The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-12-27
Rover in Georgia.

Ou IueSQay OF laSC week AT J.3i q. N.
your correspondent took G. & O. No.
bound eastward, and in an hopr and thirty
minutes 1andedat Charlottesville junction
where after an hour of waiting lie took
the p. A. L. train No. 50 for the South.
After leaving Charlottesville there is
not much time wasted anywhere till you
step off the train at Augusta, Cattle
stops, except at meal stations, being but
minutes, one has no chance to see much
of the towns on the route.
Danville was reached at SIP. m.; Char
lotte, N. G.. at midnight; Columbia at
1880 and at 1850 we landed at tie Union
Station in Augusta, where the National
Exposition was in full blast.
Augusta has population of $1,000 and
Goes thriving business both wholesale
and retail. 1t Is located on the eastern
edge Of the State, and is surrounded by a
cotton growing country. No matter where
you go in Augusta, you see cotton. The
commission houses are packed full OF pom
drous bales of it, the streets are in some
Hudl GCl0 dIIu Oot plOCACd WIN w. GhO otc
tons and wharves are piled mountain high
with it. and still it comes on wagons,
drays, carts in a never ending procession.
Augusta has fifteen banks with $50 we
were told) severa times as much capital
as Atlanta has.
The city lies along the Western branch
of the Savanna river which is nayigable to
that point for the largest vessels, and a
vast amount of freight passes over that
route.
In October the fall of water in the sec
tion drained by the Savannah and it's trib-
utaries was so great that that river over
flowed the country for miles on either
side, and the whole city of Augusta was
flooded to depth of from to $ feet.
The effects of the food are manifest yet
in all directions.
Where the exposition depot stands the
water rose on the building feet 81 inches.
w hat the loss sustained by this city
am ounted to it would be impossible to
esti mate, but it must reach. the neighbor-
hood of two millions. Business was en-
tirely suspended for long time-in fact
few business men could reach their places
of business for several days.
A gentleman told us that on the even
ing on which the water first covered the
city that two gentlemen@partners in q
hardware store-hired nan with small
boat to row them home, distance of but
three squares from their store. They were
caught in a current and carried several
miles fir ON home where they were forced
to remain several days.
There was great deal of suffering
among all cassesssd during the high water.
as marketing could not be done, and in
fami lies where supplies were not laid in,
you can readily see that suffering was I'M
ayoidable.
We7remained only two days in Augusta
and spent but..a couple of hours at the ex-
position. yet We are able to say that in only
one department did the display compare
with that in Richmond. In the machin-
cry department the display was fuller and
in every respect better than ours
We left Augusta at 5:50p M, on Thurs
day. and landed home at p. m. the next
day.
AT Charlottesville Junction, and Dan
vile are dining stations, both managed by
Mr.. Wright, Of Charlottesville Junction
7 he passenger who takes one meal at eth
er place, will never let a chance slip to
take another, for at no bo.el in this great
country are the meals better or more
promptly served. The minute you are
Sc ated you are served. Tie passenger is
mol forced to sit in misery waiting to be
served as the precious 90 minutes glide
swiftly after one another, and allowing
him but three minutes to swallow and run
to catch his train, but polite servant
takes your order the instant you sit
down, and in less than 60 seconds You may
be enjoying as well prepared and as deli
cious m cal as the markets affords.
Venture the assertion Stat there is not
a railroad restaurant in the country at
| which as good meal, as promptly and
politely served, and at as reasonable a
price can be had. And this is the opinion
expressed by every traveller who is so for
| tun ate as to dine either at Charlottesville
| Junction or Danyille.
We may add for the benefit of those who
| like it, there wine is served without extra
charge.
We would be glad if Mr.. Wright would
take charge of all the railroad restaurant
in America. ROVER.