Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-08-26
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INN IN Pennsylvania. find that she. grateful to Ma
lure In her VALUED gltfe, has CONSTRUCTED the Reading
Rallroad II fdes loha. Of Sl0o 000 mile and
the aggregate ensl of - 0ol0a0-noe llan enough to
construct lhe liiehmnid md Ohio Rainnd from Rich
mend IL il terminus he ohie-eSelnsively for the
pnfPase ri conveying her Gea 10 market That she il
enlaging the sehlyila anal by lis side To aid in the
snle great 81 ee \ tai she has IN all Invested $4,000.
oe IN establishments pr the production and iranspora-
tino I nal live NEXT Turn IN Vifgina what do we
see} M Nanals.==no Railfoads.~no improvements
reaching ifomthe coal ields-no capital inyested-.no
labaf expedited. nnH prrehance. n solitary aborer NAV
nav aud then be Win his shovel excavang from
the sli1ee aud carrying 10 ghboring snthy the bur-
den II a snale hefse.
4 10 Gypsum. have shnwn that Virginia in the
southwestern part 81 the STATE has enough To s,,ply thu
den and II tn Whole nited States aud y.ta shame.
nl tnft IN tins ape Il Improvements her citizens with
III loo n'les II the befsol This useful agent restore
oof exhausted s' sehd bnfe than loDo miles 10 Nova
Sa}ia. iof gypsum ii IN inferior quality.
III the Limestone suitable for uan0res and for Uy-
dranlie cement, commerce has not I'LL the use
Aud N Ia the oher elenenis ot wealth. innnmerabe
aeftsai The must productive soil IN The ealleysas vet
untouched ~ The hand oil enltiyalionare covered With
tflf ofl9nal iafests with busy crowds of men 10
bffal tof aotodei aud no cor Of the husbandman or
whistle 81 the Steam fnpipe. NJ hammer ol the artisan
10 disturb then sllenee4anl though The noantans arc
admiiabl, adapted Tor the culture OF wuo as expert
lnens Al present Qoing yefying-foi vet along
Ia II sides eaze the ilk VII lie d5cks And as for thu
d4fahe hl honniless water pneefthe natural seat IT
COSTLY structures Ter the purpose al converting The Wul
aud agricultural and mineral pr1dnrla. into the various
shaPs u Which lheS susceptible swell the vol.
ue ii commerce and AL IN aud enrich Tie State. and
81 adequate 10 sustain hr peaes Efforts If enterprise
Is IDLE and mempas ell and. II ,ond the pale of
civilization. instead oil heitg within the lmits Of tho
oldest Slate oi The non ee countless waterfalls roll
On aud "heaf III sound save their own di4hinos y
Hut I've ASKED what evidence is there that 1brse
elements OF wea would be awakened into activity Nv
'he proposed Improvement The question is easily an
swercd. will take only the article. Of Sail and lnm
The Distance from the Salin,s In I.snchbnrr would
be a3h miles,-and Ia Rehnond 30 miles and tho
piee ol Sail IN snehbng, Tor the last two years. has
been go Ter sack o four bushels and the price in
Relmond. II 80 sack Al present Salt from The ka-
ht"ha Salnes IL mol brought further in This direction
than ewsbnrg. The quantity annuity brought
irom Richmond 10 lynchnrg and sold there together
with tint carried through, estimated at about 10000
bushels and the quantity irom Richmond and 9TH
er lo"hs 10 other quarters of the State perhn five or
sly times thai quantity and II 80 we may safely say
That lrenla annually e1nsnmos 000 00o bushels
No" the gentlemen engaged in the manufacture of
sail. Ia whom helore lelered that Salt Is sent
ilon kan5mha IN barrels, for which no separate charge
Is made thai the freight bislel 10 Cincinnati is
rens In polns on The OHIO below the Falls from tS
rens and 10 the distant points Ia which il is car.
