Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-02-07
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SHEPHERDsTowN, W. VA. Feb /.
Editor of the Spirit Of Jefferson
Seeing that you have no CORES
pondeut from this little city On the
cliffs along the. historic Potomac,
where the stray picket used to
walk his heat to and fro. / have con-
cluded to let your readers hear from
US, and by the way, speaking of the
. cliff . reminds me that east of town
the n. & W. by the use of much
dynamite and powder, have succeed
ed in removing quite bulk of the
old landmarks of our town-llave
ruthlessly blown them up, crushed
them all UP and scattered them along
their road from Hagerstown TO (pef-
haps) Roanoke. The blasting has
not been going on nor the crusher in
operation since August, or they would
long ere this havepassed entirely from
view But as we need enterprise more
than hills, it is to be regretted that
the work shut down, as it afforded
employment for large number of
our laboring population who have
been more or less idle during this
very severe winter; in fact all of our
industries seemed to have ceased OPP
Grating, including the machine shops,
a large quarry south of town, the two
Cement mills, (the Paper mill having
quit long ago) besides there were
quite number of men in the r. r.
service who were cut off. Whilst our
boom did not pan out as favorably as
was desired, it nevertheless 6 sowed
seed which fell upon good ground"
southwest of town, the result being
that quite strip of land was pur-
chased from the syndicate by one of
our enterprising citizens, Mr.. j. n.
Trnssell, who had it surveyed and
laid off into town lots and streets, the
lots being sold to the people at rea-
sonabIe prices, and the purchasers
have gone to work with considerable
enterprise and are erecting handsome
and comfortable residences, in fact
some of them are completed and oc-
cupied, and quite number are near
| ly finished; the cold weather having
stopped the plastering. 1t would give
me pleasure to furnish you the names
of the residents of Prospect Avenue,
in Trussell addition, but time and
space forbid at this writing, but when
they all get pleasantly cnsconced in
their new houses, will furnish you q
list of most worthy and substantial of
our native clement. Some of the
/" wiseacres predict that railroad
will run along the river from Har-
per's Ferry toCherrY Run in less than
two years; and it is not at all improb-
able, for doubtless your readers know
that engineers have twice surveyed
the ground with the end in view of
seeing if the grade could not be ma
terialIy reduced and the distance
lessened as compared to that between
the same two points over B. & o.
The Lutheran congregation, the lar
gest in this place, has been without a
spiritual head since the resignation
of its late pastor, Rev. d. NJ. Moser.
BY March 1st the water will be let
into the G. & O.Canal, and of course
the sight of mules dragging their
weary length (including boats) along
will soon follow.
A good many changes will take
place here in spring. among them will
be farmers coming in to embark in
mercantile pursuits and town folks
going out to farm hope it will wind
up fayorably. Fearing that my first
if made too long might be my last,
will close, Mr.. H., with many kind
greetings from your friends in this
neighborhood, who admire you as a
man and editor, for the SPIRITS col
umns are ever openfor the vindication
of right. W.
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