Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-10-25

-, a. iherr are iuisha'sni. The rpnnttes Though whf
., tbs rad is trs,el. h-v~ = rospistion uf 80. ID -ha
,ti. nu'ahsr. ~ ~. Oh. >, So 20 rer passenger. WA
give SrSi g1I. 'Ths' This -alcnlstinn il within fessai
able | mfrs. can hstdly he inpb'ed. when Ne reflect uH
The s,r'na position 1t this : AL. IN rrf-rrnce :" The s M
raj navel u The ronnirs. The nhmb"f NJ passengers Il
TIE Grorris Rail Road last te,r, was Ss.b2s hut u Ia
been clearly shown that this mad mn-, have a great
d travel. bhh local and rrnr'al. than the ueorg'a foad.-
J, Indeed. therr II. ever, rs,-nn 10 suppose that The fese
> nne. ftan This snrrn an anf r'sd. aiii equal. II II doe
9 MT ss..ed. th,i af the main stem 81 the B,lunpfs an
= Ohio mad, which wa. for the year jus, ended .$S9i 40
a5.
A most remarkable fa'ure. in Raj y sad statistics. l.
The actual itsv, an any finished rad eyresds all pfevion
caleuiafi,n. Dee instance will he given. The es'imi
ted nnmhefo Of passcne rs. for The Boston and WI este
mad. beE,re il was completed. was % 500. snd tTtH'
tie e,ien sian in Norwich md ,lhsnv. they Amounted I
{ 5000. ard in lsi1, Ia 5sI, 900. The same Is ttoe "
every e'her Rail Road in this country. On every itai
n nd in the United siutes. a$ well ason the rads 4"
Great Bntiin, france and Bplginn. there has been
c sn.isnt increase II trade and travel II IN year In yea
illustrating The effect af Riil Roads IN the prosperity "' a
ctuniy. some valuable tables. m his subject and oh
ere. shaving the revenua Of different ruais, h We been
isken fran a rersi II Mr. 4. {. AIurion. ml The Atlantic
and 81. I.awteuce rad. and will be found in the Appen.
dix.
An mrortant consideration. which adds much to the
value al the Rail Road system, Is, the constant aud raptd
improvement IN the economy II working roads. Not
many years ago. the cost ui transport ition an railways
-" -
vafipusly estimated at ffon 10 = cts. per ton per mllr,
The cast II transportation, on imperfect nads made Ut
light INN. with inf, nor machinery. IL fully double what
It i un the most perfecl ru4d, "iih the use "i the hest
msrhiuery. The great reduction. IN the cpNi III Trans
p,istinn. is mainly owing To the Improvements in loco
motives aud cars j. l. hut 90 years since the first 10
enlp"tise, On a plan Il any practical uliliy. was inahu-
lactured.
Atlri ne Liverpool aud Manchester hah Road vas
c%ninple'ei, II vas determined To adopt tF'Hnnllve p""of
IN The r,,i On Tho Dilh uI \ nffI. IERl. the DiT,ctUrs
offered Il premium oi { W ief the hes; locom"i1v".-
The chlci slpnlallins "rrr, That, II II m'Isi'ed b 'nns.
II shnnid draw ~ tons and ifnv' Ten tilrs per honr.-
he On "' oe'onff' leZ, was ny" "' 'f Tue 'fiai' shd
ru, '"9'''s "''e' '''e,e" .' ,"' i''Ae.
Inc u eN,' eY WI. I" nor, 7'P"ensn'
y N's,V' 90 si'srS. pta''n"e"" r'lo"s" III
u nahS '''"l' u MI. l iicN""'''
" ''"''''''' "o VI n"'''"h'
u "V''a"'' met TWIN "h a'''a'"' u a. "''h-
,r'"n you ~ '"'t'' !" /" my '"'' Wv ,""..-
he Rocked obtained The rfr'n'hn; AMI NE create" We
i'r''y attained was ~ miles per hour i"'s may be con
s''e'ol q : 'na ic'l '"'''h'nr,m'ht ~ me use'V' aPp'ra
20" ~ '''n""''' P""' y o''Pa '"''e''"e a. ",s
n',' " wv" p" "l"" W. '',, ''"'' w VI wac"
IA Pt'e'Ns" 'ha' m''"'ne ~"e" has etea"o snch a
n'."y "'"'"'n III hn,''n "'"ifs.
''''s nv ~ Wv '"F''''" '"2'''S, "H'" W
'ls ',o"'s was . I"', 'ne"'' o'''" ~ II a'"he,
o'''' W '''"'" p",Y; :" '''',S''. nun '"P'''o
'' ~" 'e'i'o"1e "'' "a' u" 'oo%- on o' "cca-
s'''' ~ '"s"' wv . "'' " NV "'""'e' 90
=,
'""s" no "' fc'"''ou ''"e's W sup "' III 'he
'ae.
'be Improvement al the / CONT tive gave II powerful
impulse Ia li" hal TOAD sys'"i'.. aud nany roads were
commenced III The United STATES III IS2', although, III
The beginning i That year, there Were no morr than rlev
IN "''l's Ia use On this c"n''ntui' In 20 years there have
h'en uo"l miles oi rad made IN the 1 ni'ed States, and
An'f''ah ingenuity has greatly Increased the efficiency
anu economy ct every part o' The complex machine.
",' u o1 supposed, mat ''sfe Is 10 more IMPROVE
men, u pe "phdt-'hat ~ Year, have exhausted the IN
eH'"' Ut man III ms llo'f ot dues moi the rapid ad-
vance III 'he system ~ soshofta period argue still great
u pn9"Nstf we 'H'nfe
Feb year. Tor a long time past. the reduction # char.
yes has added some new item 10 The catalogue ot articles
Il al can bear lraIlsp iiaiion. II has nj been many years
since HE must enlightened men Argued that only things
oi snail weight and high value could be carried IN RAN
Roads. Now II is found that even the cheap products of
astcnlinre can he conveyed long distances. Grain ran
be carried loJ miles iot Z els. per bushel. aud 2UO miles
iof ~ cenls.
This IS q fact ni lncalculable inpo rtance l., the ccun-
ties pardeling on The Virginia aud Tennessee Rail Road.
For. after all, the article oi ford. ior man and beast. will
Constitute the most valuable staple for hat country, With
a continuous Rail Rosd 10 Norfolk, grain could he taken
ffon Abingdon and placed un board Of a ship. IN Ina, ppri.
l0f ~ cents per hush,l. II other modes Of couve auce
can carry II rs cheap. there will not be II, mucI, nee. ssh
" fr c,nlinunus road. Il rs a remarkable facl that here
Is n" srflie,ent bread make, in The United States NJ
port where the supply reaches the demand. Tha, there
Is n, ne north Of Nuif.lk, is clear tIon ,i,e fac, that Now
Brunswick and Nova Sofia are nov compelled Ia ,mpor,
f,nt from New Orleans; and wheat, grown in the valley
Of lhe Mississippi. is now shipped ir,m 81. Louis for
New Brunswick. aud ground into H. + at the mllls Of 81.
.Juhn Tins fat yi.u,d IN c,nn,x,,u ,.a,i. ~ L..