Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-05-03
Raj, ROAD MEETING.

receive aud take into consideration tho Report Of the
tommitlre appointed Al said meeting ;wherrnpon Rich
ard q Morris. Esq ON behalf oi the COMMITTEE made
the following rep 1t, which, motion Of Maj J. Gar
land, ordered to he printed IN the newspapers Of the
Town Tor lhe infpalon 81 the citizens aud he rrpo ted
L. an adjourned meeting Ia he held the same place on
Friday the llh day OF MAY, at = O'Clock T. NJ aud On
mo ION Of
y Il Edry. Esq. Resolved that the charter If the
Richmond aud Ohio Rail Road Companr, together with
the amendments thereto, be also published with the
port of the Committee.
The Committee appointed by the public meeting held
a the Cniyers,ls Church on the l5th April si7, 10
take into cons derlnn Tho preamble aud buttons"
adopted by SAID meeting, together with all oihrr mat
tets ,ouc lne the subject, make the following report:
alt appears to your Committee that the Rrhn,nd and
Ohm Rad Road is either 10 advance greatly the prosper
" + ynchhuig,r greatly nJute it, trade. Shorid
ite II ad commence Al this place, therr cannot e>tst
doubt N the mind Of any calculating but that Lynch
burg viii derive gr al and permanent advantages from tie
indr aud trlfl which VII Pass through aud atop within
her limits hui sh ul tins - d b., mctcd MOI
pass within The limits fihr Corpoation great inlu,
nn result h her pr spefy, by carrying the trade which
! INV comes 10 lhis market IL other places.
We thai great II lts b'ng made todvctt the
trade which The rown has herot.tre cno,oJ from us
naiu al destination and behouves ur CITIZENS 10 be IN
the alert, and IL endcayor, counorvauy cilona ob
waite the d,sgns ii her enemies aud sustain her inter
ess,
Your Committee believe that hy subs r,bnr literally
Ia Inc stuck Il ms Company The valuable object OF
mencing M rad here he effected, notwithstanding
The supp elemental passed al the las Of the Ia
ssalure requires the work Ia commence AT lis
terminus aud as your committee advise that the
mcncrmcnt Of the work III this Town shall be the cond
Of Your subscription. injury viii result TO YOU
should it fail IN accomplishing this desirable nhlcc,.
When the charter ol the Company ~ examined, and
greater privileges are found tncNlsi than granted
before b, Virginia To amy corpraion aud when the i'm
mcnsr amount Of trade and travel winch necessarily
hlr that the ok OF this Company Will be- the best Ra
Road Stock III the Cuted States. aud that large div
de DIS VIII reward those who invest their capital It's
s,ruc,ion
Your Committee believe that /. is unnecessary tn enu-
the many great and important privileges Which
at secured IL this company by it, charter, hui they
eannu pass without notice the advantages which this
nj w all others hy it, location, lis direct
lrn the arra Valley OF the Mississippi to The east
cities, and The probable chcapncs of liz construction
This rad will be- located through country Astounding
with the necessary erlas for lis construction. The
grades viii he easy without the necessity of res,rtng
Ia innncls 1t Will pass considerable pnt OF the dist
nlrng the vae,sot streams, ard the residue over
country mol very broken-and through mild climate
osiucied by lee aud This road viii also bt
much shorter han any Of the other from the great
West Ia the Eastern eitles-thc estimated distance hy
tins Rad from Cincinnati 10 New York being only 9l2
miles, whereas toy the Plt,shurg nd Pennsylvania line
II Is 937; by Wheeling and Baltimore Re- Il. 9ii hv
Portsmouth. Ohlo Ere Canal. axe Fro and Bufaluc
li6, Toledo Lake Erlc and 5uilal,e 1902; and Dan
hin, and Nr,y Nh Fro n n lola hcsi,s ay,id,ny
Tho l.nycrs,f ,b, ,kes tb. lu, water Of the Obio and
lie ruc,i,ns of the ire and ,ow On , the or, uor
efy routes
Your committee are Therefore satisfied that this rail
al has decided advantages all other improvements
and when they reflect up,n the yast ut,udrs iha, an
mali, 'ra,a ,au rho 5e,, y,l,ey af The M..Isspp 10
III, as,rru s-,he r,niJy lncre,4 ny pppu,tn of
be n,,,,d the randy increased tpyel ,ba, must en-
! uuI Ia, Ia hp IN
,n,t M y,l,, a H., tins mad Inv ,r,nsp,tng travellers
:, m In, ,l ,h,, s,o ,I,,, III. .cs.,n raj rad Cr,m
H., =, =, Al,n, ,I,,,,h , ,,,,ed and b,,he, cun,,v
mad. NJ an as pensc and greater distance has
snie. n,,, successful cnpc,,,,on wh the hudson nv
or and s,,,,,.nts If the ,rp,st class making larpe
liz, l.,,o an, T. , ,, N,w W.T. Il, n,,se,ye brr trad,
-, 49,, = al al I'm, alL,ny =, Ma. y,,l. ,h,,
arc ..J +, ,h. ,nrns, ,h,, tho mi, nd will have a.
,,ch ,r,,,. ,n,,cd no II !, III he ahl, IN ir,nsnu
Fran, all ,besc considerations. yonr Committee be
l,,e th,, STOCK k,n in Tins COMPANY will realize arrc
y,ln al ~ ,ho ~, s,,,,,y IL ynr r. y, ,,tnires
h.r,l ,c,,nn IA the s,,ck IA, advise thai IN, . Il,
-, ,,,,o IA, , =, c 10, an, ,h,psn,d .hans and thai ,b
, ,,,,,,s a H., ~ a., al cm,,,y ,ko nno III ,,z md
l,,e IN ,Idi,i,u IL iLa, taken by the ruvn. nroy,,rd
,It -, ,,.nd, p, ne, .,o In. nj, aimed fran The ,,.
I,,,, 80 o,n, ,I ,,,l r,ai ia IN, c,,,nenccJ -, yncb
IAN, instead IL ,h western, terminus. ma "a nav mammal
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S,r C,mm,tce brlicye IN, next Legislature will crr
pr fl, VIII b.. realized ON The porn d the wolk
do1e If G ma. tnced at yn burg than Will liz If com.
ncnccd ON the Oh,a; as the productions ii the