| From the Richmond Dispatch |
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| March 25, 1861 |
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| New Railroad |
| A new railroad
is in contemplation for connecting the Deep Run and Springfield
Coal Pits, located in the upper part of Henrico county, with the {Richmond
&} York River Railroad. A
bill has already passed for incorporating the road, which, when
finished, will be nineteen miles long. From careful surveys, it has
been ascertained that the entire road will cost about $150,000. It
will cross the {Richmond,} Fredericksburg
& Potomac Railroad about Hungary
Station, a distance about 3 ½ miles above Richmond. The road to that
point is already completed. From thence to the connecting point on the
York River Railroad, the distance is 16
miles -- 8 miles below Richmond, where a junction is effected. At the
latter point the grade is 121 feet below the Fredericksburg Railroad.
The new railroad, will pass down the
valley of Brooke and Chickahominy Swamps. No doubt, as soon as the
proper surveys are made, the road will be commenced, as the Pitts are
a paying institution. |
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