Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-07-22

road will be immensely beneficial. In the con-
struction of it, simply, 81, $50, 0OO-(the far
greater portion of it other peoples money must
be spent in Augusta county. We all know how
the property holders and laboring men must
thrive and prosper in the midst of such an outlay.
In the working of 1t, who can enumerate the
blessings it will confer upon our people? Located
as we will be just at the point Of intersection of
the Chesapeake Ohio and the Valley Railroads,
just at the point of competition, our county in
its length and breadth will feel in all is inter-
ests the effect Of reduced rates Of transportation
on all its products and imports-ts flour, corn,
bacon, beef, hay, live stock, iron and the many
products it sends abroad and on the plaster, SALT
fertilizers agricultural implements and merchan-
disc it imports Two great rival markets, Balti-
more and Richmond, will compete for our trade;
two great rival lines will compete for our trans
portaton Who can doubt that the cost of trans
portation will be greatly reduced? If reduced
even slightly it will pay thetax; ten cents on a
barrel OF -four will save the county $40 900 year,
one dollar on a ton of plaster 1.-TWO dollars can
easily be saved) will reduce the cost of that arti
Gle about $4,000. Consider, in addition, the
saving in hay freight, on live stock and other
tonnage, and we must be of opinion that this
subscription will be no gift, but wise and pay
ing investment
great deal has been said about the burden OF
the tax. The real and personal property of the
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sessments of 1856, in part is valued at Sl2, 407,-
695. By the census OF 1860, the real and person.
al property of the comfy, exclusive of slaves,
was estimated at SIG, 900, 900 in round numbers;
and by the report of the Auditor of Virginia OF
1861, the value of the real estate of the county
was $l4, 1926, 399, and of the personal property
1907 1893. This last included the value of
slaves, the number of which was 4,708, which if
averaged at $500 would produce the sum of ST.
1854, 900, showing an aggregate of about S22,-
100000 of real and personal property in the en-
tire county. 4 portion Of this personal property.
however, was not taxable.
But on the basis OF 1856 alone, to pay the in
terest, the tax will be Is cents on each hundred
dollars worth of property. So that if man is
worth ST. 900, he will pay 81 so tax; if he is
worth $4,000, he will pay SIS 90 tax; if he is
worth $40, 900, he will pay $50 90 tax-no more,
no leSs-even if no income at all be derived d.
rectly from the road. But here we have the con-
tract rendered to us by the Orange, Alexandria Il
Manassas Railroad Company, to take road
the use of the Valley Road sixty per cent. of the
gross receipts That is: $50 of every 800 Of
gross amounts for fare and freight received. The
road will begin to pay, then, as soon as it is fin
lshed, section by section.
Again: The subscription of Augusta will Sc
cure the prompt completion of the whole line, and
the profitable working of the entire improve
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let; and the work along the whole line will be
steadily pushed TO completion. Never, III Vir-
ginia, has a Railroad been commenced under bet
ter auspices with more certainty of success AS
10 its completion, and also as to its value and
proitableness to the country through which it
will pass, than this We earnestly urge the sub
scription as the only means known to us to make
sure these desirable results.
CENTRAL. COMMITTEE.
MG Hartman, A II Fl Stuart, John B. Baldwin,
VIM Burke, John Echols, Geo Baylor, Thos J
Niche, S Travsrs Phillips Jos Waddell, VIM
II German David Fultz, Hugh W Shefey r q
Bickle c r Harris, N K Trout, James Fl Skin
ner, 7 G Elder, Jno Hardy, II Bell, B
Hoge.
How STRANGE THAT agents and friends of
other Machines will say things about the Wheeler
& Wilson that are untrue. They say it will not
sew heavy work. There are four Tayloring Es-
Establishments in Stanton, and three of them use
the Wheeler h Wilson with perfect satisfaction,
and none of them ever had lesson. The other
Establishment uses Singer. Significant that!
Furthermore not one Agent in Staunton can use
be Judged-One of the Staunton Agents had his
Machine in ladies house and so was the Wheel
er h Wilson there. He saved through fifteen or
twenty thickness of cotton and left it and told
the lady if the Wheeler & Wilson would do it.
without breaking needle or thread, that he
would give her $40. The Wheeler & Wilson did
sew through it twice and made. more perfect
stitch in every particular: How are you Mr.. $40
Wonder if she ever got it. There is the rub, as
Shakespeare says. ~
The author Of this is
W.. HAWKINS,
IN. 4: W. Agent,
49, Stanton.