The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-07
It Must Be Built, and
Richmond Must Help
to Do 1t. III
THE GOOD WORK
A GOES RIGHT ALONG
Richmond Will Raise the Money,
but It Should Do It Quicker.
Bankers May Guarantee the i
Fund-Advantages to Rich
! mond-Views Of an J.
Expert. E

The Northern Neck Railroad, that 81.
TO say. the road that Is proposed to be
built from the counties of the North.
ern Neck of Virginia. across the coun.
try TO boswell where tho Chesapeake
and Ohio and the Richmond, Freder. Fl
icksburE and Potomac roads run into
each other, and whore Is thus formed
petes for freight rates and passenger
rates and the other kinds of rates, HI
is getting to be reality. 8
II remember Alright, the promoters
OF this Northern Neck railway prop
osition put the thing right square I'm
TO Richmond. and in so many words
said to the powers that here be. ar \
you want to get into the Northern FL
Neck, and you want the trade OF that
rich section, which trade now goes p
TO Baltimore, because it has nowhere
else TO set to. and gets thcre by an
awful slow route. all you have to do
Is 10 shell out the money and let us
get In railway connection with Rich
mond. All that was asked of Rich
mond was $4,000, the same to be (
Richmonds contribution to the capi-1
tai stock OF the railway company, and
when may In time come back to Rich
mond Investors in the way of dividends
and other kinds OF profits. 1t NAV,
come back even sooner in the way of.
trade.
No Such Word ms Fall.
There were enthusiasts who thought
ahat Richmond ought to take this
proposition right UP mt moments
warning. Well. Richmond did take it
UP. and took 1t up with a promptness
that is characteristic of Richmond, and
Richmond Is not going to let it fall
through. @ 3ii lt
The people in the Northern Neck
section of Virginia need not he Mt all.
alarmed. Richmond is going to come to K
the front with the $4,000 asked for.
perhaps II would have been hotter had
our Northern Neck friends asked for
even more. But our Northern Neck
friends must be little pa TENT Rich
mond Is conservative. maybe a little
SLOW but IT gets there all the same SET
The work OF raising this money Is
In the hands OF tho Richmond Chamber
or Commerce. and that csta biishment3 }
knows no such word as fail. The va n
rious committees are making good e
progress. The Importance OF tho move rs
ment has ne'-'N' been lost sight OF,
anu me interest In It has not in any
way been q ninished by or on account
or the much time that the committees
are taking up in working out the plans.
Tho work is going right along,
Why This Siownessf hit
work like this and the business
propositions that are attached must
often have the consideration OF boards
OF directors and executive committees
or big concerns, and all that kind OF
thing. Some of these boards, and not
q few OF these committees have their h
homo Offices in cities and financial
headquarters beyond Richmond There-
fore some time has to elapse In many
cases before the contributions to the
capital stock can be announced from
me oit1ces OF some of the biggest con- 4
Germs In Richmond. There Is no doubt.
however that the big concerns In Rich vi
mond, that havo headquarters beyond, II
are going to be large subscribers to 4
the capital stock of the Northern Neck
road. The committees who have the
matter IN hand are sure, very sure. OF E
the $4,000. but maybe we had better
not be too sure of what the big COM
panies and the combines are going to +
do: In tho meantime let's be doing
little ourselves. The mite sometimes
turns the scale. And IL II finally gets
down to hard pan the Richmond banks
VIII underwrite the whole thing.
In the meantime let us think about
the road that is to be built. and IL
we think about 1t business pra.Ss
sition too much stress cannot be laid
upon the peculiar advantages that
must naturally accrue to Richmond
from It's building.
Views OF nm Expert.
In this connection j can do no bet
ter than to quote right stra ght from y
letter Just received from one who
has This interest very much at heart.
He says: This Northern Neck road. or
whatever you want 10 call It, will not
20 into an nndeveloped country. but
the road will very materially add to
that development already on.
The very frs: ten miles of this con-
struction will add to the trade of Rich
mond. and as progress is made. the
opportunities and advantages OF busi-
ness will he increased. Most OF the
land lying on both sides Of the pro-
posed route Will Immediately come into
the market. and as the country for
some distance around Richmond has 4
already been pretty we'll settled UP.
1t Will offer great opportunities to our
real estate people for a new field OF
operation. and therefore very mate.
rally increase the wealth and PROF.
perity and business OF the peopio and ri
the road
"Richmond. indeed. stands very much
In need or just such territory Its
present back country Is not rich enough
to afford any very great remuneration
from the farms. and there Is absolutely
an absence, except a few isolated saws
mills, OF any small manufacturers. M
"As soon MS this road reaches Ay-3..
let's 1t Will Immediately be put IN X
touch with considerable lumber, tie
and fish business, and conside era bio
amount OF country produce, especially 1,
hay. corn. wheat and tobacco, that will
como TO Richmond. This Will be fur
Their increased manySfold In every line
by the time the road reaches the Rap III
pahonnock River. When y the roaG
crosses the RAppahannock into the