Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-07-14
TIE VIRGINIA MIDLAND EXTENSION.

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TIE VIRGINIA MIDLAND EXTENSION.
At the meeting Of the directors of the g. &
o. Il. K. hsld YESTERDAY President Garrett
announced that "in view of tho largo interest
held by this company 10 the Virginia Midlnrd
Railway, and no! unobscrvant of tho marked
Erogrts AID improvement which III, So1Ihsrn
States have mado 10 their material ootdlticn
for several years rast. aud of the importance 81
| establishing better fsciiiits Of traffic and com
munication between ia, CITY Of Baltimore snd
he s,c!lon OF country referred TO, we have
heretottr, regarded it IS sound polic1 to favor
either the excelsior of that railway sou.h OF
Danvllle into the Carolinss, or to encourage the
construction OF new lines OF railway Inflated BY
the local communities to aocomrlsh the same
object and connect with the Virgioia Midland
at or bear Danville. While it has been neuas-
ssrY to proceed with duo c,rc and csuion il
this movement, u1dcr all the circ1ustatc ,s in
vol7ed, It's proper now 10 advise that sine, The
reorganization of the Virginis Midland Railway
Company. several CO operative local railroad
companies have consolidated their organizations
In North Carolina for the general purpose sd.
Vsrted to, and have located and put uoGer co..
stIuction larg, part OF tho work extending
from point 90 tho Firgini, State iao 10
MCcksVilla, IN the cjuny of Davie. From this
last named point, surveys 1rO 10 rrcgtcss 10
ascertain The most desirable and practicable
route Vie MoCriVil,, or Statewide, through
North and South Caroliaa. to coontos drec y
with the city cf Augusta. Ca, AID ultimately
through lines either constructed or Pre- ,cted
With Charleston and Atlanta. Mr.. j. s. Bar
bour, president Of the Vireinia Midland Ksi~
road Company. has teon elected president of
tho North Carolina Midlapd Railroad Compspy,
ADD IL actively engaged 10 lrSardiug is oonu
struoll)D. This lne OF railway, WHOM built, will
form the most dirso; sill rsii route between tho
North aud the pEir cipal Interior cities Of North
and South Carolina, extendiog into Georgia.
II traVerses slme Of tho best agricr. ucsl and
mineral lands Of The States mentioned, aod
makes drtc. Communication with tho cotton
prtGuoi1e belt Of the Sou!h. The road mus.
iughIsh sreat advantages to tho commercial in.
terts:s OF the city Of Baltimore 10 Tho despatch
and distribution OF lis merchandise, groceries
aud fertilizers, wi!hont breaking bulk, and in
preserving and eZteId.ng i!s tx sting tuiiucss
relations, Whl,h otberSso mi y BIO wfcs.ed from
it by coDp,ll,l7s lines. Toe city Of R,llu
more has larger Interests 10 this work than auy
Likely to loute to tho Baltimore aud O ho Raj.
road coppaoy for its short part OF line, namely,
that which intervenes bclwacu Alcgsadtis,
Washington aud Baltimore, ard ought 10 ON
tribute material assistance to expedite is clr.
Stluc 100. After period CT pro,rao Cd deprlc.
soD, the rapid improvement of the Industrial,
agricultural aud manufsc nring interests Of tho
South is rsmsi ible. The regioos especially
which will DO reached by tho proposed ues Of
railway are developing material trleress and
prosperity, which wi ctule them to greatly
excetd thoir strength aud wealth before tho
war The c>uutry which will b. opened By this
route will particularly invite the i'm misralion of
. large white population, AID is health fuIoess,
fertility and capacity Tor dsvelopmeo. will un-
Occasionally attractrspidIy al ucress. OF papu
let ton end capital. which oanuot fGil 10 sdl im
nenstly 10 the busitcIs OF that sso.iou, and
nek, the Intercourse with Baltimore as lis
natural geographic entrtpo. Of great Importance
to the lnlertss OF there extensive regions Of
county,, as we'll as 10 this port"