Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1845-02-19

Rail Road from this place to Dayton.
1t is now expected that the Baltimore and Ohio
Rail Road Company will extend their road to tho
Ohio rivor IN a few years, and that It's termina-
ton will be at Parkersburg. at tho mouth of tho
little kanawha. In anticipation of tho termina-
ton Of said road at the above named point, tie
entcrprising citizens of Chllicothc, Ohio. have
gotten up 4 proposition TO make road from that
place to Parkersburg, direct connection
The Little Miami rail road is nearly completed
from Cincinnati to Xena The people of Day
ton have in contemplation road from that place
to Aena, as a communi cation with Cincinnati
If road should then be made from Ncnia to
Chico,ho, and one from this place to Dayton, we
would have rail road from Richmond to Ralti-
more. The increduious will perhaps laugh at
this suggestion, but we regard the scheme entire
" practicable, and believe that shall vet
live TO SEQ its contamination.
Aside from the extension Of the Baltimore and
Ohio rail road through Ohio to Dayton, q road
from this place TO the Miami canal, or Little Mi
ami rail road, would be of immense benefit to
this section Of country. We arc now laboring
under great disadvantages for the want Of a
means Of transportation for our surplus produce
to market. A road to Dayton, distance of 40
miles, over n comparatively level country, could
DO n,ndo at cost, not to exceed that Of tho con-
struction Of canal to Brookvllle. Wo would
then have canal transporta from honcc to Gin
cinnati, provided market IL not found at Day
ton. On the completion of the canal north of
Dayton, would have an outlet TO tho lakes, or
when the rail road shall be EXTENDED from Aenla
to Sandusky city, would have another, and
moro certain route to the north and cast.
We aware that some of people object
rail road, because the probability is that j,
would be continued west Such an extension
could not be very disadvantag eous to our place,
from the fact that tho completion OF tho White
water valley canal will take tho trade of the wos.
from us,almost cntirel y,under any circumstances.
Wo can only expect 10 make our place depot
for the trade Of tho north, and many years would
eIapse before the road would be extended hence
in that direction. We need not enter into cal
cuation exhibiting tho benefits to be derived by
farmers in tho sale Of their produce, by bring
ing them nearer the head of the market. There
arc now many works of internal improvement
throughout the country which have demonstrated
those benefits much moro satisfactory than calcu-
lations upon paper, and citizens must from
their know ledge of the beneficial effects of these
works, know that something Of tho kind is indis-
pensabo to tho advancement of our town and
country. All know the advantages we possess
for manufacturing purposos-the fertility of our
soil, and the industry of our people, when re-
ward for their labor is presented to them.
We will in future number point out moro
particularly the practicability and cost of a rail
road from this place to Dayton-i.s connection
with the Miami canal-its extension to Xenia.
and its intersection of tho Little Miami Rail Road
its continuation to Chillicothe, or some other
point from whence It may ultimately be connect
ed with the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road. and
finally open direct communication with Rich.
mond and Baltimore.