The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-07
Underwater Business Men Join
bands With Richmond for.
Urbanna Link
ACTUAL WORK IS
SOON TO BE STARTED
Representatives of Interested
Counties Say That $4,000
Is Ready on Call for Invest
rnent in Preferred Stock

Especial 20 The Richmond VirFtnianl
West Point. Va, Aug. 5.--That rapid
progress ID betns made tow3ra bring
inG 10 successful cuIfnination the pro-
3sct of itnkias West Point, Uroanna,
and the country surrnundingf VITA
Richmond. by means of railway CON
Meeting here with the southern was
patent tonight when. at q meeting 3f
Representatives or Richmond with rep
resentatives ~ this section. It was de-
cided that stoo coo 81 the preferred
stock of the Richmond Rappahannock
ana Northern Railway h sold and
work on the road Immediately bssap
The meeting WAS in the Hotel We
torta and was ore q tff most en- =
tfasfastic and tusineHs-lilce ever held
hera There ware present, among
othe-s. W DahreT. " II Adans x
y Bruce. Warner Moore Jonn C. Las
ley, Hugh Antrim, OLIVER J. SANDS, Is.
A Blenner and Thorr$ Gresham, cf
Richmond: Waiter Il Eyland of Ur-
hanna, e r. Euhank Of Dunnaville:
y q. Gr,nneli. of Grinnelis: J. e. Rich
wine. of Urbanna: J. r Saunders, of sa-
linda. and p. e. Bostick, of the West
Point Chamber Of Commerce III. J.
Lewis, vice president of the r., r. u
N Railway presided.
After a general discussion the husi-
ness men and representatives or the
several communities In this section
which will be benefited by the early
construction and operation of the road
decided that 500, 900 OF the preferred
stock of the company should be sofa
Immediately and that work should be
started Mt once Contractors declared
that they are willing TO do the work.
taking the bonds OF the company at
par. -
their communities said that $4,000
would be available upon call for sud
scriptions 10 preferred stock.
The town OF West Point agreed TO
furnish a right of way from the tracks
Of the Southern Railroad TO me oses res,
ham bridge. a distance OF about nalf
a mile. and to appropriate money Tor
the grading Of the roadbed.
After the business session the vtsa-
tors were entertained by committees
of ladies representing the local Cham-
her Of Commerce. Refreshments were
served and opportunity for better ac-
auaintance was given
The Richmond party left here yes
terday afternoon by the southern
train. leaving Main Street Station at
o'clock. 1t was made up or repre-
sentatives of several local business or
rantxations which have endorsed the
Jyrbanna- West Point Railway propo-
sition, are heartily In sympathy with
the movement. and believe that the
early completion OF the Richmond.
Rappahannock and Northern Railway
will bring to Richmond large volumes
of new business annually-business
which now goes. and which has gone,
for years, to Baltimore.
In the party were Oliver J. Sands.
II
members of the board OF directors Of
the recently chartered company that
will build and operate the Urbanna-
West Point road: John c. Easiey and
Business Manager w. T. Dabney. OF
the Richmond Chamber of Commerce:
Secretary Taylor Curtis, OF the Bust
ness Mems Club: l. o. Miller and NJ.
Carrie Boschen. of the Retail Mer-
chants Association, and others
The Richmond men will return to
the city this morning on the train
due to arrive at o'clock.