Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-09-29

b priest and best route for usEeral Lees
Plttsl E 6, Virginia Railroad is by wsv OF
Goshen. The grades from the coal G3l5a
OF Pocshentss end Randolph countiee. &C.
ward which ihe Camden ani Davis rail-
roads are Dow ~ Idly working are easy to
Goshen Therefore. the CT aaces ere that
Goshen is be site OF tins future city between
Roanoke, Va and Pttshurg, Pa.
From the very outset, it is but right to say,
Mr.. J. Fred Effinger and Mr.. c L. Cooke, of
Stauntcn, Va, re associated witt Mr c. =.
Fh1man. And by the bye, the Dumbsr Of bIainy
men that Stanton has furnished for ON ting
the prosperity OF otner towns is larger than any
city of ihe same size in America can show. New
ertheess, Staunton will get there herself some
of these days Well, Eiiiager. Cooke and EEh
IN IN reasoned tfg ther in comieg to the to5cu-
sion that Goshen was tie place. he next man
taken in was Col Z 2. Chew, OF ChalIestown ".
Va, msn with great following Then fhe
Hon 4. B. Fleming, now governor o. Wet Vir-
e ria was admitted = the syi cicste and vsIlous
others of moro or LIS iLhuence, wealth an6 pos
itoa, SO that v hen the company came 20 be h1sl-
y organized it was possible 10 elect the iolo"ins
sgu arly pow c,ful board of directors: 10. Z. In
gals, pre- sident of the Chesapeake G Ohio Eail-
way Co.; Governor Fleming Gen. @. II. Smy IT,
New York Nelson Thomassou, Chicago Frank
lin Osborne, Pitsturg, Pa; Major Holmes Conrad,
Winchester, Va, and the first four named. viz,
T.. +. E-hman, thsTleo l.. SooAe, ). FfeQ EmuBer
and Col Chew.
Mr. ingalls,, as everyone know is proving
Tremendous lever for the development of the re-
zion traversed by the Chesapeake Oh o. Thia,
however, is in ST. CT consistency with consclen-
thus and ssgss Gus full lment Of his trust. TIE
Chesapeake G Ohio will be the gamer. 1t is traffic
that axes dividends and the creation OF tlaihc
is the ore thing needful to evcry r.rosd trave:s-
ing an undeveioped country. at its present rae
of activity in eveeping rest ices year or two
will suff. 10 make this road, which for years
wss noasdividend payer, ono CT the most profit
able properties in the country.
Speaking OF the Chesapeake & Chic makes ap-
propriate here word about the magnificent Pal
ace Hotel now in course of construction on tho
elevated plateau Just sou b of the present passen-
ge- depot st Goshen pa'esu commanding
view that has few equals in all this region OF in
com parable natural grsndo1r. This hotel was
the suggestion either Of MIR. Ingslls or of Mr.. ii.
w. Fuller, the able general passenger agent OF the
Chesapeake & Ohio The constant traveller be
tween Cincinnati or louisville and the Eas5 over
this now super bly, tqGipped line will remembet
that there is nowhere between the Ohio river
cities and Old Point such thing as a frstclsss
resting place except at the White sulphur, which,
except in summer time, is closed. And the self
same traveller will also bethink himself Of how,
whle passing thu ough the sofcerous scenery of
this region, he has time and again wished that
there had been provided some comfortable hostel
ID ,thetic lily drunk upon the enchanting views
which mother nature has here provided in such
profound profuson. Said the Chesapeake s. Ohio
people, Goshen is the place fer glorious hotel"
Sa Mr. Fuller, so soon as the pan Of my friend
Yarns, the great Phiadelp hia poet-architec. (sll
his creations are poeticslJ were shown him, II
will enjoy the sensation of advertising such
modern h,stery on the line Of our road
This dream Of b. alty, in the way OF 40 room
hotel is now being built by k. c. Bslinger q Co,
noted PhIa1elphis contractors. l am smry 1
havn't cut to show Its grsce'u contour exompli-
flying the antique French chateau. One of its
novelties will be al over lowing st cam Of strong
sulphur wstr brought by grsvitation into per-
petual motion, from the famous Cold Sulphur
Springs. The Goshen palace" will not be built
in the cheap shanty manner so much in vogue at
booming toms, but in stone and prased b icb,
with Interior decorations of the most exquisite
kind. Eighteen or nineteen years ago / first
NJ de acquaintance with Goshen and ate illain-
ons supper at Ia tle-trap old inn before taking
the stage for q 16 nj c night ride to Lexington
where l wss student at Washington and Ice.
When to-day pictured tho luxury of Ysrnalls
creation aud cootrastei the yesterday with the to-
morrow, decided to "evsn Up things" by coming
here and spending weea at the Palace just 30
soon as it shs ne completed.
The foregoing has all been written on an im-
pulse. Mr.. Ehrmau, this mansgor of the company,
Grove mo out this morning a. matter of court
esq. After showing me the new streets and the
industriea, and giving me an opportunity to
breathe pure air and enjoy sublime scenery for
several hours, he asked mo to make note OF the
fact hat the company proposed to hold grand
auction aao of lots on Wednesday and Thursday,
October and 10 This salo will have one or two
special pecullariies. 1t will be preceded by q
larger number Of secu ed industries than any
opening sale ever he'd in southern town, and by
reason of the orgsrzition of Building compsnts
uader contract to coust rect at least two hus dred
Thousand dollars worth OF hou c5, it will BIO ono
of tho Arot opening sales Where real live town is
guaranteed in sdv.nce
In view of tie abomin bic accommodations
which the p-ttons OF so many now town sales
have hsd TO put up with (aIthough they have gen.
orally afterwards got we'll paid in profics on in
YES ments for their discomfort in this respect,)
it ought to be stated-th.t the statement Will
Doubt. IS help to augment the crowd st Goshen
on October 9th aad 1Oth-that the great MOTEL aJ
Rockbtidge Alum Springs (Which is within 20
minutes By 1sil), anu the well kept hotel at Cold
Sulphur Springs which is within 10 minutes by
bus, will both be thrown open to aupply lodging
and creature comforts to the bidders. Besides,
the Commercial Hotal, now open here st the de-
pot, is capable of caring for, excellent style,
several hundred visitors.
THOMAS P. GRAsTY, in ManJa tures Record
P. S.-Snce writing the above, gentlem n
returned from London, has inform dsme that Mr..
Proctor s.ates that the building of The Pittsburgh
s. Virginia via Goshen ia, as far as can be, abio-
lutely as ured