Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-09-26

as il the future of the State Of Virginia or
the State of Pennsylvania. It will thrive
on just what has prospered and will prosper
those two States. The Shenandoah Valley
railroad which runs through it gives it a
connection with the coal fields OF South
western Virginia. The Baltimore & Ohio
railroad which is some six miles distant
will, in q few months, be touched by a
short line from it and thus give it an open
way to the great West A railroad is pro-
posed to be built from Culpeper through
the Shenandoah Pass browns Cap
in the Blue Ridge to Shendun which
will put it within three hours run
Of the National capital, and that road is to
be extended on through Highland, Poca-
hontas, Greenbrier and Nicholas to the
North end of the New River coal and coke
fields The town is but 80 miles from
the Cumberland coke district, and but 12C
from that of ConnelIesville. So much fol
it's railroad facilities.
The iron ore range property of the COM
pany lies for ten miles along the base OF
the Blue Ridge, and which are but three miles
from Shendun. La this range are the two
Miller mines, the Douthat, Raines, Weaver,
New, Upper Sipe and Lower Sipe. The
iron from these mines as l have said above
yields over As per cent. of metallic iron.
The agents of the U. S. Census of 1880 in
their official report put it at from Al to 81
per cent
The limestone for fiuxing is on the land.
Thus, with the large timber tracts owned
by the company you will see the raw mate
rial is at hand for every kind of manufac-
ture.
The city will have {; great advantage fol-
reaching the public attention Of the coun-
try through the number of visitors to the
caves, both from every part of this coun-
Try and from European cities, who come here
all through the year. They serve as per
petual advertisement for the place with the
difference that instead of paying for it the
company derives q large revenue from it.
Another advantage the new city will have
is that it's distinguished President, Maj.
Jed. Hotchkiss, has the ear Of the scientific
railroad and manufacturing magnates OF
the United States. Many years spent as a
consulting engineer has given him a per-
sonal acquaintance among them which will
be of inestimable value in securing indus
tries and other advantages for Shendun.
AS illustrations Of this, may give two
instances which occurred to-day:
Mr.. J. 7. Richards, the Chief Assistant
Engineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company telegraphed yesterday for Maj
IIotchkiss to meet him here and go over
the ground hereabouts. He arrived to-day
and with Maj. H. went over the ground
here and got information about the route
for a railroad to come through Brown 5
Gap at this point, pass through Shendun
and the iron Ole range of the GrottOeS
company, and go on to the New River coal
fields. The Pennsylvania Railroad people
have walked up to the importance Of this
line, and MI. Richards expressed much
satisfaction with his observation of the
pass-way through the mountain and the
information he received.
Another instance was the arrival Of MI.
Gaylay, the furnace Manager of the Edgar
Thompson steel works in Pennsylvania
Andrew Carnegie's great works, which run
eleven open hearth basic steel furnaces.
He came here to look over the ground for
the establishment Of a furnace, and express
ed himself as greatly pleased with the ore
and facilities existing here.
Another distinguished visitor here to-
day was Lynch the electrician of New Y ork.
He measured the water fall here with a
view to ascertaining the electric power
that could be gotten from machinery driven
by it. His measurement-thoCg the water
is. now low-resulted in ascertaining that
500 HORSEPOWER could be obtained. This
will give the electric power to light the city
run electric cars, run the hotel elevator and
leave a good deal to be hired out tc
industries.
Everything points to Shendun being q
large city and, what is more, to it's being a
new type of city us far as the Southern
States are concerned. II. g. T.