380 Route 57. CHARLOTTESVILLE.
At Columbus our line diverges to the left (S.) from that to
Chicago (comp. p. 327). — 692M.Xenia (920 ft.; Florence, $2-272),
a city of 8696 inhab., with paper-mills and twine manufactures, Wil-
berforce University (400 coloured students), a large Orphan's Home,
and other well-known educational and charitable institutions.
757 M. Cincinnati (Pan Handle Depot), see p. 384.
b. Via Chesapeake & Ohio Railway.
828 M. Railway in 24 hrs. (fare $1S; sleeper $4). The F. F.V. (Fast
Flying Virginian) Vestibule Limited Train on this route leaves New York
at 5 p.m. (no extra charge). — The scenery on this route is varied and
often very fine, especially in crossing the Blue Ridge and Allegheny Mts.
and in the valleys of the Greenbrier and the New River. Numerous places
connected with the history of the Civil War are passed in Virginia. The
0. & O. Railway issues a 'Battle Field Folder'' giving particulars.
From New York to (90 M.) Philadelphia (Pennsylvania R. R.),
see p. 257; thence to (186 M.) Baltimore{Yeima. R. R.), seep. 300;
thence to (229 M.) Washington (Phil., Baltimore, & Washington
R.R.), see p. 308. From Washington the line follows the tracks of
the Southern Railway (see R. 67a) to (313 M.) Orange.
At (322 M.) Gordonsville (440 ft.), the scene of a battle on
Dec. 28th, 1864, we are joined by the line from Richmond and Old
Point Comfort. Farther on we have Moore's Creek first on one side
of us and then on the other.
344 M. Charlottesville (400 ft.; Jefferson Park, at Fry Springs,
$ 272-3; Gleason, Clermont, $ 3; Rail. Restaurant), a town of 6449
inhab., on Moore's Creek, is of interest as the home of Jefferson and
the site of the University of Virginia.
The University of Virginia (visible to (he left from the train), founded
in 1819, mainly through the exertions of Thomas Jefferson, lies l1/* M.
to the W. of the town (street car 5c.) and is attended by 600 students.
The original buildings erected from Jefferson's designs consist mainly of
parallel ranges of one-story dormitories, the inner rows bordering a tree-
shaded campus, at one end of which stands the Rotunda (view from roof),
rebuilt by McKim. Mead, & White in 1897 after a fire. The new buildings
include the Lewis Brooks Museum of Natural History (8-6; with a facsimile
of the mammoth) and a good Observatory. — Panlops Academy, 2 M. off, is
frequented by boys from all over the country and also from abroad.
Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson (1743-1S26), is finely situated
on a view-commanding hill, 21/2 M. to the S.E. of Charlottesville, and is
an interesting example of the iirchitecture of the period (visitors not ad¬
mitted to the interior; adm. to grounds 25c). The great statesman is
huried in a small private graveyard adjoining the road leading to the house.
A visit may be paid to the interesting cellars of the Monticello WineCo.,
where various good wines are produced from the grapes of the vicinity.
The Charlottesville Woollen Mills, to the E., make uniforms for army officers
and West Point Cadets.
Charlottesville, or its immediate vicinity, is also associated with Frank¬
lin, Monroe, Wirt, Lewis and Clark (the explorer), and many other distin¬
guished Americans.
From Charlottesville to Lynchburg and the South, see R. 69a.
Our line now runs towards the W. and begins to ascend among
the Blue Ridge Mts., threading many tunnels. 366 M. Afton
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