Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1870-07-23
OUR RAILROAD.


route" contemporaries, and il they don
"hurry up the cakes they will find 'he''
railroad "Ief, on, in The cold" Hon. A.
r. Bo,eler and w. II. Trsvers. Esq, Of
hi. county. lief, on Monday las''i0r Phil
adelphia. to attend the meeting oil The
Board of Dire ciors who met there Tor
the purpose Of giving out the contracts
for the building Of the road from this
Mace 10 Salem. We are assured tina, The
work, with ".hovel sad pick" will CON-
mence in this County, within the next
,bir,y dsys. This road has been divided
into three Divisions. the Potomac. the
Lursy, snd The James. We copy the
following interesting articles from The
Lursv Courier. OF Saturday last, edited
by the able Col James E. Stewart, who
is lire Railroad man. and who "knows
thing or Two" in reference 10 our crest
project -
General Wright, Chief Engineer OF the
Shenandoah Valley Railroad Company.
This esumable gentleman. The Chief En-.
pnter OF ME Shenandoah Valley Railroad
Company. arrived 1T From. Royal on
Tuesday, The 5th inst, by the Manassas
Gap Railroad, and proceeded al once to
lns pee, me road a! that point. On the
following day he. in company with Col.
Johnston, oae Of his assistant Engineers
and Thomas NJ. Almond, ESQ.,, one OF the
Directors passed over the line OF The road
to Luray. and atthsl point, the Head.
quarters Of the Company, proceeded in
connection with the President of the road
and hi. three Corps of Engineers, 10 ex-
anime the maps. provides and estimates
for ,ha, portion Of the line commencing
a. hepherdsIown, Jefferson county, West
Virginia. on the Potomac river, and ex.
tending 10 point on the Virginia snd
Tennessee Railroad, at or near Salem,
Roanoke county, Virginia. He found
lbe whole distance 10 be about $50 miles
nearly straight, low grades, easy curve
lures and lighl work, He was pleased
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been expedited, and more than pleased
with tie result OF the survey, which in
dicoted that the route was one OF the beat
and most feasible for The construction Of
a Railroad anywhere in The United States
east OF The great Western praiiies. He
lief. on The morning Of The 10Th inst, in
company with Cot. SpiIler, one of the
Directors of the Company, 10 inspect the
line OF the road sou h OF luray.
! General Wright is from the State Of
Pennsylvanis, and is well known as one
OF the mos, accomplished and experienced
eng ineers in this country. having survey
ed manJ Of the most important Railroad
routes in Alabama, Georgia, and other
| Southern States, the most Dporianl rosds
in Pennsylvania, slso in Honduras, for
an English Company, and was 10 con.
neclion with the construction OF the Pa
cic roads on the plains. He Is also at,
this time engaged IN The construction and
building of the great Suspension bridge
across The Missouri river al LeavenwoIlh
Kansas. designed 10 be one Of the most
complete structures Of The kind on this
comment. We have no doub, j, i'll be
a master piece Of engineering and work
manship, and add 10 the already wide rep
uta'ion Of this accomplished Engineer.
We irll certain all The time that we had
the inside track OF the Valley Road with
our river grades. We knew the compass
and level would show these facts in pro-
per time, so we took i, coolly and quiet
ly. The string stretches beautifully from
the Potomac 10 Salem; capitalists have
seen it-esiima,ed cost of cons Tuc,ion-
calculated the low grsde-sud we have ss
much capital as Ne want aud 10 spare.
And could ge, any desirable amour. from
more sources than one il we needed il.
And ihis we say IN no bOssnul, gascons-
diGg spiri, but as the result OF The Infiu-
ence OF lsc,s and surveys upon the minds
Of tie best railroad men ami capitalists in
the country.
1t will be seen by reference 10 our col
umns that our road on the lSh inst. will
be pu, under con,rsc, from HE Potomac
TO the Va e. Tenn. h. R., in Roanoke
county. Boys, do YOU hear i, /! And
we are assured from Head Quarters hat
work will commence in Jefferson and
pcCe counties in thirty days time End all
along the line After the meeting Of the
President and the Executive Committee
OF the board OF Directors Of our road al
Philadelphia, on the 18th lns., and the
road put under contract, we shsii have
more 10 say and report on tie SUBJECT.
At this meeting importsn! Developments
will be made and men will appear upon
the board which will show how well the
President, Directors and Officers Of the
company have prosecuted their work.
Rest assured all is now well.
Now we know ,lere are many persons
on 1.-The anxious bench" atou, our Rail
road prospects. and they profess TO be
very sseptlcsl. but we think if they will
only, listen TO us awhile, and pay alien
tnn TO our exhorlalion. they will get
through, end become "inexpressiely hap
py" as one Of our Jefferson friends was
made few days ago. by l'u'e missIre
which one Of our "csrrier pigeons" drop.
ped a, his door. |, was all right, friend.
ONLY that there i. suil liule more Of il.
You know on a certain Alb Of July many