Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-09-01

toni In The earlier day. of Washington and nf N,,.h
"hen steam was unknown-when the ciiy OF New Or
'eans WASH property OF another naon-snd when the
navigation OF the Mississippi was besc with the
OF tedious voyage through an unhealthy climate and
'e incaicnlsble perIs Of from market III. idea
oi presenting more direct ihoruyhiarr by
me Ono and James, was feasible. But all tins has
changed. Flour now be carried FINN Wheeling IA,
ne" orleans Tor twenty five cents per barrel and obacs
co iom the valley of the kanawhs ria New Orleans 10
nchmond, ir eighty cents per hundred; whilst each of
ne western States. intent providing its own pro.
auce an outlet 10 market, has constructed canals rail
ways oy which /, can reach the Lakes IN one docon
OF The grea, 'hooughare oI the CHE M,sssslpp)
IN the other.
Let us consider the transportation on the I.akes-A
'ae number OF the "llerad COMPARES the routes IRON
,ne esern States, border ng upon the Lakes ,he At
lanc. and gives the cast Of transporting barrel of A,ur
IRON Cie'eiand. (Oho,) through the Lakes, TO Bos.
ton pr New York. by this statement upon one route
II VIII cost VI, by another ~ cents, and, when the
faIlway projected from Ogdcnsburg to Boston shall
nave been completed. barrel Of husr can, according
10 heir estimate. be transported from Cleveland by
Two thousand miles nj Lake navigation. to Ogdenshurp
ana thence by rail road Boston, for stfv renfS Now
urn TO your arh OF tulls, and Of freight from
Lynchbure 10 Richmond; and see Tor how much less
hafel ct Hour can be transported And YET the friends
oi me kanawha connection anticipate The Ohio trade
aga'n-Ni III OHIO consent that the Miami, the Erie
Inc Portsmouth and The Muskngum canals which have
cost some $4,000, 900, shall be useess2 WIN Cncn-
ha consent that The trade OF the State shall be reversed
aud carried To benefit another State Nay 10 return To
'he original argument Of comparative of anspura>
llon can an up river navigation, with tie long portage
Intervening between the James and kanawha and the
expenses oi Trans shipment. compete with the Lakes or
superSde The Mississippi MOI The valley Of the Mis-
sss'pp IS the granofy Of America aud the countless
thousands who are 10 occupy must be emplnyed in
the production OF bread slus the prices must be always
low. The cost q transportation must be always most
'mpofian Item IN the cost o productions and that region
VIII m'ronze that route which offers the greatest ad
vanlages.
IN regard 10 the transportation Of merchandise from
'he cues 10 The interior, is very evident. II ireghs
DC equal upon any two competing lines that W be
encouraged winch presents superior speed Merchants
gard he certainly aud speed Of transportation as of emi-
hehi nportnce and the goods will always take The line
which possesses hose important attributes II is there.
lore improbable that the dry goods aud groceries intended
Tor the great West will pass through Virginia crcui-
tous, and subject 10 interruptions, the projected line
must always be.
In respect 10 travel. il is difficult offer prediction
lie Intercourse between the mlions IRE to nv
the Souh of our rapidly expanding Onion, must have
perhaps several grand horoughlares and where these
are 10 be established depends rather upon the ingenuity
OF human invention the removal of apparent physical
obstacles by enerptlze and capital. than upon the nalu
raj Indications which somelines point out channel of
trade or travel too plainly 10 he overlooked But wheih-
er The Mississippi furnish the highway to the Atlantic
seaboad adapted as II is for the of RAILWAYS
by the chesness o lis lands the abundance its limber
The facility OF excavation and the eqnannliy of its CHI
maie--or whether The Mississippi be adopted To Mem
phls and ra road from that point through Tennessee
and Virginia connect with The leading routes The reat
clues O The Nofh may safely be assumed that ira
vellers will not ascend 10 Point Pleasant then aban-
don The floating hotels Of the Mississippi and Ohio for
the pulling little steamers that ground at every turn,
and can scarcely get through the erapevines which a
bound upon The kanawha and them having travelled for
three hundred miles nearly at right angle their in
tended route, find themselves jud one degree farther
South than when they Lf The Ohio rirer. In The Uni
ted States every traveller Is a calculator He estimates
the tlme-ihe dlslaneethe expense; and he compares
ms experience with that OF Others aud specous sla,e-
ment OF the natural advantages OF any impose
upon him lie requires RIO passport-s free 10 90 any
fouIe-and Will paonze that which it is his TO
encourage. Hence the citizen Of your own town of
LynchbuTg, leaving hume Tor New Orleans goes first to
baltimore or Phladel phia-ihen to Wheeling-and
then heads for the first time South having after some
five days travel reached just the line of latitude upon
which he set out Before he go any where he must
first get clear OF Virginia
But 10 return TO the orgina assertion Of this article
virginia has no alternative. To preserve The travel
through her limits, and to her merchants and ap>
rcu,urallss the advantages of freq hi and Trans
poratioL which other States present, she must adopt
some system and persevere till II is completed. few
years Will show whether the failure of the canal is a
misfortune. II experience demonstrates the superiority
OF the rail road II will be rather blessing that we will
not be encountered with extended line Of canal
when may divert both trade and travel more avor
lie lines, and may by its expensive rates of freight ex
cude some of the best lands Virginia from tina. pa.
crsilon IN the advantages of the markets which would
add 50 much to The general prosperity. w.
o. See fourth page lor some excellent Remarks on
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