Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-09-15
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NE~ YORK. sept lStS.
Gentlemen LIN connection with Educ alton aud Manu-
features, to which committed two Of the chief
Of reseuing from the hands OF base clique OF
selfish polcisns aud evident decay the consideration and
adoption OF which have pressed upon the people OF my
State, and the whole South with all the rcsi aud talent
could command, unmindul Of another bssnch Of
the Improvements of the age, necessary To make
State
"Great. glorious and free,
First bride OF the Union, fist gem Of the sea-
And which will accelerate the development Of those
countless unsurpassed and magnificent resources. which
sumberin the bowels Of the earth. and waste
surface Tor the Of outlets to market In looking
those various Improvements suggested by and
demanded by Others. with temper niamuable tor
cord and harmony OF action, have made myself NEEDLE
enough and assumed impudcnee sufficient suggest
plan OF reconciliation, action. and general benefit.
Should my views be deemed practical aud serviceabie
shall feel most happy
propose. To get nd OF various Earrings, to flash the
Rail Road from Gosdonsvile To Staunton. which be-
lieve iortyvs miles, and to the highest point
$1,000 per mile, making IN all Sl50.OOO. Thence from
SiaunOn on the State Turnpike Beverly and Weston
TO Parkeisburg-whieh, Informed by engineer who
knows the WELL snd who has and
ed most all the Rail Roads IN New YoTk) be made
on the Turnpike, allowing for further grading aud widen
ing Of the Road, keep Turnpike for $1,000
ut the highest point, per nlee from Ssun,on
ParkeIsbuIs 200 miles, 81 100000 The Engineer fur
,her that these Two hurdred miles, the Rails
can be put down IN twelve months. But say Is months
Al this rate, you would have continuous Rail Road
OF your and through your State. from Richmond
10 the OHIO Rver in year and half. II ncce -sa.
in time ii might be continued To Norfolk, thus having
ehan o Rail Roads Of 500 miles, through the hear,
State.
The from Park.rsburs Chillicothe. and from
thence 10 Cincinnati has been surveyed and the Company
having IN charge only waiting whe ther the Bal
tlmoc and Ohio Rail Road will terminate ParkerSburg,
construct Should this suggestion,
which now sincerely recommend to better hands ihan
own, be adopted. the difficulty will b. svaicd, and the
Road will be constructed To Cincinnati without delay
mold the produce nnd wealth OF the
and the people OF hat outlet the markets Vt
the Las, through lHsin'a, which no State IN the Union
possesses Tins will calm aud reconcile those dis,ected
counties in the West which fear other plan will, and
would claim and receive their cooperation. Ii would be
one OF State PRIDE
whe,ng and her friends obIc-i this, for it
would bring the Baltimore and ohio Rs Road at Cumber
land 10 dead halt, induce 1t Wheeling under
The Of the lss Legislature Eastern Pennsylvania could
woull not br sscidal give then the right
through that State to Ptsbug-hus forcing half,
IL twothifc the trade W Baltimore,
stead OF Philadelphia. III possession OF the OF
the Ba timore aud Ohio Rail Road Companys declining to
accept the act of Virginia, by their ckhoders. How.
unweicome unpleasant B-liimoreans have
out they mus excuse for certainly prefer the
Improvements OF my own State to those OF Maryland
The is developed IN letter OF Mr.. McLane to
gentleman Of Western Virginia. By this letter, seems
that Wheeling aud P'uburs both to be humJUgsed
ani should Pcnnsyiyanl grant the Il Way will bc
declined The object sought for wiceLle Virginia
gran, the terminus Parketsburg lower down the River
aud should tins ta Company which, after ALL the
Baltimore Il Ohio Railroad Company, is - be formed ia
Western Virginia, apply ter separate charter for
Railroad from faTSeis5uig 10 some point near the Mary
land line. Land enough then be bought up,
the two. NeiIAtT Mr.. sss''. Mr.. Mclane will DENY
ih, Should the plan commend be adopted. will
defeat lGs Infusion aud give Virginia of the
magnificent Railroads Globe with the cheapest
quickest and best communication with the West of any
10 the puuu lhs r,lts wogid be death blow
the projects OF Eaitmur, Philadelphia and boston, and
make Richmond, Petersburg aud Norfolk, Vt
eiT manufacturing aud commercial power, three Of the
largest II hr Union he which son aud
New York take TO the West, Is unnatural, aud
ts.gd hai ,he year The moment the Western
Roads obsruoted. 30 such difficulty exists eli
msic.
Should the Legislature the State take million OF
the Stock, and TINS II certainly Go, Il able give
million ur the Baltimore and Wheeling route,
IRsEsfeai 10 by Capitalists that the balance
Ss9dOiO, shall be made up month after the book
opened.
Western Virginia, may be u few Items ot which
she u the producer kentucky has always been supposed
IL Hcmp thsn any other State the Union,
aud Obi" and Missouri Bot the last show
that WessTR TTsInid alone raises the amount
OF these wh.lr States For nstaacr, West
Kentucky ony 1898, and Ohip 9Os3; Western Virginia
raising alone nearly equal IN that II both these
great States But, having Eastern outlet, iowa
a. kentucky where II tLkes the O hratHcky HEMP
Eastern Virginia raises S,3i5 tons.
W. Virgins las D. 9ii iaimcr and Eastern VII.
gina 22?,727; but the Western VIrgiHans tie beet
iarmvrs anu more Produce w'lI II-Ir 9Jjii
waW They l,.s.a amused Nvtf. tb.s,