The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-06-21
NO. IL.
Important Railroad Deyelopments.

i Under the above caption the Norfolk
Ledger Of the 18th, has the following sum
mary OF important railroad movements af-
fecting the interests Of Norfolk, as well as
the whole South. We reproduce the ar
ticle as acceptable reading to all of our
readers who are DESTROYS of seeing Vir-
glnia and the whole Southland move out of
the methods nd.ruts of the past
The next few weeks will witness develop
ments in railroad matters that will affect
very seriously the interests of Norfolk, for
good or evil. On the 23d of June the stock
holders OF the roads included in the Seney
Syndicate will meet at Knoxville to con-
slder the proposition of Mr.. Gould to pur-
| chase their property. The preliminaries
have probably been agreed upon, and there
is little doubt that Jay Gould will succeed
to the proprietorship of the Memphis and
Charleston, the East Tennessee and Vir-
glnla, and other roads of this syndicate.
This will give Gould the control of the
roads that bring to Norfolk large part of
its cotton business, and will open to him
several avenues to the seacoast. Should
he select the Norfolk and Western Road
and make Norfolk the Atlantic, terminus
OF his system, a bright and prosperous
future is before this city, We would then
retain all our present trade, and increase
1t by the constantly augmenting business
| that would flow over the immense railway
| system OF the South and Southwest, al
ready controlled by this great railroad mag
| nate. 1t would seem that once possessed
OF the East Tennessee and Virginia road,
Gould would be able to dictate terms to
the Norfolk and Western, for experience
has shown that an adverse management of
the East Tennessee and Virginia, under
the old conditions, resulted in great loss
to the Norfolk and Western. But as the
case now stands, Mr.. Gould may open up
for himself new consolidated route to
the Atlantic, which will divert from the
Norfolk and Western all the freight which
it receives from the East Tennessee, and
deliver it not at Norfolk, but at Bruns-
wick, Ga, or Wilmington, n G. We hear
from good authority that negotiations
have been opened by Mr.. Gould for the
purpose of acquiring continuous line
from some point on the Memphis and
Charleston Road to Brunswick, Ga. He
might leave the road at Decatur and reach
Brunswick via the Alabama Road and it's
connections, OF at Chattanooga via the
Western and Atlanta system and reach the
same terminus. Or he might keep on to
MorristOWn, Tenn, and connect there
with the Western North Carolina and Pied
mont Air Line via Danville to West Point.
or with the Seaboard and Roanoke via
Raleigh, thence to Norfolk.
One thing is certain-the Norfolk and
Western Road, deprived of its connection
with the East Tennessee and Virginia,
would be confined to it's way business be-
tween Norfolk and Bristol, and no freights
would reach this city over its line from
points West OF Bristol. 1t would seem
therefore the policy of the Norfolk and
Western Road to preserve its present re-
latlonship with the East Tennessee" and
Virginia Road ut almost any cost. The
owners OF this road are doubtless aware of
the condition of affairs, and while anxious
TO get the best price for their road, will
consult their own interest.by selling it to
MI Gould on the best terms they can OBJ
tain Its purchase by him would be mu-
tually beneficial to Mr.. Gould and the CITY
OF Norfolk, giving him for his Atlantic
terminus the finest harb0r on the coast
ana bringing to us the immense freights of
the most important railway system of the
south. a few weeks will determine this
question so full of interest to us.
IIIE BoNSACK CIGARETTE MACHINE
hesannual meeting of the stockholders of
tins company will be held in (.
to day (the 9TH.
The report to the stockholders will show
Chat the regular working capacitytof the
machine is 1865 cigarettes per minute. The
arsest NUMBER which the. machine has
produced being 204 per minute. All man.
utacturers who have examined the machine
and its work. agree that the cigarettes are
more evenly filled, and are better smokers
Than handmade work. Eight countries in
Europe, besides England, are covered by
patents, and there are no infringements.
England has been sold for $40. 900. and 500
francs were paid in cash by wealthy men
III Brussels, Belgium, for ninety days
option on the continent at one million
francs, or say, 100000.
Cnba IS the great cigarette country of
the world, and the machine has been intro
duced there with great promise. A large
number OF machines are now being built
III Paris for Cuba and the United States.
The capital stock of the company is only
100000, and the sale of England and the
continent of Europe alone, will give the
stockholders dividends of twice the amount
of their capital stock
We congratulate the company upon the
success which has thus far attended it.
Roanoke Times.
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