The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1870-04-07

Valley RAIL RoAn.-The terms upon which
Baltimore offers to unite with US in building this
road are these That her subscription of$1 .0OO,-
900 shall be made SO soon as, and not until 'the
counties and towns in the Valley Of Virgins"
subscribe, at least, 81 100000 more to the stock,
and, further more, not until other corporations
persons, solvent and able to pay, subscribe
81 200, 900 more; so that, before we start We
ere bound to raise $4,000, 600 of capital stock
subscribed, of which 100000, at least, must
be subscribed by the counties and towns Of the
Valley. Of this sum, only 100000 have been
subscribed; aad if Augusta refuses to subscribe,
it will be impossible toraise the amount elsewhere
and the whole grand enterprise must fail. Jeeer-
son county, in West Virginia, with two Railroads
running right through its territory, and with two
navigt BILE roads, and canal on its borders has
just voted $3.50, 000to another Railroad,7 which
is to pass through it; and, this, too, while bur
dened with all the taxation which West Virginia
Radicalsm can imposs upon its people, for free
schools, and for horles ofcounty officers, the sup
port of whom we will escape. And shall Angus
ta who boasts of her enterprise and public spirit
of being a live people, and full Of the advance
ed ideas of modern progrsss-shall this great
county, by holding back absolutely defeat Rail
road, which Gen'l Lee has pronounced enc Of the
most important and valuable works Of the day!
All the rest of the Capital is ready: Baltimore
with her ST, 900, 600; Capitalists (some in Eng
land, we are informed) with ST 100000, Rock
bridge having far less wealth than Augusta, with
$500, 600. Boteourt with 100000 and Stanton
with 500, zoo all, await the action Of Augusta.
She is the Keystone Of the arch; without her,
the great enterprise must lie in ruins; with her
aid, in ninety days, the contract rilhbe ct, and
hundreds and thousands Of labovers will be 81
work in our midst. In the course of eighteen
months, more than million and quarter Of
other peoples money will be spent in the county;
our farmers will have a home market for their
products; our merchants in town and country,
will thrive and prosper; money will circulate
freely; hard times will become easy; and a new
impulse be given to every interest and industry
of the courts. In word, as shrewd business
man remarked day or two since: "The people
of the county can clear the whole subscription in
eighteen months, if they can have million and
a quarter of dollars spent in their midst at this
time"
Let no man say, he will not vote for the road
because it may not come near his farm, or until
the road is located, or uatil officers are chosen
acceptable to them, Gas if officers would be selec
ted OF the road be located until the company is
organized-as if the company could be organized,
until Augusta votes her subscription), or because
some body else, will make it for US. OF it will
make itself Away with such suggestions; let us
come forward like men, make up the company,
choose the BEST men for Office, (no body ovns the
offices or those 0ho TO fill Mem select the route
best under all the circumstances, (that will be
most likely to be chosen along which the road
has most friends) put our own. shoulders like
Hercules, to the wheel, and push the car of cur
prosperity ahead, by helping ourselves, being
we'll aware that if we don't help ourselves no body
else will help US.