The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-12
IN OLD VIRGINIA.
TOPICS OF INTEREST IN VARIOUS
SECTIONS.


THE TnfEs selects the following as exam
pies OF subjects Of interest to various sec
+ tons Of the Commonwealth.
5 GOOD COUNTY ROADS.
The ROckbridee County News says: at is
10 be hoped that this matchmaking infection
viii get a grip on our people. II there
ever was a civilized community that need
ed stirring up on this subject. 1t il Rock
bridge. We not only need the roads.
but we need the knowledge Of
how 10 locate and construct them.
We have plenty Of able and skilled
engineers aud practical men. Why don't
some Of them take hold Of IL and enlighten
: the people on the subject In our country
there Is ample material at hand 10 make
good and permanent roads. The present
system Of proceeding. as We have said over
aud over again. Is a sheer waste Oftime and
money. There is nothing that would give
a greater help 10 restore prosperity Of
the farmers of the country, than 10
give them "a quick and easy access TO mar
kct. Why IL costs as much 20 transport fifty
bushels Of wheat from ten miles ont 10 Lex
ingtOu as the freight on IL would be from
Chicago 10 New York. A community In
This fix cannot prosper, and il is no use 10
expect it,"
The Campbell County Record saws:
] II
change i'm our road system. The expense is
the hughcar. When that objection is ex-
amincd il vanishes. Last year Campbell
/ paid out in hard cash for roads Sl,l2S.Jj,
and that is less than the average. Besides.
! take into the account two DAYS labor from
five thousand men. The proposed
system will not increase the bur-
dens Of the people. The revenue Of the
/ county last year was SlJ.O6l.4J; dishurse-
] |IsH I...N.
! Sl,919 ~, which added 20 balance brought
over from previous year gives surplus on
/ hand $4,000. enough 90 inaugurate the
new system without additional burdens
/ we assure the supervisors that the people
are ripe for "A change. The time for action
is at hand Act, act, act. and earn the
/ gratitude Of your fellow-citlzens.'
TIE NEW RAILROAD.
The Portsmouth Progress says: ave are
very glad 90 see that the board Of managers
of the Board of Trade at their meeting last
| Wednesday night decided TO take the ncces-
sary steps 90 make arrangements for q re-
1 ccpiion 90 the merchants and business men
/ Of Danyillc and other points along the At
lanGc and Danyillc Railroad, who are
90 visit this city i'm a few weeks. This is a
great opportunity 10 the business men of
! Portsmouth 90 form business alliances with
/ a large number Of people and we hope 90
see great DO ults grow out of 10 IN q very
shUt while. ID our citizens will show Che
| proper amount of pluck and energy"
MWrINsvILLE's HOPES.
The Henry Bulletin says: "With thewcll-
sustained reputation Of Henry county Co.
/ baccO extending an over the civilized
world. Martnsyille, the principal market
for that tobacco, only has about "a dozen TO-
baccO factories. She might and ought On
I ala. tt. 1 IA
offers better inducements for the manu-
lacture of tobacco than Martinstille. |
This county and the sections trinu-
tary TO our market grow many mil |
lions of pounds of the sweetest and /
best tobacco nom which 90 select stocks; |
plenty of good labor, and any amount of
good building material. and will soon have /
TcducCd freight rates. Besides all these ad- /
Vaniagcs we have a healthful climate. pure |
: alter, and the most polished and refined /
people in Virginia. And. aside from an /
this, few men have ever engaged in the /
manufacture Of tobacco i'm this county. and /
failed of success. This fact goes tO show |
that the business is lucrative one.'
GRANTING or CHARTERS.
The staunton indicator says; "some- /
thing else those country members should /
learn from this episode. The broad rights /
granted by many 0i the charters now being /
given ont are fully equal 90 holding trust I
under their wings. and those wings should |
be clipped. Some of the charters now being |
granted by the Legislature 70 do everything /
ON earth under color of law are equally as /
Objectionable as the American Tobacco |
Company bill. The times IN Virginia just /
now are peculiar, and an chartered rights |
should bee well understood by the grant0r /
before they are gwen
ADVANTAGES AT BASIC CITY.
In the Staunt0n Niudicatcr is given the |
following description Of Basic City's adyan- |
tages "Basic City is at the crossing off
two railroad lines which arc ready 10 carry /
It's products 90 every section Of the Union. /
The Chesapeake and Ohio will take them % !
the seabOard in a night and 10 the Ohio river /
in day. ltOpcns the ocean and the great /
Northwest 10 it, The Shenandoah Valley /
Railway gives it an outlet % the great |
Southwest and 20 the eastern manufacture |
ing cities. Loaded i'm Basic City, freight |
may go TO any point in the United States /
without breaking bulk. IL is, 80 90 speak, /
in touch Of the world in the matter of trans
p0rtation of its products.
at has iron tracks ready built and run /
ming tO the famous coke regions of the coun- /
try-the C0nnelsville i'm Pennsylvania, the |
p0cahontas and the West Virginia.
1.-The name Of the new site, Basic City, Is |
significant Of what may De looked for in It's |
history. About six years ago, Mr.. Jacob |
Reese, of Pttsbnrg, who is we'll known in |
connection with the Basic process for max |
ing steel, went all over tine state Of Nir- /
ginia booking fora site for works. lie final |
In came % WgyncsDOrO junction (Which |
now lies within the limit of the new city, /
and was so much impressed with lbs ad- |
yantagcs for the location Of q steel plant |
that he took nm option on sufficient land !
owned by Mr.. ID. A. kayser for the purpose |
of establishing one. Complications growing /
ont of law suit over the right 90 the Basic /
process prevented his carrying out his |
original intention, but DE is still Of the same /
mind with regard 20 the value Oi the Local /
ton, and but "a few months ago published /
an article favoring it as AN eligible point. |
10 was from the circumstance Of Mr.. Reese's |
visit that the name of Basic City was chosen /
for the new site.
alabama iron has already undersold |
PENNSYLVANIA iron and Basic City iron viii |
undersell Alabama iron from lis superior |
advantages of location. Sheffield and Flor |
ence, Ala, use Pocah0ntas coke. costing
them according 90 published statements, |
S.}. so per ton 40 furnace. The same coke az
Basic City will cost about 500 Brown
hpmatite ores Of same grade cost Sl.OO per
ton at Sheffield, while at Basic City they
can be bought not % exceed Sl.JO per ton,
making difference Of s. and over n favor
~ Basic City in production. Then i'm the
transportation ~ the product 10 New York,
Basic City, 600 or more miles nearer ANA
within i25 miles of tidowater, can lay her
iron down at about $3.50 per ton. while Ala-
bama furnaces have 20 pay $50 per ton,
making difference of Sl.2j per ton M favor
of Basic CITY in transportation. 80 in pro-
ductiOn and transportation 90 eastern mar
kofs Basic City has the advantage of over
S3 Der ton i'm her favor over Alabama for
the same grade Of iron.'
Mr.. DAVIS INAUGURATION.
Richmonder's Recollection OF the IN
cidents ofthe Occasion.