The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-02-26
Valley Railroad.

The near approach Of the completion of
The y alley Railroad to Staunton is matter
ssf general congratulation by the time this
issue reaches our subscribers tie track will
have been laid to the suburbs Of the city,
And before another week the cars will be
sas saaking regular trips to within q mile of
s'0ss ntau nton. Work is now being vigorously
ss.s Prosecuted in the corporate limits, and ar
saoss rapgements are being made to secure the
be- Ssserounis for the erection of the passenger
sv'sfAnd freight depots in the heart of the city.
aIt wasthe purpose Of the company to erect
nal. the freight depot on the Kayser lot, imme-
q: diately east of the bridge over the Chesapeake
as@e and Ohio railroad, aud to use the track of
sas 'fho c. O. R. r. to reach the passenger
- depot, which it was proposed to erect at the
IA Intersection of New Street at J. Bumgardner
hsa Il Sons warehouse, with the Chesapeake
ssasroada Last week, Messrs. Robt Garrett,
ssg president Of the Valley road, Decatur Mil
- Ter and Richard Norris, of Baltimore, were
70 aain the, city, examining into all the facts
connected with these Improvements Be-
asisafore they left, conditional arrangements
~ ~ were made to purchase the properties from
6e the Waynesboro road at the Tilt Hammer,
.yaEaud lying between the Chesapeake and Ohio
6 sFss road aud the street leading east from the
sHsssyirg;nis Hotel. with view to the erection
(, of both freight and passenger depots in that
.asa locality. With one exception all the prop
~ssa 'erty was priced and an agreement entered
ga into, allowing the Valley Railroad Company.
'aS thirty days IN which to take III, lots at the
,.,. prices fixed. This cost of these various
sss4 properties will not fall short of 100000, if
Gs'n they are purchased at the prices fixed Add
Sss this to the purchase price, already consum-
80 mated, Of the D. A Kayser lot S. 900, the
sal, Ast property. $4,000. and the Old Fair
lssiiGround, rs OoO aud the aggregate cost of
-sy getting into the city will exceed 800, 900.
'Ss' But this includes the purchase of large g.
sosmount Of valuable property, which, in the
knIscaurse Of time, will repay the company for
Ynib their outlay, apart from the grounds neces-
aykt arg for, their own purposes.
.aoasgi Tho completion Of the Valley road, and
,sSs the erection of their depots at the place NOW
OH in contemplation, will add greatly to the
business; interests of New Street, and neces-
esa CARLY enhance the value Of real estate 10
yi4ssthee entire southwestern portion Of the city
aaa Should.he present plan be carried out, it
% may possibly change the route Of egress from
as .dshe city, and instead Of leaving the town on
Ssw the western side Of the Greenville road pass
a'wsst..of Sears hill, and. through the draft
70 e leading to Mrs. Gays farm. |
.Na a,@' The completion Of this important inter
sjg,s. prise toStaunton, withstand as an enduring
-nsH mon ansent to the intrepid energy, determin-
sossaed will, and suggestive brain of Col. NJ c.
sss'a %Harman. For six years he has labored and
:. ~ psrsevered with a tenacity of purpose and a
hi 4sdauntlessness Of spirit that never recognized
% IS failure But few men could have met and
&'sq conquered obstacles and prejudices as he has
I s done, and but for him the people Of the
sas Valley to-day would not rejoice in the pros
70 poet Of, the immediate contamination of this
yiso great work. sss
~ gsss The Valley road is paobably the most sub
~ stantial work Of the kind ever constructed
in tho South, and is destined to be ope Of
the best paying roads in Virginia.