The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-14
THE sonrnEnS NECK, AGAIN.

THE SOUTHERN NECK, AGAIN.
i Once more to the breach. For weeks
End weeks, under the auspices OF the
Chamber of Commerce. committees
have been at work trying to raise
$4,000 for the building Of rail-
road from this town 10 the Northern
Neck, Ever so many public meetings
have been held. and speeches, almost
without number have been made Dele
cations OF influential people have come
from the Neck to assure the people of
Richmond that they. and their neigh
bors, seventy thousand OF them, would
like 10 do business here. Ii
II has been explained that the road
will be about seventy hve miles long.
that It Will add n thousand square
miles CT territory to Rlchmond's trad: :
Ing district, that It will cost sl.soO.Ooo,
that II Will be built II the people OF
lRichmond arc sufficiently interested in
st to subscribe for $4,000 of Its stock.
End that IL will not be built II this
transcription IS not made. The pro
! aect has been approved by nearly every
bank president in town. by the com
mcrcial bodies, by tho travellers as
ieociatons: but the subscriptions have
Tagged, the people, and especially The
people who should have been FIRST 10
put themselves behind the tndertals-
ing, have taken little practical Interest,",
in it. and 1t would seem from tho
letter of Mr.. Darlington. who has
worked so faithfully for the enterprise.
4 which we print to-day, that the work
ers are almost ready 10. give n up and
FL hustle for themselves. Nobody could
blame them IL they should abandon
their work, bit we hope tina, they viii
Keep att.
SO far, about $4,000 has been Sub
scribed. half the amour, necessary to
secure tho road That Is pitiful out
come, to be sure. after all We have
been saying from the housctops about
the wonderful progress Of this town,
and how 1t should he made the bust
ness heart of the Southl People are
nncomplincrtary way. Or Folk Miller
wrote note 10 this Office Yesterday
saying:
Il have Just come in from trip into
North and South Carolina. | was NOR
titled TO death by the nings which
were made Mt me hy.the press and
PEOPLE about our" failure to put up the
money for the Northern Neck road,
When met an ATLANTA man. was
ashamed 10 let him know where
cana from | Was IA fr.lii he would hon
on me! If our merchants allow this
E opportunity to slip by, which means
millions oil dollars for Richmond in q
few years we'll become the lhuShin.;
stock OF every progressive town in the
South. publish tho names Of those
who have subscribed. and let those
people down there see who their friends
are among the merchants. as Well as
Is furnish Information for those who
n have subscribed, ! would he ashamed
TO show my fsicc dawn there again il
the scheme fails Trough WI
Newspapers farther South have heen
saying things they should have had
no excuse for saying, all to the dis
credit Of this community, and they
j viii Keep It IN Il something is no.
done speedily 10 arouse inc great men
of the town from their lethargy Tie
Suggestion made by pr. Miller Is Il God
one The publication OF the names oi
the Subscribers would show me people
OF Richmond ana the PEOPLE Of tns
Northern Neck asweil Who Are Will
ing To- help nachnond into < large,
commercial. lndua,riel. political anS
Eoc,al life