Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-08-10

Waterloo came when the N & W.
sought lu make the Tid-wa,er build
st It. ovar their lines III Norf,lk far a
distance at s.to out mill tn avoid n
g ale crossing On this nrotr sill ion
They ln t both before he Va. & ,rl,nr.
ton Commission and the Su,reme
Court. Sin 20 that they have been good.
The pfopoSltiOn Was too absurd for
serious consideration.
This wonderful line of railway. the
Tidewater end of which Capt. +. d.
Ransom, of stanton, liz president, if
kept independent will revolutionize
the coal business of W. Va and indi-
rectly Virginia. Now, under the com
bine, w. Va. and Va coal which is
far superior to Pennsylvania coal, cam
not be sold in Northern markets. The
Underwater will deliver the coal at Nor
folk and from there it will go to all
Atlantic seaport towns. This will
nearly break the back of Mr.. Cassats
| OF the pennsylvania and Mr. Baer of
the Reading. These two worthless un-
dertook to corner the carth-BaeF,
"the Lords annOinied. y by the direct
assistance OF the Almignsy-as he
stated under oath, Mr.. Cassatt who
has never been known to connect with
lines running heavenward, but who
maintains lines running In aim, st
every other direetlon--by the next
thing to divine aid, that of money 1t
has been recently reported that the
Pennsy lYanla had acquired The Tide
water, and t. at another ''Southern
Penn" story had been written. ibis
has been fatty denied, but if this road
is being built by Mr.. FL. Fl. Rodgers
with Standard Oil money, we appre.
bend there is price on 1t. and that
whOmsoever has 1.-THE price" can get
it, If built independent as is now being
done, and operated as an independent
line. no greater boon could be given
Va. and W. Va, if not the whole
country. If it falls into the hands oil
! the terrible, implacable. insatiats
Pennsylvania it will only be another
outlet for new mines, another branch
of the Pennsylvania, and a fresh screw
will be put in the coffin of defunc'
competition. We have not space here
to tell further just now of this mos
interesting and wonderful public i'm
provement. We may do so later.
At Beckley we met old friends. Geo
W. Warren former editor of the Cliff
ton Forge Review is there, and is the
cashier of the Raleigh National Bank
Mr.. J Lewis Bumgardner formerly o
Stanton. has built up large and In
crative law practice there. and has on
of the best equipped offices and most
elaborate libraries we have seen. HI
has had his mother with him for som,
weeks and she was greatly benefited
by her trip David McGuffin, all oil,
Staunton boy, who has long been il
the employ of the Raleigh Lumber Co
has comfortable home on Piney. HI
will soon remove to Cincinnati will
his brother. W W. McGuttin. Caster
Caperton, Esq also lives up Piney
Judge A NJ Campbell of Monroe, w {
so ably filled the position OF circui
judge for number of years has a Law
office at Reckley where he is in th'
J employ of the Deepwater Ry. There
we met also John PeytOn, son Of DR.
E. o. PeytOn of this county, and Geo
, s. Lightner, son OF Rev e. s. l. ght
ner. formerly of Staunton. Beckle,
has three banks and two newspapers
the Register Dem and the Herald
(Rep) The last U. s. census gave th'
town 300. now it has over 800 Inhab
itants. S. It.