Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-02-10

The river front is amply supplied with
extensive warehouses for the accommoda-
ton Of its growing foreign and domestic
trade The city is lighted with gas. and
is abundautly supplied with pure water. !
"he Orange, Alexandria & Manassas
Railroad, one of the great improvements
of the State, has its terminus at this point.
This great public work, now extended to
the city Of Lynchburg. Q71 miles in the
interior, where it connects With the .Vir
ginia & Tennessee Railroad). At Cor
donsville, SO miles southwest Of Alexan-
dria, this road intersects the Chesapeake
& Ohio Railroad, extending from Rich
mond via Stanton. and the celebrated
Mineral Springs of Virginia to the Ohio
river. The O. A. & M. Railroad has
two branch roads. one to the thrifty town
Of Warrenton. Fauquier county. SO miles
from Alexandria. The other from Man
assas Junction (27 miles from Alexandria)
to Harisonburg. in the rich and produc-
tice Valley Of Virginia. 112 miles in
length. The Alexandra Loudoun &
Hampshire Railroad is intended to con-
meet the Ohio with the Potomac, aud
when completed will open to trade and
travel, rich and productive country, a
large portion of which has laid for centu-
ries isolated and undeveloped. This road
is now fully completed to Hamilton, Lou
doun county. A miles from, Alexandria;
and over this short route the company
runs daily two passenger and one freight
train. The extension Of this road to the
town of Winchester is noF being prose-
cuted. This road will be fapidly pushed
forward to its western terminus on the
Ohio. Over this road vast quantities of
the best bituminous coal viii be transport
ed from the great coal feldsof Hampshire
and other counties; and this alone will
add to the already heavy coal trade Of this
city The Alexandria Canal, extending
from the terminus of the chesapeake and
Ohio Canal, at Georgetown, to this city.
is largely engaged ip tbs transportation Of
coal from Cumberland, Ma. and from this
source is derived most of the coal consum-
ed by Northern European steamers. and
the coal consuming factories Of the North
The Legislature of Virginia has authoriz-
ed the building of a railroad from Alex
anlria to Fredericksburg, short line of
40 miles. which, when completed, will
open country heretofore but little de-
veloped, and redouble the value of lands
along its route. The completion of this
railroad will give to Alexandria, and the
country tributary to it, railroad facilities
unsurpassed by any portion of the country.
This city presents great advantages for
manufacturing establishments. and alrea-
dy has large and extensive tanneries. iron
founderies. machine shops, breweries.
cabinet. soap and candle. broom, tobacco
and segars, and cracker factories, -four
and plaster mills, &c. The Alexandria
Cotton Mills has capacity to turn out four
thousand yards of cloth per day, and en-
ploys several hundred operatives. The
low price Of property and the great de-
Tmand for manufactured articles of all
kinds. will induce men of capital and en-
terprise to make large investments in this
city
The population of Alexandra is esti-
mated at Is 900, an increase of one-third
over the census Of 1860.
Your readers are already familiar with
the names of the most prominent merch-
ants and business men of Alexandra, and
among those who advertise in your col
umns we notice the old and reliable dry
goods establishment of Robert L. Wood;
the commission house of Thomas Perry,
the hardware house of j. 7. Creighton &
Son., and the City Hotel, which has been
greatly improved under the management
| of Messrs. Carr & Barrett. Hoping. as
the iron horse brings US nearer together,
we will become acquainted, and find our
close connection both pleasant aud profit
BILE, we remain your old friend,
ALEXANDRIA.