The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-12-11
Washington L Ohio Railroad.


!lua CUAR..s Z. fAvIEHEG:
I]W 81 Il was nuci' srH'iiicd 10
;:.lr Of the letter. eli ily'riry received
:!OT you some mouths sgU on the
SUBJECT Of the Washington AID Ohio
RaiirUsd. aud delighted to learn TIC
very active interest which you take IN
tho SUCCESS Of that im,rovemeat. As
ous Of the directors. md aI,sr consul.
ta.ion with Henry Il Harrison. also II
director. | have concluded to write.
you on the subject The prescn: ioca.
ton and design Of our rad is very
iitssreus from thu .c%rmc pr! plan Of
the oil AiexanirIa, LOuloanS lamp
shire Railroad.
You may remember that acme years
ago, the raIxc aud location were chap
sed. and u survey made to The Quo
river, showing its pruc:icabiIi'y, mud
converting it into great nati"u"I
'hnrnush!arc from The capital Of the
United States BY the nearest route 10
tho irca. West. The pa,t!eS then
undertaking it. formed one Of the most
powerful combinations in tho cUua'ry,
AID had pHne'TnilVu cauuy" ID SEQ IN"
TaN Importance Ct the w'r. ; but IN
fortunately for TIC enterprise, there
Wa a disagreement aiming THIN, aud
It was not pushsd np us then au'ls'ps'
ted.
The pr"spcct Of alarm which now
exist. in England upon the prospect
Of the exhnustiou Of tho suppl: Of coal
IN that kingdom Hay. it is b'iievc6,
.uOs lead to 40 investment by English
capitalists in our Rad Cos! can be
Ind ahuudaurly 10 Wcst V!rgisia onc
hundred Md tcvcEiy.tirea milesf fro =
Alexandria, Efy-thrce mil'S Of which
have been c"us.rurtcd 10 -Eckrrsvi.t.
at THO foot Of The Blue Ridge. aud IF y
niles are in operation to "Aun1 Hill.
the grass earnings Of shich last scar
werc $l02 coo. It cOnacc's with
Washington over tho Washington and
alexandria Railroad With cou
stan " iIr1lessing passenger aud freight
tfsIic. i, is comforting large hcn"ti''
UPON the counties through which il
passes. and as striking illustration d
its rffrcts. the c"unIy OF Fairfax, oucs
regarded as lrncss TLa pourcs, III our
Srat", hrs now b.cnme the fifth tax.
paving county Of Vngiaia.
Tue ud,un ages wb'eb have nlrta'y
becn IeulIzal, IRE utterly inSi gh'tii
cnu' compared with th"s viii. b " Il h"
derived trum the exieus,"n VI this
gre :, Improvement is The coal mines cl
West Virginia. or even it's cxtrisiua To
Winchester. frOr vhe ce ut uodisiau'
day, it isto he hoped, wo can get an.
,hraritC coal BY M extension OF yoal
roud from harrisburg to Wiuch' s,er
Win the changed rond.uup Of thugs.
ani ros the purpose Of facilitating cuu.
pec;ion with lie wss;. mud Vf retaining
til. national capitol. at Washington.
it may be exp d'rnt TO get such aid as
r., es;, fran Compress The ,uproy,
mrnt is tue which Addresses itsel!
with great surcc 10 tue u,,mbrrs IT tia.
m,Jv frrm vireu;a dd cm eci,l,,
W,s v,rr;ria IL is useless .vw.,.
or. to nrcss.t facts aud u,pumouts It,
,,, u,r,, ,I,u: subj CT, VI ,,,u are al
~, 4. familiar with nil The ueri,s Of
:h,, ct,rrprise. md hive already ruun.
;:.s,,d lie deep ip..rest which YOU
.ukc in It's SUCCESS NV ont, usii...
i, uI,;,.s.luo ,,u This Hitter Is to rx
rrr.s uur ki"h apprscia,l,u o; the III.
rres, wLirh you have exhibited IN UNI
u,,r,.y:,urut : and if we ,bull be =,
fur;ana,. as 10 ,rcu,e the inve.,,.rru;
Of I;ay.ish capi;al in our eu.srprlsc, 10
,cr,,re >,,,,r r.n,,ur,n IN Yu.,s,ly,, IN
rim uiyanr,uru, nj i. wax
y. has, Understood tLsuuh We
DO M, k,oS how t,ue It muy b., that
i. iu-vo ar,vuu, Of Eu.Iish capital has
br., invested ia coul iauIs a,,ur Tho
r,u,e of the nrvpose,i fond perhan. II,
su.pe u: the ctruri.s cvtur,s,uy you:
o,sl,ie, Tho yuglu,u Lr.,s,:ru.,
passed up nc, III 1877, 3m chap.sr.
uupe 1872 If tue ucts. giving ycry cx.
t.u,ire uowets 10 Luy I,uos IN ,,,;u,
!. uuuuiur,,,r. and IT, l,u,u ra,,,uu,l,
iu couusc,,on the, ew.sL, Witch 4 etc
su,.e w.s ,,.o pu,s,d ty The Lr,1,,.