red. ~ e5nls aud thai II Is sold Al all these points a
. een5 bashel. The manufacturers therefore can az
lntd 10 sell II At II cents bnshel.
pun the Railroad. the rate Of ,. cents Der ton per
mile. which rs have shown is high rate ton of 40
bushels rontning 30 pounds each would he carried To
Riehmlnd lof $500, aud bnshr Jf N cens Hen q
the value Of bushel IN Richmond would he 81 cents
aud the value o four bushels. the quantity in sack
would be 81 III, mrnty cents less ilan the present
Price. i've - through The same calculation as 10
Lynch ufe.lt Il be found that sack could De sold thero
tr IL, less than hall the present price aud as we
advance towards lowsburg he ratio Of he tlminuon
81 cost would iaeoase very npldy, well account
d saving lhe eNpense oi magonlng westaaroy fsum
lynehhlfe. as the diminished expense OF TRANSFORMATION
IN the Rallrond. / he construction Of The HALLWAY
would, then, IN all probability open a h,ane market in
Virginia al ~ Ion o0o0o bushels Of Salt and increase
The production 10 tlat extent.
As Ia Iron the present transporting il 10 Lynch
burg. ir1n the most distant esab shmenis is from S5 10
400 per Ton. Il Is brought there only by water At
the usual price lur waganng II could not be BROUGHT
more tan ~ miles for that sum On The Railroad at
= cents per Ion per mile. il could be brought from
poia 2oomes distant or thai sum- and from any inter
nedale panl Tor less sum. and sold in lynchbnrp at
the present price, II ~ other change were made hy the
Railroad Bnt, H. the manufacture OF Iron it appears
r1 the btoY ot tue Prnnsl wanna works that in order
to produce one ton o iron. necessary cosne five
TONS nj The material used in the process and IA the cust
81 tmnsp fallou on all these where transportation would
he necessity would also be reduced and The semi BIZ
luminous coal would be substituted Tor charcoal the cost
Of production would be greny reduced. II is very ma
teral Ia be Observed that writers the Iron Trade of
the ned States ailifm that Two thirds Of The iron pr
,ueed Is consumed ~ the Valley uf the West Hence
The construction o The road would that field
demand ir the Virginia manufacturers in great part Ia
supply And when we reflect thai from 1910 10 1910
the production Of hon in Great Britain was multiplied
teniad; aud thai in the L. States from 1910 10 ISi il
Increased about hundred pr ct and that from The
fapld accumulation Of population IN The L. States & par
truary in the est the prospect is that the consninp-
ton will continue 10 Increase rapidly for great many
years. there can be doubt that The demand will cali
lor the most vigorous efforts Of enterprise supply it,
Noone can doubt tnen thai Improvement Of som,
kind upon the line designated by the charter would be
great National improvement and that il would stir in
IN activity the dormant elements Of wealth in Virginia
Can any doubt that Railway would be adequate to
effect the great otJgcls proposed
'i'he tine IS long past when such objection could
be raised. The visionary of yesterday has become tho
pfartieal pdos pher Of oday and while ncredulity
and doub and prejudice yet gathering their forces 10
MP The Hope Of Scence- her handmade. Enierpse re-
yeals the bright reality shame the scoers and snrpass
the fancied picture OF her vutaries Before The
first Great Ralway-the Liverpool aud Manchester
RailNay--was com, eted which was in 1890 Mr.
George Stephenson, distinguished Engineer recon-
mopded the OF sioan las agent superior in econ
omy and efficiency 10 animal power" Two WAYS were
suggested in which i, might be applied. One was by
means OF stationary ste engines, 10 keep in revolution
large drums cylinders, fixed al certain stations the
road, and around which pes attached the cars might
be coed 50 that, by the working of the engines, The
might be drawn from station to station; aud the 9th,
er was by means Of what Were called Locomotrc En-
ines. But when Mr. Stephenson threw he sugges-
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