Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1847-10-07

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ruling graduate over the remainder Of
the line.''
The railroad from Alexandra 70
Shenandoah vii! have grade varied
from level TO 40 feet per mile, ex-
cep, at The crossing oftbe Blue Ridge.
Here the grade for distance of less
;han mile will be about 90 feet per mile,
and for eight miles a grade falling from
SOTO 40 feet or less per mile. Again,
| this road can be made for ST 100000.
and the very first year after it shall be
opened, there may be reasonably cal
culaled TO be upon it enough trade, TO
pay upwards Of 6'per cent. upon The
expenditure.
Richmonebls now slrivinse for The
! trade of HE Shenandoah Vally and of
the counties of'Cuipeper and Rapp.aa-
hammock. She expects ID Secure this
trade BY the exter.ion Of The Louisa
railroad Trough Powell's Gap TO Har-
risonburg-a trade that now goes to
Winchester, Fredericksburg or Alex
andria. She wishes to swallow up
those towns for her own advancement,
and destroy the natural markets of the
Valley Of the Shenandoah and he
/ Northern Neck. 1t is high time that
the citizens Of Alexandria, anG North
eastern Virginia, should look TO their
true interests; it is time thatth wants
should be made known tothe Legisla-
ture; ana it is high time that those
wants were attended to.
! Let the beautiful Shenandoah FLYER
be improved so as to admit apon it
steam navigation, and the railroad from
Alexandra to Martinsburg be con-
structed; also railroad be constructed
from Port Republic to Buchanan, and
thence through Southwestern Virginia
to the Tennessee line, then heavy
and valuable trade will be secured to
Alexandra, elevating Her into com
,mercial emporium, and secure to
Northern Virginia a valuable market
The prosperity of Winchester and
Richmond and the other towns on our
seaboard advanced in their prosperity,
and vast amount Of wealth. will flow
into the State from every quarter.
! In connection with the above I'M
proyements, let the James River and
Kanawha Improvement be finished, BY
the completion of the canal 10 Buchan-
an and the construction Ola railroad
from that town to the Ohio river; for
this improvement will add much to de-
velop the resources Of the State, and
! and TO the wealth and prosperity Of our
cities ard towns upon the seaboard. =
The Louisa railroad shoul! be extend
ed by Cha'rIottesvi 1e through Rockfsh
Gap TO the line of the proposed railway
from Port Republic to Buchanan. The
Eastern, Middle, and Southwestern
/ Virginia will have received all the aid
from the Legislature that those sections
may reasonably expect, and the
money resources Of those sections viii
/ BE developed.
But an ac, ofjus1ice 10 an important
/ section Of the State, to an enterprislng
and industrious people, andao the cit
izens of a neighbor:ng State, demands
the grant Of liberal aid from the Legs,
! Iature 10 the CheSapeake and Ohio Ca
nal Company; work that Will open
up the mineral wealth of@Hampshire
county, and have for one Of its teunnI
! the city of Aiexendria, and also to the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.
| The fart that the line of road belong
| ing 10 this Company passes through
| Virginia from Harper's Ferry to point
only SIX niles from Cumberland, dis
| lance of 9O'mi!es, and from the Wes-
tern boundary OF Maryland TO Wheel
ing, being line Of railroad offering
many advantages TO tie citizens oflhe
State residing convenient TO it, and a
work that may form a connecting link
in the plan Of connecting one Of our
tide water cities With the waters Of ola
Belle REVERE" should secure for it a
Favorable. and determined support in
our next Legislature.
Let-our farmers, merchants, and 9TH
et citizens, and our Legislature, look
to their true mi. rests, and press onward
all tie works of internal improvement,
that repraclicable, and will ceveIope
the resources and add wealth to the
State. Then viii our agriculture i'm
prove; the rich mineral wealth, now bu.s
RED IN the bowels Of Tie earth and
valueless, will be then realized; our
water power. now idle, will be brought
into Use, and the hum Of rnanufactu.l
ring industry will be heard Iii every
valley; wealth will flow into the State,
from every quarter, and COMMERCIAL