The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1871-02-16
Valley Railroad.

The building Of tho Valley Railroad the
importance Of which has been so often urged
upon the readers Of the Gazette. is intended
as is well known, to complete the link in the
great Southwestern line of improvement
which opens up, for an immense region of
country, access to cosmopolitan market on
the seaboard, and marks a new era in the his
tory of Virginia. By the splendid results Of
this undertaking she will rise to conspicu-
Gus rank among the commercial States many
Of which, now in advance Of her, will yield
| her precedence.
The proposed road will be 116 miles in
| length, and will pass its entire length through
the great valley Of Virginia-the richest part
Of the State; indeed, it ight almost be said
of the United States The land posses es
great fertility, and IS admirably adapted to
| the growth Of cereals and grasses the nu-
| norous streams which water it afford unlimi-
| ted water power and the mountains abound
in valuable minerals Of different kinds. Prob
ably no other country, of the same extent
possesses as great agricultural, mineral and
manufacturing advantages The taxable val
ue Of real estate through the seven counties
| through which this read, with its Winchester
connection, will pass, amounted, in 1860, to
| $40,312,91 7,51, and the personal property.
exclusive Of slaves, s13 1873 49, or more than
one-cigth of the entire value Of the real and
personal property Of the State, as at present
constituted.
1t is not difficult to predict that these valu
atoms will be largely increased by the com
pletion OF this improvement. Manufactures
of all kinds will then spring up in the then
| busy valleys Much of the cotton Of Ala
bama and Tennessee, instead Of seeking dis
tant markets, will be arrested on its way at
the door of new factories which viii COM
mand for their manufactured goods a large
seaboard market, with which they will have
direct and close communications The miner
ais, SO abundant, will likewise change their
| crude character. Blast furnaces, foundries,
rolling mills, nail and spike machines, and
manufactures Of all kinds will give birth to
activity, and develop great opulenee in the
regions now neglected and unproductive The
Valley Road will develop generally, industry,
enterprise and trade; will afford to the peo.
pc of the Valley ready, cheap and expeditions
access to different sections of the country !;
will draw trade and travel through the State
and will attract, to the literary and scientific
institutions located along its line, fast becom-
ing, in their respective spheres, the. leading
institutions of learning in the South, large
numbers from other States seeking the advan-
tages they afford.
Baltimore desires to see this line. in which
she is SO largely interested in every way, con-
structed, free from all local Instructions and
deviations, affording the easiest, safest and
most economical channel for the great tide of
! fiaight and travel which will, before long,
| flow from the vast fields of Southern produc-
tiveness Norhward, and from the numerous
hives of Northern and European industry to-
wards the South.
Baltimore has shown the deep interest it
takes. In its large subscription of 81 600 900.
| The conditions with which it is surrounded
| are intended to prevent an error which has
crippled beyond recovery SO many roads-that
of borrowing money for construction at ruin
GUS rates, On an insufficient basis. The pro-
vision in regard to subscriptions along the
line. we hold, was wisely made, in view Of the
great importance of having the people, thro'
whose territory the road passes, interested4ip
its construction and management.
In view of the immense benefits that will
accrue from the opening of this road, to all
whose interests it affects, but most particular
" to the people Of the Valley Of Virginia,
we trust soon to hear that the remaining sum
of 5000 600. all that is necessary to secure its
completion, has been subscribed by the peop'e
Of Augusta county. A vote will be taken
within short time, and as Augusta county is
the only corporation of which aid has been
asked in vain, it is to be hoped that it will at
once place itself, as far as The march of inn
provcment goes on a footing with the more
enterprising sections Of the magnificent State
of which it has the honor and good fortune
to form part.-Baltimor,e Gazette.
Beware Of evil thoughts They have done
great mischief in the world. Bad words
follow. and bad deeds finish the progress.
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