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Veto blocks nine and a half million Railroad Bill
The Legislature passed the railroad measure on March 18 but withheld it from the Governor until April 6. Gov Geary vetoed the bill an hour before adjournment. The debate included motions to delay and to extend the session, with a final vote showing the veto sustained by a strong majority. The piece lists the gubernatorial reasoning against the measure and notes political reactions. An accompanying report discusses the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad and regional economic prospects from Virginia to the Ohio River, including investors and proposed routes.
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Geary
Wallace
Randall
Lowry
Yeas
Messrs
Beck
Connell
Findley
Henszey
Linderman
M’intire
Miller
Nagle
Olmsted
Robison
Watt
Watt—14. Nays—Messrs. Allen, Billingfelt, Brooke, Brodhead, Brown, Buckalew
Davis
Graham
Howard
Kerr
Mumma
Ratan
Turner
Warfel
White
Stinson
Supreme Court of the United States
Jersey Shore
Philadelphi
Erie
Commonwealth
Virginia
West Virginia
New York
Richmond
Ohio River
Cutspeake and
Ohio Railroad
Virginia Central
Covington and Ohio
Ohio
Messrs. C. P. Huntington
Central Pacific Railroad
A. A. Low
William H. Aspinwall
David Stewart
New York City
Louisville
Chespeake and Ohio Railroad
Seaboard
Great West
Tidewater
Kanawha
Cumberland
Minnesota
Tennessee
Mississippi
Arkansas
Atlantic
Chespeake
R. R. Co
Messrs. Fisk & Harcu
Europe
Burgess and Town Council
Borough of
Warren
Boroud
Central Pacific Railroad Company
Western Pacific Railroad Company
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Atlantic Coast
Chesapeake Bay
Great West and Southwest
Atlantic Seabord
Mississppi
Chesapeake and Ohio
Big Sandy River
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Kentucky
Southwest
Pacific Railroad
Chesapeake and Oto Rairoad Company
City OF
Virginia Central Railroad Company
Chespeake and Ohio
Ghio River
Fisk & Hatch