The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-09-22
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NEW CkEEK AND UoHfEDgR ATE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. :
, KEysEs X'MUsHRooS cITYS EXPLOITS OF THE
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAfkRoAD CUMBER.
LAsD AND THE QUEEN ,clTY- CATCHING BASS
IN TUE HEAD WATERS pr TaR POTOMAC :. Rom
My AND irs ATTRACTIONS MOUNT AIN ROADS
OF WEST vlRGfSlA--THa BASTARD STATE A.
TOWN In THE CLOUDS TWO THOUSAND EIGHT
HUNDRED FEeT ABOVE RICHMOND -rREEzfNa
WEATHER. &c..&c. -, ii t,,rn, 'sirt. :.
KEy,ER. w. VA..' September II, 1915. Il;
Imagine that there are MOI very many OF
YOUR readers who will know from the head
log OF this letter where this otheT g." Tiator -
of yours has at last "fotch up" ); but II eX-
plstn that keyser Ia the new name for New
Creek Station, in Mineral tfornierly . part OF
Hampshire) county. Oh the Baltimore aud
ONO railroad, many an old soldier who
served with Rosser's cavalry In 1874 will re-
cogulzc ., it as the scene. OF one OF
their most successful! and brilliant as
sau'ts upon the Federal, outposts., As
I Hook from any window ut those still
midaole- looking earthwotksy oWnihg
the summit Of yonder hill, and recall the
stirring narrative recited 10 me eleven years
age by soIneof the Botetonnt boys who were
hcre-how they drove the rickets pell-meii
before them, and charged at q 'gallop up the
ubl, ssabreing the caunoners al t6eir guas,
capturing guns, men, horses. supplies, every.
tniug-I can almost hear that fierce, ringing
yell that none but, the southern boys could
give. and see the familiar stars and bars run
up the flagstaff as the air rings again with
the shouts Of victory. Those were stirring
times, which bred heroes, as do these times
rascalS. Whatever comes, we, must always
~ l., IS hnu
But let by.gnnes be by.gones. These are
centennial days; the Ratchet has bced buried
at Bunker Hill; the 'bloody CD ISM " is
filled up--in places; we've stuck huns -
across il, "goL common country" anu all
thlt-so let's say nothing more about it.
This KeySer is sort or West Virginia
Chcsgo on small scale. The boys that took
New Greek there, lam at it again-Well,
anyhow, those boys would not know the
place now. Some time last year the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company determined
10 make this the terminus OF their, second
aud third DIVISIONS, and bought about! 100
acres Of beautiful level land lying near the
station, and at once commenced building
their round house,-tbe biggest Thing OF the
kind ever saw, holding iorly-lour engines,
and costing $3.50. 000-their shops, and cat
sic-lecding pens, ana said they meant 10 make
city mere and name it keyscr, after their
vice. president. Presto, change. Land goes
40 AT Jump to 81 800 per acre; lots are sold
as fast rs tney eau be laid eft; dwellings, no.
tclS, tu>inesS-houses, aud churches spring ep
IS if by magic; and in less than twelve mouths
We have thrifty, busy town where re"
struggling houses had stood, and plenty OF
room for it TO- spread in. l walked up the
railroad street this evening to see the Iced
Ing. pens" -so1netbing new to me-, Four
teen great Sheds, with high enclosures
and ornamental gates, ranged Tor
quarter OF Il mile along the road, fnr-
nishcd with the best appliances for load
ing aud unloading cattle, as expedtiouSly
as possible, and atfJrdlng accommodation tor
say 1000 head-ali built by the railroad com
pany. This man Garrett don't DO things by
halves up here on his main stem, il he does
leave Rockbridge aud Botetourt IN the voca
tive with their valley branch" But, to no.
iSh with nv catIle-pens. There stood long
train Of thirty cars just loaded with 600 cat.
tie, which had been stopped here TO feed and
rest. and were embarked again, about 10 be
OF for Philadelphia, where they will be to-
morrow evening"; roads so welt graded from
here eaS,. and III such fine order, that one OF
their biz "mogul" engines draws double
the loads we get hauled over our roads, and
such few delays with their double track.
We don't yet things done up in that style on
our oue.borse roads, but we don't have to
pay 81. 10 per cWt. for the hay our stock eat,
either. Well, so much for Keyser and its
appurtenances. .... 1913 i-.. ...l .. ...
The pretliest place have seen out here is
Cumberland, about twenty miles from here,
lust across the Potomac, on the Maryland
side, and at the head of canal navigation.
Such quantities of coal are shipped down
this canal TO Georgetown-forty boat-loads Il
day: and every ten minutes q have Kept
count Till got tlred) a long train OF cars
loaded with coal hurrying eastward at such
rattnHg speed one would think the East
was frcezing 70 death Were you ever at the
Quren CITY Hotel, Cumberland? l know
me dispatch has travelled, and so have
knocked around "rigDt smartly," but |
never vas al the Queen City Hotel till the
other night-anotner OF the grand enter
priseS Of the great Baltimore and Ohio Rlil.
road Company. You leave MartlnsDlrg mo
!rean city-aDOut 8 at night, on the express.
train. speed along the river cliffs and mar
row fairgrounds. then rush AZ Il dizzy rate
through the mountain gorgeS out ,nto the
almost uninbabited WildS Of Berkeley aud
Haurshire, and when you think, from the
appearance OF the country by the uncertain
moonIlGhs. that you are about 10 leave the
last vesrIge OF civilization behind you, your
fiery seed bursts with the; river through
wild mountalu pass, aDd is pufhng and pant-
ing, after bis eighty miles run IN Two hours,
IN front Of this great hotel OF the west,
which, standing on the outskirts Of tine
city, and spreading its great length along
the railway, shoots its tall spire1 toward.
the summit of the grand old mountain
at whose taSe it rlScS-u monument of ele-
gance, u model botei in all its appointments.
Talk about the Colorado, the Carollton,
Fnti-Ayenue, st. Nicholas. and WIZARDS;
you are expecting something, and prepared
for all you see and get at those places. BIT
the Queen City gives you an Agreeable sur.
pri>e, away out here in the mountains, and
you get all you Can possibly want. / have
no axe TO grind: owe them no iaVors. was
surprised and gratified, and give the. result
of my observations as an item that may In
terest, and not to toot the horn Of the Queen
City; for while she entertained me sumptu-
ously she made me pay well for the honoro'
being guest Of the great John W. Garrett.
Iwant 10 tell yeu about the sport had
last Tuesday catching bass in the south,
branch Of the Potomac. fear you will
think have fish on The brain. There is no
doubt about NY having them on, the sto-
mach; but your q. d +. +. can sympathiZe
with me n my fshy propensities. BY the way,
am SO sorry'to have missed him IN Staun.
ton the other day. hear that be honered
my sanclum Sanctorum with a.,vlsIt, and as
his visits are in some respects like those OF
the angels count myself extremely unior-
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