The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-09-13
Virginia rte,sas 3

During the burning OF Germanfa Mills
Sunday, Charles Wallace, Esq, and w illiann
Perry, Esq, went to the upper room to
throw water on the fire, were blinded by
smoke. and fell down two stories, but
escaped with few bruises.
j. S. Davies, OF the Lawn Hotel, Bowling
Green, had his leg broken last Monday rs
he was getting into a sulky. His foot slip
ped between the spokes OF the wheel and
the horse started. =
Our narrow gauge works finely. J.. ID.
kearns, the president Of the Royal Land
Company, OF Virginia, with Vice-P President
j. G.. Beale, went up the road Saturday
thirty-siN miles inside Of two hours. The
passenger cars will be here "Wednesday,
and there will be ample accommodation for
freight and travel at reduced rates. The
road will have one car for every mile
eighteen. fredericksburg Ne,os. 80
MFR. Byron p. Turner, while going to the
residence OF relative, a short distance from
the city, last night about 10 O'Clock, dis
covered that the Washington and Ohio rail-
road bridge across the canal and washing
ton turnpike was on fire. He ran TO the
telegraph Office ut st. Asaph junction, but
finding no one there repaired to the resi-
dencc OF Mr.. Markham, near by, and in
formed that gentleman, who, with his farm
hands, got buckets, went to the scene OF the
fire, and e.,tinguished it before serious DAM
age was done. Its supposed that the flames
caught from passing engine on the Alex
andria and Washington road, which runs
beneath the bridgc.-AleIG7sdria Gazette,
nth.
The .tlbemarle Female Institute, OF Char
lottesrile, have pupils engaged for the next
session from Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee.
ANOTHER ENGINEERING ScHEME.-Thc diff
ferent pipe mills, known as the Pipe Asso-
citation and the Pennsylvania Transporta-
ton Company, have closed contract for
the laying OF three hundred miles OF four
inch iron pipe. The Pipe Association are
to furnish three miles OF pipe per day, and
the Transportation Company propose con-
structlns pipe from the oil region to tide
water. As the laying Of pipes and the fore
ing OF oil through. them over long distances
is no experiment, the scheme assumes vast
importance to the commercial interests OF
Philadelphia. The projectors and pro-
motors OF the affair have also con-
tracted with the Antwerp and Oil
City, Atlantic, Keystone, Grant, and
Harms Pipe Line Companies to furnish
them with oil enough 10 meet tnclr lull Ca
mcity, which is estimated for the four-inch
| pipe at 5000 barrels per day. 1t Is proposed
! that the line shall be laid about thirty inches
under ground, right over mountains and
down valleys, and stations be established
along the route at proper points to distribute
the labor OF forcing the oil to tde-water.
AS oil is now forced through the pipes from
the oil regions to Pittsburgh, there Is no
question as to the feasibility Of the scheme.
The pipes will be longer than in direct
| line. as it might be laid because it is adj
visable to keep along the beaten track OF
traffic, so the expense OF hauling and dis
tributing material in the wilderness will be
avoided. 1t is believed that the pipe line
will, upon completion, break the oil COM
bination and run to Philadelphia for re-
timing 100000 barrels OF crude petroleum
4 Philadelphia Times.