The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-04-02

United SUaDeS, lie dcbtlaf COST. DAlng III the
aeighborhood of sl,Go0,0Oo- Its other manufac
turing interests are very great and cover a wide
range OF industrial WORK.
a'Speaking OF new towns. he said, "a year ago
the dressing point OF the Chesapeake & ohio and
the SEenandoah Valley Railroads was wheat
field tile place being known as Wayncsboro
Junction. At the present time a town OF CON
siderable Importance stands where the wheat
Held stood twelve months ago. The growth of
this piacc-i!isic Ci.y-iS but an Illustration of
the possibilities in Virginia and West Virginia.
Those who see Basic City for the first time with
it's now manufacturing enterprises, it's progress
i've weekly paper and its many evidences OF
thrift as an important manufacturing center
can scarcely realize that less than twelve
mouths ago there was nothing to Indicate the
work that has been accomplished during the
past year. have simply used this point as an
illustration to show how rapidly towns can be
hIilt n solid basis Alon., the whole lne at
charlottesville. Staunion, Clifton Forge Coving
ton Goshen Buena Vista, Glasgow Newcastle
(Which is in an UNNECESSARILY Rich, but 50 far
utterly in1eveloped, mineral region which our
Craig Creek railroad, to be completed this
Spr.ng, Will open up and elsewhere the same
wonderful advancement is being made The
towns and the Old towns join hands in the
one great work of deyelo 1nent."
what or the permanence of the Industrial
activity"
at is probably true that here and there there
may lave been some little over speculation in
stocks and town lots, but this is onlya an incident
that has no Important bearing upon the future
ty whether i'll the building OF towns or in the
stock and grain markets, some few people will
always over trade. but the great work OF solid
ineXhaustible resources goes steadily on. No
ono can carefully and collservativey study the
uadeveloped wealth OF the Virginias and at the
same time study the future marvellous Increase
III wealth n;si population in the entire country
Without, impressed with the fact that we
Just e..t :ig upon an era OF the greatest in
r.gstr!el aha town building activity that amy
isrt of the United States has seen. When we
contrastehe natural advantages and the dis
tanees from centers of population Of the West
ana Northwest and see the mar ellous growth
that has marked the rise of such places as KAN
cas- st> "a yinHannnlta D.n
Seattle, Tacoma, Portland and other points, and
then study the incomparably greater advan-
tages of the South, which has Il combination of
about all the good things that all other count
ries in the world have and without most of their
serious disadya i we must inevitably pc
OF towns and cities in the South will be as much
greater than the rate of growth OF the North
western cities has been as the resources and adj
vantages of the South surpass the resources and
advantages of thet section.H
coming back to the coal along the G. & O., Mfr.
Higalls stated thai MIR. Abram S. Hewitt, of New
York had declared that there no place in
the world where coking coal could be put fsto
tile ovens so cheapy as at Hawks Nest WI ere
a syndicate, Of which he is the head, is building
| a number Of coke ovens. The cost OF the coal
put into the ovens is about 40 cents per ton
Speaking Of the roads now working towards
the iron center OF the Appalachian district Mr..
Ingalls, stated that he not only stood ready to
welcome the Camden road and the Davis road.
but proposed to build from Covingt@n up TO the
State line to meet them both. This will be done
by branching OF from the new Hot & Warm
Springs Valley railroad some distance north of
COvington.
In answer to a query concerning the coal
tralIlc OF the Chesapeake 4 Ohio, Mr. ingalls,
stated that during the last fiscal year it amount
ed To 1465,0tO tons. "our coal traffic. said he,
I lis increasing wonderfully. The demand for
New River coal and coke can hardly be said to
be growing it is simply rushing We cannot
TONNAGE Of coal needed Tor shipment from New
port News, While the new furnaces along the
IN wsins WI ea To 1r no1cs or
piers at Newport Newsi'' he here Inquired. "A
car is run by its own gravity from the yards on
the pier, unloadad into bins, switched to anoth
Ell ;ick, and then by its own gravity is carried
10 another yard, where trains are made up to be
returned to the coal district. The arrangement!
IS labor saving, economical and time saving
Alniost double the amount OF coal can he load
cd on ship at Newport News as at any other piei
p i se Asae h ee ffa ons SsM
!atiVe iii the calculation that within the neSt
folk The new cities Of Virginia win furnish the
material and the Chesapeake Ohio Will handle
| it TO Newrcrt News IN SUFFICIENT quantity to
Keep steamships sailing to all parts OF the world
lit would be interesting TO know something
about the physical condition OF the road AND
what is required TO handle its tfafne."
