| From the Richmond Daily Dispatch |
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| January 27, 1862 |
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| An Important Enterprize of the Railroad Companies |
| We are gratified to learn that a well
concerted movement is on foot for a general meeting of railroad
officers in Richmond on the 5th of February next, to devise measures
for the manufacture of railroad iron and such other articles of
indispensable necessity as have hitherto been procured from countries
outside of the limits of the Confederate States. To keep up a perfect
railroad communication throughout the South, requires an occasional
renewal of material; and if the approaching meeting can suggest a plan
by which the South can place herself on an independent basis in this
respect, it will have done as much towards solving the great problem
of national freedom, as any class of individuals have done since the
breaking up of the old Union. We therefore hope that a large number of
practical minds will be brought together in Richmond on the day
designated, and that a combined and well considered project will then
be sent forth to the people. |
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