The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1869-01-14
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n carifal of 5000. OOO Land was selected
a 49,. y, 49,,
W "esssfh Virginia, on NhlVh arg heA'y
forests, underlaid with large coal and ore
beds. and hav;no N r,v.r front of over three
miles. A railroad Is now about being con-
structed through this property. and /, Is the
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purpose " thc chhttcf mohiuefs " ISSUE
certificates Of stock at the moderate price OF
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WV ~. Snaie, WINCH "i' Ano'u u"e Up
portunity for our citizens TO invest whatever
ean;,.l ,hev can spare The namas If the
gentlemen 10 whom the eharter was granted
IA n snilicient guarantea Of the safety Of the
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enterprise, ana are as ioiio~s' hon' Wm'
N. Haydea, II. Manning, Il. u. Reese, John
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u Do"els, isaac "ineheseer anu nu"afu
Lynch. We find in the Baltimore Gazette,
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letter IN relation TO the country through
,,h;al Az. r.;lr..d 4. a. ,asa Tha Latter i
dated Aooreheid, West virginia. December
%. 1865
The important elections all being over, and
the policy Of the Government for at least the
next four years seeming to be settled, our peo-
pie are betaking themselves to other matters
more intimately connected with their own inn
mediate local prosperity and welfare. Ii IL
true We took very lively interest," both In the
late national contest and In our State election,
and in both our views were not sustained. The
people Of this valley had, presume, as strong
and good reasons for opposing the Radical par
" In the late contest as any other section Of
our whole country. Bus all this 10 past, and
We can't help ID, however much We may wish
Il otherwise We are nov thinking Of and &C
ting in matter Of really more vital Importance
10 us than any election could be, unless II
would be one 10 entirely change the form OF
our government The matter IL which we ara
now engaged Is railroad TO connect this most
magnificent and lovely valley with some East
cru market. Why such an effort has not be-
fore been made isa mystery to me, for there Is
no country In the United States as much deser-
wing Of railroad facilities as this. A few enter
prising gentlemen have been agitating the
subject for some time, and have al last gotten
the interest Of the people In the project worked
up TO fever heat. On the 18th Instant meet
ing was called to take initiatory steps In the
matter. Those most interested in the move
ment were very agreeably disappointed at the
large and respectable attendance on that meet
ing, and new life, energy and determination
were thereby infused into them. All the lead
ing and influential men Of Hardy county were
In attendance, and all manifested the most laud-
able real in the enterprise and confidence In its
success II rightly persevered In. Ii was deter
mined TO hold a railroad convention in this
place on the 27d Of February, 1869, At which
the people in this section Of the State should
be invited 10 attend, and doaht not but that
there will be large deievati present from the
counties OF Grant, Highland, Randolph, Tuck
or, Mineral, Pendleton, Hampshire. &c. The
people all along the proposed route seem to be
entirely alive 70 their interes, and the import
ance Of the success Of the movement. Il was
also determined at the meeting here on the l2th
inst. to open correspondence with the BaIti-
more and Ohio Railroad, the Alexandria, Lou
dpun and Hampshire, and the parties in Wash
ington city Interested In the proposed air line
from that city TO the Ohio river, and also those
interested In the company incorporated by the
Legislature Of this State under the name Of the
ksnawha and Shensndcah Railroad, for the
purpose Of seeing what aid or encouragement
could be gotten from them. The following
gentlemen, among the most Intelligent, enter
prising energetic and influential In this section
OF our State, were appointed as said court viz:
Judge James w. y. Allen, Joseph Sprigg,
Daniel X. hcNeal, John I. Chipley, Homer =
Carr, John w. Duffy, Mm. N. Randolph, DR..
i. u. Anderson, y. b. Weiton, John A. Scott
and J. G. Mask. understand these gentlemen
are now engaged in preparing communications
10 the different parties.
There are several routes spoken Of, all Of
which are unquestionably practicable. There
Is one route named which would intersect the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at or near the
mouth Of The South Branch, and thence follow
Ing that stream estward TO some point in up
per Pendieton county, where the Aneganies
can be crossed with but little difficulty, and
thence TO some point ON the Ohio river. As far
as the roate follows the South Branch ! am as
sured BY gentlemen well acquainted with the
country that hne natural grades can be Oh
tained the whole way, and that on the western
slopes Of the Aileganies similar natural grades
can be had ail the way TO the Ohio river. An.
other route Is one beginning at Point Pleasant
on the Ohio, and 70 run thence by way Of Glen
Vile In Gilmer county, Weston In Lewis eoun-
~, Baekanon In Upshur county, Petersburg in
Grant county, Aoorefeld and wardenville 10
Hardy county, to some point on the Virginia
and West virginia State line west Of the town
OF Strasbarg In Shenandoah county, Virginia.
This Is the route laid out for the Kanawha and
Shenandoah Company, which has been char
tered ey the Legislature OF this State, and which
runs through the valley of the South Branch,
the garden spot Of this State, and think the
most fertile and productive region Of country
10 the United States, as well as through the
hnest timbercd country the eye Of man ever
saw, and also underiaid with exhaustless coal
helds and other minerals Of equal value. There
e another route which would connect with the
Pittsburg and Conneiisviiie at Cumberland,
and thence through this country 10 the Virgin.
IN and Tennessee road.
The products OF this valley cannot we'll be
given up by any city, and Baltimore has had
command Of thsn, from time almost immsmoriai
simply because they had nj other market. The
producers In this market have no other choice
under present circumstances. They are forced
70 feed into cattle and hogs, &e., the immense
helds Of corn raised, and drive them 70 market.
The cattle driven from the county OF Hardy
alone to market before the war amounted an.
Bually TO from eight TO ten thousand head. n
has not been 80 mach since the close Of the war
owing to the crippled rtate In which III. war
reach the old mark. The ANIMAL supply Of
hogs was, and is, immense. Give us railroad