Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-02
NELSON TELLS ROMANCE
OF RAILROADS. GROWTH
Days Of George Wasliington's
Surveys on kanawiu.
LINE OF DISTINGUISHED MEN
Ha:cau Trip Down New River in
1869. When Road Was Pushed
Through Coal Fields for Great
Westward Extensions.

."rsapeahc ana Ohio Railway Com
s. ana q member Of the land com
,,"e "' the presidents conference
"r"nhtte". speaking to the Hallway
'"ns Improvement society in New
'"rE recently, termed the present sys-
''" Of tho Chesapeake and Ohio Rail-
~ ~" recitation of the dream Of
e"rae Washington. tho surveyor on
t'" hdnks Of tn" Kama vl;,.
Soto, | pray YOU" said Mr. Nelson.
mat Washington drcaInt. no, for him
,it, nut Tor the good of his country,
"i mas fellow citizens. Even so do
'i'at df""mors sow that others may
'Hl'' riant that others may eat fruit.
'"fn"so "i;h lofty design Ia do. tina,
h"itS Us. lave named to YOU to-
hiSl' som" ~ those y no not only took
part ~ the great worl. that brought
~" ,he system spread before you.
'nt also Sow"d the seeds OF liberty
'"hosc harvesting Is ours If we arc
hithlul eyer as were those Fathers
~ our Nation, and if we do not suffer
''rS"iNes 20 be content with our
toasted progress. Arc we not In this
"osress destroying. often times, rather
'Hn planting?
re We seized with the purpose
~ as were those fathers. that for
ose who come after ua the future
all not, because OF fault OF ours
barren Are NO trying to souc.zo
have told YOU still live. and their
orks do follow them. Surcl" 20 he
we hoirs Of their labor Is a splendid
rritagc''
Ellis or SURVEY PARTY
WHICH WENT OUT ~ 1869
Mr. Nelson told OF the party Of en-
Neers that left Richmond July "a
- 10 undertake tho location of tho
tension Of the Chcsa peakc and Ohio
'ailroad westward. OF which he was
nHmber. The division 1T that time
tended from the mouth OF the f;r.n.
Ter lHvcr down New River anon,
prty-t"o miles 10 what is nov. krocn
Sewell station
The growth Of this road from q, ,ro,
10 I'm" % about :27 miles In 1860
not completed. 10 It's present place
Houor shoulder 10 shoulder with
other public carriers OF tho cou,
WAS To him dream. MIR Nelson
MIR Nelson outlined tho cb.san..l,o
ohio system stretching from Nor
eh" oftrcSs Monroe TO Hammond
ne dividing lire between 1ndf.,,
'Hd Illinois From Newuor, %ow. ,,',,i
>pi'ndld Nor: 1T which Is handled
ast OUTBOUND trafic az coal ..nd 49,,
nana's", and It's inbound shinnnn,.
nations uccd. tho line ,y,..,. go.
Virginia ''''SHlh
~" Histo-; of Virginia. ~. s,or,.
olI nation b" said begins vii,
'"'h' Comfort, Cape IIenrv ITO
- williamsburg. whore "a,
iious" % Su-rnsses that dec,,-n,I
dependence, and William ana Ma.
'IoEt. tho scccnd oldest on,Iaya g.,
country. On York River To-
ii's away. IS Yorktown, wh.-, -,
mann the oattl"mcuts. tn. wa.ls. ina,
~" Ho' pr"t"ct CORVALLIS. Seven
los from williamsburg IL Ja,n..,oo,,
= usb
'''t tho foundations Of 'he arcia7;
a''"l % the old Dominion I,ro,n
ioiHl "a Richmond IL is thu bat
ground - two vars. Hero England
''s final defeat Here ouf liher-y
determined. lI"re, iatcr. great
mics fought in 1862
WI Hts iNJoLDEn
STORY or DREAM
Behind Is q story Of dream. Fur
Eor back began tho story that ma.
4rc has left Tor Us TO study. H. per
haucc, wc can read her writing IN
ocks and rivers, CANYONS and plains
Majestic and Glow uplifting OF vast
reas, hcr storehouses where, for our
Ise, are tho Goals and oils that are the
"sult OF tho work OF ages too long
or man 70 think. And had VIC time
80 STUDY the personnel Of the orC4ni-
-ation under whose management this
Vast plant lives. moves. and has its be
ftness, loyalty. from the president on
long the limo TO tho man whose night
'y. lonely viSil makes for the safety
{ our traffic, human and material
Automatic signals have flashed be-
ore and behind US. and the dream
pf George Washington. and OF those
a.hcr great drcemers who labored for
he realization Of their dreams. often
when the DAYS seemed dark, and The
tights were white. because Of doubts
md fears and forb!dtnr mountains
rlockcd tho path, is no longer dream"
COMMISSIONERS NAMED
ny ACT OF 1872
M Nelson spoke OF tho action OF
he General Assembly OF Virginia. in
So. IN appointing commissioners 10
urvcy the head waters OF the Jamec
Tivcr and the Great Kanawha, TO as
.nrtain tho 7racticabiiity of extending
ihcr navigation to tho base Of the
hahn cf mountains that divided them.
;efore this, however. III 1865, the House
f Burgcsses had passed an act pro
idius for tho clearing Of the great
this city and among those who
we're named IS trustees of this work
,cre Peter Randolph William Byrd,
,rchlbald Cary. Tiichard Adams. vii
AN Cabell. samuel ,iordon and Thomas
.'oliinC.
The repor; OF The survey made in
50" Was from the pen OF John Mar
buli. later Chief Justice Of the United
tai,A Historically linked with this
Id survey is the trip made b. c. r.
f!:utinSton in 1860. when he. in com
siy with General Williams Carter
yi.khami. then president OF the Chcsa-
.ake ana Ohio Railroad Company.
set III "a siMtv-foot battcau down tho
CIV River from the mouth of the
rccnbricr.
THUS names are linked with this
aSliuyton dream" said Mr.. Nelson.
'irst his own. then tho great chief
taticc cutters. And, later, III the full
.ss Of time. comes Coils I. Hunting
.u. vho was induced TO build the
'icsapeakc and ohio Ivy General Wick
.tru veteran and brilliant leader OF
tvairy III the late war. who bore
,c cIistenirS scars OF two battle