Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-06-30

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Entered ut the roS"licc ut Alexandria, Virginia as
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The Washington aai Western Railroad
a writer in the Washington Ipsrican Reg
iSicr says:
The Washington and Western. us the old
Washington and Ohio has been rcchristened.
Is an enterprise not unknown to this COM
munlty. The Washington Patriot of Janll-
AIRY 2l 1871. published y report of the COM
mlttcc OF the board Of trade Of this city, from
which We take y few extracts. They say: "Wc
have carefully examined the whole subject
cummlttrd' To our charge. and do, without
hesitation. report that this city and section
have in the speedy completion of this road
to the West greater interest han in anv
subject that has ever been before us for act
iom. We helicvcthat The completion of this
road to Cincinnati. from whence divcrgc
railroads in every direction, will have the
same effect Oh the future prosperity of Wash
ington and the adjoining cities. that the
Baltimore and Uhi0 hats h;,d upon Baltimore,
the Pennsylvania Central upon Philadelphia
and the Eric on New York. for it is Il fixed
fact that all the cities OF this country that
have had the enterprise to build railroads to
connect with the trcming West have pros
pcred i'll ratio ofsevcral hundred per cent.
faster than those who have laid dormant"
The committee further say ;,itrrmentioning
the other roads leading To this city I'VE
believe it will nc of more advantage to the
city than all the rest OF the roads before
mentioned;
'Thc Endorsement of the Chamber of Com
merce of the Queen City (Cincinnati) and
their examination and knowledge of the ad-
vantagcs that will grow out ofits completion
! to this city, is one Of the best guarantees
! that this board can have Of the feasibility of
: its completion, and the great interest in the
| subject The committee conclude with n
| SERIES Of resolutions recommending sub
scrption of Il million of dollars to the road
| The report was accepted, and the rrSol,l-
tions adopted. The committee of the
Chamber of Commerce Of Cincinnati above
referred to, reported in part rs follows
The Washington and Ohio Railroad us
projected and surveyed to Point Pleasant
and the Ohio river, when completed. will
tcnd to the development and support of
certain projected and existing improvements
in which Cincinnati and the other Western
cities are individually Interested When
brought to this city it will givca more direct
communication to st. Louis and other
Western cities than they now have to the
seahoard. Chicago will continue her existing
relations with this city, because it will give
IL more direct outlet for her products than
+r:nnN,o'f cr rroutc. 1t will give the shortest
4 river u Il thpmunication between the Ohio
rc.ar that is of f,ewatcrs of the Potomac at
the Z, ntry interesIritt,illal Importance to all
com ncing at the mouth 0t fvhe water line
ri.nr At the mouth of this kiaHnleam
lh great bulk Of the future business
If the West and the navigablc streams
of the same will be concentrated,
aud ii is important that Il main trunk line
railway should be built from this point to
the Atlantic seaboard. Nature has placed
50 commercially as to give all these points in
in almost airline and ina centl;,! position
to the whole country, ST. Louis. Cincinnati,
and Point Pleasant: in other words the Mis-
sisSippi. the Ohio, and the Potomac will be
connected and linked in business relations |
by the building Of this road. on Il line mu-
tually beneficial to ALL" THE railway ac-
commodations at the starting point. Alex
andria, are, and bid fair to he, of unsurpass-
ed Importance. Other connections and in
tersectiOns Of valuable character will he
had when the road is built to Point Plea
SAINT 1t passes through country ,lnsur-
passed for health, beauty and fertility. and
ahounds in timber, coal. iron. marble slate.
granite, and many other products of forest.
field, and garden too numerous to mention
The greater portion Oft passes through
Il region Of country not tributary to any
other road and is consequently not running
a tilt against any existing Improvement. In
Its course 1t touches on several important
towns and cities. and runs almost equally
distant between the Chesapeake and Ohio
and Baltimore and Ohio railroads. To the
former it must ultimately be of great benefit
on account of its Northern freight and
travel;
These quotations, though very fiatterng
to this road, do not tell all Of its advantages.
At our very doorit passes through a country
uneXcclcd for beauty and fertility The
county Of Loudoun raises, as shown by the
last census, about four times rs much wheat
as all the New England States together 1t
furnishes to the citizens OF Washington de-
lightful and healthy summer resort, where
they now spend each summer over half
million ofdollars.
1T furnishes direct route from the West
to the capital. and bya shorter line than any
other, either in existence or contemplation
being nearly a hundred miles shorter than
the Baltimore and Ohio. and two hundred
miles shorter than by the Pennsylvania
road. i
"From our knowledge of the country
through which it passes and its connections,
we predict great things for Washington from
the Washington and Western railroad and