The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-06-28

MOUNTAIN RESORTS AND SUMNER HOMES
ON THE RICHMOND AND ALLEaHANY RAIL-
RoAD.--The Richmond and Allegheny Rail-
road Company, through Mr.. B. 8. Barbour,
general ticket agent, has Just issued neat
little pamphlet, with the pleasant beading,
"MountaIn Resorts and Summer Homes,''
In which they tell where the weary denizen
OF the dusty city may spend the summer
pleasantly and at moderate cost. We find
In the introduction this pleasant reference
to the James-River Valley:
at Is not intended, however, to describe
so much the wonderful change that has
taken place In the James-River Valley in The
past year, or Is now taking place, from the
substitution OF railroad for canal, but rather
in this modest little pamphlet to call atten.
ton to the fact that in 1t new field for the
excursionist and pleasure ecker is opened
to-day-a country OF green fields, graceful
forests, shady groves, and pure air may be
reached in few minutes by this line which
by any other takes as many hours. II is in
tended to bring 10 the attention OF the good
people of Richmond and the adjacent cities
the fact that they need not weary themselves
in preparations for long and fatiguing rail.
way ride IL they are seeking either recrea-
tion, health, or pleasure, for the James-River
comes up TO the full measure OF their ex.
pectatIous, necessities, desires, or de.
mands."
ave do not assume too much in assert.
ing that nowhere in the South, and hardly
in all this great country, can be found line
which offers TO the traveller such rare en-
ioyment in the shape OF unsurpassed scenery
and pcturesqueness as lies along the line
OF Virginia's great railroad up the James.
Just wait moment,' says the excur-
sionist, 'until | drop this postaI.card in
the Office. aud we win he off for little ride
up the Richmond and Allegheny. Yon-
der's the traiR-don't you see il on the
basin ?-only a square from the post-ofiice
here. | want to tell my people where /
am going, and then we will be off till tea
tme.' And so IL is. Right in the heart
OF the city Is the train; and from the mo-
ment The traveller seats himself in one OF
the company's comfortable coaches until
be rises TO leave the train at Clifton Forge,
or returns home, is his eye met by refresh
ing views and magnificent scenery, and his
whole aesthetic nature inyigorated and re.
newed. Where else in all this land may the
tired citizen reach the cars and speed away
to the country with such ease and so little
OF annoyance The trains are at your very
doors. Let us be of. The change is needed.
1t is absolute. We pass through the upper
business portion OF the city, sweep around
the circle overlooked by CANDLES Hill,
and, leaving the blazing furnaces and
busy scenes around the Tredegar, the
traveller is at once-nay, in one mo-
ment--gliding along through rolling
country, varied by land and water scenery,
whose beauty is not to be found on
any other road unless it be many miles away
from Richmond. The track trayerses
country noted for its richness and fertility,
and the artist, whose refined taste is always
on the qui UiUe, cannot repress his enthusi.
asm at what he sees. The beauties Of ma.
ture are seen to the best advantage, and the
run through the exquisite Valley OF the
James affords an opportunity to view
country whose grandeur has been known,
but rarely seen until the construction OF
this great railroad.
"In this little book will be found notices OF
all the principal waterIng-places on the line
OF the road, and the names OF farmers and
others who Will take summer boarders. In
this valley, now opened up by the Rich
mond and Allegheny railroad, are many Of
the best people OF the State.
GThis Valley con sunnorf vast pnpula-