You have touched upon :. theme so allied with
intricacies,' said Mr. tngalis. .aushin@ly, that
It wound retIuine Il whole dition of Your paper
TO recount il. It involves tracks, cars pay rolls
and brains Very few roads in this country car
boast Of track equal to that OF the Chesapea Ike
s. Ohio. AT the time OF its reorS anization,
was like a child weakened by disease. 1t needed
nursing snd ii:tiiHapnt.. We gave it both and
with tho bloom OF health. We fist laid l5miles
of rs pound steel rails on the mountains; then
laid another is miles Of IS pound steel rails
along New river Sixty miles more is now be
ing delivered, and within the next ninety days
we win have the main line between Hunting
ton and Charlottesviil laid with - pound steel
ave have recently purchased another mann
moth engine to haul our fast passenger trains
over the mountains. The engine and tender
train ls ten or tWelEe Cars al aneven speed, nj
and down grade, as easily as an ordinary engine
ham, La of OF
track. Fifteen new freight engines Will soon III
delivered to us; l,GOAfreight cars were added t.
oar equipment last year, besides 500 new Goa
ears equipped with air brakes ana .Ianney buff
We will add considerably to this during the
year lssi.
tween Cincinnati ana Huntingdon he wenJ OF
to say, 1--WE determined to equip the most ele
CANT and complete passenger trains that cou
be built That we succeeded we are satisfied Il
is:.sP 10 te rahii;., slllsa ;lnnraeiato,a Of on.
and New York ia Washington, with tbrouae
dining ears is amply attested by their increase
our tric arrangeinent giving us dire direct i,,.
to Washington. becomes effective, we will i'll
and Cincinnati. We have received the equip
Ilent Tor this train. consisting OF six eie.sani
Coaches and three t.ts:irnsife cars. lighted with
which will enable US, III conjunction with thGs,
we now have to afford dining car service Wit
the new trains, as wei as With the e. +. V.
Handsome Pullman slcepers will complete ths
make up of the train.
"O,lr present c1u !pment CONSISTS OF Aj engine;
ma5sin aopa aG o a FL fsE na n M re-
pail pairs at Coyiiigton, ny Huntington; W, VA
shops at Clifton Forge, as you are aware, are
new, and will be in partial operation about the
n5 g M NA a E sR Rad Il thsrs N
It viii Representa- value OF half q million OF dol
Lara, or about the value Of the Huntington ant
will distribute 81 000c00 annually.
81 SUPPOSE remarked, .that the system OF
ai}n tl,as hal,if.'s REPLIED Nj: Ingalls,, sit might
fact that We have a system. When we took the
road two and one half years ago, we found much
room for Improvement. No stindard seems to
have been adopted in any departments. There
were about sixty different kinds of switches
now there are only two. There were thirty diff
erent weight ana len sths OF rails now there
l:,t tWo The SxtytWO and seyentyfive pouna
rsfil. IN lle same ~ " atafXet; standard
to Keep on hand sufficient patterns for immedi
ate repairs; whereas, under the old arrange
nlent where every known description of ma
chinery used, it would have been ilnpoSSi-
Bile to have Kept even one pattern or each.
I'VE have" lie continued, "a standard color
tions ana Watsl tanka. Willie to q casual OBJ
server, tiis signigas nothng, exceptas itrelates
OF having 4 standard for everything is beneficial
I'VE found Oh taking possession OF the Cliesa
paaks o2 seHerm Yooae nfdes hYsrs
iron bridges. The last one is now being com
pieted.
I'VE have greeted quite Il number OF new pas
senser stations at different points aleng our line
ana now Eaye untier course OF eniiatiuction new
stations at Glasgow Iron Gate, Mineral City and
Hessemcr, Va We nave completed about s.
miles OF double track since June and will con
tinue to double track our line until our entire
mountain DISTRICTS double tracked
s',fhe line from Covington to Hot Springs, Va,
will be of great benefit both to our own proper
tn and to Virginia at large. Tie Virginia Hot
SPRINGS is equal in every effect to the Ho,
Springs of Afkapsasa ana has attractive ad
a}ncts in the Warm r. and is Healing springs;
of a bathing establishment TO cost $l50G0O,
where every known character of baths will be
administered, the srsctiGn Of villas in the vicin
ity Of the springs, and the nearness of the prop
eity to the great cities Of the East and West, a
few years will be bestowed upon it. The new
line will place the springs within IA hours of
New York. III or Il hours from Philadelphia, and
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