Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-09-30
STEAMER SOUTH AMERICA, HvDsoS RNEs,
September 9th, le45.

september 2lth lc3o.
To Fit . Wing
Gentlemen Il must again ask permission 10 entrench
upon your columns. yhile say few words about
Rail Roads. In looking a-e number Of your paper,
observe correspondent Of yogrs suggests new plan 10
reach the West, with offer the Baltimore and Ohio
Rail Road to iermn te their al ParkenbUrR. The
right Of way OF the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Rosd
point low down, trust, will be suffered by the
people Of Virginia We have been fools long enough and
hope sib coy manifest State pride and spirit in
impoin, e or people, and the capital Of
State Let the State stand BY ia and grant other
terms than they have already offered. II wogd be
msgnanimy part grant Baltimore without the
least equivalent one.hird Of the produce Of
but after weakness and folly In oil honor she is bound
60 Wheeling, snd i sfck she'll go there
and nowhere else. Le! there ~ 70 hinching
To satisfy he people the James ai;er lad Eunawha
Improvement W Improvement be called will stale
that an application will be made the ne1 meeting Of our
Legislature, by company already formed, with capital
o sane twelve millions. obtain charter
Rail Road fIo. = edmond to Guyandoie. TINS they will
do without asking ffsg. the Legislature. speak
positively, because know that is go, sas ssow the
! al liberty just now 10 say The only thing
wanted ge the charter, which, is De presumed
will be freely gsnted by Legislature 80 the Western
people, whom tins road will benefit, val please MAKE
any unnecessary speeches
Southwestern route. confess my wonder wac not very
commonly excited when heard Of the decision Of the
Abingd5s Convention The VI our people seem 10
to be downright dull every thing but polncs-and
in this the orgiasi snd INCENTIVE OF all people
That number Of gentlemen distinguished for nis gencs
should have met IN Vfgnis at this age Of the world aud
grsycy occupied whole days In long debate and wind
up by submitting scheme Of internal Improvement in the
si.spe Of mud fpad 81 tire important routes
in the UnC6 - the expense OF the State, eGees surprise
It would be another dead css the State. and piece Of
folly that would be Of real tangible Lsnss ~ our people
any body else II rail road established II would
be The extensively travelled routes IN the Union
The usLsppstiDn, likewise you'd be immense. for II
would BE- open oil Of the year Build you an iron
road you IN lev bounds ny from the falls Of the
Jamos River the banks OF the cory eugings Of the
Mississippi at Memphis. Let the people Of Richmond
Lynchburg, Buchanan and Abingdon form company aud
petition the Legislature Tor charter the State taking Dno
million, aud there will be difficulty when that s done Ia
make up the required quanium. The Tenne"eeans will
then be wanting in spunk and spirit; and let those who
want mud road build It, may well 10 eonclu-
upjn this SUBJECT st the as shows ihat the
county O Lee produces 10 900 Of hemp which
s mo,e Than K,nueky, Ohio, Missouri. Indians alone
Produce Tins ~o4id get to Richmond with mud
road, but with rail road would, end cguse the consiruc
ton Of rope works end other factories.
now wish to call attention to the route proposed III
my last letter Rail Roads between Richmond siuuntor
and Parkesburg The GuysndJio will not sstisfy
tho counties VIII, interested IN rail road to Parkers
burg II viii therefore apparent that ii a company
be formed, provided the State will invest one million
t. construct rail road from 'ounton 70 pafkersburk and
H will be perfectly satisfactory to the people Interested and
prevent tho Baltimore u Ohio Rail Road from passing
through territory aud esng our subsistence that W,
ought longer hesitate Wheeling, Il soems il sails.
fed You viii therefore have road IN 70 or 10 months
direct from Richmond the Ohio River that must newt
ably cut the obe the East for travel and trans
pDrtaiun.
herewith PRESENT letter addressed Z, mo from Cen
Joseph b. Bloomfield. who is regarded is mos prac
cal man Of the DAY, and the most competent to luJss Of IN,
miuer IN which he here lrcais. lie s ono Of the ablgs
contributors to the kii Road JOuruul Hunts Magazine
&C. Hi Is well known trongho1, tie e,uptr, b,
thcso who have nty thing to Do with Rs Road. aud ca
mails. and earnestly recommend his letter 10 the reop
VHsins LEI Ne hereafter on important routes inyest