The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-03
VIRGINIA ROADS
WILL Be MERGED
Electric Lines Near Washington
to Pass Into Hands OF New
Company.
STOCKHOLDERS &C: 4 OF CAL LIE D
Lease Of Right Of Way Into
Washington Involved in
Significant Deal.
STOCKHOLDERS CALL D.

For the purpose of considering and
voting upon a merger of the electric
road entering Washington from yir-
ginia with the newly incorporated
Washington-virsinia Railway Com
pany. meetings OF the stockholders OF
the three concerns affected have been
called for October 49,
Ihese coming meetings, at which
the proposed merger. 1t is believed,
VIII be almost certainly consummated,
are OF great Significance In connec-
ton with the proposition to construct
ana operate new line Of railway be-
tween the capital city Of Virginia and
that or the nation. It Is believed in
some quarters that the washington
Virginia Railway Company is to be the
parent corporation in the new trunk
line. that the Goulds are at its back
and VIII finance It. and that the cleo
trio line now running into Alexandra
ana Fairfax counties will be the
nucleus of the system.
Goulds May Own 1t.
AS was stated In The Times Dispatch
Saturday. there Is reason to believe
that the Gould interests, which now
own the line from Richmond to Ash
land. and which possess valuable water
power rights along the Rappahannock
at Fredericksburg, will finance the
competing line. and that 1t will go
into Washington over the tracks and
right of way Of the Washington, Ar
lington and Falls Church Railway
Company. The last named road is now
leased to the Washington, Alexandria
and Mount Vernon Railway Company.
The stockholders of the Washington,
Alexandria and Mount Vernon Will
meet at the principal Office of the COM
pany at Mount Vernon at o'clock on
the afternoon of October IL, while
those of the Washington. Arlington
and Falls Church Railway Company
VIII be in session half an hour later
at the same place. At o'clock. which
will allow time for the transmission of
the news as to what these two meet
ings did. the stockholders OF the WASH
ington-Virginia Railway Company will
meet at their office at Falls Church
The reason given in each of the calls
is to consider and pass upon the
merger or consolidation Of all the cor
porations.
Nny Hold Stock.
No announcement has been made as
to the form of the merger, although
1t has been presumed that the Wasa-
ington-Virginia will be made n hold
ing company for the stock of other
concerns.
A charter for the washington-vir-
ginia was recently granted by the
State Corporation Commission and was
amended last Friday. The reason for
the formation of the company was
given as an Intention to build an cleo
trio line from Washington to Vienna,
Fairfax county. To those who are
used to seeming for rats. 1t looked
at the time as though there was some
thing more in this charter than APP
peared on the surface. and the fact Of
the coming merger is taken to mean
that 1t will soon come to light
The consolidation OF the three COM
panies into one would mean that It
would take over the lease now held b.
the Washington, Alexandria and Mount
Vernon Railway Company on the prop
critics Of the Washington, Arlington
and Falls Church Railway Company
This lease runs until October 1859