The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-28

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ed as result of his effort. the gath
ering adjourned to meet In the as
sembly room of the Chamber OF
Commerce at 3 o'clock next Tuesday
afternoon.
Nearly 1000 Raised.
While the speech-making was
under wayy, H Carl Boschen, of the
Retail Merchants Association. who
acted az clerk OF the session, kept
himself busy recording the figures
mentioned When all were through
| IL was announced that more than
! $40, 000-nearly s11,o00-had been
subscribed or pledged during the ses-
sion After the announcement was
snade by Mr.. Darlington, green cur
1 talns, which had shut off the view of
/ the west end of the auditorium, were
! drawn and refreshments were re-
vealed. These were partaken OF.
| buffet fashion by the gathering as II
passed. an individual or two at time
from the room.
The $4,000 to sf1,o0 subscribed
or guaranteed last night brings the
total OF the amount Richmond Is to
raise 100000, up to about s46, 900,
| leaving some $4,000 still to be pro-
vided. The people living in the coun-
ties the proposed railroad is to open
4
rely on Richmond to complete the
/ 100000 that must go to the con-
/ tractors on the roads construction be-
4 fore the work will begin. At next
Tuesday afternoons meeting reports
| Of the work done by the guarantors
OF last night viii be reported and ar
engagements will be made for closing
up the campaign in Richmond.
Confident OF Success.
c. 7An
were at last nights meeting that Mr..
/ Darlington expresses unbounded con-
| fidence in the success OF the move
ment Mr. Dabney. from the floor,
acted az master of ceremonies for Mr..
! Darlington while Presidents Alvin
Smith, OF the Rotary Club. Boschen.
Of the Retail Merchants, Workman
OF the Chamber of Commerce; Ran
! dolph, Of the T. T. A, and Easley
! behind the chairman on tho plat
form.
The meeting was opened by John
/ c. Easley, who called for nominations
for the election of chairman. Mr.
( Darlington was selected unanimously
I Heads of local business organizations
i were called to seats on the platform.
Then Mr.. Darlington reviewed the
/ Urhanna- West Point Railway move
ent moment He reverted to history
and pointed out that Richmond in
/ 1898 had raised much more for the
building of the r.. IT. and P. Rail-
way than is now asked, and that 1t
raised. one year later. vastly more
for the construction OF the Kanawha
and James River canal. He called
upon the gathering to show their
faith in Richmond and to get behind
! the movement.
John M Miller said that the banks
of Richmond are among the larger
subscribers to the new road stock be-
cause 1t is regarded as a cold business
proposition. The banks are not CIV
ing money to phllanthropic enter
/ prises or to charity, he said, in sub
scribinP to the stock of this railroad.
I but they are doing it to help every
! business interest of the city and. in
cidentally. directly or indirectly, to
! benefit the banks themselves
I Numerous Speakers: Two Motions.
/ Mr.. Dabney followed. His talk and
his appeal were characteristic. The
subscriptions began to appear as did
also guarantees that certain stated
amounts would be secured by In
dividual workers for the railway fund.
Two motions were adopted. One
was presented by T. B. McAdams. who
volunteered to be one of fifty men
who would guarantee that $4,000
would be raised within the next ten
days. The motion was that such ef-
fort he made and a good portion of
the fifty volunteered. The other mo-
ton was that all names Of subscribers
TO the stock Of the Richmond Rap
pahannock and Northern-the West
nt-urbanna Railway-be published
on August Is.
Among the eyening's speakers were: /
Edgar Ferguson, Colonel J. r. Pas
chal, w II. Adams Herbert W. |
Jackson, p. j. Christian. A. T. Antrim, !
T. NJ Thorp, Georgian visiting this !,
section: Tom Palmatory, w. A.
Clarke, Jr., secretary of thu Retail
Merchants; Charles T. Normal, w. w. !
Workman, Thomas Gresham, Waller |
, Iolladay. George w. Rogers. c. r.. !
Nuckois and s. NJ. Brooks.