Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1872-08-10

desire The permanent survey IL uoW
beino made, on Saturday evening the
engineers had arrived as far as the col
lege of St. James 1t is expected they
will complete the running Of the line by
today. On Saturday the General Agent
of the road, Maj. G. A. Bardwell arriv-
ed in this town, who assures us that
the speedy completion of the road is a
matter definitely settled, and that the
Pennsylvania Central Company, who
have the whole line in charge, consider
it of the most vital Importance, as it is
link in their grand chain of roads run
Mug from the northern and eastern CT
ties to the south and southwest, and
whose terminus is San Diego on the
Pacific Coast, one hundred and fifty
miles south of San Francisco The
Shenandoah Valley road in this county
up to short period past was almost un
heard of among the mass of the people,
and very few knew what was going on
in regard to it. Some there were, both
here and in Virginia, who thought the
whole affair was trick to cover other
operations of the Central Railroad Com
pany, but that corporation has by many
acts committed itself to its completion
from the terminus OF the Cumberland
Valley road at this town to a point on
the Virginia and Tennessee road at Rus
seville, town Just over the borders Of
Southwestern Virginia, in Tennessee.
Leaving Shepherdstown it passes thro'
Charlestown and Front Royal, thence
through the Luray Valley, rich in its
deposits ofiron, &c, passing through
FiShersville, seven miles to the left of
Stanton, thence along the base Of the
Blue Ridge to the point named above,
Russelville There is no road that in
time will be Of more Importance, as we
have remarked before, to the people Of
this county, than the one of which we
are writing, and it is the duty of those
who live along the projected route to
give every facility within their power to
promote its welfare.
We are under obligations to Major
Bardwell for Gen. Haupt's report, the
report of the Directors and for various
maps which he has furnished us. He
also informed us that Judge Ashby, of
Page Co., Va, would probably be in
this town next week, and address the
citizens in the above behalf, of which,
should we be advised in time, we will
give public notice.
A correspondent to the Baltimore
Sun from Winchester writes as follows
The Shenandoah Valley Railroad is
steadily progressing This is one Of
the few roads of the South on which
the shovel OF the laborer has imme-
dately followed the instrument of the
surveyor. A year or more ago an eX-
perimental survey of the proposed line
was made. After an intermssion of
/ several months the engineers were
again placed in the field, and several
additional preliminary lines were run.
About this time the company applied
to the counties through which the road
was expected to be built for subscrip-
tons and free grant OF the right Of
way. With view Of encouraging an
enterprise so important to their welfare
subscriptions were voted varying from
100000 10 100000 The bonds rep
rescnting these subscriptions are gener
orally conditioned to be void if the road
is not built through the county sub
scribing within limited time; usually
two years is the period designated. 1t
IS also rendered obligatory upon the
company to observe certain other stipu-
lations, as that the route selected shall
pass the county town, &c. The ulti-
mate object of this road is a connection
with Southern and Western lines.
The northern terminus has not. as
yet, been determined upon, but from
the satisfactory results of the action re-
Gently taken upon this matter by the
people of Western Maryland, looking
to the selection of Hagerstown, report
of which appeared in the Sun, it seems
probable that the line will be extended
to some point in Washington county.
I Last May the road was let to contract
between Shepherdstown and Front
Royal. The work Of grading was i'm
mediately begun, and must be now
nearly completed, as is evidenced by the
fact that the county of Clarke, the most
distant one from the point where work
was commenced, has paid to the com
pany between twenty-five and fifty per
cent, of the value of her bonds. which
were to be delivered at the rate Of the
relation which the amount done bears
to the whole amount to be done. Nomi-
nally the road is being built by the
PENNSYLVANIA Improvement Company,
the contractors of the Shenandoah Val
ley Company, but those who are expe-
rienced in such matters think they per
ceive here the marks of Nj. Tom Scott S
hand.
The Pennsylvania Improvement Com
pany is looked upon as myth, or
rather as a creature of the Pennsylvania
Central railroad, and, like the chame-
leon, which takes the hue of the thing
to which it is attached, it stands forth
substantial and prosperous corpora
ton, or dissolves into mist before the
wistful eyes of its creditors, according
as the prospect of failure or success
stamped upon the undertaking in which
1t is engaged may or may not have in
duced Col. Scott to come to the rescue
with the credit of the immense corpora
ton over which he is vice president Be
THIS as it NAV, il seems certain. from