Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-12-30
Richmond, Frederick s!;urg snd 10
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fCorres pondenco Of tie Aitxaxdfia Gtz.tle
EEwLETT's December Is -Tho.e ia ID sac.
ton CT Gu. State mere .s7ornb:y situated Cor
nigh scd rspid Improvement than tia. between
Richmond ind ALEXANDRIA, along The line CT the
above rnilroad, snd the A. s T. Il. p. The Gil
is varied. easily improved, adapted 10 ell kinds
of crops and trucks; the climate is salubrious,
the lands arc chesp, the population spsrse and
sl arc anxious 10 Gu: Into snsll farms their snn-
plo acres ard dispose of them to thrifty imm-
grants. There sro from six to eight trains daily
passing b;tReen Richmond end Baltimore, o.
fording market facilities in Richmond. Freder-
icksburg, Alexandria, Washington, Baltimore
and Philadel phia, G1d New fork as we'll. The
mmunicstion between these points is now SO
rapid and se-sonable that almost every variety
of farm production might BE p!acld in market
in 90 hour or two every day. Fruits Of al
kinds, milk, butter, &C., could be placed in
sopne CT these markets. daily ss readily ns though
the farms were directly upon the suberbs.
Where are nore beautiful and attractive & dds
for trucking, dairies grapes, berries OF all kinds,
than are offered slong the Potomsc and its tbs.
utaries, the Rsppahsnrock Bnd It's tributsraa
the Mattsponi. the North Anna, thu Little, tie
South Anna and the Ch;csshominy rivers ?
Here may be found high and rocky hills for
sheep snd goats and grapes, sardy lists for early
| vegetables, stiff red clsys for grapes and soft
dark loscls for every Variety OF Iui:s, grains OF
grasses. With such va!itty Of soil, such iacil-
tiles 10 marks. and such adsptslion fer all nds
of agricultural AID horticultural enterprises. It
is astonishing 20 ses thsse fields lying wsste and
concealing tneir modest faces With n rough veil
of shrubs brers. vines and pines. There must
be something radically wrong, II surely ID net
to BE- found in the owners Of these lrnds, for
while too poor 10 WORK and improve them,
know that they are anxious to sell ut almost any
price from 81 to $50 per sc'e arc riding to locs-
ton, quality, improvement &c, &c. Il cannot
be because the lands are sterile. for some of
them | know t. be of the finest Gu Atty, phys:c.
ally and chemically. 1t cannot pe for the want
Of mills, churches, schools CT social attractions
for tho whole line ls dotted Wi h churche9
school hcu.eS, ills, storCs, post otices, &c ,
and the people are yins for sd honest intel.
lieent and thrifty class OF immigrants. Let
stubborn facts answer the question.
While riding on the cars q f5w days ago,
met with very intelligent PeDnsy lvnnlsI!, who
WAS praciicai farmer. and wss evidently far
better informed than any other Northern man,
of his class, l have NE. with. WAS urgir 6
him 10 Locate in the section above described,
when ha ASH i, What ARC the rates for pat
seugers over thst liner With confusion Of
fsce i had to reply, % cts ptr mi!e" No
farmer Can sfIrd that. II you wish TO stImu q 0
enterprise and Industry, you must sford toe
farmer cheap transportation, tor when b. Ltou
visits tho msrSet, he learns whit articles a1o
NEST in demspd, he sees what oLhera sro dUi.g
to make money, and hlI eNe1gles are aroused. aud
he return bone to redoubls lbs efforts 1t is
thus generous rivalry is excited and tie whole
community feels Lac stimulating thrill To &C
COG, D ish this, farrs NUT b. low. and CORE
pond!ng accom- m0dslions fr lighter ireghts
afforded. n many Ct the railroads am &C.
quaiIted with, the chargo is only Cts. per lnite.
rncfo hp nUtf U dino
I'D AID lhs reciprocal itlu'nca il strkincly
N sniff sted in the vast increase Ot Ice, business
H gh fares On raiiroad, will surey drive In
miVIa ion FROM line. LoH !arrs aid lIbtrn!
&c ur Inodstons will s!tracti'. Eve.yrsiIrcs; :,
therefore, is sn important factor in building uo,
or in poverishing country. If tho i;at they
deserve we'll Of lhN State-li tho ttar. in vsiu,
aid alas he's the right Ct eminent domain hscn
granted tn MI Gee the priuciast rsil tlnes IN
Georgia have reCu,oi their rates to 3 CT. per
nile. y year ago the q q y. &. K reouced
their rates 10 about this standard, and their r..
port, few days ago disclosed the fac: tns! their
income from passengers was SO, 90 more this,
than last scar. The line from Alexandra 30
Richmond has three heads, two in Phi!sfephIa
and one in Richmond. These heads are wie
heads. cid heads gray hoaaE--sil, but they s!e
nevertheless town beads and they Sem 10
thiak that the only use railroad can n lie CT q
country is to conttruct road bod ard get cr2,5-
ties For all other purposes they sro made fJc
Town gentlemen They have soared SO high in
their town notions. that they seem to have for.
gotten that even THAR lordly metropolitan mar
tiont derive their worth and importilcs from
the country II ia 40. surprising that town gen.
tlemcn should not, ct this early Cay, appreciate
Tho importance OF Recognizing tho ws:ts orlhe
country through which their read passes. cs
becislly when the lands were tason rosens
volens, and profeesadly for the accommodation
Of tho people But whom such an enterpfi:icG
country people a the Georsisns and Wicshsnl,
the country president Of the G. & u. j.. Z. rave
settho,l Tho example aid are reaping the rewards
Of their policy. it is strange they reuse TO scs'
May be they will, very soon. HANOVER
| cannot express joy enough OYER tho WOO
deriul qualities of ST. jacobs Oh. For eight
days | suffered with terrible pain in the back,
sInos' TO distraction, until heard Of st, Jah
cob's 0 !. che bottle Of which cursd MS co0-
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N. Y. & N. H. 8. B Co.. New HaVsn, Coun.
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They are not new and uptred, but, having boan
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