Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-11-07
OLIVER NJ. WELLS,
sc, VIM. Street, New York
TENNESSEE RAIL ROAD.


TENNESSEE RAIL ROAD.
We Law before our readers th, morning an IN
,,.rc,nr letter of Charles Elicit, Jr., Esq. TO the
commissioner, of the Lynchbnrg and Tennessee
Rail Road, in relation to the prac,cability Of that
undertaking, its probable protitablencsS, and its
certain advantages. The main object Of Mr. FL
lett, however, seems TO be to show the vital I'M
portancc OF commencing the execution of this
magnificent enerIrizc at onee, and to make
Lynchbure, instead Of Richmond, the starting
point And it seems to that those who will
look a this subject in the strong and Just light in
which ii is presented by Mr.. Elicit, and whose
;rior comaiittal tn conflicting scheme has not
improperly bassed their better judgments, cannot
fail 10 perceive, and will not hr state To acknow-
ledge, tl.,i every days delay in pushing this road
toward, the Tennessee line, from the head of ca
nal navigation, and without waiting for the COM
lplc;on Of a rail road between the same points
brought in connection bv that canal must exercise
a most rcrncious influence upon the improvement.
itself, AS well as upon the prosperity of the country
upon the line, and especially upon the CONNER
cial interests of Richmond, by enabling rival I'M
proyemcnts to get ahead OF us in pushing towards
the western terminus of the road. We should
most chcerflllv admit, that, if the canal between
Richmond and Lyncdburg would not he compile
ted long before the road shall have penetrated suf
fcen,ly FAR into the Interior 10 require greater fl-
cililics of transportation than now posscss,-or
il, when completed, we should not possess the
Of the rail road could be constructed, then, il
would be an act Of gross absurditv TO commence
the road at Lyn,hburg. Bot when this canal ,ciH
be completed, and ,cW answer all the additional
demands created by the rail road for trade to a.
ny amount, and for ;lavrl to any anticipated cx-
tent, until the road shall be made from Richmond
to Lynchburg-lnd when we rccollcct that we are
striking not for the trade of the Roanoke or the
James, but of the Southwestern counties of Virgil
MIA, which are now almost entirely excluded from
market, and of the coton-rcgion of Tennessee
and parts Of Alabama and Mississippi,-it seems
to us that our first object should he to anticipate
rival interests. aud secure TO ourselves this great
and main object Of the enterprise. Afterwards
the subsidiary and less important benefits anticipa-
ted from this scheme may be attended to because
they may be as certainly secured at rcmoter Pc
Rod they can eby instantaneous action By first
cons,ruc ting railroad from Richmond to LYNCH
burg, by way of Farmville, Richmond may wrest
portion Of the Roanoke trade from Petersburg and
Norfolk; but will she not, by rctardlng the pro-
gress of the road westwardlv, while the Danvie
scheme is pushed ahead, lose trade hundred
times more valuable than that which she NAV thus
gam! In this view of the subject, we leave out Of
consideration entirely the lately mooted question,
whether, between Richmond and Lynchburg, the
River or the Ridge roure be preferable because
whether the one or the other be finally selected,
II Is not the less important, in this aspect of the
question, that the Road be- commenced at once,
and that 1t be commenced here
The books for subscription to the stock in this
Company have been opened in Richmond, and we
hope that city will not be so blind to her interest,
as TO refuse to subscribe literally. Charleston.
Columbia and Knoxville have just given to the
cities and towns OF Virginia noble example of
pnbl'c spirit, which will, hope, no, be los, up
on us,-'he first having subscribed a million and
''"' 'hc second Il llal1 million, and the third
quarter of million Of dollars to the Cincin-
matt and Charleston Rail Road scheme which
Will tend greatly to enhance the value of our own
Road
IL, Tour years ago, when our Road was expected
10 terminate at the Tennessee line, we were 50
anxious for ltssucce>s, both because of its antci-
pa'ed advantages and of the value of the stock,
what greater incentives have VIC now to push Us
forward, when il is certain that VIC shall ultimate
y connect, bya continuous line of railroads, with
.se" Orleans in the South, and with Boston in the
'or'h while feeders will be connected with the
"'"'n line at innumerablc PORTS! The feasibiil-
y Oh TINS scheme being established, it seem, to US
'''"' oilers greater inducements to capitalists, as
"''e pecunary speculation, than any other pro-
'o'' now before the public while in other points
" '''"' It's advantages defy all calculation.
MARYLAND.
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