Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-05-11

Saturday, May IL, 1907.

Saturday, May IL, 1907.
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> 81, No rural community in Virginia,
perhaps, has brighter future ahead
of it than that of the Eastern Shore.
I'VE are favored in climate, soil, loca-
Yttiion, natural products and III other
both natural and artificial advantages
and conditions, which place us in a
position eoualled by few and excelled
Inv no other section of Virginia. Our
'nrogress due to the above facts, sup
plemented by the energy, industry
and good sense of our people III the
past thirty years, has been wonderful
indeed but as wonderful and as great
as our progress has been in that
period, this will have been but be-
ginning to the vast possibilities, that
a most promising future opens up 10
us, provided no untoward eVeho oe-
falls us, and our energies, good sense
ard appreciation of the great oppor-
tunities for advancement now before
, ms do not fail us. We have the tele-
graph and telephone tnat place us Ill
instantaneous touch with each other
and the outside world; we have the
steamboat lines and the railroad that
give us comfortable and rapid trans
portation both for ourselves and our
products to the cities and marts OF
tbe nation; and now all we lack OF
this nature to place us along SIDE OF
other progressive communities III TINS
respect and to give us all the adVan-
tages of cheap, rapid and comfortable
local travel and carriage which they
enjoy is the modern trolley car. That
orr great need in this respect, and
the great advantages which a trolley
line will bring to any community IS
now being felt and appreciated by
some localities here is evidenced by
the earnest efforts now being put
forth by the citizens of Accomac
CHI. Onancock, Onley, Wacha-
preague and of the nearby territory
10 secure such lines.
In this connection we are glad &c
note that two trolley lines have beer
chartered in this section, that one
line from Onancock to Accomac Oh
via Tasley, has been surveyed, abou
$4,000 of the capital stock subscribed
and estimates of costs and probable
receipts made, a part of which ap
pears elsewhere in this paper. Thes'
estimates though, good as the show
ing they make, being based upon tn
present unfavorable conditions at
tendant upon trade and travel, atfor
but a poor index, we believe, to tn
great volume they will reach afte
the road has been running a fey
years.
That this road from Onancock
Accomac G. II. or to Battle Point
an ideal site for a summer resort
will pay, no one can doubt, WI
studies fairly the statement of til
present probable receipts of the roa'
to say nothing Of the vast possibilitit
which the future offers in this respec
1t will be noted that there are no
shipped and received from Taslt
yearly $1,000 tons of freight; tn
there are over $4,000 express pac
ages forwarded and received yearl..
that there are about 20, passenge
departing and arriving at this static
yearly, including those to and fro
points beyond Capes Charles al
Delmar. At Onancock the &c. &
steamers also deliver and receive
enormous amount of passengers a.
freight. Allowing that only one-thi
of this passenger and freight trait
a low estimate, would be handled
the trolley line the income from Il
source alone would contribute
enormous amount to its resources.
Supplementing the receipts fr'
the sources mentioned above, by tho
which the trolley road from Onancc
to Accomac G. H. would receive fr
strictly local passenger travel, e.
mated upon reliable data at abb
$4,000 annually, and which it wo
receive from the electric lighting
the towns and residences along
road, the carrying of mails, bagga
express matter, advertising &c.,th
seems to be no reasonable doubt t
a trolley line between the two toy
would pay and that our people Il
no great risk in putting reasona
amount of money in the enterprise
If they refuse to do so now' we
lieve, they will be willing later,
instead of getting the stock at par
they can do now, will take it as
investment with handsome preml
added.