Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-11-22

Substance Of the remarks mad by r. G. Msrriss.
E~q al the II. II. meeting On Thursday night last.
tlavl 9 deaiItd as clalrnian Of the d legation from
ynrlbnrg the prcee lnes Of thew ythevlllc
Nj. Nj. commended ha, the stock of the Richmond and
Ono R Road would he good stock p raps the hest N
the Moild TO Prove which he referred 10 the vast
Amount Il Western ptoducts--ihr injury those pr,ucs
sustained IN their Transit thru Oh the Gulf The high
char 5as at New Orleans and the iIh freight and insu
rance would leave most al iurls be transport
ed IN Eastern lie referred 10 the great guam
thy Il Wheat made last year in Ohio % 900 600 bush
els and that Of Wesiern " beat and lis equivalent in
Flour. l6ttU,0UU bnshl. carried In New York
lite 81 d that [ mcl mali would prI ably This inn
pr vemeni at Cuayandoe. and referred 10 the letter Of
Jugr Hall 10 the Lyme hture Cunvehiion prove that
fact lie poke OF the oheapness If Rad Road iiansp
aoh and tie great ad vantages tn road Inss sscd
all ohers connecting the great West to the Easter
ciies beng The shortest o easier grades and auly
HE cheapest and a'so the advantages of mlder
climate and would reach the Ohio paint where steam
boats Of larger class nd cUne lI spoke al lenpIh
up n lie rnduc ycnes> Of Rail Road Investments
eial Needing 10 rer cent lear prof Stat this road
loSe IS ar at aud dec ded advantages all OF ers
and tn certainty Of the dividends berg very graf.
MI NJ then leItrred 10 The hrauch through Suthvcs
t"Tn g H. h' fertility Il hat reglon o county, and
he ,era nty OF GREAT amount t tnn1ee from agrlcul-
ual Products St hctnt IL sustain Rail Rosd; also The
enhancement OF ii value Of lands m that region now
worm Ire m 10 ~ del ar> pr acre, and he estimated
II Klpl
pass through them. AT leo dol ars per acre
lie then sp he OF the minerals Of $ uhn,s,ern Viz
Sih'a ahd NE niI ense tonnage which those minerals
~rud ,i,d, aud thai The nln,rals alone would max.
tins hall h ad good monIed Iuv ment He spckr of
INC bets oi Salt at"ig the line e upro, tne and the
n n'>s with Which II could b. prepared for market
ana tiai could lie Transported on the Rail Road Il, c
mona ana sold there cheaper than other salt also there
were plaster beds :" considerable extent and in o,antit
that never could be exhausted and the prea fertility
which the plaster would inpar tpall the country along
The line, was very desirable that it would enter i,,t
competition, even in he Richmond market, with that
from Neya Scotia, and ha, quantities would be ,ansp r
TED On The Western part of this Rail Road To Ohio In
diana Illinois and Kentucky. lie spoke of The iron aud
coal III j STA position. thing unkn wn in any other
part of The world and consequently that iron could there
he manufactured cheaper han elsewhere and would ne
O. ssaIily be- made IN VAST qnanilins
lie naenlluned HAT an unprlductvc Rail Road T.,
h'ft region Was unknown and this road passed lar mo
"u me minerals he lad DESERVED ii her nf bcb was
sufficient 10 sustain Ran Road. The Souhw,s 5, had
coal OF lie best hind lying The subsection ore f
tnr richest and best quality plaster of superior Quality
lead superior Ia that made III Illinois and in aranti,lps
meAhausable. That there kind Heaven had slpwered
lis richest blessings with a liberal hand
lie s Ike Of the extension OF the branch through the
Southwest and lis connection with the liuas>c, Rail
Road, and the Gcorpa and South Carolina Rail Road
ana extension 10 Memphis, and The Immense travel from
'hcce along this line He also dwet on the prra, tray
el trotnG uyandotc- sroLe e he hun her Which last
year travelled On the Baltimore and Olio Rail Road
aud the probable number Winch would be TRANSPORTED on
the Richnu I'D and OHIO Rail Road and conielded n,n
calculations based these dala that % per cent would
DE- ieaN me hIs year aief Tie comple oil he entr,
stem and brauch.