Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1890-09-03

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made, and for years previously had been
made, in the rich valley of which we write
perhaps SURPRISING any section Of the same
extent in the quantity and richness Of iron.
ores. 1t is rich, too, in many other Of the
most valuable mineral and other resources
superior in the richness of level and IN
dulsting soils; and in forests and landscape
and mountain scenery ranks with the most
beautiful of the earth, and in weird en-
chantments where the spirits seem tt
dwell, the most romantic and poetic o.
which the mind can conceive.
TRANSPORTATION.
Previous 10 tao oouetraetio4 Of .he
ST. Valley Railroad, 81 lac est.
err side Of Az lssg Of Virginia, AMI all,
except east Of staunton aad V q the
Masaaruttoa 5Iountsip, fye warren
county 20 Roanoks, e&eet., + ~ 'ssea py
the G. & O. line. IN. - railroad transpor-
tatiou. AlE the IHray Valley, rs we'll as
for rniles 10Th id south of it, had only
the nrimtt;va ,,iodes OF trans portation by
wagons. and ir part by boating along the
sbenandoab river, to aid development as
the piopea,a in lron-,nal1ing, farming, the
1nmbor IL terests, &C., had to lead the way
in proe..eaa.
Whpjn Professor Rogers wrote, railroad
construction had just been commenced,
and it is more than probable his great mind
" as directed TO that lew mode as he con.
sidered tho situation of The Luray Valley
and sits immense capacity for profitable
iron-produotion. Be that as it NAV, in
time the railroad was constructed, and it is
unquestionably fact, that with that line
completed to Roanoke eight years ago, no
such progress in the most valuable depart
ments Of development in the same Jsngth
of time has ever been witnessed in any
country.
Luray and It's section eve much of their
present and anticipated progress to the op-
portunities furnished through the means of
he Shenandoah Valley Railroad.
The State the PUBLIC are indebted to
5he efforts and ability Of Major Jed Hotch-
Kiss for finishing PgQ lessor Rogers work
n the illustrations and publication which
1e completed. Liz swise there is . debt Of
public gratitude which the people on the
inc CT the Shf nandoah Valley Railroad
should recogaizfJ for untiring, constant and
aborious service in carrying the project of
'he construction Of that line through its
Earliest and greatest difficulties. Peter B.
lzoEsts William Mines, and U. L. Boyce
laboEed day and night for that object be-
fore the interests of the Philadelphia CAPT.
,ailsts were identified with it. Tt is not
saying more than 1a dEe In ascribing to the
after named gentlemen the omplshment
Of securing tho introduction into Virginia
Of Mr. Kimball and his associates who hava
achieved such great things for our State
and people.
ISRAY AND OPENING OF NEW oPPoRTEKIa
TIES.
ha policy locking principally to great de-
Felopment Of the iron resources OF the Val
ey of Virginia contemplated in the rapid
in 1881 of the Shenandoah Val
ey Rai'.o Dad than they were then. How
'ver, it was not only in furnaces and mills
md that class Of enterprises which were
QJked after. TIE actual investment of
money and the introduction Of schemes on
other Ines charging the opportunities of
the country were Immediately carried for
ward. About this time the Caverns of
Luray which shortly before, so to speak,
had been re-discovered, but wholly 60 IN
their great extent and wonderful form Il.
tions. At Luray capital and taste were
combined for achievements that honor the
taste and energy Of the people. The
Caverns were purchased, and quickly pat
in shape for complete exploration through
the best of facilities, and the celebrated
Inn upon which art and money have been
freely expended for tho qualification Of in
quiry into the great works Of nature and
to afford royal hospitality Of the olden time
in the man1er Of the present day rs it is
dispensed Of the Inn Of tue Architectural
stye of the Queen Anne age. Two pas
senger trains each way every day and ex-
cursions from the cities of the North, the
East, the South, and the West every few,
days, are shaping the story Of Luray in that
particular, which is but an earnest of what
the future is to be when thousands Of per-
SONS from all over the land will crafty
their desire to visit the historic Valley and
the wonders of nature it contains, and to
participate in the annually increasing
progress which large schemes in material
development have set on foot.
There is SO much of history and so many
occurrences associated with Luray and Its
adjacent country which must forever have
a place in the minds and the hearts not
only CT their people but of those all over
the State and through our Southland, that
the pen involuntariiy begins to write of
them though it was taken up to note the
events of the present events
Swallowed forth by the 'Father of our
Geology" and now realized through the
assistance of other States which has come
in good shape and issincerely and heartily
np;tiDo with thu ability of the DeODle there