The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-23
ALL ABOARD FOR THE NORTHERN
NIIIA.

ALL -AbosHb FOX THE
NECK.
Locally spoaking' SAYS the Norther
Neck News. everything looks bright
and our hopes run high that ate
many years, the people of the North
ern Neck will see that contamination
50 dovoutly to be wished, to-wit: .
railroad through at least a portion .
the Neck our contemporary i
somewhat disgruntled,' however. b!
the seeming indifference. of the paper,
and business people of our Capita
city" in the success Of this undertak
ms. and would like to know why they
are blind or indifference to their owr
good SAYS the News the fact that
the city of Richmond is virtually cut
from the trade OF the Northern Neck
is as damaging, in proportion, to tina.
city as it is to the people OF the Neck
IT is certainly not the fault of this
part of the Richmond press that the
work has not been undertaken, The
Times-Dispatch having urged repeated
= lAe DuiiullB Oh SuCH line as tnat
now proposed, which would open an
entirely new territory TO the trade of
this town. We cannot compel the
business men 10 do what they do not
feel impelled from selfish or community
reasons TO undertake. Some weeks ago
proposition was made for the build
Ing of this road upon conditions which
seemed to be entirely fair and so far
rs we know, nothing has been done
about IT, This proposition, as we have
heard was that the road would be
built without other cost to the people
OF this town than the payment of the
sum of $4,000, in cash. the same to be
paid after the road has been built and
The first passenger train run over it.
the money to be held in escrow By
the National Bank of Virginia and 10
he paid to the builders only after the
road has been built and put in opera
ton
That, as we understand. is the propo.
sttion, and the road TO be constructed
is 10 he built from a connection Will
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. OF
the Richmond, fredericksburg and Pc.
tomac Railroad, either or both, at a
point near boswell, through the coun.
ties of King William, King and queen
and Essex. across the RappahannocR
River through the fnur Iowar counties
of the Northern Neck to some point
on or near the Chesapeake Bay, in
Northumberland County. In connection
with the road it is proposed further
that steamboats, shall be operated ON
the Rappahannock River so as to af-
ford Richmond the opportunity Of
reaching the trade of Middlesex coun.
ty The construction of this road
would open 10 the trade of Richmond
territory of fourteen hundred square
miles with a'.9opulation Of seventy
thousand good people. who would he
able to reach this town in three OF
four hours by this road. but who are
now as far removed practically. from
Richmond and It's business activities
as if they lived in New Mexico or Arl-
roma. The cutire business OF this rich
territory now goes to Baltimore. with
tie exception Of a small part Of the
tobacco business of King william
County. Says a correspondent Who has
been making careful study of the
situation IN ,he field
"Ail Of tho 5Il4inoss y.s,i,f, c,;te..
Of the Pamuukey River goes 10 Bait
more But few OF the young men IN
tire Northern Neck ana tho Rappahan-
mock River couaties ever 20 10 Rlch-
mond. DO not suppose that 50 per
cent Of the people in the Northern
Seek ever go To Richmond, and none
OF them do business there and there
ate Few oil the business men Of Rich-
mona who have ever been acrogg flIe
Pamunkey River into that country
which produces annually ana ships and
receives over a million tons of freight.'
That country is almost within
stones throw Of Richmond, and can be
made part of Richmonds trade dis.
trict by tho construction of a rail,
road seventy-nve miles long. The rost
ought TO be built. The city that ha:
rich and growing baek-country, o.
hinterlana, is the city that prospers
1t is hoped that the business men an,
capitalists of Richmond Will make
good start in The New Year BY arrang
ing for the building OF this road
There's millions in it for Richmond.
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