Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-11-30
TIFF SHENANDOAH VALLEY R. R.

:so ~. ,'non the sunnor. of the citizens of the
Valley. We take great pride IN the promp'
and practical action Of the people ana au'no-
lilies Of Jefferson county. They have ex-
hibited public spirit and energy y, which arc
worthy of the hig hest praise. The example
49, ,bon, 10. stimulated our neighbors to
like exertions, and there is now every pros
meet that the survey, begun in Maryland,
Ill he continued throughout the line of the
,ronozed route to its ultimate objective point
IN the Virginia and Tennessee road. The
County Court of Clarke, on the first day Of
IT. session (the 22d iust.,) appropriated the
snm Of three hundred dollars, to defray the
axpenses Of a survey to the line of the neigh
boring county OF Warren, and the letter from
orr friend at Midale foreshadows the prompt
determination Of the people Of his county to
rusb on the work u Page, WIN H1t Of its
turn lone since not only contributed the sum
r..n hundred dollars for the work now in
[ad bnt outstripping all its tardier COM
~ roted the sum of 5000, O00to the stock
IF the road. This manifest realization OF the
imnortance and value of this great work OF
internal improvement is most cheering, and
affords guaranty. Oh which all can rely for
its final consummation.
M1LLDALE, November "a, 1869.
Mr.. Editor The dawn of this great en-
terprise-tho Shenandoah Valley Railroad
has passed, and with it we already behold the
opening rays, announcing the beginning of
the morning of success, which l trust will
move steadily onward like the Star of En-
pire, Westward take its course, from the wa
tors of the Potomac to the Mississippi from
tbe Atlantic to the Golden Gates of the Pa
ci6c, until Philadelphia and San francisco
shall shake hands in iron bands Of brotherly
love.
Recent events give cheering promise OF
the successful accomplishment of this great
enterprise. Page county has gaflantly taken
the lead by voting 100000 and the right of
way, BY the almost unanimous voice OF her
people If Page is the standard bearer of
this enterprise, Jefferson has her pioneers
first in the field, and has taken up the line
of march, Clarke most calamity fell into
ranks at her last court approprlating $500
to make the survey and giving the right Of
ray to the Warren line, and has already
placed her engineer corps in the field. 1t
now only waits to be seen if Warren will
come to the rescue, and like her illustrious
namesake from the pillow handles, add a
brighter page in her history.
AS a representative of Warren county, [
think we will give good account of ourselves
when called into action on this subject, and
hold ourselves in readiness by our next court,
if not sooner.
The citizens Of Warren, on the 18th inst,
at our last Warren Court, had the pleasure of
being addressed by Hon. William Mines and
Peter Borst of Page county-who were just
returned from their visit to the President and
directors of the Cumberland Valley Railroad
and the capitalists of Philadelphia. They
gave US a most cheering account, assuring US
that if they can obtain from the counties
through which the road will pass, Jefferson,
Clarke, Warren, Page, &c, the free right of
way and liberal aid by county appropriation
Or by private subscription the work would as
suredly be constructed. The enthusiasm with
which they vcrc received testified the cordial
appreciation with which the were regarded
by tho citizens of Warren, and the cause they
represented Mr. Mines delivered an adj
dress showing tho great importance o! this
road as tho great natural channel of transpor.
tation between the North and South and from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, passing on the
great highway from the Ell Peso of the South,
sweeping across the Continent between the
great barriers of the Alleghanics and the Blue
Ridge in direct route destined 20 pour an i'm
mense tide of commerce into the great City OF
Philadelphia and the Atlantic Seaboard with
out encOUntering on its course any OF the
formidable barriers of the Alleghanies and
Blue Ridge as in the case of the existing Rail-
roads Mr.. Mines said that such would be
tba Of fraiuhf oo1 frnraI fhia
road that in less than ten years double track
would be necessary Mr.. Borst spoke of his
recent travel through Pennsylvania and Phil
adelphia, and related what he had seen of
their fine farms and thrift and enterprise, the
density of population and high price of lands
compared with our own, owing to their SUI
perior advantages of railroad and general i'm
provements. But possessing as we did all the
superior advantages of minerals, soil, and
climate, with the completion of the Shenan-
doah Valley Railroad, we might expect a
brighter future to dawn upon US. They ex-
pressed themselves the advocates of the
Shenandoah Valley route, and that we had
only to do our duty to insure success.
We who live in the lower portion of Warren,
which is justly represented by Milldale, feel
an active interest in forwarding the successful
accomplishment and success of this road, and
desire that it would make us a point on its
route not because we are disposed to be
selfish, but because we are deprived of the
advantages of Railroads and turnpikes of
which we have in the past contributed our
money literally to build for others.
We occupy the advantage ground of a
flourishing village of great natural advantages,
and attractive as the central position of
beautiful, fertile and wealthy surrounding
section of country. We expect to contribute
literally with our means, and by our efforts
hope to have the advocacy of being made
point on this route, either by the route follow
ing the course of the river, or in the direct
line from Charlestown passing through Berry
vile, Wildwood, and Milldale to Front Royal
Yours Respectfully, MILLDALE.
THE STATUS OF JEFFERSON