The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-30

Pushed Through with Remarkable Vigor-
/ How We will be Able to Go AII-RaH TO
| Yorktown Provisions for Moving the Great
/ Crowds That are Expected 20 60 20 York.
town-Facts, Figures, and Fancies.
The Virginia Peninsula is "the battle
ground Of freedom" a narrow tongue OF
land, with the James river on one side, the
| York on the other, with Richmond at the
end and Old Point at the foot, every one Of
its piney old fields has history, every one
OF It's sandy roads has been beaten by pa
| triOt feet, every one Of lis sluggish streams
/ has been "s,rategic hne," and every wood
camp. Indian arrows, British, French,
! American, Confederate, and Federal shot
and she'll, may be pIouehcd up almost
anywhere. Some Of the few members Of
the virgin forest that have escaped the
camp fire and the wOOd.chOpper bear the
/ marks OF the pioneers as they blazeG their
way from jamestown into the unknown
western world. IL was mapped for mill
tary moves by Captain John Smith. by the
engineers OF Cornwallis and those q Wash
ington and lafayette, by Johnston and Lee,
and by Mcclellan and Grant. Blood Of the
red man and Of the settler, Of The British
and IIessi1n, OF the Continental and OF the
| French, OF the Confederate and Of the Fcdc-
raj, has freely drenched It's soil. 10 short,
TO strike from our history the occurrences
on the Peninsula would be- to OBJ II OF ITS
most precious pages.
| A RAILROAD THROUGH BATTLE.GROUSDs.
This is the country the Peninsula diyi-
! q - tho (fta.an4alrq and flufo railroad
peneirates. From Richmond the main road
extends westward 10y GOrdousyille, Car
! iottcsyille, St1untOn, White sulphur,
! Charleston, Huntington, and Ashland into
| Kentucky aud Ohio. Now it j. 10 reach
out eastwardly from Richmond down this
| Peninsula 10 NewpOrt News, which Is The
point Of land opposite where the waters OF
the James empty into Hampton Roads, IN
sight Of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Oid Point,
and the sea.
| The new road leaves Richmond near the
| Brewery. At the waior-lank the line 10
| Newport News leaves the track, connecting
Itbe compauv's wharyes Through the
Church Hill tunueD with the main line,
and darts through the brick-yards in an
almost eastery direction. II passes close by
| ROper's mill and leaves Seven Pines lFlir
! Oaks about two miles to the LETT It's geue-
! burg Telegraph road, but after Few miles
| IL leaves that and strikes out for the White
! Oak swamp road and runs along almost
parallel with that for some diStlncc. IL
crosses the Chickah0miny near RoXbury
cast Of the
LONG BRIDGES.
| Then it strikes of down the eastern bank OF
| the Chickahominy for Providence Forge,
thence 10 Fish. Hole landing, OF the Chicka'
! bOminy, thence to Burnt Ordinary and Lee
Hall junction. At the llst.named place The
road branches off five and a half miles, to
yorktown. From Lee Halltbe main road
passes near Warwick Courthouse on toI
Newport News.
DISTANCES.
Many Of the old nance Of localities have
been changed By the substitution OF short
Indian names, and the stations so far lo'
Gated are given below, with the distances
from Richmond.
Rchmosd 10 Fort ...,......... ~ miles
Richmond to RoSbury lnear lhc ChlcE~' ,,...,,..
pe6@a5y H3@ay 70 icnc roJidencc Forge "a miles
Richmoud TO LAue1a (tbh Hole Land ,.,,
Richmond To- Tcana (Burnt ordinary l.3ss miles.
Richmond 10 Williamsburg g...........'''.4 u,ts
Richmond 10 Lee llSll..............'. ...3l miss
Eichu0nd 10 IOikt0wu............-.. ....OI Hlts'
Richmond 10 fians lneAr Warwick ,o,l..,,..
Richmond to Newport News.'....-''''.''f1 mHe''
Active work on the Peninsula division
was commenced IN April, and General Man.
ager Smith, who has been over Tue "hoie
route i'm buggy and on foot, and who has
been diigent in fastening the WOrkmen,
states that il will be in complete running
order In time for the Yorktown Cen
lennial.
At present the following distances are
finished:
from Newport News swest...............'2l miles
And the grading for the whole disiaGce is
done, and the tracs-layiug going on Win
great speed.
AT YORKTOWN.
Though the arrangements are not yet
concluded, il is believed that during the
great Centennial days at Yorktown tue
company will run four trains from Rich
mond to Yorkto@u i'm the forenoon, and |
that the same will return IN the evening. !
AS il is well.knOwn fact that there are no |
lodgings accommodation for the general |
pubhc at Yorktown, the business each |
way-gOing and coming-wlll be pretty |
equally divided. General Manager SMITH !
is looking forward to the moving OF large |
crowds, aud is making his arrangements |
accordingly. and believes that be viii he |
quite able TO meet the demand upon his
company.
From all the indications this line and the !
combined wafer and rail line (Nork River |
Railroad Company will have for one week
M least business altogether unprecedented
IN the South. not excluding war times,
when the roads were called upon to move
large armies.
WHAT THEY ARE DOING At NEWPORT NEWS.
AT Newport News all is business and bus
tie.
The merchandise wharf, 132x7OO feet
long, is completed.
The coal wharf, 55X7O0 feet long, is near
~ complete.
The Old Dominion Steamship wharf, lS0X
700 feet, is IN course OF construction.
And so, too, the elevator and bonded
warehouse wharf.
Next wear there will be two more coal
wharyes built; also, lumber wharf.
The elevator will have a capacity OF l,5OO,-
600 bushels.
The Old Dominion Land Company are
erecting two large hOlels az Newport News.
One i, 10 be for summer and winter tour
isis and pleasure-seekers; the other TO ac'
the usual transient business.
A telegraph line is in course Of c)nstruc-
tion and will be ready by the Centennial,
Dutting Richmond, Yorktown, and New
mort News in close connection.
The longest trestle and bridge Is al l0e
Diascuud river.
gHE CHICRAHOMINY.
This noted stream, first introduced to the
attention OF the world by Captain John
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