Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-11-10


From 1Ir. Nordh1d1s letter TO the TisJuus. from
Virginia. We extrlc; the following account Of the
portion Of the Chesapeake ard Ohio Rulroad now
IN operation and which is separatee from the West
ern division On which rails are laid hY link Of
about 100 miles which is 60 he tnishei il less than
q year
East Of the white sulphur and between tina.
point ana COvin-tln passed oves That part OF tho
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad which was surveyed
and butt by the state Of Virginia before the war.
This part Of the line crosses the Alleghanies, and
the work cone here, Ia tunnels ana cuttings, is re
markable for lis courage and that disregard Of st
which is a Characteristic Of Government york. The
Virginia Central halltOad was completed, IRON
Richmond 20 toginEton, cistance of <hj miles, in
1861. While &c was building. the state o. Virginia
undertook 20 build rai road from COvnston TO the
Ohio River, to complete the line from the West to
Underwater. Ga this work the State spent s. il10u
and what it did was Ina gnidcently cone The ma
soury tunnels are all double Tracked the cuts are
straight aud clean, ard the line its engineers laid
has admirably low grades and easy curves
But the war stopped this work After The war the
State was unable 10 finish II, and finally Law was
| passed granting 20 the Virginia Central Companv
[ ali the franchises and property Of that portion
begun uy the state, on the condition that they
] should complete IL 10 the Ohio River The two
/ portions were consolidated under new name-the
] chesapeake and ohio-an1, at later period, New
York capitalists, discovering the great ADVANTAGES
cfthe route ana its immense resources. stepped in
! with abundant means and determined 70 c5mpIete
the work They receive from the state a free GIT Of
all that the state had done west OF COvlngt0n are
relieved from taxation until the dividends reach 10
ner cent and have some other important privileges
! me gentlemen who thus sliced upon what seems 70
me one Of the greatest opportunities in the country
f1T solid and profitable Investment q capita were
/ Messrs. A. a. Low. Vim. H. Afpinwal, Jonas &
! CiarF. Richard irwin Vim. B. hatch, P. Fisk, and
C. P huntington the -ast Ai44e1 DeiHis PRESIDENT OF
the Company.
otber Virgpians are also among the Directors VITA
men like these az the back Of IL, the work is g0n
! On ranidlv. and will be completed next October.
| have beeu struck, all along the new line now bull
! dino. with the solidiiy cf the masonry and th'
/ thoTolghness with which every part q the work Il
cone I'be tunnels and bridges are all with the ex
ception Of two tunnels prepared fora double track
l ND whole line can be double tracked at compare
lively small expense whenever II becomes necessary
and the and Investments made no. only at Huniing
ton but ali along the lineat every point where Their
islfkely to he an impOrtsnt town, promise N them
selves 10 pay magnlic2nt.y. The work IS done io
cash, and accordingly there Is no waste with
country Of wonderful mineral and other wealth I
develop. and western connections, when Will niak
il when completed, one Of the great through line
connecting the West with Neutrality-suspicious.
also its low grades and its snail cost compared wit
other through lines, IL will have great advantage
over its compettors.'-N. Y. Tri3HEs, Oct q
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