Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-08-22
COMMUNICATED.
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age t.u u4Hi2 OF Noi:Cls aud " Gairra Raj
s 4)S Ii lies lGrg crossing III. S,a:n fl, m Nor
talk TO B;sol. A!o, g i's lice aio aix;ccu iron
| Furnaces Hilh "a aggregate ancu,l capacity Of
II 900 tons, With Others being rapidly pro- ectcd
and built. Ih!ce iron works turn out 5000
tons of ira tr1, aud the Bertha Works turn Gu!
the bcs. zlc sp,l:cr ,owu 10 The world, AID
have contracts with tho U. S. for the supply OF
l. tho niats Ia Wyihe cluoly 60O tons Of
lead arc Produced Fer throc months. cnGis q
September 60. 1850. thcro wcro slipped over
this road from six contiguous GU 1iies of Soulh
sostera Firi laia l24 600 tors Of minerals COO
sistiug, il part, OF iron manganese, lead, zinc,
copper. barytes, salt, plaster aEd coal. Are
those six counties "btggared IN al their re-
suu!c!s? T0cso Helt Same six counties send
over the same road yearly thousands of fat cat
Ito to tho Leading markets of the WollI. These
ten mliliOrs OF the public Il ,bt tho Il Il ieber-
ger bill rerudiales are 10 that very road which
has opened up to those SIX o0uaties these grand
resou!c,s; yet, strange to tell, those are the seIy
ELK COUNTIES oalIt tho stronghol Of roadjustcr
ism 10 Virginia. Lycohburg, IRON miserable
town CT G,OOO people, has grown TO O rich aud
houIishipg ci.y. with population of 20 000 10
November 1870. tho total exports of Norfolk
wcro $l0.l7l. For November, 1851, they wcre
SIS 2G9. 936. No wonder that 10 ten years, from
1870 TO 1880. the population Ct the four cities
OF Norfolk, Richmond, LyDchburg and Dsoville
decreased 10 tho aggregate 100. Geo -"besgered
10 oil her RESOURCES !" Ii all that readjusctism
has to hold out to Virginia is that it will throw
Obstacles 10 the way IT the development of her
| NATURAL resources. then, away with rCaC JStcr
ism Now. comparison OF the grlsS earnings
OF this read for 1879 aud for 1850. will snow
gratifying ltctesse 10 the volume Ct business
done. 10 lSI9the gross arnogs zorro 81 CSC. 800
aud in 1850 81 OF ,09S. an Increase of 1881.
rs. The report for the fist half oil 1881 i, di'
ca!s5 for this year still larger i;c:essc In 1889
the road cayted 400 Col 600 pounds of east
bcuUd freight. aud VISIT bourd freight Alb
19I $40 pounds. or tgsrtg.te freight yl3 399,-
$40 pounds; passengers Ia 1850, 1850. or
in 1850 moro thsn 10 1879, freight 100. 09l 794
pounds aad PASSENGERS 2l,204 Too Cnts.-
pceko ani Ohio railroad oarritu 10 1879
freight. lG7 S33 OG5 tobs; 10 1850. 2522 35l 80
tons. or 81 us 2l5 tons moro mJVtd over miles
in $50 than 10 1879. The gtoss earrings OF tho
road wara-iD 1879. 81 500 jl2;; 10 1880, s.
SOL 2l5; ltc!ease cfreVenuc for 1880 over 1879
! $Gll ,7U3 A O. mpatiscn of all tho r, roads in
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tho iw) years COWS, for 1850 over 1879, ag.u
cral Increase 10 the voluno of their BUSINESS Of
1T per cDt Reports fer lh1 hat yGtr cndioq
Ju3c so. 1851 iadIeato an Increase ct over 20
per cent Tor 1881 over 1880 From 1870 TO 1880
| there VI r. butt IN VWgluil i3T miles CT new
railroad. pi |huh POI mlcs were built 10 1850
sad % already shown. ia 1851 there will 90
| nn Il more ttsn CCuolc an nuoh n 10 1850 CT
within len years. ifun 1872 to 1882, inclusive.
