The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-27
control good part Of the trade of tho

control good part OF the trade Of tho
| Southern countries.
| This ancient city of great renown
| down where tho heavens and the occa1,
meet is Charleston. II has seen Its
the waste OF war and tho wreck Of for
tune with its faith In Itself unshak-
Oh and with its self-respcct untaint ed
by the purely commercial spirit Of tho
times. fit for whatever enterprise shall
meet its favor. During the last year
Immensely rich resources OF South
west Virginia BY the construction OF
the connecting link between Roanoke
and the Atlantic Ocean at oyster Point,
and yesterday The Times Dispatch
told about the award of a contract to
the Langhornes for the building OF
thirty three miles OF railroad, which
VIII connect the Chesapeake ana
Ohio Railway with the Carolina Cllncn-
field and Ohio Railroad. thus Civ
ing the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Tho shortest and lowest grade line
from Chicago, through Cincinnati. to
the Southeast and Florida Tho story
continues:
The Ciinchficld route is building big
docks at Charleston, $ c.. in antici-
patton OF handling big tonnage or
coai through the Panama Canal. when
the big waterway is completed
Ia !, ~
sorb the Carolina. Clnchield ana Ohio.
which has been reported on several oc
caslons, 1t Will be without competition
IN the Southeastern section of the coun-
try, particularly in the Clinchield Goa,
properties. which are regarded BY MANY
as the most promising in this coun-
try"
There was some talk in Charleston
last week about how a very quiet c.
Il Q. man appeared one day in that
town without saying anything about
It 10 anybody. and how 1t was discov
cred that he was looking around at
tho water front ana the terminals
thinking his own thought and not
"Eettins into tho papers, and how
Just about the time lie was discovered
he gathered his traps together and
moved out. There was considerable
speculation about what it all meant,
some persons down there have been
looking for such signs for generations
and the message to The Times-Dispatc
probably Will solve the mystery. one
OF these days President George stew
ems will be going down to Charleston
along With President White. OF the r.,
4. & p, and may be they Will be &C
companied by one or more of the
Branches; why, only the other day Mel
Branch was elected president OF big
industrial concern at Camden, and If
the two great cotton mill mergers in
south Carolina, one for $4,000. 900 and
the other for ST., 900, 600. were scratched
little on tho surface it would be
found that Richmond is getting in dts
work In an altogether encoura gins
way: for what could be better for this
town than that Charleston ana the
rest Of South Carolina should be tied
TO Richmond by the strongest OF ali
Ties. the ties OF mutual self interest?
1t is working out exactly right
Judge Ingram thought so last week
when he spoke 10 the Irish as few
speakers have ever spoken to them
about the glory their race has CON
tributed TO the Bench and Bar OF this
country and the world lie was pleased
with everything he saw and heard, and
did and came back homo with visions
OF sunshine and flowers and broad
stretches of water down in the ancient
city OF great renown where the heav-
ems and the ocean meet