Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1879-10-18
CAPITALISTS AND THE SHEN.
VAL. RAILROAD.

On Tuesday last quite a number OF
capitalists from New York and Phila-
delphia, and some of the officials con-
nected with tie Shenandoah Valley
Railroad, now under construction, Wis
tied our town. The following account
of the trip we copy from the Baltimore
Gazeiie, which was furnished that paper
by a correspondents
The Shenandoah Valley railroad, now
in course of construction from the 10,
tomac through the lower counties OF
West Virginia over into the Shenandoah
Valley, is promised a renewed Impetus.
A party of Quaker City capitalists who
left Philadelphia late last night arrived
here this morning and after breakfast
ING proceeded west via the Baltimore
and Ohio road to inspect the Shenando-
ah Valley line as far as completed and
also to obtain personal information re-
garding the mineral resources OF the
region j: traverses, especially the iron
deposits. The personnel of the party
was as follows: Col. U. L. Boyce, vice
president of the Shenandoah road; e.
w. Clark, president Of the Lehigh Coal
and Navigation Company; William Il.
Ingham. president Of the Broad Top
Railroad Company; Horace Brock, Clar.
ence Clark, of G.. w. Clark d Co., OF
Philadelphia: James A. and Edward
Wright, of Peter Wright Il Sons; Sam
uel Longtellow, II. b. Tyler, George
S. Tyler and Joseph Pollett who were
chaparoned by Mr.. f. J. Kimball, pres
ident of the Shenandoah Valley Con-
struction Company.
The party proceeded to Shepherds
town, w. Va, the present terminus OF
the line, which is accessible via Duf-
fields, on the Baltimore and Ohio road
few miles above Harper's Ferry. AT
Shepherdstown of the three routes pro-
posed as an eastern terminus, Wis: a
branch from Shepherdstown to point
on the Cumberland Valley railroad six
miles east of Martinsburg; All extension
to Hagerstown, and an extension to in
tersect the Western Maryland railroad
an Smithsburg, few miles south OF
uagerstown-one will be definitely de-
termined upon. Of the three the first
named appears the most probable, as
either of the latter would involve bridg-
ing the Potomac at Shepherdstown and
the construction of line through the
mountainous hills beyond in Western
Maryland. The value Of direct commu-
nication with Baltimore may, however,
overcome these obstacles, especially as
Hagerstown would also give a direct
connection with Philadelphia and New
York via Harrisburg Pa. From Shep-
herdstown the road has been completed
40 miles, intersecting in its passage the
Baltimore and Ohio main stem at Dut-
fields and the Valley branch of the same
company at Charlestown,W. Va. With
in tive months it is expected to be COM
pleted to within Is miles of Luray
caves, 40 miles further,by spring and in
a twelfth-month accomplish the "South-
ern passage" by connecting with the
Chesapeake and Ohio road.
The entire line will be thoroughly
inspected by the Philadelphia men of
money, who will also visit the iron
works in Page county, Va, and the
Luray caves, in addition to carefully
noting the geology of the valley, its
means of access with the commercial
world and the inducements for establish
ing furnaces and facilities for mining,
DC. This is especially the object of
Messrs. Brock and Ingham's presence
in the party, they have been attracted
by the growing fact o! the immense
value of Virginias mineral deposits, as
well as that it will require comparative
ly little capital to develop it. The par
ty will stage it from Page county to
Harrsonburg, thence to Philadelphia
in special train.