The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-01-05
Railroad Projects.

There seems TO be general waking up Of
all the old railroad schemes throughoutVirgin
ia, supplemented by number Of new ones,
The Legislature during It's short term before
The holidays, entertained no less than seven
bills looking to the incorporating of railroads
A Richmond correspondent summarizes these
bills its follows:
Among the bills already drafted is one to in
corporate "the Virginia ard North Carolina
Richmond to North Carolina. f. Wolfe and
p p. Dickinson, of the city of New York are
largely interested in this road A second bill
is to incorporate the Virginia Coal and Iron
Company, which has authority TO build a
railroad through the counties of Lee, Wise,
Buchanan, Dickinson, Scott, Russell, Taze-
well and Washington. Another bill is to rail-
ty and confirm the consolidation OF the Rich
mond and Southwestern Railway Company
with the Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio Mar
row Gauge Railroad Company, under the
name Of the Richmond and Louisville Rail
road Company A fourth bill is to amend the
act incorporating the Danylle and New River
Marrow Gauge Railroad Company. fifth
amends the act.to incorporate the sultYie and
Coal Mine Railroad Company and changes its
name to the Norfolk and Cincinnati Railroad
Company A sixth is To Incorporate the
Hygeia, Hampton and Newport News Rail
road. A seventh is 10 amend the act of ncor-
poration OF the Norfolk and SewelPs Point
Railroad Company and 10 change It's name.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer
writing from New York, reports that Mr.
Blaine says he is going to give most Of his
time to his coal railroad in West Virginia.
Senators Davis, Chaffee Elkins, Window and
Bayard are all large stockholders in the road
in which Mr. Blaine has invested 100000. 1t
runs from the. Baltimore and Ohio to the
source Of the Potomac, and thence south, con
meets with the Richmond and Allegheny. Ii
is expected to open up fabulous quantities of
coal and timber.
Poplar wood is shipped from Rockbridge
county to Philadelphia at $40 per cord to be
made into paper. The shipper expects to
build up big business Of the kind.
Sparta CW1s) Herald
As an exhibition of the intrinsic worth of
St. Jacobs Oil, we think the case referred to,
that OF Mrs. O. W Hubbard, of this town,
cured of Sciatic Rheumatism Of long standing
by the Oil, is certainly striking. and, beyond
iii tolDt, Conclusive us 10 IT'S eiHcdCE. lie
remedy has our Endorsement
Communication
Edit0ly IF E1rgjnian.
Under the caption, christmas Desecrated,"
the .Spectat0r of Jan 3D. gees fit to take into
serious consideration the disorder and in
texcation" which existed in our city during
last week. The worthy editor of the Spectator
is right il all that he says, except one thing /
The day, says he, was marked with unusual
disorder and intoxication, especially by the
colored people, who were guilty of unusual |
Does the Spectator wish to do a graceful |
thing by putting the blame where it belongs
Several white men bad a row last week, in t
which one was so badly injured that he has |
since died Has any one heard Of any colored I
men being so disgraceful and intoxicated that |
they had to be arrested and placed in jail to !
await the verdict Of IL of their countrymen : /
I'VE pause fer reply
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