The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1872-06-06
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad-A Grand
Line from the Seaboard of Virginia to the
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The Chesapeake and Chic Railroad-A Grand
Line from the Seaboarl of Virginia to the
Pacific Ocean.
The great Chesapeake aud Ohio railroad,
now rapidly approaching completion from
Huntington to deep water somewhere down
on our own seaboard, grows in the grand
eur Of its comprehensive reach and grasp as
we learn more end more Of the bold, broad
purposes of the able and enterprising capital
lists who control it. We have always consld-
cred it one Of the most stupendous projects of
the times, so far as the material interests of
our own State will be affected by it. We
have always looked forward to its completion,
from the Ohio to the Chesapeake, with the
highest hopes Of a more vigorous vitality for
the industrial interests of Virginia than has
ever beca known in the history Of our State.
We have always thought that even within
the limits originally assigned it in the public
mind-running through Virginia and West
Virginia and commanding an immense. trade
from the West, the Northwest and the South
west-it would bring thrill through the
withered veins of the Old Dominion, and
animate her anew like an electric current.
Aud now it would appear that our most extern
sive calculations and most sanguine expecta-
tions are to be more than fulfilled. In fact
they are to be far, far exceeded. The Ches-
apeake and Ohio railroad is to be the chief
link IN line Of railway reaching from The
Atlantic to the Paclfc-from the scaboard of
Virginia to the western coast Of California.
We derive our information from the follow
ing editorial article in the New York Bulze-
TIM, to which we invite the earnest attention
Of our readers:
The sale of the Shelby railroad--a short
twenty mile fine Of railroad in Kentucky-a
few days ago, is invested with peculiar i'm
portance as development of new and far
reaching project Of railroad consolidation
formed by the leading capitalists ofNew York,
acting in concert with prominent railroad Of
fcers in the various States. A resolution was
adopted authorizing the sale Of the Shelby
railroad to the louisville. Cincinnati and Leg
fngton railroad company, conditional on the
extension of the Shelby road from Shelbyville
to Lawrenceburg and Harrodsburg to Dan
Vile The capital stock of the Shelby rail
road company is $343 600 cost of the road,
S423 900; debt, $4,000. The Louisville,
Cincinnati and Lexington railroad is III
miles long.
Fl appears that this transfer of the Shelby
railroad to the Louisville, Cincinnati and Lex
ington railroad company is made III the into
rest of powerful combination of capitalists
lin this city, who also hold a controlling share
in the. Chesapeake and Ohio, the Lexington
and Big Sandy, the Central Pacific. and yari-
Gus railroad companies projected or ID actual
course of construction in California from San
Francisco to San Diego. The leading roads
west of the Ohio river and west of St Louis
are also controlled by the same parties.
/ Thus it will be Seen FIAT the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad is destined to become the
main link of the largest and most important
line of railroads on the continent. The splen.
did water front of this company 90 the Ches-
apeake Bay is to be supplemented by cor
responding water front on the Pacific coast
that will extend FROM San Francisco to San