Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-11-04

The CHEsAPEAKE AND 0HIo,RAHRoAD-WEs EST
ERIN ExrENsIoN.-F From Mr.. NordhOf's letters Il
the Tribune, from Virginia, extract the follow
ing account of The portion of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad now in operation, and which is sep
arated from the Western Division on which rails
are laid by link OF about 100 miles, which is to be
finished in less than year:
east of the White Sulphur, and between that
point and COyingtOn, we passed over that part OF
tho Chesapeake and Ohio railroad which was sur
yeyGd and built by the state Of Virginia before the
war This part Of theihue crosses the Alleghanies
and the work done here, in tunnels and cuttings is
remarkable for its courage and the disregard ofcOst
which is characteristic of government work. me
Virginia Central railroad was completed, from
Richmond 10 CoyingtOn, distance of 200 miles, in
1851 W lille il was building, the state of Virginia
undertook to build railroad from Covington to
the Ohio river to complete the line from the west
10 Underwater On this work the state spent So
400 600, and what it did was magnifcently done.
The masonry tunnels are all doube-tr8cked the
cuts are straight and clean, and the line its en-
gneers laid has admirably low grades ana easy
But the war stopped This work. After the war
the state was unable to finish it, and finally law
was nassed granting TO the Nirgnin Central com
pany all the franchises and property of that portion
begun by the state, on the condition that they
should complete il to the Ohio river. The two por-
tiOns were consolidated under new mame-the
Chesapeake and Ohio-and, at later period, New
York capitalists, discovering the great advantages
of the route and its immense resources stepped in
with abundant means and determined to complete
the work. They receive from the state free glIt
of all that the state had done west of Covington;
are relieved from taxation until the dividends reach
ten per cent, and have some other important prlvll'
eyes. The gentlemen who thus seized upon what
seems Ia me one of the greatest opportunities in the
country for solid aud profitable investment OF capi-
tall We're Messrs. A A. Low, WIN. II. Aspluwall,
Jonas G. Clark Richard Irwin, VIM. Il. Hatch, L.
Fisk and c. p Huntington, the last named beng
president of the company.
zen. W. c. Wickham, Cen Anderson and sew
eral other Virginans are also among the directors.
With men like these at the back OF it the work is
going on rapidly, and will be completed next Octo-
Der 1 have been struck, all along the line
now building, with the sOlidity of the masonry and
the thoroughuess with which every part of the
work is done. The tunnels and bridges are ALL
with the exception of two tunnels, prepared for
a double track the whole line can be double-tracked
at comparatively small expense whenever it be-
comes necessary, and the laud Investments made
not only at Huntington, but all along the line, at
every point where there is likely to be an impor-
tant town, promise in themselves TO pay magnih-
Gently The work is done for cash, and accordingly
there is no waste; with country Of wonderful
mineral and other wealth to develop, and western
connections, which will make 1t when completed,
one of the great through lines connecting the west
with tide-water-eOnslderin also its low grades
and its small cost compared with other through
lines it will have great advantage over its compe-
rs."-N, Y. Tribune, oct 81
NoucE.-D ickey & Co.. druggists, 3 Mechanics
hall, open day and night.
Nice Cabbages, cheap, by 100 or 1000, ifordered
Immediately. WILLIAM H. EARLE, No. l sunny
side.
Abbott will sell five shares of the Boston, Barre
and Gardner railroad stock, at No l Central Elk
change, this forenoon, at ten O'Clock. AT one
O'Clock this afternoon he will sell pine timber and
wood for o. G. Davis, in Holden.
j. P. Hall Co. will hold their regular Saturday
sale, this afternoon and evening.
Professor Mac, only this day at the Lincoln house,
until further notice ofhis arrival from Boston