Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-01-01
Ms.r..lrrr R,vs.. Dec. s,h, isas.


have already advcrted the opposition of Kanawha
led by Mr.. Summers Among their resolutions arc the fol
lowing
IS. That the opinion recently promulgated Of the prof,
aud sdvisabiliy railroad Memphis il, the State Of
Tennessee either substitution tho pro posed line 10 the
Ohio, in connection it. is in our own Judgment mo,t
anc,iu and unounded The idea that commerce and
senger would descend the Ohio and other tributaries OF the
MISSISSIPPI to such transit from Memphis to Richmond
and Norfolk only be entertained by those
facts.
80 That regard the proposition Of conducting rail-
road IRON Lynehburg to the Horse Shoe New River
me county OF Montgomery n ION stem for the line
!" the oho and the proposed line Memphis. virtually
proposition TO abandon the GENITAL II the improve
ment commenced is completed 1t is only be done
oy aehenng steadily Ia the line originally Designed
pushing 1t on with united effort and mess and treating all
ohers as subordinate and be entered upon when the
main design shall have been contaminated"
These objections have been already fully answered, in
part but may be still further have shewn that. in the
opinion OF Governors Committees and Legislatures this
scheme Of South Western Rail Road has not been so
JsnefuI and ssfounded" IL profitable and ad ysabe
when constructed only the Tennessee line could not
be made less by its extension Memphis which would
not cost Virginia Here let restac an impor
'aniiaet or two which mt: have been sufficiently noted
by your readers.
Ga the 26th of February 1885, the Committee on Inter
nal Improvements recommended to the Legislature Rail
Road from the Tennessee line Evansham, in wythe
see0Hnfi and line from there the James River Improve
men in pheh the State should take S5hs Of the Cpta
Soek OF course, the line from the Junction of the two
10 Richmond, would have been n coumon stem. In 1898,
'hen this scheme was not ancifu and unounded but
because supposed to be rseenfiy promulg aed with an
extension TO Memphis, has become So And whyi Be-
cause commerce and will descend the Ohio
and other tributaries Of the Mississippi 10 transit from
Memphis to Richmond and Norfolk"
In the inst place, this putting the proposed scheme not
upon It's true grounds but upon such were deemed
y un'enabe,-whch unfair and in the second it is not
am now passenger, descending from ST. Louis to-
wards Memphis, and describe you the pleasure
would give me to take Rail Road from that city either
TO savannah, Charleston Richmond have even been
seriously meditatng journey the stage the coun
Try to the termination of the Georgia Rail Road This
is, isaw gentleman Just from New Orleans, who had
gone up the Mississippi his way Richmond asked
him he would have turned off on a Rail Road from
Memphis With the greatest earnestnes he replied THAT
could" II may be said these solitary cases. Far
from it, They but samples OF very large classes of
cases very common for passengers going East this
season. from many places in this River, descend to New
Orleans, (as sha and go thence Charleston by Mobile
and Montgomery. Were the Memphis Rail Road OPEN
many would never go 10 New Orleans and many would
return from there Memphis, and go the Rail Road
why go TO New Orearns, il may be asked Thousands
dread TO cross the Allegheny mountains winter even If
they can get to Guyandotte Wheeling or Pitburg; but
often, as at this uery time they get Louis
VILE On Saturday, when left Cairo, (a the mouth Of
tue Ohio fourteen lying up there account
OF ice and low water and several aground above
on the Ohio In such case, muudes of passengers and
of produce descend such parts the Oho and other
tributaries of the Mississippi" o2en and great por.
uon OF both would take transit the Memphis Rail Road.
Atlantic ports have great advantages Gulf ports and
IN from The Rich,
only have bid against New Orleans and Charleston
Again. many persons bound Eastward ultimately go to
New Orleans because they desire visit and become
quained with that City and they would come back to
Memphis to take the Rail Road Especially 10 Richmond
when bound for any point north Of that city. know
several persons who have taken, will take this
to New Orleans for both of the reasons above stated
II is fixed fae that millions of produce and of pas
engers pass by Memphis up and down. bound for places
the Atlantic board and great portion Of both descend
the "Ohio and other tributaries" which New Orleans
ceives, but soon sends on in various directions Now
Mr. Summers would deny that good part of the as
cendng passengers and commerce." of the Ohio &c,
would go through Virginia, By he great central route
Through RanGDhS: When tho Ohio was blocked up or
drained off, now-why would these not 90 across from
Memphis In case. Richmond would have to contend
with BalumoIe In the other with New Orleans and Char
lesion.
But the South Western Rail Road will prevent passen-
gers descending the Ohio Mr. S. lost sight of the thou
sands pouring from Baltimore to Wheeling bound
for the Mississippi the Gulf OF Mexico and the adjacent
States. Even now they coming over in crowds not.
wihsandnG the ice and low water, on the Ohio Incon-
venence, delay and disaster attend them There is now
gentleman this boat who has BEEN since the 18th of
November getting from New York to this point and from
Wheeling 10 the mouth OF the Ohio, has travelled on six
different boats Many la such cases. have been driven to
Jake expensive and idy stage routes the States
But from Memphis, the River always opeD always nay
gable. How gladly, then. would the Baltimore and Ohio
route be abandoned, nearly half the year. for Rail Road
from Richmond to Memphis And in the best Of weather
and the bestof the Richmond to the Mis-
sssppi would be the shortest and quickest and therefore
preferred by thoUsands.
But this is not al Mulhtudes seek the South and S.
West by the Atlantic route, through Weldon Whining
ton, Charleston, &c.
A Rail Road from Richmond to Memphis would inc vi.
tabiy draw of the travel and from Texas Louisiana,
Mississippi. Tennessee, aud Arkansas, and portions of
Alab anna, Georgia, North Carolina and Kentucky And
ibis would be the at ell times and seasons and when
the Ohio and the lakes blocked up IL would Al 90 Conn
mand the travel to and from Missouri Illinois, and nor
ton Of Indiana and Kentucky.
Besides the South Western Rail Road would compete
successfully with the Petersburg Wilmington and Charles.
ton route even though did go Mem
phis for the distance by the Junction with the Geor-
gia Railroad. would be shorter the uanshpmens fewer
and could not possibly be made dsogTeeabe and the
sea voyage from Wilmington Chareson which gene
rally unpleasant and often dangerous would be avoided
The transhpmens Of passengers and baggage Weldon
Wilmington, and Augusta, are perhaps dsagreeabe
any in the world there being Of protection OF
aeeoBodOton, at either point Il would be so On the
South Western Railroad.
yTgina would have 70 carry il only TO the Tennessee
line the rest Of the road Memphis will undoubtedly be
made. II got any additional trade by means Of this
extension it viii be ah induceBent for Virginia mske her
part Of the line. II indsputabe fact that this extern
sion to Memphis which will her nothing will bring
additional travel to her part Of the rood and make IL tho
principal route % Tho South and Southwest.
We have already that FOR the sake Of tho runspor-
ston Of produce from s. w Virginia and East Tennes-
see this road has in former times been advocated by sonia
Of tho most practical and patriotic in the State How
much more advisable does IL become when the