Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-01-16
BUILD THE RAILROAD.

| Coille Ol Gne rallrOau prOJecG TO
build road from Pulaski City to
the Flat Top coal fields. Is the
matter sleeping never to be ava
kened. We were much in hope,
after Col. Macgill opened the ball
with a very interesting and con-
vincing letter upon the subject,
! that there would be no lull in the
proceedings, and that the business
men of Pulaski City, Bland and
Tazewell would take up the cue
and push things to successful
termination. No one will deny tho
fact that railroad from Pulaski
City to some point on the Clinch
Valley extension of the Norfolk &
Western railroad, say Tazewell Q.
H., would develop one of the finest
agricultural and mineral sections
in Virginia, which would be of in
calculable value to Pulaski City,
and Bland and Tazewcll counties,
as we'll as to the Norfolk s. West
ern railroad. This road would ma
turally traverse country teeming
I'm material wealth right at hand
/ awaiting to be Utilized, and if
built will enhance the prosperity
of the citizens of Bland and many
of Tazcwell an hundred fold, and
give Pulaski fine field to draw
from, the untold wealth of for
est, field and mine. The benefit
accruing from tho road would be
equally as great to the Norfolk 81
Western railroad, as it's freight
would pay handsome dividend
on the cost of construction from
the start and besides, it would
give it two routes by rail from the
great coal fields of the two Vir-
ginias. The traffic on the New
F River division is becoming so
heavy that a single track cannot
f accommodate it much longer and
, Of necessity another track will
have to be built and, / am quite
sure, the projected road can be
built from the Clinch Valley here
and the main line double tracked
f from here to New River much cas-.
ier and at considerable less cost
than to double traclethe New Biv-
, er division. And, besides, itwould
have this important feature about
/. it: it would open'up q new field for
Q a large freight and considerable
passenger traffic, whereas to doub-
le track the New River division
: would not open up % particle of
new territory and would only fa-
Ecilitate the passage of freight al
! ready secured, while the new line
would not only accomplish this
\ but would open up bran-new ter
ritory besides. Therefore would it
not be wise i'll the Norfolk & West
ern to build this road in place of
. double tracking the New River
division. If she will do it ain
r quite certain that she will never
have cause to regret it as the coun-
+ try along it and contiguous there
to will produce as many tons of
, freight as any part of it's grand
!. and prosperous railway system,
Z mile for mile. In conclusion allow
; me to say that this is a matter OF
v too much Importance to the people
Q of Pulaski City and those of the
b counties named for them to remain
inactive and let them slip by until
i. we all die Of old age and no rail
!. road still. Much smaller enter
!. prises require great energy and
S sagacious planning to succeed, and
a if we get this railroad every man
$ tc Il man must do his part. We
! must let the capitalist know what
we want and show him what we
have got to insure him a safe re-
+ turn for the money he puts into
I the enterprise and back our .judg-
9 ment too by subscribing what we
!, can pay.-Letter in Pulaski News.
DEyEREUx.
: THE SOUTH'S START IN
IRON SHIP BUILDING.
r Nothing better illustrates the pro
0 gress of the South than the fact that