The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-16
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g5g'.I believe Fork Union vi II "a yelop$ int ont
town OF great imp rtanceN as soon asMie
& possesses railway facil tiles. :58
s IN reply to 70 qu est lon II the " Virg1nla
Air Line had any connect tion wit the
proposed route through h S5 81 Buckin ngtlaml IN
county to Farmville and g outh, ca ptailn3
Troy said: t3s55s sSl II
None whatever. ss5s4 Sss
we would naturally feel "a Very frien sly3
Interest In the tension Of any lines that
would bring us business q fterS our ! lei tss
constructed and this B Is \ the case a s. to-
the protect you 8re fer to but the charter
of the Virginia Al r Line only exten ndss$
from the northern terminus to y Jamesi
River, and IL we Gu II 3 a ccompllsh the
building Of an AIRLINE and give TO the
people OF Fluvanna and Albemarle In res
turn for their peration. complete
north and south train service, our Il tie
company whose home Is G harlottesYtlle e,Bl
Will feel fully repa! d for Its underta kin 6. .s
'Is the report from Buck cham true
that your road, when complete ted will be
taken up by the Southern, the Pennsyl-;s y;
5vana Or the Chesapeake and Ohio s'ss
II know nothing what tevertB OF sSsuch ~ a
measure. As prudent people. IL We desire
to conduct our affairs In such saS man ner
as to receive from any or al OF these
lines "a fair allotment Sof the ttlo that
would Justly follow our geographical locn NJ
tion but II any OF them have any q ideaI
OF buying us out.Bour Board OF Directors
hn ! never learned of II, q and es ! M must
therefore think that this suggestion y is
imaginary. and that we will be left for.
many years to pursue the even ten or Of
our way and Ito put forth our best bef-3}
forts for the upbullding OF the local COM
.munities through which our road WIN
pass. III t "A .,st
Excellent Alignment.
Tho exact distance from cobhanlSI ssto,l
James River at Shore or Bremo by either
OF the proposed routes Is 2S172 niles
and from Lindsay Is %, ,a2 miles B. Ss !,
The route about to be adopted afrords.
most cellentSalignment' some 9ngsntss 4 i
maximum curvature OF six degrees nd
a minimum grade OF less than 4 per cent,
I III Is ii crossed by hut two waterways 5
OF any simportance--t RlNanna RivSra
and Balllnger's Greek. These conditi ions,
from a railroad standpoint. We under Y
stand, are all that could be desifen \
through country Of this character. Sts 1,
f The capitalization Of the company WI +
be Increased to million, or perhaps ~
a million and a quarter dollars SO t'ls.t
the line may be constructed without ca
ing upon tho local cltizens for q doslir n
of subscription or the counties Tor an" u
contribution. &, M 81,
The construction OF the line MIL he 4
standard IN e,fsry partcu lars pound 8
steel rails, bridges of steel and concre ettee,
and roadbed balHsted with stone, s5
III "a nonsense to talk to investors about
putting capital Into a poorly built L. ilna, y
no matter how short 1t may be- THIS ~ &
emlnently proner, and the disposition 4:
n rises very largely from their obsarya-ssl
ton OF the many radical changes fthat 1al,;ii n
The large roads are now having to make
In their alignment. Hence II Is not diffi-.ts
cult to understand that the discreet In
yestor YES scrutinizsa this point very closely. N