The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-05
STILL TANNING .tnOUTTHE .NuUTiI-
EHN NECK

STILL TANNING ABOUT THE NORTH :
EHN NECK.
1t will cost sl,Soc,ooo to builG ana
equip tho projected railroad TO the
Northern Ncos. Richmond has bccn
askod to subscribe FOR Sl5o.oco of
stock Ill the enterprise II Richmond
Shall fail to show lis interest 10 This
extent in an undertaking which
means moro for Richmond than ii
means FOR any other place in the state.
the road viii not be built Not one
cent Of the subscription made viii bc
payable until the road has been buit
to the Rappnhannocl5 River, when 40
pcr cent must be paid. The remain
Ing 90 per cent. viii not be called for
until the road has been built to tie
Wicomico River. The Richmond stock
holders viii be entitled to one repre-
sentative on the board OF directors
After a thorough Inspection OF all
the plans OF the road, the Chamber or
Commerce has placed the seal of its
approval on the project The Travel
lers' Protective Association, the United
Commercial Travellers and the rres-
dents OF tho leading financial institu-
tions in the City have endorsed it. we
have all been talking about 1t for
weeks. Public meetings have neen
held 10 encourage It. and resolutions
have been adopted favoring IL. Fig
ures have been given by experts 10
show what the trade OF this town
would gain BY ii ana representatives
OF the people and industries or the
Northern Neck have come here a t
great inconvenience TO tell us how
much they are interested in It For
-four wseNs or more twelve committee
appointed by the Chamber OF Com
merce have been trying TO obtain the
subscriptions necessary to assure the
success of tho enterprise they hnvc
made some progress THE one draw
back said Chairman Darlington 10
the Retail Merchants Associa ton last
night. has been the failure or some
70 measure UP 10 those who appreciate
Their obligations, ana seem 10 be wiling
for others 10 huld tie road. This *
not like Richmond
There are a dozen men III this town.
who made their fortunes here, WHO
could each take the whole subscription
asked for without exhausting their
surplus or deprivins themselves or the
least Of their comforts. Why shouldn't
they take a lively interest in move
ments Of this Sort just for the sake
Of their neiEhbors ,who want IL: Prob
ably the.a paa,inscrcrs may bo i'm
pressed by the Success OF another rail-
read that runs through two OF Tie
smallest counties on the Eastern
shore-the New York. Philatclphia ana
Norfolk Railroad, Chairman Caring
Tor gave the figures last night snow
nEIthat IN 1909 tic y. - r. & y. carr
lied 2,Hi2li4 tons % freight ana .5G
'@a passengers. that its gross earnings
amounted TO S3,1s3,26. and It's not
earnings 10 S3i2,N9a The four coun
tics Of the Northern Ncc, .uta ,v,,',.
! ne new railroad VIII run hava follr
times The area If ,bc ,wo ca,,,,,,a.
served 81 The i. u : & < .rnar,
are ono thousand sonare o;,cs !, d,
ritory III Tic Nortbern NH, oo,,,,,,,.
ana seventy thousand pconlo .r,..
lands arr fertile. ,he ,csoo,e.s u, T.,
country arc Extensive ana yarjsd Din.
new road wii! place ,be nos, 1,s,a,.,
Of the Northern Neck nconlc .,,ht,
three and half hoprs III H,.nn,o.,,
and they viii then b ablc u .o,no !.
Iuchmoud a half tic price ,ne4 Wout.
nave to ray 10 reach Baitimore Il,.
IS thcir na,ifr,3 ~. tt.