1ac II Rallr road, j
4 as well 9as to- IN nians " arge.
III I has been learned that wi thin the
past year pa rifles rep tesenting II hemseiyes J,
h as agents for Mr.. Gould. Is who controls
tho Ivabasi, & system, have secured the,
water rights on the RI ppahannocki River
Tor ~ a mile above Frede ricks bu rg ,S8 anu
! have formulated plans Il for a $se eries q Of
five damn across he wa terwa y WI hlch,
VIII, 1t y Is estimated "; furnish elcctr ric2
power urrlcient to operate every indus
try the city Of ericksburgs ten ten
timea over . Hull N WI sB ss
D eep-S Sea II arbor 5E3 I. II
!. II IL also Y tated that surveys have been
made 10 hfillen beck ;8 q splendid deep-seaf
harborE on Cheap peake Isa NJ nearffssfst me.
mouth 5of the Kappa hannq River about
feighty-fve miles distant from ~ red d
aericksburg.f III Est 3,
81 This purchase OF these water RI lghts 1
by itself would not be Of more than
passing Interest," but 4 1t ssis learned that
Mr.. Gould's REPRESENTATIVES, II have also.
acquired the rig hts Of Occoquan :iver,
above the town of that name, which as
on the line of the Richmond, Fredcricks-i
burg and Potomac, 8s5 and Il which until
lately has been known as w WoodbrldgeG
Station.
The water po werg at occoquan viii per-
haps develop half as much power as
Sthe Rappahnnnock at fredericksburg.
Not content with this. the Gould In
terestS have recently made O test OF the u
&water-power OF Little River, near Dos
we'll. It Is known that n the stream is Z
capable OF furnishing 1.oo0-horse n power
tits owned by Mr.. N elson Noland and is +
for sale 2;ssS s}s95s u; II s5 lgsG
8 Control #of Mt. Vernoni Road.
To these interesting facts can be add ded !
] that OF late the Washington and NJ
Vernon Railroad has been reorganized,t Y
and 1t Is not known who I n o1Ri controls
the road II II his electric line which has
IAN entrance to Washin gton, was q con
trolled by9interests in the hands OF Mr..
King, OF Philadelphia. The Pennsyl ylyania
4 Railway Company owned about 40 per
cent OF theSatock and the remaining CO.
per cent. was held by the King interests
46s The road has hen on the market
fort no years past, III ss
y 8g It would seem therefore that the Gould
interests Mt this time have an electric
line from Richmond to Ashland that
they own gu fficlent power on tho Rap
pahannock to operate from Ashland to-
Fredericksburg; that the Plant to be
located at Occoquan River would FUR
nlshs power to- Washington or to a con-
nection with tho shington. and Mount
Vernon line at Mount Vernon or Alex-.
andrla. s$ti 81 ", 8i INK 5sf III
It would also seem that sat Frederlckss.
burg there would be SUFFICIENT power to
operate "a branch llnee9to Mlllbrook on
Chesa penke Bay; AZ s s5 as8sg ia N. r. v. ii
$ggj,t While all OF these runlOrs ere ,,ncon-
flrmed, It Is thought that there Is great
likelihood OF the plans going through,
and, at least 4! & they are not brought to-
successful completion. the water rights
purchased will be used to develop several
great industries % i. # b IA N NJ M Al
81 Ashland Out Of Way.
When the Richmond and Chesapeake
Bay Railway begun, to build tts electric
road ofAshland, and thence to Tappa-
hammock, tho statement WAS 1reo'y MAUI
that the road would never reach ,rappa-
hammock. IN fact, Ashland Is IN the
wrong direction from palannook,
which would he aproae lied 3fllms barton
Heights by waya|of Hanover Court rthouse
or to the south OF It. 6 ],
The roadbed between Ricfmond and
Ashland lis better constructed than that
owned by any steam rain ond N the
State; the bridges are Of steel and con-
crete. and not d particle Of wood has psen z IN
used ln5@their construction i 9.fs
1t may be said that an electric road
would not be able to- compete with 2
steam railroad, but In the opinion OF
many experts, the electric road VII ne
nthe road OF the near future, both for
freight and passenger ira ffic. 81.
AS to Parallelihg,
H Another denial iof the T,linloInd Man, ts
based on the fact tha hero is upon the
statute book a law Which forblds an
railroad toaparallel the line nf tho Rich
5lnond, Fredericksburg and 20 otonlaa = or
whose stock something llAe q million
Confined on 4 " Nth l'age,( s5sg