| From the Raleigh Conservative |
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| March 10, 1865 |
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| The Roanoke Valley Railroad |
| The bill introduced into the Virginia
House of Delegates for a State loan of $600,000 to the Roanoke Valley
Railroad Company, for the purpose of constructing the road from Manson,
N. C. to Keysville, has passed that body by a unanimous vote. The Senate
will doubtless act upon the bill promptly and with like unanimity. |
| Our efficient representative, Col. William
Baskerville, jr., was the peculiar patron of the bill, and for his
services in this matter will receive the thanks of his entire
constituency. |
| The Company have in hand already about
$400,000. This, with the loan of $600,000, will make the handsome fund
of $1,000,000, with which to commence the enterprise. If the Confederate
Government will now lend its assistance in the procurement of slave
labor, and of iron to lay the track, this important and long needed
improvement may be soon constructed. |
| We would suggest that a general meeting of
the Stockholders should be convened with as little delay as possible.
Action ought at once to be taken. The track from this place to Raleigh
Junction ought to be laid with all possible dispatch. It could be done
in a few weeks. The Government is transporting corn and other army
supplies from Weldon and Gaston to South Boston by the river. This
process is intolerably slow and uncertain. One train of cars would bring
from Gaston to Clarksville in six hours as much as all the river boats
could bring in two weeks. Prompt action then is absolutely
indispensable. Let a Stockholders' meeting be called as soon as the
legal notice can be given. |
| Since writing the above, we have received
authentic information of the passage of the railroad bill by the Senate.
So the bill is now a law. |
| Clarksville Tobacco Plant |
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