Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-10-29
From the Senior Editor.
STEAMBOAT NEW ENGLAND"
Ohio River, Oct. 18th, 1919.


burg in the great National Internal Improv mt
Convention, TO assemble at Memphis, on Tuesday
next. Doubts were expressed al the meeting,
whether the action of the citizens bad not been
too long delayed 10 admit of their Delegate reach
ing Memphis in time. So important was it Deem
ed however, there should be some manifestation
of interest and sympathy, on the part of Lynch
burg, in the great objects for which the Conven-
ton called that it was deemed advisable to
run the risk Aware that the time was barely
sufficient 10 enable him 10 reach Memphis in sea-
son and that there was no margin for accidents
or unavoidable dctentons he left home, at a few
touIS' notice, resolved that, if Lynchburg was not
represented, it should not be owing to any want
of industry or perseverance on the part of him
whom she had honored by selecting as her dele
gate, His calculations, so far, have been veri-
/ fled. But we must discard the third person sim
! gular and relapse in our familiar editorial-and
/ royal-plural unit.
! In the first place then, what pregnant fact is
presented by the necessity, imposed bg haste, Of
travelling 800 miles, in direction exactly oppo-
site to our point of destination, in order to take
fair start, and then by land 80 miles more to
take water at Wheeling far more distant from
Memphis than Lynchburg. comparison of all
the routes led to the conclusion that the shortest
in point Of time, was that through Charlottesville
Washington, Cumberland and Wheeling Can
any argument, more powerful, be adduced, to
show the want we labor under in Virginia of
connection with the West; Can any single fact
more eloquently plead in behalf of our great
work
We were taken safely and pleasantly TO Char.
lottesville, through a country as beautiful and pic
turesque as any in the State, by Heiskel and
Company's line OF coaches, which deserves and
we are glad TO learn, receives, the patronage OF
the travelling public. A hasty call at the Uni
verSity, enabled us 10 learn the gratifying news.
that the number Of mariculatcs amounted to 800
more than were ever before in attendance A
good many others may be expected The Med
zeal and Law classes are large particularly the
former, which numbers 1I2. There is every in
dlca'ion that the session will be as orderly and
credable as the last. The want of Insufficient ac-
commodation, within the precincts, is now griev-
ously felt Nearly one-thrd Of the students board
and lodge, from necessity, without the College,
Additional domltores must be erected.
The Louisa Rail Road has not yet been extend
ed to Charlottesville. The delay is caused by
the very heavy masonry of the bridge over the
Rvanna and Moore's creek. Efforts are making
to have the work done by the first of January, and
II severe weather do not set in early the cars NAV
enter the town by that time. -Four miles OF stage
travelling, at an early hour brings YOU TO the
present terminus of the road and YOU find YOUR
!
upward train of the Richmond, Fredericksburg
and Potomac Rail Road W hich delivers you about
II on board the truly elegant and comfortable
Steamer Baltimore, at Aqua Creek which reach
es " aShlngton in time for the evening train for
Baltimore.
We were awakened, at the Relay House, at a
very early hour Tuesday by the rushing by Of
an upward bound freight train The noise and
jar were horld This disturbance was repeated
at very brief intervals until at least a dozen trains
had passed, which completely "murdered sleep"
Annoying as 1T is TO the traveller to be thus rons-
ed from his morning sumbers, the number of the
trains speaks we'll for the business and resources
OF the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company,
and may be taken as an earnest of the immense
! tonnage winch will be thrown upon their line
when the Road is extended from Cumberland to
Wheeling. portion of the work is under con-
tract, and the whole will be completed as quickly
as possible. There being but one track, these
various trains are not, like so many wagons on A
turnpike, lett TO their own discretion as to speed
and stopping. Each one has particular Turn
out, at which it must be found at a given hour.
IN order that it may permit other trains which it
meets, or the passenger train outward bound, to
pass. AS any mistake in this respect, would GER
talnly prove nconvenient, and, possibly, danger
Gus, strict obedience of orders is enforced and
4 rigid discipline maintained. As his charge en-
braces trains traversng The road in both directions.
Tor the whole extent of $50 miles, besides the To-
cal trains, it may well be supposed the Supern-
lendent OF Transportation is most responsib c
officer 1t requires, for the faithful discharge of
his duty administrative talent of high order.
Leaving the Relay House at s A. NJ, we were
whrIed through the romantic valley of the Pa
tapsco, as remarkable now for its manufactures. as
It's beautiful and picturesque scenery Manufac.
turing establishments are springing up also on the
Potomac, between the Point of Rocks and Har-
pers Ferry, and at other points on that river
The Ra Road, on the Virginia side, is of late and
better construction and the speed of the trains is
considerably greater. No difficulties. of any mo-
ment were encountered in the counties of JEFF
ferSon and Berkeley, but the profile of the route
through Hampshire presented obstacles well cal
culated TO arouse the energies Of the Company.
/ lhey were overcome and the road finished TO
i Cumberland. For many miles you are in SIGH,
OF the unfinished portion of the Chesapeake and
Ono Canal Without entering into the discus
sion OF the relative merits of the kinds of improve
ments, or blaming the policy ofextending the
Canal to Cumberland, the traveller cannot but re-
greet that two works, costly in their construc-
ton, should run parallel for hundred miles and
be, OF necessity, curious to each other lie can
not persuade himself that both are necessary. or
that the Canal, for years to come, will paw even
a moderate interest upon the cost of building it.
There is nothing imposing, in the big dry ditch,
from the cars thourL Tho ,,o,l. 49,