Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1868-12-18

We notice in the address of Jno. W.
Garrett. Esq President of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, by far the ablest and
most far seeing Railroad man in the country,
the following notice of the proposed eonstruc-
ton of the Valley Railroad:
''The construction of the Winchester and
Strasburg Road has been commenced, ami
will be completed chiefly with capital which
must be furnished by this Company.
The opening of the line through Harris
onburg will occur at no distant day, an.
the upper Valley of Virginia is full of en-
thusiasm and energy in arranging for the
extension of the line from Harrisonburg to
Salem. This great work will develop re-
gion of extraordinary fertility, of mineral
and other wealth, and will furnish to i'm
mense regions their shortest and cheapest
path to the sea. Judicious aid should be
extended by this community to promote th..
construction of a work which must prove SO
valuable and so useful
From this it will be seen that Mr.. Garrett
predicts immense advantages to this section
by the construction of the Valley Railroad,
and, when we remember, that, due to his
management of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, and other roads combined with it
and the establishment, at his instance. or
transatlantic Steamship lines, Baltimore
owes more Of her present prosperity, than
perhaps to any other living man, we should
calmly weigh the import Of his words. They
are brief but expressive. They sum up in
few lines the immensely Of the advantage
to this section of the construction of the Val
ley Railroad. We should also note his re-
marks as to extending aid to the Valley Rail-
road. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
as we learn from his address, has immense
prospective OUTLAWS elsewhere, demanding
perhaps, all the available resources of that
Road for several years. Therefore aid can
not be furnished, as many supposed and
hoped. through that source President
Garrett says this not in terms, but indirect
ly.
He says aid should be extended by s'tAis
community" that is, the city of Baltimore.
Although DESTROYS for the construction of
the road from Harrisonburg to Salem, yet
he cannot, as President of the B. & O. R.
R. offer to extend any aid to it, for the rea-
son we have stated, but makes an appeal to
the people Of Baltimore. That people have
been appealed to before to aid by subscrib-
ing stock to the Valley Railroad, but with
out success. Then hope of aid from outsiders
may be discarded. Our only hope is to con-
struct it ourselves. The County of Rock
bridge has subscribed 300, 900 and the Town
of staunton 100000. If the County Of
Augusta will reconsider its act and take the
$500, 600 Of stock az proposed, the construc-
tiaa of the Road to Lexington will be secured.
It is matter of vital Importance to, and we
insist that the best interests of this county
demand that the sense Of our people be again
taken on the subject of subscription. We
can not get the road without putting our
own shoulders to the wheel This is fixed
fact. 1t then behooves us to act and that
promptly in this matter Let our court Or
der another election. This is imperatively
demanded. Then let our people present
themselves at the polls and unhesitatingly
declare for the subscription. The tax can
easily be paid. The amount subscribed will
be expended almost in our County limits
and among the very people who pay the tax
and long before the whole is required to be
paid Its other advantages far out weigh
these. This matter demands the earnest
consideration of our people and authorities,
and we doubt not they will cono,S11e "'; ;. MS
that its Importance damands the action we
suggest.
II ia rumored that Caleb Gushing has
gone to Spain on secret mission-it is supr
posed for the purpose of buying the Island