Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-05-29

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Special contracts will be made with yeS ly ad-
vertisers
Marriage and Death Notices. when not exceed
ing eight lines, fifty cents.
w. & O. R. R.-The people of the northern
part of the valley of Virginia-that glorious
country with its unlimited capaclties-are more
interested in the extension Of the W. & D.
Railroad than in other railroads projected or
which may be called the metropolis Of that
part of the valley, regard its progress with the
utmost anxiety. This road will give them a
direct connection, by few hours ride, with
Alexandria and Washington affording easy ac-
cess TO market for their products, and breaking
up the present monopoly Of the Baltimore and
Ohio Road We have no doubt that as soon
as the extension reaches the Blue Ridge at
Snlckersvle that material aid in abundance
will be furnished by the people Of Clarke and
Frederick counties, to pull it through the
mountain, and send it on its way to the coal
fields Of Hampshire.
We do not think that it will be many months
before it will be completed to Snickersville.
We believe that the people Of Loudoun are be-
coming awakened to its importance, and will
give the company all they ask Of them to effect
this Object, and once completed to this point,
its speedy continuation to the coal fields we do
not regard as at all problematica.
Intelligent neutrality-suspicious. we'll in-
formed upon railroad nlatters-rcgard the
Washington l. Ohio Railroad as one of the
most important and promising railroad schemes
in the whole country. Completed to the Ohio
tween the valleys Of the Ohio and Mississippi
and the Capital-shorter than any. other com
pleted. under construction or projected; and, Of
course it will be an important freight line too,
for coal, iron and all agricultural products. =
The country if well drained is fertile and capa
BILE, In addition to its mineral resources, OF pro-
ducng an incalculabe abundance of agricultu-
raj products 10 wide range of variety.
1t will be very important, and very prof
liable road completed only to the coal fields
1t may be safely said that its coal freight, will
he clear profit to the road.
The travel and the freight from other sources
this road to carry million tons of coal, per an
mum to market This at charge of 81 50 per
ton will be one million and half dollars a
year profit to the road This upon an invest
ment Of five millions. the estimated cost of the
road to the coal fields, will be splendid per-
centage. The Reading road, in Pennsylvania,
carries four millions of tons, year. to market
from coal fields no richer or more extensive,
than those of Hampshire. Surely capital
seeking safe and profitable investment, will
be attracted to this road, Offering as it does ad-
vantages and prospects equal if not superior to
any other 10 the country. Railroad securities
are becoming great favorites with capitalists
because of the heavy rates of interest they at
ford, and because they are regarded as the
safest in the country, not even excepting those
of the United States Government.
AS the government is reducing the rate. OF
interest upon its bonds capital is seeking other
investments, and more offer as many impor-
tant advantages as those of railroads which
give reasonable assurances of profit.
Let us take the Washington and Ohio rail
road for an illustration. Its bonds are secured
by deed of trust upon the track, buildings
rolling stock, and in fact everything belonging
to the company. If circumstances ever require
the safety of the bondholders, the iron alone
upon the track would more than pay the whole
debt principal, interest and cost. What surer
investment could any one want than this
These bonds can be bought now for 80 cents. in
the dollar, and they pay 7.30 per cent in gold
What more profitable investment could the
most avariclous desire
The links of this chain of railroad are being
necessarily, slowly forged now, but the work,
under the circumstances, is being carried on
with vigor and energy which promises, sue
be long before its manifest importance will at
tract the force and means to push 1t rapidly to
its great destiny,
The Blue Ridge is the obstacle at present
which seems to stand in its way. Once safely
through its rocky bowels it will leap like a
young giant on it's path Of rogress.-Loudoun
Enterprise.
PUBLIC BATHS is conceded by all med-
a hot fba bod
healthy condition if the pores OF the skin are
closed with dirt. The skin has its function as
well as the lungs or the liver, and it is hardly
less important a recognition OF this tact led
our CITY government to establish In 1866 sys,
tenn of free public baths. OF course it is I'M
possible to state in figures the exact value the
free baths have been to the city, viewing the
same from sanitary point of view; but careful
observation has shown that many diseases,
especially those of zymotic nature, have oeen
mnch less common in the Summer since, the
baths were established. Their benents nave
undoubtedly extended to class OF people VINO
would otherwise have had no bathing facilities
and vet whose habits of life and surroundings
rendered the need of baths more imperative
than with the wealthier classes The baths
have been economically managed, and thelr
advantages are so apparent that there IS no eA-
pcnditure more cheerfully conceded by -, TAX
payers than that made for their support. lney
will again be opened n about one week, unaer
much the same regulations as last ar-bos-
tm Globe
A NOVEL CASE was up before Justice Plant
yesterday. so far as relates to taking evidence
to be used In Missouri State court. r..
1t April, 1870, son Of General Hlnma1 nan
died in this city, leaving here his wife ana s
mother, Mr.. James Chatsey, who was ooa1a- ara
ing at the same house with deceased ,oa .e'e e.
rraphed it is claimed, the death OF MS son 10
General Hinman, who replied with ielu.sJs aJ
that the remains of deceased ana MS "'io a"I
mother be brought on, deceased a. TO DC pLo, aona