| From the Richmond Examiner |
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| February 7, 1862 |
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| Completion of the Covington & Ohio Railroad |
| It is understood that the subject of the
completion of the Covington & Ohio railroad westwardly is under the
consideration of the State Legislature, with a view to a negotiation
with the Confederate States Government for an advance of the funds
necessary to complete the improvement. |
| We may relieve some anxiety on
this subject by stating that President Davis has advised Congress
against any direct appropriation for this purpose, in the present
condition of the Treasury. |
| The plan was submitted to
President Davis by Mr. Fontaine, resident of the Virginia Central
railroad, to bring into operation an unfinished section of the railroad
line between the present western terminus of the Virginia Central
railroad and the Kanawha Valley. The section of the road to which
allusion is specially made, is twenty miles in length, crossing the
Alleghany Mountains, and passing immediately by the Greenbrier White
Sulphur Springs, on the direct route by which troops, provisions and
munitions of war were hauled by wagons to the command of General Floyd. |
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