OUR IMPROVEMENTSThe Winchester and Potomac rail road is now successfully begun. The corps of engineers returned to this town, from Harpers-Ferry, on Saturday last, having completed the experimental lines preparatory to the final location of the […]
From the Richmond EnquirerVALUE OF LANDS.The “Free Press” of Charlestown, Jefferson county, Va., contains the following article: “Jefferson County Land.– Late sales indicate a just estimate of the value of our Lands. The Keyes’ Ferry tract, […]
The Baltimore Gazette states, that “It is now about three years and a half since the travelling on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road was commenced, and more than three hundred thousand passengers have since travelled […]
The Winchester Virginian states that the contracts for the construction of the Rail Road from that place to Harpers-Ferry, have all been taken a prices within the original estimates of the engineer. The work must be […]
Improved rail-road cars–six wheels.– We learn that Mr. Wernwag, of Harpers-Ferry, has been engaged for some time in the construction of a six-wheeled rail-road car. This is a great desideratum; for the flying off of any […]
