The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-12
Would Soon Mean Million
Dollars a Year to Trade
Of Richmond
NEED SOREL-Y FELT
BY LARGE SECTION
Farmers Lose Heavily by In
ability to Market Pro-
duct-TwoO Other Pro-
jects Looking to Rail-
way Building
~A1l aboard for the Norther.

All aboard for the Northern
Neck"
That's what Richmond and East
ern Virginia generally is waiting to
hear.
How hard Richmond may be work
ing ia order to guarantee the oon-
struction of the Northern Neck Rail-
road IS another matter.
However, more work has probahIv
been done on kichrnond's part on be-
half of the enterprise than R1chmon6
may now be receiving credit tor.
Al any rate, Chairman T. M Car
rlngton, of the special COMMITTEES 1t
Chamber Of Commerce, and his
colleagues. have $4,000 subscribed,
and there are sources from which
subscriptions should be gotten which
are not yet exhausted.
Among these sources are the Vs.
rlous railroad corporations which
would have u vital Interest In The
movement. as the new road win pEovo
a feeder line of no small Importance
TO several OF them
Many Of the eity's leading whole
sale and retail firms are not We rep
resented among the gu disorders 70
~tachFnond's proportion OF the capital
stock. AT the outset it was held out
To Richmond by the promoters of the
Richmond and Northern Neck Rail-
way that If the city you'd subscribe
- $3.50. 600 worth OF stock the con-
struction Of the road would be az
sured. Under ms terms of the offer
no money is to be paid OF the railroad
people until the line shall have been
actually built and in operation.
The proposed route, survey for
which has been completed on the
south side of the Rappahannock
river, begins at boswell, Va. where
junction is effected with both the
Chesapeake and Ohio and Richmond.
Fredericksburg and Potomac Rail-
ways, Taking a n~ortheasteriy course
the line runs for a short distance in
Hanover. thence into Caroline, thence
into upper King William. upper king
and Queen, cuts Essex into about two
equal parts and enters the town OF
Tappahannock. a ferry viii be 70.
sorted to at this. point. and reach-
ing the northern shore of the Kappa
hammock, the route will pursue an cas-
terly direction. terminating al the
mouth Of the Wicomtco river and
bringing ztsts close touch with the
city OF Richmond the counties Of
Richmond. Westmoreland. Northnm-
berland and Lancaster.
20 19ggs MGSthegi1. Mock OF VirUfu1a. -
far-famed for its thrift, its kindly and
hospitable people, and the variety aaa
extent of its agricultural productions
while the waters of it's noble river
and bays teen with fish and oyntara
No section OF America is moro
American and no part OF virginia
more typically virginian than the
Z noble peninsula lying between thu
Rappahannock and Potomac rivera
It's people are little acquainted with
the foreign element. who ave not ms
vaded the section to II considerable
extent. To the average ~Vtrgtnha
known country. Few men in buzz
ness in Richmond nave ever Waited
the section which the new Northern
Neck railroad will put in a thr0n
hours' journey of the city. The lAcE
OF facilities. of course, makes It nov
most ineonvenient for an interchAnGo
either Of commodities Oh OF visits ba-
tween Richmond and the counfR
which is its nanesake. AS an iuuG~
tration 1t might be cited hat an Or.
/ der To open the series OF fn<rnaeUf
Institutes in northumberland county
on Tuesday morning next at IL o'clock
an official OF the State Department of
Agriculture viii leave Richmond On
Sunday afternoon, making the trip ~
way Of Baltimore, and reaching hto
destination Tuesday morning.
The lack of quick transportnf1Dn r.
~cilities has been a source of VERY -.
rious loss to the farmers. fishing ana
oyster interests of the Northern Noce
and the people of tho south AdA a.
the Rappahannock as we'll. They AaNu
!. been ,compslled tn rely on. water tx1nors
portation. which, during the trucking
season. has proven disastrously tne6e
hcient and slow.
The new railroad WIN give m 49,
let to these products and thereby ~
most materially in the Developments ~
the country. AZ a matter OF faC& n
port Of the Atlantic seaboard n -
rich in promise along agricultural AnU
commercial lines as hat part &C
Tidewatar Virginia.
The work OF surveying the route al
the north side OF th~ Rappahannoak
river ia progressing smoothly AnIE
will soon be completed. GeneraltV
speaking no serious physical difd0u3W
ties confront the contractors. III
land lays well for economical Io133
road building and. when once actQG1
construction is begun no good EoA0uI
exists for its being a long drawn o.
job.
Richmond has another ralnoAl
move on foot looking to the tAppx4(
of a part at least OF the N0rthe41
Neck trade. This Is the RichIno0I
and Crbanna R~aialway Company.
which Mr.. John G. Robertson t
moving spirit. This company
view the purchase OF the Seven
line from the Virginia Railway
Power Company. and th8 oonstAun
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