The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-01-02

electric light plant Thus you see, we
are. or will be in the near future. amply
equipped with rolling stock both for
passenger and freight business.
NEW TRACK ROOM
"To accommodate all this we needed
new track room and new and increased
ward facilities. Consequently we have
nuf down twenty-six miles of new sid
gs that are now complete. and are Law
ing fourteen miles Of side track that will
be completed in thirty days, giving us
altogether forty miles of new sidings.
You can put a good many cars on forty
miles of track. In addition to this we
have built ten miles of double track on
the old portion of the road and six miles
on the Cincinnati division, so that alto
gether we have fifty-six miles of addi-
tional track to give room for increasing
business. We are constructing two sec
tions of second or double track in the
Greenbrier district and about ten miles
of sidings between Anderson and Clifton
Forge. Within a very short time we
will be able to pass 100 ears in every
three miles on the Huntington division,
leaving the main line entirely free for
4. f. V. limited and our fast express
trains.
NEW YARDS. SHOPS AND DEPOTs.
"Of course all this new rolling stock
and track room necessitates increased
yard facilities. We are building extern
sive new yards at Orleans s+reet, Rich
mond at Gladstone, on the j ,mes River
division; at Clifton Forge, at Hinton, at
Upper Creek. near Cannelton, at st. AL
bans, at Russell, KY. opposite Ironton,
and at Covington Ky. All of these are
important improvements to the line, as
average capacity of the yards will be at
least 1000 cars That at Clifton Forge
will be even more extensive, capable of
containing the entire equipment of the
company. Elaborate shops will be buils
at Clifton Forge, where the mechanical
business OF the road will be mainly con-
Quoted. We are also charging our shops
at Richmond at Huntington the ma
cfinery in the old shops will be replaced
with more modern appliances.
CLIFTON FORGE
''At Clifton Forge we propose to build
"a handsome Motel station and office build
ing, costing $4,000. The plans for this
have been made At Staunton we are
building a new brick station, costing
$4,000. Our line has been extended
over the Government reservation at For
tress Monroe, and here, convenient to
the Hygeia Hotel, we shall build hand
some station. Others will be built at
Iron Gate and Foster. and at Charlottes-
vile, where we already have an unusu-
ally handsome building, a new waiting
room will be built convenient to the res
ident portion OF the town. Other sta
tons are being painted our standard
color, and we are improving the general
appearance of the line. All of this work
is now well under way.
AT Newport News the freight-sheds
and piers will be enlarged to double their
present capacity This is to be done in
pense in handling ocean freight. Our
sheds at the pier will be commodious
storage warehouses.
Between forty and fifty new iron
bridges, ranging in span from thirty to
two hundred feet, have been put up.
When five more iron bridges that have
been contracted for shall have been
built, which will be shortly, we will have
no wooden-truss bridges on the line.
'sWithin the past year one hundred
miles Of new steel rails, weighing seven
ty-tive pounds to the yard (the average
weight of a rail being sixty pounds),
have been laid over the mountain divis-
ions, and rolling mills are now delivering
rails for another hundred miles, which
are being laid. We have adopted a new
high safety-switch stand for the entire
line, the banners and lamps of which are
twenty feet above the track. The whole
device is made of iron and steel, and
will be a feature in the appearance of the
track, besides adding to the safety of the
trains
NEW LINES CONTEMPLATED.
| asked Mr.. Ingalls, if it was true that
the management proposed to build new
lines in Virginia. He said:
Yes, several branch lines in Virginia
are contemplated, and construction will
commence early next season, developing
very large business not only for our
lines in Virginia, but for the entire sys-
tenn. These branch roads will undoubt
eddy be OF great Importance to the State
The DEVELOPMENT of it's mineral resources