Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-04-08
ON TO BALTIMORE.
Railroad Combination that Gives Men,
phis Direct Road to All the Great
Cities of the East
BY Way of the Shenandoah Valley and
Western Maryland Roads, Shortening
the Distance TO New York.

One OF the most important of recent rail-
road combinations is that of a number OF
Philadelphia capitalists, who purchased the
old Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio railroad,
the name OF which has since been changed
to the Norfolk and Western, and who are now
constructing the Shenandoah Valley railroad
from Hagerstewn to Roanoke, which will be
completed TO the latter point in about two
months. These roads, working under the
same management, have been brought to their
present great prominence in 4 marvelously
short time, giving the very best evidence OF
the ability of those to whose care they have
been intrusted. The position of these roads
and their connection is of great value to
Baltimore graphically. 1t will be noticed
that the Shenandoah Valley railroad has its
northern terminus at Hagerstown. From
that point the traffic of this road can be
turned TO Baltimore over the Western Mary
land railroads. distance of eighty-six and a
half miles; or ii can be carried ria Harris
burg TO Philadelphia and New York-179
and go miles distant, respectively; thus
giving Baltimore the advantages of ninety
two and half miles over Philadelphia and
1881 miles over New York.
FROM A LETTER OF PRESIDENT J. NJ HOOD,
the able manager of the Western Maryland
railroad to the Mary land Legislature which
We find in the Baltimore Journal IF Commerce
and Manufacturers Record, we take the fol-
lowing:
CAS- it does not seem TO be generally known,
or at least fully understood will state that
within the past two years certain combina-
tions of capitalists have constructed a line
OF railway from Hsgerstown, Md, to Waynes-
boro, Va, point upon the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad, twelve miles east of Staunton
and IA miles south from Hagerstown.
"This road, known as the Shenandoah
Valley railroad, is being further extended
distance of ninety three miles, TO Roanoke,
which is upon the Norfolk and Western
formerly the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio)
railroad, six miles east OF Salem and fifty
four miles west of Lynchburg
"The same capitalists have purchased the
Norfolk ard Western railroad, with which
connection is made at Roanoke, and which
extends from Norfolk, at the mouth of the
Chesapeake bay, to Bristol, upon the State
line between Virginia and Tennessee. Here
again connection is made with the East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad, which
extends southwestward, pa Knoxville to
Cleveland, Tennessee, from which point it
branches and runs westward to Chattanooga
and southwark to Dalton.
"At Chattanooga it connects with the Mem
phis and Charleston railroad, which it con-
trolls by lease, and at Dalton with the Selma
Rome and Dalton railroad, which it owns.
Alabama Central line, extending thence to
Meridian, Mississippi.
Branching enthusiastically from Rome,
which is on the Selma, Rome and Dalton
railroad, forty miles south of Dalton, a new
line IL now being constructed, and is nearly
completed through Atlanta to Macon where
connection is made with its Macon and
Brunswick road for southern Georgia and
Florida, while the connections OF the Selma,
IN Ii
ton with Montgomery, Mobile and New
Orleans.
"Now the Shenandoah Valley and Norfolk
and Western system, embracing $50 miles of
roads, and the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia system, embracing 1853 miles, or
total Of 2203 miles, exclusive of connections,
have entered into a contract (under date of
September 81, 1SSl) by which the business
interests of this Immense railroad mileage
were consolidated under the name of the
Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia Air Line
"The northern terminus OF this consolida-
ton is within our own State, at Hagerstown,
from which point trade may take its choice
of routes and markets. On the one hand,
there will be Baltimore, which, ria the
Western Maryland, will ,be eighty-six and
one-half miles distant; while on the other
there will be Philadelphia and New York ria
Harrisburg, with distances respectively of
l79 and go miles.
'The Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia COM
binaticn has selected the Western Maryland
railroad az its Baltimore connection, and
acting through the Shenandoah Valley Rail
road Company has agreed with this company
upon the terms of permanent working con-
tract, which it proposes to execute as soon as
proper assurance can be given of this COM
pany's ability to place Its road III condition
TO handle promptly and satisfactorily a large
through business, in addition to the rapidly
increasing local busint -, for which al one its
appointments have been adapted"