The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-01
County Without Railway Expects
Soot, to Get III Touch With
Richmond.
BRIGHT PROSPECTS AHEAD
BGS&iS So :. &.l.%.h3
Chamber Of Commerce Of This
City Very Much Interested
ssasS M In Scheme. q IS II

R~appahanrock III one 81 the few, cctttss
tssslI la Virginia that has not q foot of
railway 81. III broad acres. The county oualt
has made several Vigorous! efforts g
get rntlwayI facilities, but al OF them
have failed, and up 70 the present Writing
the people of Woodv!lla and other ham.
lets III that grand old county have had
To- '.hoof AZ t. cnlpeper Y. order g, cst tf1;
88lThe promoters RoS the present schetne--
Captain 8. r. Miller Hon. n HI Down
Ing. MI. Fulton, N. M Johnson, Leo II,
|8$JnuksonE and Z Hugh n HI NAylor,,ag OF
Warren county, ana MeSsrs.S As.$$eW.S Deer
ms 1. j. Miller and h O Bannon,gof
&Rappahannocls sgcounty-haye In view an,
electric RAILWAY to run into R%appahan-i
nook and Madison $countieS. With Mad
isonI i Courthouse and Front Royal 40
the Terminal and q connecting line be-.
tween Front Royal and Winchester.
such g line would be- q great adyan.s
etags tos Front Royal, AZ It would be tie
scohlof3 terminal Of the road; but sothers..$
notably Mr.. D.&lC. o. Flaherty, who lss
from that section and who 10 deeply
|5jnteReDted# in It's AFFAIRS have in mind
a steam railroad, which " shall u be- OF
broader scope-a road that shall &k0rnif
q connecting link SthrouEhSSNW Winch atsrt
between Plttsburs and Richmo He.af
would be- q big road connecting the coAltt
and iron Fields Eof the great SsPennsylvan'a
city and the sridswater section 81 Viz
&&ginia. Moreover, 1t would FORM an out
EietHfor the farmers, Sfrnit-growersH and
scattle-raisers Sof that fiourtshlng section:
3'of the valley to the capital city Of ~
State &% Sss III s$ @a.S .S
which is one Of the most prosperous and
a.AlaA - Il IVA CTR tOFRfo ~ v,rO nj tCAlIVE cir 0n3
from the rest GSof58 Virgin 9 III and does all
its marketing ii Baltimore and Washing
ton, When the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad was built to Winchester. the
city 81 Baltimore ffat once realized re l
vast profit It would derive from conneo-
ton with this part OF this Great #Sall!y
OF Virginia; MI the papers took. up ne
Of Baltimore held the bonds, as 1t does
to-day. AS the result. Baltimore has
been q hundred-fold recomperse"dE ana.
doubly repaid. $sS&s8
Richmond's Chance.
Mr.. o'F1aherty@Gppoints out. taxing the
baltimore case as an example, that
Richmond cannot possibly afford TO lose
the cchanco or helping to fopen up Q road!
witch shall Join IL o$this hitherto un-
connected part OF the State. Aa straight
and easy connection could be projected
from&Richmond to- Front Royal, through .
Front Royal to- Winchester, and from
winchester the CONGESTION would p conl,
piete to Pittsburg,sT Thus al the trade OF
III, northern l part 81 the valley and the
steel and structural Iron 4of Plt:sburs
would have d direct line OF transporta-
ton to- aRichmond--a fact, which MI.
.8O'Fiaherty says. the Richmond Cham
Der OF Commerce cannot fail to SEQ would
b a. incalculable benefit and profit TO
the city.
/ The people OF R~annnhannock see,ag or
think they see. the dawn Of q reyela-
5tlooit,I,z444lu,il they are Inning their sfalth
BtoBn d effort $thnt$is belc... made to butlu
saSrailrooad from From Ro.;el,ein Warren
county, through the broad acrecso OF Rnil-
%hanno to Madison. and further o..
az circumstances and capital may SUE
8gcst.
ThatSthls road will be built there seems
to be but little doubt, for some OF inc
4best-knoWn capitalists In Virginia 4 g re
Interested In II, and they mean business.
But the road should come on to Rich
mond, and Mr.. e. S., Goodman, manager
ssofSthee. traffic bureau Of the Chamber OF
Commerce, Is making an effort 70 Interest
the projectors OF the road In q Richmond
extension. This road. II Eco~,pleted either
to- Orange or Richmond. will In time be-
comeqa very Important link in the lines
from Plttsburg, and this is Avery m
sppo,rtant consideration for Richmond.
3PIttsblurg Is the home3of steel and sstruc-
iron. Richmond has suffered no
little within the past few years in Its
building operations, BECAUSE &sof It's
roundabout connections with Pittsburg.
This proposed railway, even should II
stop atgOrange, would put Richmond in
better connection with It's natural iron
market.
But, aside from the western connec-
lions, a railway that puts Rappahannoclx
and Warren and adjoining counties in
fcloser touch with Richmond must be OF
Intense INTEREST to Richmond people,
OF course, the Chamber OF Commerce
will take the matter up.