The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-05-08
Con. M. e. Ingalls,.

Whenever Grn M. Il. Ingalls, drops
down to Richmond, he is sure to have a
score or so of reporters after him, and
he always has something fresh to tell
them. Gen. Ingalls, is president of the
G. & 0. Railway, and of the Big Four
and it may be, of other enterprises, and
of course learns something new every
week or two that the newspapers would
like to know. Last week he was in
Richmond, and in response to inquiries.
stated that the freight of the c. q O. had
been largely increased. The new towns
springing up along the main stem of the
road, and the James River division have
created a large demand for lumber, and
this has given great activity to business
in the timber regions of Virginia and
West Virginia. During the month of
April there was 4, 1913 trains run over the
road, carrying 130,445 cars-77, 900 of
which were loaded. This will give an
idea Of the extent of the business trans
acted, which really would have been
largely increased had there been more
course of his conversation, Mr. Ingalls,
remarked that he had just closed con
tract for the construction of a handsome
hotel at Clifton Forge, which will be
erected at once. The drawing of the
building we have seen. If completed
according to the plans, it will be an i'm
posing building and one of the most at
tractive and unique in the country The
cost will be somewhere between $15, 900
and 100000.
There is unusual activity both in the
timber and mineral business along the
line of the G. & O., and this will increase
us facilities for transportation are fur
nished. The vast wealth between the
Blue Ridge and the Ohio river along
the Chesapeake & Ohio road, has as vet
been only touched. The timber the
coal, the iron ores, existing in such fabu-
lous quantities as they do, have scarcely
been scratched over. New enterprises
are being inaugurated every day, for
fuller development and utilization of
these resources. Towns are springing
up, industries established, and endeav-
ors being put forth to convert into ac-
tive values some of this immense dead
wealth. And it is gratifying to know
that Gen. Ingalls, is in accord with all
these efforts. He not only encourages
them by kind words and acts, as Presi-
dent of the G.. & O. railroad but as an
individual, he gives the aid of his means
and counsel to further deserving pro-
jects. He manifests an earnest interest
in every scheme and every enterprise
designed to develop and appropriate the
natural resources of the country, for he
knows that in this lies the success of his
road
There is a great future for the Chesa-
peake u Ohio railroad, and the territory
it drains, and it might well be the ambi-
ton of any man to be identified with
the active movements which will con
tribute to the contamination, that the
natural resources assure
A decade hence will evidence trans
formation in material relations and de-
velopment that will astonish those who,
cognizant of present conditions, may be
here to witness it. Towns will enlarge
into cities, and the pulsations of indus
trial life will stir and move the people
to new methods and new ideas, and new
aspirations consistent with the encour-
aging influences that emanate from ma
terial development and Industrial pro-