Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-10-25
Virginia and Tennessee Rail Road
I've C~onniftee, appointed BY The Cirisiianstare
tonrension, submit the foiloasng .7dRress 10
their .felew-cit;seas Of 1frg,n,a.
IcosrisuEp
A1Af,pES
!CosriNrEp |
ADDRESS.


But sub things can ispr~n IN the Suuih. The STA
81 G.pryia has pui hnih h-i STR Myth, aud prosperity h
cr"aaed her .N.,ii ~.
The line of n,ads IF IN Augusta has hui JUS, pierce
the grain r-siH, and real reis'e hiss risen in August
within The las, wear. 50 per rent. On thing u bet
worthy y nnii-e IL was not citian that rrduced tai
th~st. While The rad WAS in operation unlv through
c,,ln c,untrv. Augusta .o,J still ard il wa. M, UNI
thu grain II Chrnke G,esrgis was , ared iaia her LAP
thai her pnpSprri'y really eainmeecrd. There csnnet N
two siiuatinns tnpre perfectly Ambiguous than ,hnse "
Augusta and LyEciburg aud ihefe cerisiuly is thu
nosi striking .nslogy hetN ren The Virginia and Iennes
see Rail Rad and The G4rgia Rail X ,sJ. L~vnrhhure
will have a Can't and q Rail Rad leading u the sea
hpard -Augps a his a liver leading 10 Savannah snd
Rsll Ruad Trading Ia Chsflfs'on. This l,st plsce Is l3t
miles fran Augusta. and Richin.Rd j. li6 Mills FINN
I.ynchhurg. In Aasns's manufactures are snrirginr mp
rapidly and svety industrial pursuit. Il Prosperous FL
lrwins the linz &c he G .,rsis R,ll Rad. no village has
been iFj I'D AM most Of them have been henehfied.-
The value Otihe land has been doubled at least. al
Ito lsh hsi laad vas moi If . nature la be 81 much ben
shts as II her land. would hive he-n. 1t may be safe
" ssted I al the average product of The sal IN the
Grnrgia Rail Road III miles lung-would mol exceed
IA ct the average pruduel uf The land un The Virginia
sad Tennessee Rail Road. The local benefits of Rail
Road Improvements are more sinkiaels Witnessed when
Won nach sAe fertile lands. On The State rad 10 Ge"reis
TITS rnad hsgins vheie the Georsia Rail Road ends. at
Ailaaia. Here. slsa, Is snoIhef line 81 mails connecting
with the State nad snd RUNNING through Macon Ia Sa-
varnsh, 4 ssiaucs e 292 NIL :.
Where Allaut, new stands. here was nothing bnt
wsods in ls42 In ls45. IT lad M %buildiug, except
ihuse c nRtc 'ri Wih a Rail Rcd defsa. A lauta nnw
hiss 2sn tnhshlisa's and IS me Of the mnst q ,uri,blng
rlars., 81 ITS sizs, any ahrre Ia be found. The buildings
are. MANY of hem. II the mn~l substantial character. aud
the whole Town ~ sta "a with an ar uf prosperity. Il
~ nat on any wafer cdnf~e. and The stl artnpd 1t - thia.
and 40 cause rn bn asslgned fI ia de AMI griwth, hut
The taci that ihese iwp loads divcrge fun tme State
road, one leadlnt ia Augusta and Charleston. and The
other l.ading u Macon and Savannah. The tonnage OF
the II ad i not traushiI ped here. hut the loaded cars pass
through To ihstr des InAlIan. A large steam mil has
been ersceI here. fr the m,nutsciure Of flour, and
many other Kinds If manufacture are grow ing up
Al hough Atlanta has tins sptnng up in the wilderness.
Decatur, only 8 miles SOU beast uf II. has not been IN
lured, and Naiisi'a. July 10 miles north w 81 from N.
lania. has Improve greatly. In 1912. Marietta was al
nssl u imniirI Village. The hot pninis II The savage
had scarcely been rfasei from the soil, aud many Of Tho
huns Of The lnpit ns were standing. lusl as they left
them. IN The surrounding c1itlfy. 1t Isl owa hIufis''
Ing lawn. wrh -four churoh' $. 9 oil sch 0s, AMI cnsy
thug Ia make It a desirable residence. Property. IN
Marietta, vii command fully eur Times the prlce whicl
.twanld have brought IN 1912 Ia that year. gentle.
man Taught 300 acr-> ol land. adjoining the inNu. it
al4tD. bal, n nrlina house on II. aud has Ina sim
ioer refused SlJjo0 fr lle place. Thiry mics far her
on is Cstter>,Il- J. ven miles funler is knts'on ;
aud lorty nlle- bfyund that Is Dalton. all tnfiving vi.
lagos, whcl, have gown np In the wilderness wllhiu
four years.
