Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-09-28
COMMUNICATED.
s. Y. X. II.

suppose it is pretty well known Wa,,a ,m
this county that the Shenandoah I!
Railroad Company have commences ~
~" tho rails from its intersection win
p G. o railroad, above Dufheids sta
D.. -, and are proceeding towards
TS,,os,own Il is, III the opinion OF
many. a good work in the r,gnt alrec-
,;"n Il is great pity that the making
.n;a .nd other roads have fallen on hard
.nls MS s" We would naturally think that;
40 onoht to have justice at least, if MOI
rtsralities extended 10 us by the b. &;
q r. r., passing over our county and
state and into other States. In so far
thew deserve credit, but when they
make us pay for the transportation Of
our produce more than they charge from
Chicago, i. e. immensely in proportion to
distance, we don't think there, is much
Justice in it. That thing, together with
the times, make burthens that are hard
to be borne.
Our hopes are ,urned to the road now
under construction. Many think that
if we 90 to Shepherdstown we will have
nothing but the G. IL o. Canal to take
off our produce. That might be the
case for awhile. But there are other
great lines that have it in their power
TO help this line-rich and enterprising
who know what advantage 1t would
DO to unite with US. The same canal
that could bring cheaper coal than
lines could supply them. We think
it would add TO the strength OF the
Western Maryland road to stretch out
her arms and join us. 1t would open
10 her a tract of the farming and miner,
al wealth of the Shenandoah Valley, and
the mineral region through which 1t is
~ psss as far as l know Many of the
citizens of Maryland invested in the w.
M. railroad as stockholders ard bond
holders. OF course the farther the road
extended, the more profitable it is for
them, and the greater the benefit to the
city. The greatest bugbear or obstacle
TO this union is the Potomac river. 1t
would have to be bridged. What would
that be to the w. NJ. X. K. and the ell
terprising citizens OF Baltimore, who are
interested in its desired success?
Unfortunately for The enterprise there
are interests and counter interests, In
town and country, who oppose projects
that would be of great interest. Some
have interests i'll competing companies,
so with them, the deadheads, and anti
Improvement people, important schemes
are kept undone. 1t is said there Is as
much money in the country as ever at
the centers of trade and commerce;
could the bondholders see fit to invest
some of their Surplus money to help the
counties and the far off districts full of
wealth locked up i'll the bowels of the
earth, all might work together for the
good of cities, country a!'d individuals.
There is d tide running affairs If taken
in It's flow leads on 10 fortune aud TO
fame; il suffered TO pass, it never may
return. So said the immortal Shakes
peare, or words to that effect.
The above hints have been thrown
out by q clodhopper, with the hope that
others interested, aud better writers,
may place the sutJect ucloie INC oo'h-
munities who have interests and intiu-
ence with the cities and localities sub
jcct to the contemplated benefits. No
county should object to having compet-
ing lines within it. They would lie
benefited 10y them, if only by the COM
petition. The fellow who had been
helped to glass of wine argued that If
one was good two would be better. So
We would find i. with two good hines IN
our midst. Markets would be opened
both ways "E pluribus unum!" we
should be united then with long pull,
a strong pull, and pull all together /;
,Lis great enterprise would become n
fixed fact improvements would spring
up on the line, waste places improved,
distance annihilated, aud the loads OF
goods, implements and produce passing
to and fro, trade, travel and business III
nugura,ed and multiplied al iniintum,