Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-11-24
Railroad Ratings.

GROWING TRADE OF THE c. s. o.
LUMBER FOR EUROPE-ACCI-
DENTS TO LIFE, LIMB AND
ROAD STOCK.
Reported for the Staunton VINBICAToR]
CLIFTON FORGE, Nov. %.
This place has not ceased to grow, though
the building is not as general as 1t has
been. The town seems to be amply sup
piled with stores and bar-rOoms, and 1t
even has it's bakery and butchers shop and
a hotel that is never failing comfort to
the traveller and an unfailing source OF
surprise to the stranger who never suspects
| the good cheer that awaits him in such a
new little roadside town. was pointed
out the site of a house where small pox
patient had died last Summer, but the
house was gone, burnt Nth all its furniture
/ and appurtenances by order of the county
authorities. The incidents of the small
pox scare there were, some of them, very
amusing. Another house much more
valuable than the one alluded to, and
| STANDING so near another good one as to
| Involve too heavy damages by firelng it.
was stripped of its floors, plastering and
inside wood work, which was burnt with
all its contents. costing the county several
hundred dollars.
DR.. Hughes, the physician, who attend
ed the patients, was tabOoed by the COM
munity and his approach to group of
citizens on the street was the signal for a
general stampede. On one occasion he
sent in quarter to the post office for
stamps. but the money was indignantly
returned, with the stamps as a gift, and
the postmaster was glad to get the obnox-
ous doctor away from the front Of his
house on such easy terms Men armed
with double barreiled shot guns. stood
guard at safe distance around the house
| and the unwary were threatenly warned
away, and wien girl of fifteen died, the
| lonely funeral procession cons sted of two
men and the female attendant. who with
THE COFFIN IN WHgELBAR 0W,
| silently worked their way to the top of a
little mount overlooking the town, where
| the body was buried, and from which spot
she writer was warned By little boy who,
| though the funeral had taken place
months ago, said better take care, small
| pox up there.''
| The Chesapeake & Ohio company are
making considerable improvements upon
their property here by an addition to the
round house. which will more than double
its present capacity for engines and work
a nece sitv called for by the growing de-
mands Of their business.
The yard which is in the centre Of the
town, is busy scene from Monday m ,rn-
ing until Monday morning again trains
continually coming and going and shifting
no intermission- every hour of the night,
| and
| SUNDAY THE BUSIEST DAY OF ALL.
[ stood upon the piaZza of the McCurdy
House and counted sixteen tracks and
hundreds of cars on the level space in
front, and some idea of the trade of the
road may be had from the lettering of the
various companies on the foreign cars upon
the yard. There were the Canada South
ern; the Scioto Valley; q. & o. and
Southwestern; Va Midland: c. G C. &
Indiania; B. e o. R. R.; Merchants
Dispatch Transp nrtatlon Company; I &
| st Louis r. r. Columbus, Fl ocking Val
ley & Toledo; Columbus, Toledo and
South Ohio through Lumber line Shen-
andoah v. R. R. Columbus. Toledo and
& D r R r & A. R. R M. S. 4 L. S.
White Line; E. l.. & B. S. Ry; K G. R.
r; G. G. & |. c., but don't see what the
last two stand for
Goods are going over this great through
line to every part of the country. The va
RED distribution IF coal and iron as iodi-
ca ed by the tags on the cars, will surprise
the stranger to the trade, while | have
seen to-day several car loads Of lumber
billed for the oil aUorld. One lumber buy.
or tells me he is sending his to New York
for car building, another. an E tglish gen.
tleman, tells me that he is one of four now
heresfrom Liverpool, representing as many
different firms. They ship about ten cal
loads each, weekly. OF oak poplar and
walnut for car building. From Liv-
|
GUS points in the Queens dominions. He
complains of the great waste in saving
and says our people do not appreciate the
value Of the great lumber interest we have
opened up in West Virginia. There are
other extensive buyers he SAYS along that
portion of the line getting up fine wa1nat
lumber for the furniture trade of Balti
more, aud that. the new East River road
is about opening up a wonderful supply OF
oak lumber, which will be rich field fol
foreign speculations. While this road i,
having large and growing business
which must result sooner OF later in a
double track, it is meeting with bad luck
too. In the last two weeks, IA engines
have been more or less crippled and many
cars wrecked totally, or badly broken by
the unusual number of accidents that
have happened. Several men have been
killed, and the wounded are lying at vari-
Gus points along the road. Among them
is Capt. jim Taylor, whose leg was bro
ken and amputated last week near Swoopes
depot. He is a son of Mr.. John r. Tay.
lor, the venerable clerk of Hanover coun.
ty. the father of 16 children, and he is
now here waiting on his son who is unde,
the skillful attendance of DIR. r. S. WILEY
and is ting along very Will and taking
his affection like hero.
T. e. M.
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