The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-23
Another Railroad.
The Cincinnati Commercial of the. 10th
contains the following paragraph:

The Cincinnati Commercial of the. 10th
contains the following paragraph:
AT the first annual meeting of the Di-
rectors of the Newport and Maysville Rail
road Company, held at the office OF Judge
j. r Hallam. in Newport. there were present
John Echols, j. H. Obey, Ely Ensign, D.
W. Emmons, John Byrne and Alex. Swift.
John EchOls was elected President. Isaac
E. Gates, of New York, Treasurer. John Ii.
Obey, of Huntington, secretary. Mr. Gates
is brother-in-law of Mr.. Huntington, and
intimately connected with the, Central Pa
citic Railroad and the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad. The Board left for Maysvilla
again last evening, in company with Col.
Childs. Chief Engineer. The surveys and
right-of-way plans are to be pressed Wig
orously." asa l45&
This is a very important enterprise, form
ing as it will a connection between Hun
tington, the present terminus of the Ches-
apeake and Ohio Railroad, by Nay Of Ash
land, Maysvlle and Newport. with Cmcin-
natl. Newport is nearly opposite, on the
Kentucky side, to Cincinnati. Maysville is
about fifty miles south of Huntington. The
cars of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
are now running to Ashland, thirteen
miles south Of Huntington, leaving gap
of thirty-seven miles between Ashland and
Maysville to be filed, to form a continuous
line of rail from Huntington to Newport,
opposite incnnati on the Kentucky side.
This scheme has been in contemplation
by Mr. Huntington for some time, and Gen.
Echols has been representing his interests
in maturing the arrangements for its con-
summation. The announcement given above
shows how far his labors have been success
full. We may soon expect to hear of active
construction work ON the road between
Newport and Maysville, and a speedy pros
ecution of the enterprise on the entire line
from Ashland to Newport.
The connections of the Chesapeake and
indicated above; its arrangements with the
Sciota roads, Ashland, by which the Lakes
are reached at Toledo, and the early COM
petion ofthe Elizabethtown, Lexington and
Big Sandy Road, looking to Memphis, and
connection with the Southern Pacific Road
to California, form system Of railroads
contributing to the trade Of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railway that promises well for
its future. These comprehensive ombina-
tions, all bearing upon the interests of Vir-
ginia and West Virginia, and placing both
States in direct communication with the ex-
tremes of the continent, cannot fail to in
vite attention and stimulate enterprise
The busy energy which is directing these
great movements should arouse correspond
ing endeavor among our own people and
invite them to 4 participation in the new
business dispensation which is assured to
the country traversed by these various im-
provements. t4
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, ira
versing the very centre of the two Vir-
ginias. and opening up their marvellous
mineral wealth, is destined to be one of the
greatest railroad schemes of this country,
drawing to it. through its several Western
and Southern connections, the diversified
productions Of the West, the Southwest,
South and Pacific sections, and creating an
immense export business at Viewpoints
News, the eastern terminus.