Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-15
OUTLET, FOR WABASH
INTEREST IN VIRGINIA RAIL
ROAD CIRCLES.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
RICHMOND. Va, December II. 1907.
Tho filing of an application for a char
ter for the Fredericksburg and Southern
Railway Company here yesterday after
noon occasioned a great deal Of talk In
railroad circles and speculation as to
whac is really behind the new move. The
proposed charter calls for a road from
Fredericksburg to boswell, a station on
the Chesapeake and Ohio railway. Dos
we'll is six miles from Ashland, the pres
ent terminus of the Richmond and Chesa-
peake Bay railway, which is now OPP
Grating an electric line between this city
and Ashland, and which company is ar
ranging for an extension Of the line to
deep water along the Rappahannock
river.
Railroad men here say that the scheme
is a part Of the Gould syndicate to have
the Wabash come this way. Incidentally,
1t Is said that there is a scheme afoot
by which it is intended to have line
between this city and Washington. 1t
Is pointed out that charter was last
year granted to a company to build a
railroad from this city to Front Royal,
the charter providing that the road can
enter the counties of Orange, Culpeper,
Louisa. Fauquier and Henrico. 1t is said
that the promoters of that scheme are
interested in the move to get another
charter, and to so build the road that
it will form connection between this
city and the north.
Much Speculation.
The belief here is that the Gould in
terest, which is represented in many
electrical properties, Is backing the
scheme for the sole purpose to give the
Waibash an outlet to the sea, and this
can be accomplished when the line is
built to the Rappahannock, for which a
charter is already owned. The fact that
there are several short gaps between the
terminus Of tthe several independent COM
panies Is taken to indicate that the roads
are acting in concert, for under the Vir-
ginia law a road can build a connec-
ton or a branch line of twenty miles or
less without having to get a charter. Dos
wei Is six miles from Ashland. so that
there would be little delay in getting in
touch in case a line is built from Fred
ericksburg to boswell.
The capital stock of the company is
placed at from 81. 600 to $4,000. but that
really indicates little, as there is in this
state at this time a railroad which has
a capital Of $4,000, the Tidewater, which
has already expended some 1900, 900,
and which is still pouring out the coin
to complete the road.
Trunk Line North.
The Richmond, Fredericksburg and Po-
tomac road has served notice on the cor
poration commission that 1t desires to be
heard when the commission takes up con-
sideration of the application, and the
commission has fixed Monday Of next
week as the time for hearing the mat
ter. The applicants will be represented
by counsel.
There is some talk that the Seaboard
Air Line is to be made a part Of the
great trunk line to be established be-
tween this city and the north, and that
an arrangement has been made whereby
the entrance to the city of Washington
has been secured. This has heretofore
blocked efforts to get another line be-
tween this city and the north, but that
appears to have been overcome.
C. w. Whitner. Rock Hill, S. c.,
former engineer Of the street car proper
ties here, is president of the company,
with E. ]. Smith, vice president, and Judge
A. Z. Embrey, secretary-treasurer. both
of the latter gentlemen being residents
of the city Of Fredericksburg. and the
directors include the officers and half
dozen citizens of the latter city.