Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-11-08
F,om The Richmond u hig.
TIL. Rail. ROAD MEETING.

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Mr. Lyons, On taking The C5alr. remarked that he
thanked lha meeting II lis kindness IA ST. rtnt him Ia
preside deliberations He >h uu not uaA, lb- IN
a speech, f1r more were gentlemen present ~ lp bad
come ff that purp So He ciud rot hello s..ti9 how,
evcr, that he regarded this work She gItai cherpnz
II Ihe Stle. and that must elevate lac fortunes aud
the dtsliny II The Commoun eah-lhat no portion Of
the Safe vitality IN efrstrd as the citizen. -
* chmod. aud he regretted that hjtle z,al and s-l
maniies3cl ~ people. IA this great meas ife
oil 'dellyeraaee aud liberty. Mr. Lyons, n.r. en- la
ding. Introduced
X. u MHtiss Esl., Il Amherst county Mr. NJ SAID
that this road had zen lfeeeay rtd,culcl II nats
matistd a hambug that ht SOME what rmhlrft,s
10 Know how commence, aud how to p e,eat Tia, q,
teTpse 10 the minds OF his au ieuce 50 ~ 10 e. IN, tho
charge Of extravaganza IL SAID be ~4s no enthusiast
that he had undertaken slang wh,ch h. dad
MT succeed IN.
IL remarked ha, Blltmo.a had ever been aHAion, f.,
reach southern terminus bel0w Wheeling tnf the Bal
,mofe and Oaio Railroad, and that that COMPANY h d
long struggled 10 obtain the right ol way tn that put
aud tlai she had yielded up This object with veat
reluctance. Il became the nj the people of
Richmond aud the State prevent CtncIuuau comment,
ing with the Baltimore " h,,lmg Judge Hail
be sud, had guataniced that the people Of Nlrrna
would Construct hls road the citizens u the q lee Gu,
would firm connection at GuYaudoic. From Glncln.
uali, ralraad now IN prgr,s, would Connect Us Nh
ST LOUIS; part Ol THIS yast enterprise la, alrea
been completed. lie said IL vas Necessary thai Reh
nd the capital u the State, should take $500 O of
tas .fscA must FAIL.
!; . Wise or valid reason WHY il shoull
49, as measure was 5 important To Il. aud none
ut.su a. ~e lie SAID that the amount ei prodrr,
enpfed per anuum upon the " eslern and Souha sem
waters, amounted To SDo6oo,OOo The population ne
Iui down al 9,onOUu lie slld that 1t was found thai
when II iur Was shipped by eastern Route Ia N.n.
Work. /, brought from % 10 cents pa barrel mo than
when hpIed through the Gull stream. S1iecn mil
lions o wheat were shipped from the " eser states ia
the North last year by The Ohn and Ere Canals while
only six millions was sent 10 New Orleans He con
tended iiiat produce cJdd all lines be shipped erap
er by railroads than by walef except by sea 10 sus
vain himself IN ihls position. he referred 10 the animal
transport alton ulor the Great Western and Ke.dmv
Railroads
lie contended that the Rchm and Ohio Rar nd
would have the preference all railroads dr.onrd
come the East aud the West. FIVE months nt IA,
year The i.1kes are closed aud the Cauas also atno
~ Eastern ssd Northern pois. The Great W,sler1
RaIir'al iIo Boston 10 the Lakes. the Eue Railroad
from New York 10 the Lakes the cn,rai Rsllna,l Inn,
Philadelphia 10 Pittsburgh, and the Bal,imule A d oIi
haiifosd irom Baltimore TO Wheeling from then Mar
'htIn psihln must ever IN the winter season. encunle
difficulties from aud SHOW from hlch the RIenn
aid oho Railroad would be exempt lie here enter,
Into calculation 10 the increase of populstion an
produce OF the Nes, as certain guarantee for III,
success u This great ener Prise. He pn,yed from h
present amount oi travel and SEPARATION of fr-iob
that this road would receive Sl,uuu 900 annnn, nm,
seu dsidend oil ~ yer eenl to the Stockholders On ia,
capital invested. "
Tie maintained that II the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
rad, with Its main stem on, hall Completed nov ,,,ns
ported <eo,ouo passengers per annuni this mad Who,
nan hhioned, fo'n It's supenr advantages would trans
pm greater number; from reliable calculations uli
"e had made, when The TOAD MAS completed 1t null,
yi,ld 5000 100 per annum To the s,ncLb Iln II
rohehded thai tins road would cost more Than SIG
wv per nile or 5000 GOO 10 complete it, In pm5f
'hs ne referred to estimates made by MJncure Robin
s'n I. Cfozet and L. NJ. Preytst. Esqs enplnetr, -,
,"'nen' judgment and ability. IL said that the grade.
20 overcome mefe lower and less i,u un lhl, a.
'han aay OF the grea, rival enterprises designed l., cam
hee' 'hs East "llh The West lie argued TIA, the can,
us oil hehinond had greater ineresl IN The work tb
'e s,ochhoidsrs themselves He here referred 10 VIII,
,as enc eanai had done tor New York. and to the fol
te value oil real and peIs nal Of 81 on since "A,
opening oi The W eslen Railroad and the effect Of RAJ,
Toads upon The property Of thai city: