Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-06-07
DAILY EVENING STAR.
LOCAL INFEbLIGENCE.
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ALEXANDRIA LoupoN AND HANPsHIRB RAIL
,e.p.-The report of the chief engineer of tn,
above railroad, has been lately Published in /,
uamphlet form, and goes mInutely into tn,
,ubiects of the praeucability, cost of con
.truction and remuneratiye value Of the pro
uosed line With regard to the practicability
the engineer has shown much profe ssiona
shility in overcoming The obstacles which ar
numerous. :snd after careful survey, speak
most confidently 1T success.
The following is the route proposed to b.
taken:
Starting at the northern limits Of Aiexan
dria, the line of survey is carried up the VALLEY
of Four Mile Run to its head waters Thence
across the Leesburg turnpike about one mile
west of +" Falls Church, and into the valley
Of Holmes Run. which it ascepds to the neigh
borhood Of the site Of the Fairfax 's0ld Court
House, where il at;ains the summit of Court
House Ridge. From this point two lines
we're projected The northern. which passed
By the town of Leesburg, and up the eastern
siope Of the Blue Ridge toits summit at heyes'
Gap, and thence descending reunited With the
southern HE near to BerryTllle. This latter
al the point of divergence runs 10 9 more
southerly direction. until it reaches the foot of
the Blue Ridge. when 1t ascends the eastern
slope of the mountain, and passing through
the town of Smickerville, the summit is at
tanned in Smokers Gap. Descending the
western slope of the Blue Ridge with con-
siderable circuit to the south. the line falls into
the valley of the Shenandoah river. and mites
with the northern line as mentioned above.
beyond Berryviile. on the summit of Limestone
Bidge.
From this point, the two lines united are
carried one mile south of Winchester, and til q
single railroad passing through the gan in the
Wess South Branch Mountain, known as the
Mschanicsburg Gap, ascends to the summit of
knobly mountain. 1t then passes through the
crest of knobly to the head waters of Lime
Stone Run, and descends this stream to its
confluence with the north branch of Potomac
EiTer, at Paddy Town From this point the
line keeps the valley of the Potomac, parallel
and IN con- junction with the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, for five miles to Piedmont. tn
present western terminus Of the projected road
The cost OF construction By the northern
route IS estimated at s., 1S2 100, ana of the
southern route at ., BOT, 300, being difference
in favor of the former of $l7S 200 On the
other hand, the annual cost of mai Itainino the
northern route Is estimated at 81 800 more
than the southern, which would be the inter
est, at per cent, of $50 900.
The expenses of working the two roads, for
an annual traffic of one million tons of coal.
are ID favor Of the southern route by Sl7 1856.
which, at six per cent, would be the repre-
sentative of $50 800, a sum to be put down a
the side of the southern route making a total
OF these items in favor of the southern route
OIL. .S344. 266
From this latter sum must be subtract
ed. ..................I 1S 200
The estimated difference in favor of the
northern route, and the res ult is. 1866 O66
Of capital, or equivalent capital, in favor OF
the southern route as an Offset to the greater
length OF time required in the construction of
the latter.
The remunerative value. at the lowest fig
ure, Is set down at four and half Der cent.
and, with extended operations, it is computed
that 1t Will be as much as nine per cent
kCNKEL OPERA TROUPE-Odd Fellows
Hall was crowded last night by a large and
deligh ed audience, to bear Kunkers Night
ingale Opera Troupe, who intend to favor our
city with their performances during the re-
mainder of this week. The amusements were
altogether first rate, the singing excellent, and
the jokes and wittieisms laughter-s;irring and
original. Harry Lehr, as Brudder Bones,
kept the audience on the broad grin during
the entire evening, and the conversations be-
tween him and lis sable friends were of the
most ludicrous nature imaginable Mr. Geo
huskel, the leader OF the company sang in fine
style, and was enthusiastically encored in Mr..
II. Clay Preuss' song. entitled The Star
Spangled Flag OF the Free Another piece
that excited much applause was the "Shang-
hais Growing" sung by j. Il. Search. the
chorus being executed by the rest of the COM
pany. Brudier Bones and his tambourene
friend made the aujience almost to split their
sides with laughter at their limitations of a
couple of Shanghai chickens; Harry Lehr's
mimic Growing being the most ludicrous thing
lmag bic. The dancing. also. was very good
and T. Floyd brought down the house in the
Louisiana Belle dance; a dance entitled the
. pas d AfyicIine, was likewise capitally
executed by Messrs. Floyd and Penn Lehr;
Master Sides was likewise much applauded in a
dance which he executed, entitled The Elec-
ton Jig" There was likewise a violin duet
capitaily executed by Msssrs. Search and
Hermann, in which Brudder Bones is intro
duced as a black Julien, to lead the orchestra
and kept the audience in a roar of laughter
with his exaggerated limitations. The enter
tainments wound up with the appearance of
a mock baby elephant who pitched into Brud-
der Bones IN full style, and having knocked
him over, SarrsS him out In the true elephan.
style, by crushing him into jelly with his
qNasi-massive weight.
At the conclusion notice was given that the
entertainments would be changed for this
evening, and that piece entitled "A rebuff
OF | ncle Toms Cabin would be introduced
JpNE's CIRCUs-James NJ. June Co q
circus has arrived in our city and will perform
tonight and tomorrow night Large num-
Ders OF people were congregated about the
market place to see them erect their big tent,
which Is pitched in the open space in the rear
sklrtlng on 9TH street. The appearance of
Willis's New York band, who paraded about
the city, In splendid ornamental car drawn
by eight handsome horses, and who played
several tunes As they went about attracted
great attehtiOn. Their tents are rendered at
tractive by those passive appeals to the sensi-
blilty OF the spectatOr yclept paintings: and
plenty of fun inside may be antici pa ted from
the painted fun exhibited on the outside
There We have depicted Miss Clara Anie.ton
the charming ballad singer: Mile Angela, an
angelic name, the beautif full danseuSe, pirouet-
ting on one leg, with the other perpendicular
to the stars, typical OF her origin; then we have
picture Of George Denyille, the renowned
comic singer. but we are sorry to add that the
artist has libelled Georges face most woeful.y
and made him anything but a lady's man
linen. adjoining, We have Il family group, con-
slsung OF an American Jack Tar in b. ue
coat and white pants, Scotch Highlander
with his tartan and philibeg, and an enthu<i-
astic lrishman Furnishing a shiilelah, all in
the full glee of a national dance, the Scotch
highls nder dancing his Jig between pair of
crossed broad-swords, and the tempting title
overhead "Great National and Scotch Cham
piOn Dancing"
Then We have another picture, depicting
Miss Lucy Long, and another of Jonathan
Wild. the hero Of the play Of Jack Sheppard
dancing reel in chains, with a heavy pair of
shackles on his legs
james Circus beats Franeoni's Hippodrome