The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-05

personal service OF notice OF protest.
Discussions OF nepcnl I'LL.
Promptly at 4 O'clock the chair CALI
ed attention to the fact that the hour
ing Of the Sims bill, repeating the law
preventing the pnralleling OF the Rich
mond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
Railroad. had arrived. and almost Inn
med1ately Senator Saunders was on
his feet offering an amendment, which
provides that Until a line is built from
Ashland to Tappahannock urbanna, or
some point on the Chesapeake Bay,by
tie corporation applying for a charter
to build to washington, the said repeat
Shall not become operative.
He was closely followed by Senator
Halaey. OF Lynchburg, who offered the,
following substitutes:
Provided. however, that no person Or
repeal Of section il to build, equip and put
In operation q railrosl to be olerated ~
AteDin parallel TO the line Of the Richmond,
I'll and except such person or corporation,
shall purchase and take over the stock nntl
dydsnd obiisat!on now held BY the s snM,
s,.5s shares of the common stock Of f,e
Rielunonl. fredericksburg and Poton,;.c
ass
t.n;missioner. 81 virginia the sum q g.;
co Commits IN lien thereof bonds Of lie
Commonwealth OF vlrginla OF either. class.
of In part OF either class. OF the bonds demon.
tile par value Of Sc. 0o0. 900, which said bonds
may be received By the Sinking Fund Com
itsioners In full discharge Of the States
burg and Potomac Railroad Company. But
presided further. that II any person or corr
porntion will build, equip and Put into opera:
to Tappahannock. or some point below Tap
pahannock on tho Rappahnnnock River or
the BAY and h
Rio hmond or Ashland to Manassas. then
said person or COOPERATION shall not be liable
log over st tIss stock md diyidsnd obligation
FIsd I'd! !, and Potomac Railroad Conn
Senator Sims Speaks.
After the amendment and substitute
had been reported by the clerk, Sem
ator Sims took the floor and argued
for unconditional repeal He spoke
for over an hour, reading extracts from
the Bill OF Rights which aptly fitted
the case under discussion, and going
into an exhaustive history Of the rail-
road. He did not believe that any
body Of fair-minded men would vote
against measure which was only
gsanting one section equal privileges
with the rest OF the State. In his
opinion the continuance OF the present
policy would Inevitably destroy the
prospect OF one whole section OF the
state. The parting OF the ways be-
tween the interest OF the people and
the interests OF the railroads had been,
reached, he declared, and 1t would be-
wise for the Senate to think long and
we'll before adopting any amendment
or substitute that would hamper the
building OF the proposed road.
III the State will end this monopoly
said Senator Sims, "she will perad-
venture receive more In taxes from
than she now does from the one-sixths
interest in the Richmond. Fredericks-
burg and Potomac. The private In,
dividuals and railroads may be slight
" affected. but the State will more
than overcome her loss from the Rich
mond. Fredericksburg and Potomac
The Senator from Louisa denied tho
assertion that there would not be
enough business to keep the two rail-
roads going, and said that In view
Of the development Of the South. which
is now in it's infancy. there would be
work enough In few years for four
lines. The speaker asked If there had
ever been any move made by the Rich
mond. Fredericksburg and Potomac to
expand and build lateral lines down
the Rappahannock River IN the North
ern Neck. The company owned the
steamers which now ply the Rappa-
hammock, and never would build II
At O'clock Senator Sims gave way
to motion of Senator Lassiter to adj
journ. He will resume his speech to-.