The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-15
THE RAILROADS
OF PETERSBURG
Three Trunk Lines Now Enter the.
Cockade City.
EFFECTS OF THE NEW ROAD
The Seaboard Air Line Has Opened
Up a Valuable Tributory Country.
New Towns Are Being Built
aud Business Increased.
EFFECTS OF THE NEW ROAD

PETERSBURG, VA. July 14-Special-
Petersburg now has railway facilities that
ara enjoyed by few cities OF equal size IN
the South.
Thera ara threa railroads running into
the city-the Atlantic Coast Line, the Nor
folk and Western and the Greater Seaboard
Air Line.
The completion and putting into operation
OF what was recently the Richmond, Pc
tersburG and Carolina Railroad but now
tha Seaboard Air Line Railway, opens up
a section OF country tributary to Peters
burg, rich in timber and agricultural
wealth.
THE NEW LINE.
The building OF the Seaboard Road has
had its effects upon the physical, as well
as the financial, life of the city. The road
from Richmond enters Petersburg near
Campbell's Bridge, passing just east OF the
Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute,
across tho river. and tina Sterns silk-mlls
on this side "A high steel bridge spans
Appomattox River just below Campbelis
Bridge, and connected with the steel
bridge is a wooden trestla from tho waters
edge over Old Street, a portion OF Canal
Street to Dunlop Streets, the trestle being
two or three squares in length.
PASSENGER STATION.
Al Dunlop Street tho Seaboard Is build
fne. a station for through passengers. I'm
der the original contract the stations are
to ba located on Market Street, on the Old
Dudley property, near whers Tabb Street
enters Market Street about SIN or eiSnt
squares east of the station on Dunlop
Street The freight depot IS located on
Market Street, but at present only local
passenger trains can be taken al that point
Through trains going south would have TO
back to this station, causing loss OF 10
or % minutes. Through trains going north
would nave to run into this station ana
then back out, which would occasion the
same loss OF time. The Durlop-Streei Sta
ton is very inaccessible to tho people OF
Petersburg 1t is practically on the sub
,rbs, and can be reached conveniently only
BY carriages, as the street-car line is some
distance from il, and that portion of the
city is not paved. It seems to be the IN
tention OF the railway company to do away
with one Of these stations, and should the
Council give its consent. there will be only
one, and that one will be on Duniop Street.
CAR LINE EXTENSION.
In the event the only station is at Dun
lop Street the street-car line will be ex-
tended to that point, and much of the
inconvenience now existing be overcome.
It would be far more convenient how
ever for the minority of citizens II the
station should be built on Market Street
near Tabb, as was first intended. This
point is one square west of the postoftice
and the Shirley Hotel and only two squares
from Sycamore Street. the principal bust
ness street of the city.
The Clarke property, recently assessed
by commissioners. adjoins the railroad
companys sutton on Market Street Con-
siderable Improvement has been made to
that part of the street. The increased
business of the company necessitates
more room, and the Clarke property, II
secured, will be used chiefly for lumber
purposes
INCREASED TRAFFIC.
There has been a steady growth in pas
senger traffic since the road was COM
pleted. The rites between this city and
Richmond are the same as those over the
Atlantic Coast Line, but their Richmond
passengers are not many, due partly, per-
haps, TO the inconvenience in getting to
and from the Seaboard station.
AS for the line between this city and
Ridgeway, \. c., number of villages are
already springing up Twenty miles from
here is Dewitt, which promises to be
prosperous little town. 1t has number
Of stores and dwellings, and there are
many sawmtlls in the neishborhood. Five
miles south of Dewitt is Mckinney
where many stores have been built, giving
the place d busy and prosperous appear
ance.
The site OF Dewitt is owned by Mr..
W. r. Mckinney, Of this city. the estate
of the late Thomas f. Rives, of Dinwiddie
county
SHORTENED DISTANCE.
The building of the Seaboard has short
ened the distance between Petersburg and
North Carolina, which is the natural and
legitimate field for the manufacturers
and jobbers of Petersburg. The Seaboard
Air Line more closely binds the people
and the interests of the two States, wheth-
er viewed from a sentimental or a bust
ness standpoint. The facilities now for
petersburg to do a jobbing business with
North Carolina enable her to meet sue
cessfully all competition, and the whole
sale trade of this city will doubtless get
its share. y splendid trade has already
sprung UP at all the new places along