CANALS AND RAIL ROADS, No. 11 Mr. EDITOR:– In our first No. we questioned the soundness of the Valley in Virginia, in favour of a Rail Road, as the Great Improvement of this interesting section of […]
THE STAUNTON RAILWAY. — The Bill incorporating a Company to construct a Railway from Staunton to Harper’s Ferry, which passed the House of Delegates without opposition, has provoked a warm discussion in the Senate; the section […]
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT.– The spirit of improvement is certainly more animated than it has been in Virginia, since the check it received from the injudicious prosecution of the James River Improvement. Many important projects have been started […]
For some months since the people of our section of country have looked forward to this expected sale of the valuable government property at Harper’s Ferry with much interest, and we are glad to chronicle that […]
Important Railroad News.The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company has awarded to Messrs. Jones & Thorne, of Baltimore, the contract for radical changes at Harper’s Ferry. It will use up about $250,000 of the $300,000 appropriated for […]
