| From the Richmond Examiner |
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| February 4, 1862 |
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| Virginia Legislature |
| House of Delegates |
| Saturday, February 1, 1862 |
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| The Richmond and Petersburg Through
Railroad Connections |
| The Senate also informed the
House of the passage of the House bill authorizing connections between
the Fredericksburg and Petersburg railroads in Richmond, and the latter
and the Roanoke railroads, in Petersburg, with the following amendment: |
| "As soon as a route is located
for either of the connections authorized by this act through either of
the said cities, notice thereof shall be given by the company making it
to the Common Council of said city, who, if they object to such
location, may apply within ten days thereafter to the Board of Public
Works to change the same, and said Board, if requested by the Common
Council, shall cause surveys to be made to ascertain the practicability
of making said connection by a route outside the limits of said city;
and if upon such surveys and other evidence, the Board shall be of
opinion that a suitable connection can be made without passing through
the city, then said connection shall be made outside the city limits
thereof; but if the Board shall be of opinion that said connection ought
to be made through the city, they shall cause the same to be located by
such route as, in their judgment, will answer the purpose and cause the
least injury to the city; Provided, That before said connection
shall be made through the city of Petersburg the company proposing to
make it shall obtain the consent of the Confederate Government to
abandon the connection now existing through said city as soon as the one
hereby authorized is completed, and, when completed, such existing
connection shall be no longer used: Provided, further,
That the connection through the said cities of Richmond and Petersburg
shall be located with a sufficient grade for the transportation by steam
of freight and passengers, and be opened for trade and travel
simultaneously; and a failure to use or operate one of said connections
shall render it illegal to use or operate the other." |
| The amendment was incurred in. |
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