The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-06-18
Letter from Huntington.

~ HUNTINGTON, WEST FA.,} (
June 18th, 1872. s..
/ notice in your papers Of the 9th and 9th
~instauts articles in relation to the future i'm
portlucc and prospects of the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad. Everything that we see
here shows that tila measures being taken
are with q view TO a large business and con-
nections with many points. The shops of
the company, with the round-liousc, are on
n magnificent scale. The machine shop,
part of which is finished, and is now being
fitted up under the charge Of, Major lIanlcr.
will be $50 feet long, with Il foundry attached,
and mir furnaces, where all necessary cast-
ings can be madc. The machinery that is
going into the shop is of the most approved
kind, with all the modern improvements, so
that when completed there will be no rail-
road shops in the United States that will OK
cell them in ability to do work Of all kinds
at 'short notice, and no matter what ~contin7
gency may arise theywill notbe found want
ing. 81" - ""a
The round-house will he one of the
largest in the country. 1t is projected 300
yards in diameter, so that the outer cir
conference il more than half Il mile. II
will accommodate forty locomotives over
each track il Il flue and funnel TO carry oil
the smoke. which il very necessary in this
land of bltuminous coal. The roof is an iron
truss roof. supported without pillars.
The other buildings and offices are on q
commensurate scale, and when completed
will be Il monument Of the practical wisdom
and libcralIty of their builders. . /
Tie freight depot and wlarf-boat In the
| city are us vet only temporary, but the per-
marcnt track Of tho inclined plane for the
transfer Of goods from the river to the road
| is completed. with the stationary engines for
| drawing UP the tars. The engines were put
in operation cxpelimcnialIy last week, and
were entirely satisfactory to the officers OF
the road. The freight is now transferred by
wagons, and the labor is very heavy. The
freight business done by tho road, although
it is running such a short distance, Is large.
The agent ut the depot told me on last Mon
day morning that he had not been to bed the
night before ut all, but had been compelled
TO work all night to getthe freight transferred
from the boats to the road in time Tor the
morning train. !
The city is moving along steadily toward
prosperity. There is no spasmodic rush,
with its consequent and subsequent dcprcs-
sion, but Il steady progress. There are lots
sold and buildings commenced nearly every
day. Yesterday Messrs. Tinker & Co.
made the Land Company an offer for eight
lots on Second avenue, on which they pro-
pose to erect q foundry and machine shops
Tor general work. Mr.. Tinker is the prcsi-
dent Of, Il. very successful company owning
large works at Geneva, Ohio, and is 4 gentle
man of energy and skill, who has the habit
and prestige of success. =
l am sorry to chronicle an outrage which
took place here Inst week. The ladies Of the
Methodist church had q festival at Burdick's
Hall, on Third avenue. To attract attention
they had a large United States flag hung from
Il cord stretched across the street. During
the night some. eyil-minded person climbed
up and got hold of the end Of the flaS and,
stretching it down, cut oil about six feet of
the lower end OF II. 1t was q wanton out
rage, for which the perpctrator should be
punished IN the.scvercst manner. The net is
condemned by all good citizens, and an
amount was promptly contributed by all
cl,s SEES and parties to purchase Il new flag.
The Radicals here are trying to make
capital of this thing by throwing the blame
on the Democrats, but they know they lie
| when they do so. Every mar, southern Oh
northern, =. Democrat, Conservative, or
Liberal Republican, condemns the act and
eXcrates the door as a fool and Il vii ain.
PolItfcS CANNOT DE qtoteu IT'S ictifc
| here. The Radicals called q meeting lust
night, and when l passed tho piucc ut near
0 O'Clock there were just four persons pres
eut-a Jersey Radical, two ollice-holders,
and one stranger, who must have come from
somewhere, for he came on u mule. He had
been conspicuous in the streets during the
day. When noticed him he seemed to- be
trying to get on the mule, but the mule
| seemed as il he wanted TO get on him. l did
| not stay to see the termination OF the con-
test. The next thing / saw of him was with
out his mule at the :. large and enthusiastic"
Radical meeting. / believe this meeting was
gotten up for the purpose of trying to make
capital for 4 rotten cause out of that outrage
on the flag but it was a failure. West Vir-
ginia is for Greeley and Brown. D.