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authority, the
Richmond, York River and Chesapeake Railroad was leased to the Richmond and Danville Railroad on July 9, 1881, for a term of 999 years for payment of the principal and interest on the two issues of mortgage bonds and 6 per cent interest on the stock of the Richmond, York River and Chesapeake. The lease also conveyed to the Richmond and Danville 1,251 shares of the capital stock of the Baltimore, Chesapeake and Richmond Steamboat Company which the Richmond, York River and Chesapeake had acquired in 1874.
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Virginia as the Richmond, York River and Chesapeake Railroad. A new first mortgage on the railroad line, dated October 15, 1873, to secure $ 400,000 of bonds due January 1, 1894, later extended to January 1, 1910, was given to William P. Clyde, Isaac Davenport, Jr. and John Stewart, Trustees. The purchasers were mainly interested in connecting the railroad with their steamer lines on the Chesapeake Bay and they started a regular service between West Point and
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Warehouse Company on March 8, 1880, to acquire lines to which the Richmond and Danville did not connect or lines in other States. Although the Richmond Terminal Company, as it was often referred to, was organized as a holding company for the acquisition of other lines by the Richmond and Danville
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Richmond and York River Railroad Company defaulted in the payment of its interest charges and its mortgages were foreclosed on December 16, 1872. The purchasers of all the property and franchises of the company as of May 2, 1873, under a deed dated July 4, 1873, reorganized the railroad under the
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After the Civil War, the holders of the remaining $ 347,000 of bonds agreed to subordinate their lien to the lien of a new mortgage dated
January 1, 1866 in order to raise funds to rebuild the railroad. The line reopened in 1867. On June 27, 1870, the Virginia General Assembly authorized extension of
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December 1891 a committee was appointed to prepare a plan of reorganization. Two plans were presented and rejected by the securities holders in May 1892. The Richmond and Danville and other railroads controlled by the Richmond Terminal Company went into bankruptcy along with the
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Virginia General Assembly authorized the railroad to issue additional bonds in an act approved March 4, 1880 in order to extend the terminal facilities at West Point. A second mortgage, dated November 10, 1880 to secure $ 500,000 of bonds due November 1, 1900, later extended to November 1, 1910,
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Southern Railway Company on June 28, 1894, in consideration of the assumption by Southern Railway Company of the Richmond, York River and Chesapeake mortgage debt. Southern Railway Company began operations of the former Richmond and Danville Railroad Company lines, including the former Richmond,
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January 1857, the Richmond and York River Railroad Company issued $ 400,000 in mortgage bonds. Before and during the American Civil War, the company repaid $ 53,000 on the mortgage dated September 9, 1859 which secured these bonds. The State increased its subscription to the capital stock of the
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Richmond and Danville Railroad in 1881. An act of the Virginia General Assembly approved July 11, 1870 already had authorized the Richmond and Danville Railroad to lease the railroad line between Richmond, Virginia and West Point, Virginia. Under this
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