American Railways

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Virginia, too, is already quite a large manufacturing State. Her water power at the Falls of the James River, and at the Falls of the Kanawha is extremely valuable. The water power, with her cheap coal, gives her advantages over the New England States, which States are recognized as the chief manufacturing States of Merica. Pennsylvania by reason of her cheap coal and water power, is now outstepping the New England States in many kinds of manufactures, and Virginia bids fair soon to follow her example.