The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1871-06-22
IMPORTANT RAILROAD SCHEME.

At the request Of an intelligent friend
OF Rockingham County we publish be-
low an important suggestion Of a new Rail
Road scheme which brings tho Valley
into direct communication with the rich
grazing and mineral lands Of Hardy, Hamp-
shire, Grant and other sections. 1t will de-
velope wealth heretofore, in a comparative
sense, lost We i've an extract from let
ter introducing the subject and the original
suggestion as made in the Cumberland News
We shall allude to the subject again in an
other issue of the paper:
BROADWAY, June IL, 1871.
Mr.. EDITOR Il enclose you a commu-
nication, clipped from the "Moorefed Ad-
vertiser," which wish you to republish, in
order that more general attention may be at
tracted to most important and practical rail
| road connection.
Through Rrock's Gap along the North
Branch of the Shenandoah, the Lost River
Valley can be reached without crossing hill
even Of any magnitude. Lost River Valley
leads to the Grassy Lick Run region, and
hero is to be found what may be termed the
Manassas Gap Of the South Branch Noun.
tain.
The South Branch Mountain has hither.
to been regarded as most formidable, il
not insuperable barrier to raiaoad between
the Shenandoah and South Branch Valleys
Let this Grassy Lick Run route, however
be examined, and I am satisfied, from per-
sonal knowledge, that it will be found that
the Mountain can be overcome at that point
without tunnelling.
A railroad from Cumberland to Broadway
by way Of Romney, Grassy Lick Run, Lost
River Valley and the Valley of the North
Branch Of the Shenandoah in Brooks Cap
would be direct would pass through Val
ley unsurpassed in fertility of soil-would
strike great stock-raising secton-pass
near the farmers Hardy White Sui phu,
Springs waters Of which are regarded
as equal in all respects, if not superior tt
the waters Of the Greenbrier White Sui phu1
would pass within or s miles Of Orkney
Springs, in Shenandoah county-would 'rur
over immense deposits Of iron ore through
vast bodies of timber-and would shorter
a line from PittsJurg to .NorJozh at teas
one hundred mates
To the President of tns Pittsburgh and Con
mellsuizc Railroad:
The people in the South Branch Valley
are actively moving for a railroad to tap the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at or neal
Green Spring Station.
The suggested route will bring Cumber.
land and Romney into distance of about
twenty eight miles.
From Romaey, by way Of Grassy Lick
Run, and Lost River, through Brooks Gay
to Broadway Station on the Manassas Gap
railroad is about sixty miles, railroad route
without single tunnel, and entirely econo1n
ical At Broadway station, the connection il
already completed to Richmond, Norfolk and
the Southern Atlantic roads.
This is the visible connection of Chicago
and Norfolk, filing the link from Cumber-
land to Broadway station in ninety miles.
From Romney to Broadway, distance OF
sixty miles, a first class railroad will cost
about twenty thousand dollars per mile, OF
$l,200,000. It opens a direct railroad line
from Chicago to the port of Norfolk, Gone OF
the best shipping points on the continent, ),
and offers to the manufacturing enterprise Of
Pittsburgh field of competition with others
through the entire cis-Alleghanies region
south. TRY IT !-ENo1URER in Cumber-
land .Neacs.