The lands. llronehout hi. fegi n. are joubleJ. and,
IN some easts. q%asprupied In yaiuc. Every htsnrhl al
human industry has been stimulated, aud agriculture.
manufactures and coain"fee have been %p,ompred.
Now. We "trilJ ask. what .lemcnt OF prosperity has
the heufgia kafl Rpsd. whicl he Virginia and en-
'esses Raj Raad dsS not p@srsS 7 Tn. une passes
IN onah 80 apatsiv,ly h,tt~a lsud. the ulhet lfaverses
a c'a'niry 4 unrivaiird lrtIiuy. The one DOES noi
f"ath he un'n'rsl feaipn, the other penrtratrs ,%neshaust-
lille beds u 'Hao. ropprt, plaster and salt. The one has
y nvsi linz. crnhnei eng a. The same pint aud gong
t'ro1gh hsc.p !" he ses b.atd At Savannah the ohet
Is nfeiecisd by nature from al rivals. And yet tins
o-plslA Rsil Road made a nel pr ftof 10 per cent. on
the Gust 81 The rad. int itr ,earendinr April LIST. 1919,
and Us siook viii command Val i in the marker. -
This rad has been takeu ft an example but the Cen
Ira Rail Rad, and he Maroon and " esleIn rad, ate al
~ dol & well aud the ~ hnle sys'smof roads in The
Safe has bad he %hapriest effect. as far IS their lufn-
enee cnnld reach. ltuay he stated. on The authority Ui
= gentleman III hugh siandinu. whn has long bsen cnn-
rtcied with ane # he banking institutions Of Augusta.
il9i HE city neYrt said a. many g@d- T., the lnietnr.
IN any one yrat. as curing III" last. except IN 1857. du-
riun Ike ex'ranfhluafy Iufa'Ion 'f the currency. But,
there was iil. difference. that while Augusta lesi more
than bali her debts. in 1887 owing 10 the universal
prosperity oil the couuiry. urder The Influence of Rail
Rua's. moi a single bad debt Vas made Ivy her merchants
dnflng the la>t year. Ttere is one important pncular-
iv IN all h. kiil Rad incoi para inns If te rgia tot
one fihem has ever asked for. " received. tire aid IT
ote dollar from The State. These conpanles, three il
number. have mad J0O miles 1T Raj Road. by their
owl unalded efi,us. lhr Stockholders, IN these works.
no. ierelsr a nplr dividends. ~ the same tune that they
'uJpy the g~iltitving reflection hat they have built up
their State. Nitglriaus might do the same. It they
would. They have only TO Wi II and II is done.
VII II b." sad hat ttaytl has supported the Georgia
Raj Rad The ampuni resrived from The mail and
lssehgtrs, bme +" the whnle am, mi Of their receipts.
The proportion ii t, 2 81 100. But the cunnlry through
which the Virginia and Irnu,sser Rail Road passes. rs
susceptible of a much higher drgre. of impruv, meni Than
thai lhiongh which the Gesrgia road passes, and the h.
cal travel WI consequently he much greater. When the
piodncis Of N%irginia's inrshaustlhle lands aad rich mines
are brought inlo market, the population will be So dense
as 20 create a very great navel. Wuh regard To
the more distant travel, the very passengers. Mhn now
support the Georgia Rail Road. VIII be brought through
Virginia. lac travel from the Southwest now c,unes To
Atlanta and goes dawn the Georgia road. From Atlanta
!" hlehnhond. through Augnsa aud Charleston, Is 10
mills. When our road is dot e. The distance from At
ian'a. throngh I%.ynchburI In RrichmoAd, will he 675
males. or Al miles hess. This difference. together with
the deli9hiihl summer clfTate aud beautiful scenery oi
Virginia, viii he suffici, nj 10 direct travel tins way
The vicinity Of NJ vartons watering places Of mute. viii
be another inducemenl Tor travel 10 come Ihis way. A
gsin The brais "n The Tennessee riyer. the Nashvill,
aud Chattanooga R4il Road and The various slage line,
'lfougn nnrrl Alabama and Mississippi, will bring I,
Ciaianooaa and Dalton a large namter Of passenger
tf the Norih- Firm Dallon. through Iynrhburg Ii
R'chmand. is 24i miles nearer Than To u, by Angus,
AUG oiaf'tsian. Bot This Is not all-1et MS now sup
!Ar+ me lhhiui ct conpettiIun IL I've Memphis. aud tab,
fhtedrlphba as the Eastern punt to be reached. From
Memphis 10 PIttsbu'g is l2l2 miles. by river, which,
late distinguished mfmter Il Congress declared To h
oIV "ne hfli ui The year aud Fl, zen Tie ether half. am
ai'rf Teaching Pitisburg. You are 395 miles from pimla
deirhia, hy a mixed route Of Canals and R,il Reads
r TOM Gfnri th..a-h I'll NJ a e - q