Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-10-27
WESTERN npRovFMENTs-Raa Roads yer


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ced by May or June next.
The Clsrksburp (tIarrison county, Republican tx
hors the people Kanawha perserete IN ms PROJECT
and remarks Dear in mind that your long indolsfo
hope Of connecting Your country with Eastern Virginia
and the Atlantic. only be successfully fealzea oy
railroad extending from the Ohioto Rlehmohd' ne
continuous canal will .sr,r arrest the Of travel
and trade on lis way easlu ard II You would be WISE
dop your ea,ai al once. aud 90 work and consirnra
railroad through to James River MARI what We cay
You Will utterly fail ii yuc attempt any Thing other than
the irsn way"
Il is, believe til, general sentiment, not only
in thu. county, but IN Europe. and especially In Great
Britain, that the construction Of canals is an obso'ee
idea" Ia reference 10 pubc opinion IN England the n,
Y M)rniug News Of the ooh Inst. has The following
paragraph
"a most singular movement is apparent in the late
advices from England. and indicative Of the progress OF
events II is The conversion Of canal, into railicays-
he Earl OF Fowls heads The movement; and meeting
of the rurretors Of The EIsneie aud Chester Canal,
who have formed a coniedcracy with the Birmingham
and Liverpool The Shrewsbury and Min.oueryshlre
and other canal interests IN the morrill, or Tie conversion
of their canal Possessions into railways, in coniuncon
with the promoters OF the Worcester, Shrewsbury, and
Crewe, and Shren stusy and Trent Valley Union Lines,
so as 10 furnish complete system of railways T., The dis
trlcs west OF the Grand Junction, between Chester
the north, and Worcester the ulh. was held at
Chester when the proprictors confirmed the arrange
menis made by the co aItire Tor carrying the pro-
posed conversions OF HE several water Ways into rail.
ways, by means OF company 10 be called the Shropshire
Union and canal 1hia Is proof positive Of The sup
planting Of canals by railways"
This is conclusive reply TO the argument. in favor
OF the canal system, elaborated through whole pages Of
statistics which have been extensively disseminated
throughout this region. 1t may be proven by conpaa-
i've statements OF cost OF construction and oi annual re-.
paIrs and oil The price of freight thar canals the
most advantageous when see canals already in
operation converted necessarily enormous expense
into railways. tie argument loses all lis force except
with those Who have canal phobia. With such per-
sons, Of COURSE facts like these matters entirely too
trivia to be weighed against their mathematical deduc-
/ tons
But, is it true that canals transport prodic more
cheaply than railroads. The Richmond Whr an.
swers this qn,s on follows: Il merchant Of this city
Ct saysl has informed that it Gusts 10 cents per 100
lbs freight and 80 toll, to transport merchandise
from Richmond to i.ynchburg. distance of As miles
q
plish the ,Tip;-wI,t. the other hand i, Gusts no,
as much on the rail road oil l75 miles III length, from
Baltimore 10 Cumberland, and requires but 10 hours
from the time the goods shipped until they are dis
charged q, the terminus" Zine Of transportation
between these latter points Isl for coffee and mahuacuet
tobacco 70 cents. tor groceries, dry good and utler ne
chandlse generally 50 per l00l1s) "llere then
(adds the Whg,) We prove that there sayn. bo,l
-
tonsposation ST. too, cod it be demonstrated in re,
gard 10 a rail road improvement from buchanan o
lyuchburg TO the Ohio river"
If a railroad be more advantageous than canal ",
would suggest TO our friends of the Whig and ohe
gentlemen IN thst city who hold the cane opiuion tina
the substitution of the for the other on Lh 10 taxi
place n, the pon, Richmond; for the obvious
reason, in the first place. tia, the Inferior improvement
ought got nd Of a, possb c. and Tor ,he fur
ther reason that should The road ever be hereafter *
tended 10 Richmond, Gas will doubtless be the cas-. J IN
extension ot the canal to Buchanan will be usqle.
waste Of money-as the lai road will Of course afrr
;. ample means Of carrying produce and merchandise =,
and fro, while the river will be ,I left open to tho.
who may prefer that mode of reaching market,
ureat Stress, we are aware is laid, by the advocate
OIL Inc extension .! the canal "a least Buchanan" o
The TACT that nearly half million Of dollars have alread
been Invested upon that part OF The line above Lynch
Il burg, which, they argue will be lost should it be unfo
''hed But this is mistaken view of the subject alto
eeIher-ior, IN The first place, informed by zen
'Ienah WHO has an Intimate know ledge of wha, he as
s ser's Tia SO utterly destroyed is large portion of III
unfinished work, that will actually cost NOR. to rep,
The INJURY occssoncd BY cshcs and natural decay tina
II did originally TO sruct it, butt what is Of faf great
CT importance, we ere assured that the present lecao
OF that portion Of the canal is So low that, if it be com
pleied upon the present plan, the first nun!a,:on wi
. IN all probability sweep it away. We are told indeed
that at some points on the line, the emhankmenrs tn
canal were sererG feet under ,catsr in July S42-an
i u THIS be the fact of which assured from an en-
tiTey credible SOURCE would be The height of plIy
peTscyeIe in the prosecution Of that work on the pre-,
eni level even canal communication preersbl
t TO railroad. II Completed it may safely be assume,
that 1t VIII be swept away by the first eshe. that ina
occur. II the canal should be made 10 Buchanan then
higher Lowell must he found, which will nec.ssar
render the previous expenditure almost entirely if MT
altogether useless land augment vastly the Of its con
s'rueiion beyond the former estimates. The monoy
wasted upon this part of the line, therefore QUO h to
thrown out OF view entirely in determining the hinr
policy OF the Sse IN relation to the cent? improvement,
and 1t shall be decided that railroad the better sys
lem, and that IFS construction from James river 10 ttc
Ohio is demanded by the wants Of the country and IL,
welfare OF the State, let il tie commenced here at In
point where the canal terminates, and beyond whc,,
VIII not be carried ii economy be consulted,