The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-22
n0lD Men ARE
AFTER LOST TRADE
0onnnaninx Railroad For tho Kappa
e hannock and Ptankasank
Rivers Section
&11rhcsf Part Of Virginia For Years
s. Has Been Supplied By baltimore
Ffrms Through Steamboat Lines

rnsrnt upon making a bid for the
*4rade OF rich Virginia territory which
3 ~ now almost exclusively enjoyed ny
{Bnitimore. Richmond capitalists are
IL 3Ayinx plans 20 launch railroad INTO
IN che section IN Qcestion and wrest us
busifess away from this city, says the
s. Bsitinaore News The article goes on
The region is that portion or Nr
s wfY,ia along the Rappahannock ana
Ffankatank Rivers and their trihu-
fxrfes. and the counties In this section
Nre 40 closely linked with Baltimore
s6n their trade relations and so tAr
n Aafvorced from Richmond. through
Jack of means of communication, that
they are rather bitterly referred 10
&by the natives Of the Old Dominion as
ssBaltimeres Virginia connties.
Baitimore's Virginia Counties.
The counties principally figuring in
Y this category In whole or IN part are
s A9orthum herlAnd. Lancaster Ma
Nhews. Middlesex. Richmond ESSEX,
westrnoreland, Prince George ana
caroline
They embrace one OF the most FER
Hfae and picturesque sections ~ the
wfate and geoEra phically are at the
var door Of Richmond and removed
IS many miles from Baltimore.
But BY neither rail nor boat are
Hhey readily accessible TO hiShIn'H"'
while boats of the Baltimore, Chesa-
beake and Atlantic Railway Company
Rally ply their waters, gathering DUST
hess for this city.
These boats leave Baltimore Tues
&iav THURSDAY and Sunday for the
Rappahannock. Scriss-crosstnE the river
% every landing and doing pront-
able passenger and freight business
Mhe Virginia terminal is at Freder-
Ncksburg. where, the boats penetrate
\ n the very head sof navigation OF the
Rappahannock,
The Piankatank River boats leave
4 Yaaltimere Sundays and Wednesdays
xAeir destination being Freeporf. ana
u making a score OF intermediate stops
Riciunond's Handicap.
nichmond's disadvantage as trad
4 ing basis for Rappaharuock ana
piankatank points lies in the fact
That 1t has no boat lines toithese riV-
\ Ars and could probably not proftabty
Hnperate any such. and in the still
u Anore serious drawback that 1t has no
+ &a5i communication with either
.etreamf except with the Rappahan-
mock ut FrederEkshurg-
AZ matter OF fact. no railroad
8touches either river except at the lat
Aker town, and the shipping OF produce
10 Richmond through Fredericksburg
ri that make the direct boat hne 10
IN Rnltimore far preferable to the thrifty
a Rappahannockians.
ii ia to correct, as far as possible,
these disadvantages to itself that
Richmond la deeply Interested now IN
extending a railroad line from West
apoint at the head Of the York River
to Urbanna on the Rappahannock.
with possibly a. spur to Freeport on
the Piankatank..
Road To Cost 100000.
The capitalists interested say that
y they need s40o,e 600 with which to con-
4 srtruct the line. and they nave JUST
made a special investigation or the
section involved with the view of in
tsresting the shippers in taking stock
IN the enterprise They are said TO
be anxious TO have the farmers anu
sTishermen of 'Baltimore's Virginia
counties" take $4,000 of the stock in
the new road. and have painted in
very glowing colors the rare advan-
stages that they Will realize upon
their investment
The Richmond papers are thor
oughIy interested in the proposed
railroad and the trade possibilities
10 be won from Baltimore. In telling
aof the trip Of Richmond men to the
ftwo rivers TO see for themselves the
prospects for new trade, the Journal
Mays:
Richmonders Enthusiastic.
Wv Med, Lee, former Fish Conn
Il missioner who Was one of the party
Il 81 investigators on the yacht Maury.
n Awas loaded with information regard
Ing the trade and business OF this sec
Lion and convinced the Richmond
paryy more firmly. IL indeed they
U needed further convincing, that the
proposed road would prove a splendid
Business proposition.
.sIf the plans of the Richmond CAPT
u 1nlists come anywhere near consum
IA nation, the Peninsula and Northern
& Meek counties will be open to the
NJ fF7ichmond markets before the end
~ next summer,
.Not since the first English adven-
urers. seeking new lands and yellow
q eoid, sailed through the welcoming
Ems of the Virginia capeS have any
& xplorers for the Richmond party
Z <55As one OF exploratory been sc
Sxnazed at the resources of the coun-
# IN and the wonderful possibilities
Y f1& development--ail of which has con-
g5fced the Richmond party more than
# 2s9er that the Baltimore counties OF
lS irginia should be reclaimed and
npened TO Richmond
The Financial Plan.
rThose Interested in the PROPOSE
&&4pn are in negotiation with Winston
#H Co, contractors, of Richmond, and
are considering plan whereby II Is
rOposed that the contractors shall
rid the road for the bonds. the con-
xactors to be allowed fair con-
Hruction profit and at least 81 per
Uent of the voting stock.
srhe 500. coo or $4,000 in stock
hitch IL Is proposed 10 sell along the
- OF the road win be merely lien
fb0n the profits of the road. the stock
airing per cent. interest"
I'm the face Of the Richmond en-
Knsiasm in the plan 10 get trade now
xning to this city there seems little
4erest in the matter here,
1ficials of the steamboat company
Euse TO be quoted.