Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-10-27
THE NEW RAILROAD.
,,osws Of the Chesapeake and West
sru in Rockingham County.
COUNTIES INTERESTED.
s,np Nearly Completed from
prrdsewa'er TO E''''0"' with rams
.out Half the Distance-Two
49,, Engines ON the Ro"d'

r,soxRrRG. VA, october %
ono Of the most import
ST.. ,r~o,d building operations IN
- ,.nited states to-day is gong on
~ here in old Rockingham. 1t is
rs"' n, in many ways. The roads
ff Ito, IL OF the most substan-
so,scter. and the men at the
~ the company that IS buhd'ng u,
.n as those composing the railroad
are recognized everywhere as
JIM, en-. foremost railroad builders and
- IN the country. And the COM
Of the Chesapeake and Western
..,, will be an important event III 'he
,. ~ Virginia and West virginia
.l,,s very great deal for the two
The road, as planned. Will run
,r.l.Vater TO the coal-helds In west
ard will pass through vir-
NEt''.', "A great portion OF its
~ ,ch I'm natural resources, ana
.tnS," - wonderful development. The
.l,autages that will accrue TO the
h", ,t,t will be traversed by II
.."" 3. estimated. Not only this, but
-. ,n. shortest possible route from
WI" v..t. and will become the
highway OF travel and commerce
'e' no centre Of population TO the ma
.lr's capital -, H.. .No roaa
t,rI.gr. we are daily witnesses
a." rrorre.s OF this great work. A
'",,,r four months ago ground was
er4 since that time twenty
Z have been graded. with rails
l more than half that distance, and
,..rt additional miles of grading are
,..., r,.u under way. The rails are made
DID,. 3D.. celebrated Carnegie eel-Works.
.,o of The lat-. pattern, and weigh
,..rfr mounds % the yard-the heaviest
, lv the way. ever put down by
... rol1 when II was first built. I'm
,...se numbers Of these rails are piled
. n this place near the Junction Of
,l. rrc,1roakc and Western and Balti-
,..-. ana Ohio. and whole train-loads are
,,...i.r over the Baltimore and Ohio
~ short intervals. as the Chesapeake
,~I Western people are just now receiv-
Inc shipment Of 300 carloads.
TWO ENGINES.
Tho company has already two big en-
rms on It's road here, and is running
r.,structicn-trans. The first engine was
ir.'t hv the Baldwin ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
AMI the second was furnished by the
y bmond Locomotive and Machine
Works. from the capital OF our own be-
,,.s3 state. Both machines are beau
It's. and, / learn, give entire satisfac-
The building Of this road has poured
lr,, old Rockingham thousands and tens
~ thousands of dollars, which has gone
a,o the pockets of our people for labor.
timber and supplies, and the end is not
.g. The counties on our cast and west
have caught the spirit of progress. and
.'m0st every day delegations from these
.0unties come here 10 confer with the rail-
ood people and offer inducements for the
Dad to come their way. The counties
4 Highland and Pendleton. on the west.
nd Greene. Madison, and Culpeper,
nd the city of Fredericksburg. on the
asst. have all sent representatives here
q see what is going on; and. so far as
our correspondent has heard, they all
eturn home delighted with what they
and fun OF enthusiasm.
COMMERCIAL ADVANTAGE.
The commercial advantage that this
mo OF railway, will give 20 the people
long the route can be seen readily. As
, g. the counties are inaccessible TO each
.tber: but railroad crossing them Will
boon up communication, establish trade.
.rt rrogc a mutual benefit. II will fur
,..b this whole section with cheaper
.ad and give a direct southern and
.sstorn outlet for the products OF the
ol
While Rockingham does not want TO APP
PEAR in a boastful attitude, nor Is she
.eking after vain glory, yet II was
Trough the action OF her progressive
.1l' enterprising citizens that this great
agroad. which promises so much 10 the
.w. Nirginias. was started. Her citl-
..rs subscribed $4,000 10 the railroad
lrl this Nberality and progressiveness
,r the part of our people have put on
ot an enterprise that is attracting the
I,.srtlon az the whole country. There
.rr. She very naturally feels a great In
crest in the railroad. and is more than
.-t.ael that her sister counties on her
a., and west are coming so nobly 10
.cr aid in lending their encourage
nslt 20 the enterprise that she was in
.'r1mental In starting. ana one that Will
1rote a blessing TO all.