Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-17

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early mex, week. Reports from Nc
York have Il that tho ohio bankers
ar" ",roms for control OF the Cac,a.
poako and Ohio. and that IL IL be-
H"vod tina; the option on the Hunt
inRton holdings will he closed b.fo-c
January !. when the pp' .on expires.
Will" Henry f. Huntington. char
man of tn" board Of directors OF 'hs
fh"Hap"ake and Onto. II said 20 hive
declared IN Now York yesterday that
h" had not sold his holdings. h" lid
not d"ny that u"gutiatIons wrr" nm
der way f"r their acquisition by thr
Van SwrrlnE"ns. aud ni'n hiSh IN
railroad circles IN RI .nmond ar" coI-
fdcnt. they gay. that tn" deal viii BE-
rucrcppfuliy clorrd by ,n" Cleveland
interests
The chosnp"ah" and Ohio RaIlwu!
ia referred t" hy James Poynz S"i.
ron, valuation engineer. NJ tho rraii-
Zatiou ~ the dream %. G"org. wnsh.
inHtrn. tn" surveyor. on tn" banks ~
tho Ennawha River" I, has grown
from u I'm" Of only thirty-siS mii"s
~ track, with capital stock ~ :25O =
coo. 10 on" OF the greatest systems
im the East. with II capital stock Of
APPROX imutv!y tSJ.oC0.OUc
1t was In 1896 that Ia" nrst pie e
49, - '"'"''
,,""''h '"'
''"""s Wy" we MILL"
hy Tho organization " IN" Louisa
Jig,!lgrad Company, wlth Colonel "a
~. az, go,
Iurr,In, ar 49,, f.. ,o,y lrny,n a.
J..,y.u ga .,,,,, No. l.,.5,rick.
i'm d.,,rc.. -, ,bi,,y.st, nil.
nnd w,4 or.r,,.d hy IN. Rirhu,,td
F,o,iortcksbnry and Potomac. wnt,n
road runnac,ed ri.h ia. LOUISA i.an-
road company at ii,unv., Junction
1T the end 81 that str-tth of rail
stag" coaches met the trains and
transported PASSENGER, 10 Chariott-"-
N.'i" u was "a days 'rip aud r"gnrd 3
al ls such a ""uh"-'"l &c "mpiiSh-
n"Hi mat u wHs rwbl"h"h"d TN lat : b"
~ ~ Tia" n"wsrt2"rs - 'n', dty.
Anu ~" iHfth"i boa ""s 'nht ~"
PASSENGER i'"7 ''"r "''h hdf' 90
''i"'' 81 U.S. '"""s'
an ,.o W. l-'. ''".
r""t w." ~ "
>.i. ,,,.,n ,,,,,,
>t.I..u RI. to.,h ,,,. r.,h.d ~
,,. u..,.rr r..i.1, ~ tba valley ~
N.,.n.. ana 10 ,ni.ry az no 20.
,rnlac SIovl,. mis- liro was construct.
od to Gordousyine from Junction
Min ,h- Fr.dcrloX.bu m. at vld
Iiauovrr Junction
Ey pioc"iucal the construction wen,
on and IN. carly Washington dream
turned Virsinia's thoughts To- tn"
waters ~ the kauhwha IN. nrst
purpos" OF its road Was changed at
Gordonsv!Ile and tho limo was i,ut
sharply towards charlottesville
For time the road was almost
entirely dcpcudcu, OH the Richmond.
Fredericksburg and Potomac. hT,
after fierce contest decided by
the supreme Court ~ IN. United
States. an extension was hunt from
Hanover Junction TO Richmond and
tho road became independent.
Tho State subscribed 10 tn" stock
of the company and tn. board az
public works, under the nam" ot IA"
Riue Ridge Railroad company. ac-
tually constructed the line from Ia"
eastern TO the western base Of tn"
Blue Ridge under tho distinguishes
engineer, Colonel tlHudius ITDzct.
whose name Is given 20 TIA" Blue
Ridge. or Rock Fish Gap. tunnel.
which IS almost IA milc ia length
This road cr"pt eastward iittl" by
little until 1851 when the war found
II in operation 10 Jncks"ns ltiN"r.
ten mics west oi what Is now N'E =
ton Forge, the western Junction OF
the old and The new lines. Th-r" u
rested until III" close Of the war.
In tn" mchDtIme ~" stat" had
chartered tho cov!nsi"u aud on"
Railroad. 10 build westward FROM
covinr'on. Va. 20 tn" rhi" River.
When the war brought activities Z"
a close much work mad been don"
,hrough the heavy Asl"ehany r"g."n.
and some work on tn" FAR western
end This lin" was distinctly Stat"
undertaking When tho clos" OF IN"
war found Virginia dlsmcmhcrcd and
her western territory S"parat"
State. that state owned what IN it's
borders was the Covtngton and Ohio
Railroad.
The Virginia line, II is said 10y A.r.
Nelson, found Itself pltiahly dis
n,antied by the war. II was run on
pine poles. and even they were hard
TO get because money was scarce.
bridges had been DESTROYED hv raids:
rolling stock had been scGuestcrcd
hv tho invading army very little
was left except determination and
hope.
Ev concurrent act. the two states
amounted commissioners 10 revive
,hc work of construction. I'm, there
was no money 10 meo, tho various