Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-29
RAILROAD Meeting.
mass-Meetins of the Citizens of
Northumberland County. Held at
heathSviIIe, July 10Th, 1910.

1 rhIy vi more DuOilc-Splrlted and rep
resentative citizens of Northumberland
county attended the mass-meeting held
at Heathsville on Tuesday, July 18th,
1910, for the purpose of promoting the
building of railroad through the
Northern Neck. The meeting was
called to order at IL o'clock a. m. by
Col. +. Hugh Smith. Hon. C. Harding
Walker was elected chairman and II.
Gordon Blundon secretary.
Chairman Walker, after few intro
ductory remarks as to the object of the
meeting. introduced Mr. Charming M.
Ward, practical railroad man of wide
experience in the South and Southwest.
who is a native of Richmond county. but
now resides in Chicago and is promi-
nently connected with the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad system.
Mr.. Ward stated that he was backed
by certain railroad interests which pro-
posed to provide the capital and build
and equip steam road from some point
on the Z. & D. Railroad i'm Hanover
county, between Hanover G.. II. and
boswell, to the Rappabannock river at
or near Tappahannock, thence across
the Rappahannock and down the North
ern Neck to some point ON the Chesa-
peake bay on the south side of the Great
Wicomico river, provided the citizens
along the proposed route would give the
right of way and contract to pay to the
railroad company, without considera
ton, the sum of $4,000. no money to
be paid to the company. however, until
the road should have been built and nut
in operation. Mr.. Ward explained that
AN assessment of 25 cents an acre upon
all the land lying within five miles of
the road would provide sum consider
bly, in excess of $50, 900 and pointed out
the fact that the operation of the rail-
road would very materially enhance the
value of the land 80 assessed.
The citizens were most favorably i'm
pressed with Mr.. Wards proposition
and the opinion seemed universal that
his plan was a very fair and practical
one.
1t was moved and carried that William
Blundon, Edwin Broun, ]. III. Weaver
and X. 5. Brent, together with the chair
man of the meeting, should constitute a
committee on nominations which should
propose to the meeting the names of
fifteen other citizens of the county, who.
together with the five first named.
should constitute committee of twenty.
who, with similar committees already
appointed from the other counties of
the Northern Neck, should consult as TO
the ways and means for the accomplish
ment of the construction of the road.
The following committee was elected:
Edwin Broun, Warner Hurst. w. L.
Russell, Snowden Hall, b. l.. Gill.
William Blundon, j. b. Hinton. ]. C.
Fisher, q. N. Reed, II. Gordon Blundon.
j. III. Weaver, DR.. r. K. Booker. l..
w. Headley, A. b. Garner. w. j.
Courtney, C. Harding Walker, r. S.
Brent. Asa S. Rice, E. Hugh Smith
and E. j. Marsh.
This committee organized by electing
Hon. c. Harding Walker chairman
and FL. Gordon Blundon secretary. A
subcommittee was appointed to confer
with like subcommittee from other
counties located along the route. This
was as follows:
Z. Hugh Smith, chairman, Edwin
Broun. William Blundon, w. j. Court
ney and Asa S. Rice.
On motion the mass-meeting ad-
journed.
IL. GORDON BLUNDoN, Secretary.