| From the Winchester (Va.) Republican |
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| January 3, 1862 |
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| The Strasburg Extension |
| The Rail Road Committee of the
House of Delegates has unanimously reported a bill appropriating
$150,000 with which to commence the speedy construction of the Rail
Road from this point to Strasburg {the extension
of the Winchester & Potomac RR}. The State and Government
has, it is said, paid in freight transportation between the two points
a sufficient amount to have constructed the entire road. Much credit
is due to Mr. Martin R. Kauffman, our faithful and energetic delegate,
for the efficient aid he has rendered, in securing the accomplishment
of this desirable object. He suffers no interest of the State or
county to languish when entrusted to his keeping. Mr. Kauffman
expresses entire confidence in the passage of the bill by the House,
by a large majority. The only danger to be apprehended is from the
Senate, where a similar bill has been twice before defeated. The
importance of this bill alone, to this portion of the State in
particular, renders it a matter of the gravest moment that the three
wealthy and populous counties of Frederick, Clark and Warren should
have a voice in that assembly. Should our present Senator, Gen.
Carson, who has for the last six months, and still is faithfully
serving his country in the tented field, find it incompatible with the
public weal to retire for a short time from his present field of
usefulness to protect our interests in the Senate, we can but feel
that the necessities of the times require that he should at once
resign his seat in the Senate, in order to give way to another.
Should, however, he think differently, (and we feel assured he will
consult only the public good,) we trust that he may at least avail
himself of the ordinance passed by the Convention, granting furloughs
for the purpose, and repair to Richmond, if only for a short time, to
see to those particular measures in which his constituents are vitally
interested. |
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