Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-10-22
placed osi The oly CT they

. ~r,ts .ihtt' y vi tht value 'hss lhscu ~ he wv W wv
h. d ~ view.
, New York h.d rsrcnd-d ca the Fro Csnsl. in lsts
l~(inclnd,-v iis enlargement 4e4.73i .595. snd . large I'd
IJi'ssial sum since THAT pe!,o6. And ahils TIE oia'
has exrendr-l Ihis snm private o mpauies have ens'roc'
ed a line II Rail R.ads, BY the side 1T his Canal. ffcd
Albany through Schener,srdy, Uiica. Syracu~. IA
buIn. Rachester. Anica and Buffalo. 10 Nisga1 fa''s
I3is. miles. alta ooet II &l2.6l9.i5S. s1he line "i foao
lfran Alhauv Ia Bs~ion m,y be considered rs an estensi1
of this line, a distance OF 2Du miles, and costing Si''ooo
1853.
l., iii. ~,,nect,on NAV be- mentioned the New Y"l
and Eila Rail Road. which - yet incomplete. u wa
e-lims ted ,o rst 4i2.a2.SsI(ssciu~Hve ID l's"no''v'
oweT) -sad largely upvards Of a5.OO1.oo have alfea
y sessn expended. Thus WE see thai the sma'n' slfe.
dy e,peri.d IN uniling B'st n and New N"k VIII
/ Lake Ere, IL more than 81 .2l0,ooo.
IN the csii nate. M ontice Is lakan II The great fn'
through Cansda by the W.lisnd and the II. Lawfeno'
Csnsls, which furnish The lakes with snoihtf ou'iol y
IT,. Orean. Here are three liurs of communication BE-
vert Lake Erie and the Aiiaetlc Ocean. and yet the
l,r Vi Raj Roads between ALBANY and bull Ia. And M
sgars falls. trade at svenge ret prohi 81 X Z-io pr
crai on ih-ir cost. in the year 1915.
IL Peansy lsanis W. fad another line Of Improvements
%osmplelsd u he West.
Tie COLUMBIA aud Phil,dplpl,ia R,il Raad. the Ca
nal from Columbia IL lIull,ds, sbufg. The Allrghany
Puftage Rail Road. ard the Western Division o' The
Pennsylvania Canal. from Jol,nsioan {" Plltsbnrg. Ion"
a line OF 3qi ~ miles OF Rail Roads and Csnsis, casting
abrui 4Ti And thew are now making a Gun
afN tNiiftf Nv" fh-'f sh'' ~"
Piiisbnig. neatly he Of The distance. -,
/ Cuming farther South, the Baltimore and OHIO Hail
Road Company have e~x pended S1.b23,Oo, and propose
to e>pcnd about 100000 mote aud the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal. IN the same reginn, have expended more
Than 81 100000.
These lew references will srve to show The value
which has bern placed IN The " e,srTn trade by ilr must
enlightened ard prosperous caninnni'lrs Nnrth 81 US
More han SgO.unotNO lave been Invested, IN i'h,s vi
communication with the West. by States nor'h 81 us,
-.4 - al - 1T Iar. tI Ia this ii
lsktHg - fuch N%rgluians soom 50 reluctant 10 venture IN.
II T. tue ii1sr lines have SONS advantage over ms IN
Their western ieuninl being on large teedsfs, such as Inc
Lakes and the Oh'o riyer. But this advantage is, IN a
m.asnfs. caHntcrhalsnecd by he fact Thai there are ~.
ready hire distinct lines competing for the trade ol the
Lshes. and their well be 4 fourth as snon as the New
lmk aud Ere RaIl Road IS completed Moreover, The
Bailanafe ard OHIO Rail II sd. wiici, had, fr the year
Iieis. a afos~ revenue Of 81 los, SIS; aud iaf the year
ending 5gh September, 1919, n g"ss revenue OF w.
I5lb05s, has uat set crossed The Innunialns, and Is 10 no
respect better ) tnat.d than he Virginia aud tennessee
Raj Il nd would be. without any c nheoti III nest OF The
tennessee line. LIT II be rene mhefed, too. That much
Of the Trade OF his country goes 10 the chesapeake ana
Dino Canal Is miles Of which lie along side OF HE up
per part Of lhe Ran Road. as far as Hancock. Nome 81
these great lines of he North. which are no~ 50 prohia-
bile. are withuu, rivals. aud in that respect. 'ccupy a ff
weaker pSlIiun han ours. Nature has erected ID npera-
bly, barriers for The defence ol lie Virginia and t'nnes
see Raj Road II ran never have a rlsal near It, and
may bd def nee 10 distant competition.
lal We have viewed this woTk, hcfelniare. chify
ns n national work. Let Us now consider Its local mel
its.
Il will increase the population. build mp towns and
deyelon finn tesn,ce. ,f tnc eno,ry. This has been the
universal eX pejit nee nu all the great lrelght lines. II
IbiH.,a Tho mr. due,ny coun,rv Inln immediate proximity
win the ot,,i mars II Inc vorld and ibusoiyes to every
article nmlgc,d. very nearly that value at home, which
nss,s..s in ,he.e n,,te,s THIS cr,ales bfaucb,s If
Industry which did moi before exist. and increases the
rewards If lndu.tr, IN tbose channels in which it was
b.L,r, di,.rtcd IN, VERY character If the prople il
cbau,r,l. far n,tliny IN ~ we'll calculated To stimulate
IN, n.,,, If NJ, no ,b. ce,,.i,,v ,t ,,o6, finn, Their
l,h,, MAJ ooiy Ia IA. cani,alo If ,he cuuntty. itayetsed
hv , Rail Rad y.nle ed mar, active mud ~pro6,able. bu,
uew c,,,,aI il ,,,,.c,.J ,,d a. IG. /. ,ofu..d min every
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on 'hose ioa1s IN New YORK, F'nnsNlVan'a anu MIS-
sachnsel's' already referred TO, the country has been set
u'd Win n 'apidfy itnly wonderful, and III many places,
TIL ioresi has been replaced by popnlons towns and cities
art For long distances on those roads you are never o"'
Ut sight 81 a village. Agriculture has been tnslered, min