Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-09-28
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MONDAY, September 2e, la.
RAIL ROAD FROM LYNcUBI,pr.
NEW ORLEANS

signed " Hofsfoa'f,' ~hicht the reader will f ,,
the first page ofthis mornings paper r.I |l@
railroad from Lynctbmg to the Tenne.,g"''
"a work, which, if be completed u;n Voc
direct channel Of intercourse bc,u.o, :, 'F'
IRENE points of the Union, rrll,ipg H.. "
heart OF Virginia. Since that comm,n;.. sum
received, II has been announced in IN, D.. Va
papers that gentleman Of that city is nm. mug
preparing Memorial, to be submitted ., :, s'1'
Legislature, asking for the incorporate, -, wi
pany 10 effect this great scheme-tbe GU. O@
once before occupied the attention ofth;.
NIFTY, and which was greeted witha dearco of. .'l'
slaSm that promised the most auspici,,. ''"
but which was surrendered, as we have ,lu.'
hevcd unfortunately, in favor of the ka,,.l '
ject. This latter work, however, bcjngno.. TO'
full tide of successful experiment." ~
glal TO see, as our intelligent and scientific III
pond"nt " Botetout,' will likewise be H..
River scheme feyivcd-we hope under s,al
suspicious circumstances than attended INV
The two routes are not rirals, bn, allies ,,,,a,
sing, for considerable distance, the s,r,o.
the improvements upon which NAV be cor,n...
both.
We are aware that the idea OF colr trpc,;,.... q,
roads through the mount2m region of yira.;,
Is deemed chimerical by many pcrson>--no,,..,
strange that those who look at tia, n,roa.,..,
seemingly impossible chain of hills with an nn..
en'ic eye, should como TO this co5elo>o, u.
these form, dahl. ,,,nr.l h,,,;,.. "
qucrablc. They give way before the ,oucbof,r.
engineer, as the mi,s which clothc their xim,,..
dissolve beneath the rays of the sun. 4, anil
lustraton OF this remark we may ,ubjoin an acco,r,
OF the Philadelphia ana pittsburg Rail Road ,,;..
IS supposed to be the greatest triumph over n,,r-
obstacles that has been achieved in this comm,
" Tnc whole dis'anceis 305 miles. Il cro,,.
the Scluy!kill by Hadnct 1913 fee, long II
wide, and 30 above the water Ii then ;r5,n1.
an Inclined plane Of $500 feet, by a sta,iona,,,a
glnc; and descend, another OF l72O feet Ia r..
lomhla, on the Su>quehanna, where il IONS ii,
main div ison ofthc PENNSYLVANIA Cana. "a mia.
from PhiladeI phia--wlHch canal pas,c, tbro.b
Harrisburg, and follows the Iuniati branch ofi,,
Susqnehanna The cost of this rail road ~,
three and half millions. lis greatest al,,uo
above the waters Of the Delaware is ~, feet Tn
next is the canal, l72 miles long, ha,inp Is damn
33 aqueducts, and Il locks, to pear the ,lleoh
ny mountains, winch is assembled by five nrine
planes oi nearly mile IN length each. and descrrs
cd by 1--we more. 1t passes tunnel tlrouob E., .oI,
/ rock, $50 feet, having an arch Of heavy masonr,
twenty feet high. The length ol,h. road over The
( Allcghany Is 30 miles, overcoming an aepreca,c
height OF 2oo feet, and having i eNtcasiyc via.
dnc'S. Al Johnstown, on the Concmalgh it meet,
Inc canal, winch IS lo3 miles long to Pi,tsburc
ana has OF locks, I'D dams, 2 tunnels, To aOue
ao'' % cnl'ertS, log bridges, and passes througI
"'uhnei pefloia'ihg hull 25O feet high. 1t ap
pears from the account that the cars are drawn
horses over the Allcghan, part o the road. cxccp
at the inclined planes. have no notes of the TIM
required to pass the whole distance, nor oltbt
speed IN any part Oft
When such riumphs It, these mark the pfosrc>,
oi science, we need not fear that her inocnn, and
power arc to be foiled in the mountains of yr
ginia
We cannot better conclude these remark, than
by appendlng to it the following article from the
New Orleans Bco,-opcning to the mental view
field almost too vast ana splendid for conempa
ton:
from the Nen Orleans Be,
The railroad 10 Nashville, will not be so cra
III length as that through the State of Soutb Caro-
Ina to Charleston. Whether the EXPENSES of con
s'ructlon will be equal is doubted if we may udg,
OF the facilities locally presented The road /,
Charleston Is rugged and uneven in lis course
requiring that the valleys should be raised and tn
rough places made plain. But the route hence
Nashville keeps the even tenor of its way-theu
beng scarcely Unlock To obstruct the level of tn
vista; and very few marshv spots Timber
convenient to the route the whole way and
inc road Will be convenient for the Tenncssceans
MIsSI'sIppians, and Lonisianians. twill run veg
OF the lakes ioI the products of Florida and centre
OF the State of Mississippi, to- snbscrye as man,
planters as possible.
1 he width the track will be about 81 feet
ms IS larger than usual but considered likelyt
afford great facilities for carving cotton, as lv
cars can be OF greater capacity. Mr.. Ranney, tn
engineer OF The company, is on his way to Ne,
ORR to go TO Errope--that he nav inspect tn
improvements recently made in the railroads il
England, Scotland, and ON the continent and
Tie engines. He seems to be fully ADEQUATE Il
the object OF his mission and we entertain NJ
doubt OF ms success. He may be useful otherwise
TO Louisiana for we hear that q project riW sOH
DC started, OF connecting Nceo Orleans mih III
guy OF CALIFORNIA, through Texas. by a ralroa
VIA NatchltochcS or Nacoodocbcs. through tn,
gorge OF the Rocky mountains, and thence to som,
point Oh the gulf where a good barbor may bC
found. We have learned from those who hav
'raNersed the mountains at the porpc. that rail
road could easily be constructed there and tina
as soon as peace shall have been restored in Tex
az, 'ne ''%ehs OF that State will anxously aid an