There Will have hnrn aud. d to tho rsi'rJad' OF
the Satc QGi C / $50 N les oil rcW road. Now
the o;p!tal Invested IN lhtsa ruadS caanOt Ia the
uaiaro OF thiCgs b. Withdrawn, aud the invest
mcnt must b. regarded NJ y permanent adj
tIln Of not :c.s tran $50 0u0. 900 TO ,ho values
oil tha STATE, Bu. the growth Of correlated Val.
uos 10 appreciation OF lludS aud tho growth aud
multiplication OF nlaleg aud manufacturing en-.
tcrprisCs sale ir,adp very gr3at, is hardly yet
| heguu, & Will oJ1ulue Tar many Jesrt. Now,
IN tio f'l IL: u all this ACTIVITY In railroads, in
q Ing, l.: manufactures are we to 10 til that
the a2Ii5ul, u,a 1t she S:atO is falling year by
Gr"r into tuluous dec:y? rs u REPRESENTATIVES
Gl that Cas- | dcey Il. NJ suoh tbiug in tIuA.
There ar, Indeed, no STATISTICS IN Tho reports OF
| tho Con ;ils i)Drr Of Az icuture If aiy sort,
| aud Tor tac !uipvS"s cl this Il, qu;ry, i: not for
| cry o,hor purpose, ,t2 Cufeivlnss from that
| inc sra 9 III 9;:;cIy worthless. 40 ex4miaa.
| ton or tho ;ojrsg9 OF agricultural produces uvar
t'r mstn liuca u; ri Va? iIr ten years Tiil threw
moro il2bS o. Tie m.L;rr ihan CAT BIZ u1ian.d
li1M tV3fy ntalr yuu,p2. :h1 details Il saJ.i
| an tXanl!ae | N sic irp Vl'uinin4uy, bl, thcy
| 'Vids"co s''idi aud c3ntiGu growth. Tbu
! 59O ::U@ia Rlom tnr lsst dc dc hss Gded
| +" ihe D0pu a ~ hrc to be fed by tho a!tic4l
| 'uru OF tho State. Bat Whs. there 10 d,rrpes
a"d Tull agriculture 10 DrS facilities tpr rusoi,,
| lng the gIeht markets ADD chasptr traasno,la.
hoo and gfcally tXGculad and improved huua
markets Ii is not irus; but all roljab!o s5u.c,s
OF lniolm zion o1mtino 10 show that great mr.,
gross he's bacu made 10 the liroduo lon Of i'm
proved methods OF culture aud indictments: ia
| the n.ro sk!!'Gl and cc,nomiosl U.S. of ferlil
| zcr9. aad, especially, 10 The Introduction of i'm.
| proved Iva Stock aud batter and ccoacmi,4l
| methods OF ieedltg md Keeping the same. That
! hcro is aLy hiag IKE d m,tcrial rctrOsrado 10
Virginia Is not liue, boz, on tho Contrary, the
advance durlrg tho past decade has been s:oady
| snd continual, and with the opeoirg of tho pre-
| sent dec sde it has been rapid aud brilliant all
| alcnS tho line. tho ots!fuctivoDess of resdius.
| teIlsm 10 the coutrary notHithstat ng. Ard
| It taero has been am )fa retro gfado. it has been
bioopht ahtus by tho bsndiog tcgalhor. for pur
pesos Of political spoil, Of radicals. regulators
ADD nosrots with Senator Malone at tho head
Of thon. DEMOCRAT
FIRE AT WHEELINa.-A Wheeling, ". Va.
yesterday. fire broke on! in q small wooden
| stable in the rear Of N. Schul:zs candy factory
and wholesale confectionery. & brisk brssze
was blowing. aad number Of sheds and cut.
HOUSES in tho adjoining yards wers quickly one
shoe! OF ilsmos. The fire communicated to tho
candy. factory, s,hreestory brick building, and
in an incredibly short time it WAS all bufninv,
Tho buildings occupied by Hebersnk's jewelrg
store, adjoining on the south, and the Aetna In.
surauce Company On the north next caught,
snd the fire also spread to tho Paxton blccs on
The south, occupied by w. s. Hutohins as sn art
and music store. Holmbrigh.'s cigar factory and
tobacco store. Oehm & Cor clothing store and
an Italian confectionery. This block was com.
ploiey su.ted. &nd tho eyter sive stocks of goods
we're Turned or ruined by water. The 0pars
House caught fire several times. but was saved
BY the efforts of tho fire department The In.
teligencer cfi,e was also seriously threatened,
and the intense heat kiudsd Ramo in the rear
of several Wholesale estsb}i ,hments on Msin
street several times. Tho losses are es.im ated at