Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1854-04-20

At he last session Of the Legislature, authority
was ven this company to extend their road be-
! yond Paddytown 10 any point in Hampshire county
theyraightl deem NEST desirable. "a copy Of the
bill herewith snbmitted.l
he board regret 10 state the failure Of their ef-
/ f0a TO obtain a State subscription towards the
I wNeru extension Of their read beyond the Shenan-
itdah from 1.-THE last General Assembly. There were
/ t4 causes operating against it lst This Company
| ia not called for any Of the former subscription
! rAde east pf the Shenandoah, except for engineer
1 ag expenses the road had not been located and
| bmmencedi 3D. The appropriations made for
FORKS Of internal improvements were exceedingly
snall.
III There Is mo reason. however 10 doubt that when
the Eastern portion Of the works. under construc-
tion, the Legislature will extend and continue the
same aid TO this enterprise that il ms to all others
in the Coiimonweath The COUNTIES OF LoudoIA
Clarke, Jefferson, Frederick, Hampshire Hardy jS6d
abe town of Winchester, are all moro or less vhllE
interested not only in its commencement bat
in its vigorous prosecution TO its chartered
limits at the earliest possible period. Ii is
known to The Stockholders, that il hls not been
the intention Of the Board TO make special efforts to
procure subscriptions to the stock OF the Company,
until the question of route was determined upon
So soon, however, the selection shall have been
made strenuous exertions to tha;e end should at once
be made; as well BY the Stockholders is BY the
Board
The Directors remain mistaken in the confidence
they have always felt andexpressed in the great val
ne and ultimate success of our undertaking, and
they are satisfied that its value and importance will
appear the clear the more thoroughly i is ex-
amined and understood.
fsEwIS MCKENZIE, President
Alexandria April 18th.
The report Of the Chief Engineer was next read.
1.-THE Report Of Mr.. Manning, .ihe Chief Engineer
is very long, butable and Interesting document
aud was laid before the Stockholders in printed
otl srfr
bity Of the work. which it proceeds to demonstrate
Between the Shenandoah River which washes the
western base Of the Blue Ridge, and the ncghbor.
hood Of thetowne Of Wi9eheser the country Is quite
doubt till the encouraging results Of the survey:
have at last dspelied all fears, and added new
hopes of speedy realization Of their desired
object.
ascending eastward, against loaded coal trains anC
general traffic and ~ 2-l0 per mile ascending
westward against empty coal trains aaa genera
traffic
TIE Report then goes on TO describe III,
line Of the road BY. the northern and southern
routes.
By one route more than seyen-eights of the tun
nelng, and by the.oiher little short of four fifth
is due to that part Of the line which lies Of h
town Of Winchester.
The length of Bridging required by the Nertherr
route is $500 linea feet and by the Southern rout
4.gOO 1ine0l feeta little more IMAM lOur-nituS OF
mile by either route for the entire line.
The measured length Of the line from Alexandra
70 Piedmont is aseertancd TO be by the North
ern ronte It's miles; Southern route 1885, miles
Southern Route-Cost OF construction, SIS, $50 30i
Northern ROate-Cost Of construction. s., s2,l0'
Dia.rsncs IN favor Of former, .sl7s2o,
The difference ia tie time required for cpnstruc
ton. and 10 tunnel at Smokers Gap is put dow
at two ycars-also in favor of the Northern route.
The Report goes into detailed statement Of th
cost construction and equipment Of the two routes
The following is the Northern route-the on
adopted by the meeting:
Starting al the northern limits Of Alexandria tn
line Of survey is carried up the valley Of Four Mil
RIM 10 its head waters Thence across the Leesbury
Turnpike, about one mile west ofthe Falls Church
and into The valley ofIIolmes Rum which il ascend
10 the neighborhood Of the site Of the Fairfax OF,
| Court House. where itattains the summit of Gour
/ House RIDGE From this point two lines were pro
iecfed The northern line descends the valley 0
| Wolhrap Run to Difficult Creek crosses the latte
steam and descends lis valley to the mouth Of Col
i viIes Run, up Colyilles to the valley Of one Off
tributary branches, which II aseends TO the SUNNI
Of small dividing ridge which separates the water
! or eolville from those Of Piney Branch. Crossing
thisridQe ii falls into the valley Of Piney Branch
whh il ascends to the summit Of GAINESVILLE Ridge
| Crossing this summit and descending 0fnts Branch
the lice reac0ec sugar l<duu num- auQ ClgSSc5 II u
| Robihsonis, whence, ascending small tributary Q
Suqat Land il reaches at Benin Bridges the SUNNI
which divides the waters Of the latter from those
Broad Ran Leaving this summit it descends int
The valley Of Broad Run, which it crosses an,
ascending the VALLEY Of Beaver Dam Run and it
tributaries reaches tie highland Immediately sont
Il Of Belmont. Descending the slopes Of this ridg
towards Goose Creek il crosses that stream shor
distance above the mouth ofTuscarora Creek crosse
the angle formed BY the junction Of the two creek
and ascends the valley Of the latter, to the town 9
i Lceshurg. and thence TO its head waters in Clark
Cap at nc summit Of Caioctin mountain. From
this summit the line descends TO the valley Of Oatos
tin Creek ascends that stream and its ributarie
through HIlsborough Gap in the Short Hill, an
thence up the eastern slope Of the Blue Ridge TO |
sunrnit at Keyes Gap. From the summit Of q
Blue Ridge the line descends the western slope IN
oblioue drlction 70 the south and reaching the Shei
andoah riYeE, at The mouth Of Long Marsh ku
crosses il and asceDls the valley Of the latter to 4
high lands immediately northwest 9th town
BerryvilIe
The Report then snters into variety Of interes
ing details respecting the anticipated coal trad
showing the value ofthe Virginia coal fields and Z
4 importance Of this rad in connection with them
being the means Of Transporting their products