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

will bring northern capital into Virginia
besides giving a healthy impetus to it,
own people. The coke made in the
New River district is superior to the
Connellsville coke. In fact there is nc
reason why the resources of Virginia
should not restore the State to her for
mer prosperity, and when this happens
her unsurpassed farming lands will at
tain value proportionate to the rich
ness of the soil.
But your Virginia people should not
make the mistake of thinking your for
tunes lie only in your minerals. There
is one thing you should take hold Of
and that is the building up of the James
river farming section. 1t is of the best
land in the State for agricultural pur-
poses. With lands that sell at $40 per
acre, and are capable of raising crops
equal TO those of the bluegrass region
OF Kentucky, and with climate that
permits them to be under cultivation
winter and summer, the James River
valley ought to have population three
or four times the size of that now inhab-
iting it,"
rs it true,' asked. chat the compa-
ny has bought the Springs in the Warm
Springs Valley y
Yes, we have closed an arrangement
for the development of the Warm, Hot,
and Healing Springs, and we shall short
~ begin the construction of line to the
Hot Springs, which is the central part
OF this rich mineral-water region. The
Improvement in the facilities for leach
ing the springs will undoubtedly be fol-
lowed by still more important improve
ments In the springs property. Hotels
and cottages will be built, and the bath
ing system will be extended and perfect
ed. The cottage system is the thing
for Virginia watering-place 1t has
worked admira bly, at the White Sulphur,
and no one who has enjoyed it there
would abandon it for any other.
The Hot Springs of Arkansas are Wis
tied by about $4,000 people yearly. Why
should not the Virginia Hot, whose me-
dlcinal properties and curative powers
are equally as good, and which certainly
nave a far better climate and which are
centrally located in the most popuous
section of the United States between the
Mississippi and the Atlantic, not receive
similar patronage? We believe they
will
| asked Mr.. ingalls, if in the largely
increased earnings shown by the month
ly statements of the company the pas
senger department had met the expecta-
lions OF the management.
Yes he replied. ''more than met
them. We have made vigorous and
successful effort to put our passenger
service up to the requirements of mod
ern travel, and the result has been
highly gratifying. The fast-fying vesti-
bule limited is one of the finest trains in
the world. In fact, it is equipped with
every convenience of the day. lacking in
no point from the electric reading-Iamp
up to the most elaborately-ap
dining car. 1t is by odds the best train
between Cincinnati and Washington and
eastern cities, and it completes on equal
basis with other fine trains for the
through business to New York. |, nv.
self, consider it the best and most con
venient train on which to leave New
York for Cincinnati for Louisville, and
other business men willt hold the same
opinion. These facts have told upon the
passenger business OF the Company, and
what was more or less of an experiment
has in the result justified the enterprise.
1t is our constant effort to make our pas
senger service, both local and general,
equal to that of any road, and our pa
trOnage assures us that we are succeed
ing.
''As to the general physical condition
OF the line" continued Mr. ingalls,, Il
may say that it was never before com
arabic to its present state. The road
bed and track were never before in such
good order. 1t is a remarkable fact that
though we cross two langes of noun
tains and penetrate a most wild and
rugged district, there are no sharp and
uncomfortable curves on the Chesapeake
and Ohio, and our grades are not steep
as mountain grades GO
TO comment upon such comprehen-
Slv,, far-reaching plan of Improvement
and development is useless The people
OF the two Virginias are fortunate that
this great railway system has fallen into
the hands of men who have the fore
sight, the energy, and the ability to
make such plans, and tho money with
which to carry them to successful issue.
'EOKAY