Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-11-07

lure which foaraniirS ia accomplishment,
The capital ol Baltimore. and tue enterprise of
the Northern porilon the valley, it Is probable,
viii Shorl, secure the frs, division oi tlr linz !;
and although the fact thu, tni interest i, prrpar-
cd for the venture, no, be- sufficient lus,,-
I, those who would engage IN the scheme wnh u
view 10 the profits of thu Investment, II tnnishr,
an argument TO those who regard thu importance
OF giving vent to that trade by the James and
kanawhn Improvement, and Of the ci,y of Rich
nond.
/ Whatever may be tho esrron. Of thosn par
ties, II ,sin vour power, under cyniing circum-
stances, b, properly timing your action, and cs-
| tending vour line into the interior, To anticipate
! the effect OF their efforts.
| We have cause TO believe, from the present
state Of the work and thu ratio ei increase of la
DO, the Janc, and kananh, Canal, tina, tia,
Improvement will bc road. for the admission of
water from Richmond 10 i.vnchhurg IN the Sprino
OF lS}o. by that period snpposlng the stuck To
he taken inundated IN the Roanoke and Valley
lines and thai IN which ,on engaged and that
n force can be commanded To prosecute them all
with viror they MAY have -ael, progressed. 10
make liberal estimate s,xl, miles from the start
ing point 1t will h. useful 10 ascertain where
! this distance will bring thrm.
/ The W chichester and Siaunton Road will have
entered the eoufty of Rockingham, and have Of
irre! INCREASED facilities in carving TO Baltimore
The trade which now dcScends the Shenandoah
Valley, OF may hereafter pass over TO trcdericks-
burg; that OF the Ronoake viii have approached
the county of Haitian, but will hardly have produ-
red any sensible diversion ot trade FROM its pre-
sent channel-nchrr will have advanced far -
nongh 10 draw of any oi that trade whiel, now
| lows To Richmond. At the same time, the Lynch
! burg and Tennessee road viii have crossed the
Blue Ridge, and IN conncxion with tho Canal,
! have opcupI IA & ~ he Stlp and
tide water-giving an outlet to the trade al Boic
tourt and Montgomery, and increased activity to
the intercourse between Richmond and the Souh-
western counties. To follow tho simultaneous
progress of the three routes towards the same dcs-
llnation we will suppose that al the end OF anolh-
erscar or in the spring of lSi0 each work having
advanced fifty miles, the Valley line will be o.
pencd Ia Siaunton. that OF tho Roanoke 10 Dan
vile. aad the Lvnchburg and Tennessee road To
New River. Passing the consideration of the
Roanoke interest. j, - evident ihai NJ this timr
whalcvrr may be the effect Of the Winchester
aud Stannton road upon the direction OF tho trade
OF Augusta. II is certain that 1t will have none on
Ilihi OF the Southwest therr will then be space
IT ono hundred miles between Slaunon and Sa-
lem TO complete the connection, which will pre-
veni any portion of III" trade nj which you are
aiming, from passing To the North, except by the
Valley OF James River
dr'phia or New York; the only practicable route
IN 1910, snpposng Your road to be undertaken
forthwith will be by the Of LNnclbnrc and
Richmond. II is unnecessary 10 p0rsn" the es-
animation further the next year, or 1911, Will
slew u still more idvorabc result aud exhibit the
city OF Richmond in the undivided cnoynrn, Of
the rich trade Of the Southeastern counties.
lf the road be extended Immediately, and
prosecuted with an energy equal to tina, Of the
II Il
duct of the counties of W Washington and W y,hc, as
well as the increasing imports OIL iha, part Of the
Valley, will FIVE or six years hence be command
ed by Your work without the possibility OF its pas
sing upon rival line.
You now have the vantage ground, aud unless
YOU rclnquish YOUR commanding position, no ex-
crtion OF the friends OF The competitor schemes
affect the result. For supposing the present
charter for the Winchester and Stanton road To
be secured, aud no legislative difficulties intervene
TO prevent It's cxtcnson--no delay in obtaining |
funds. and difficulty to cxis, in procuring n
sufficient force for tho construction of fifty miles
a year the connc. ion would not be accomplished
until 1916, by which time your route will have |
reached the Tennessee line 80 that, during the
whole time the work is in progress, the trad" must
come TO Richmond, and the ground cannot be !
disputed by any rival.
will not consider the consequence OF delay On |
Your part anu ol prompt acton on maj ol Inc con-
nctne interests nor will | advcr, to the consr-
quences Of commencing operations nj any point |
east of Lynchbuie, though the consideration might
not be for ign To the examination OF the questions
YOU have submitted. | believe YOU arc Informed
OF my views on this subject.
1t is needless to speak of tho effect of the inn
provemen', after its cnmplclion upon the various
interests over which il will exercise influence.
To do so, we must examine the effect upon the
stock OF the James and kanawm Improvement,
to be anticipated from pouring the heavy products
of the South West upon it AT the moment the
line is open to Lynchburg, and the consequent
accrlcration Of the progress Of that work towards
the Ohio. We must examine ITS obvious effect
upon the value Of Lands, and all real estate from
renno to Lynchburg, and the consequence
of delivering tho trade and vast travel that may
be anticipatcd ON a line between New Orleans
and the Northern States at the City OF Richmond.
On taking comprehensive view OF the state of /
THINGS after the compl ton of the work, we should
note the preat feeders already in contemplation
-as the oroposcd road from Cincinnati TO
Charleston. and IT'S branches-and the line now in
course of construction from the Mississippi to-
wards the proposed route OF the New Orleans and
Nashville road.
| For those who choose to speculate On the m
nnence of the work over The prosperity oil K'rh-
mond, il would be interesting to consider the Ell
| fec, of an improvement, bearing the cotton OF
! Tennessee and Alabama, and the iron OF Wash
ine,on and w ythe to the manufactures that are
now being erected or that will shortly be- eStab-
lshcd at the termination of the James and kanaw-