Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1849-09-19
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WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 10, Is4o.


Ehe 1sa3irOads---E,rOsneS Nheas.
ne engineers have been busiIy at work for some
weeks past running the various lines, with view
10 The location Of the Rail road between Waynesbo
rough and this place. The survey of one line has
been completed. and, by it, the distance between
'he TWO points is twelve miles and three ephts. the
distance by the turnpike being precisely twelve
should this route be established, the road will mass
up the meadow between the Deaf and Dumb Insti
'u"oh ana the Lunatic Asylum, and the Depot will
oe on the South side of Lewis creek near the
bridge on the Midd,ebrook road. Other ru,es
which are thought by some to be more advantage.
Gus, are yet to be examined
IS desirable that the road should be located and
lei out to contractors before the Legislature mees
again, and In ORDER that it may be done, it is neces
sary that our citizens should be promp, in making
subscriptions. They are not asked 10 bes,ow their
money On charity but simply to make an invest
ueH' oil capital in way that will be profitable to
themselves at the same time that great public in
'erest is promoted Owing to unusual expenditures.
the dividend ofihe Louisa Railroad for the last year
was only four per cent, but the receipts were equal
10 about eight per cent. the capital in operation.
ana the farther the road peneratos into the conn
'ry' The more profitable it becomes, as is evident
from the fact that the gross receipts of the past wear
show an increase of nearly twenty eight per cent
on the receipts of the preceding year. So much
Tor the railroad merely as profitable mode of in
ves,ing money.
As to the influence of the road in enhancipr the
value OF property, word need scarcely be added
alter all that has been said and published on the
suec' TO Induce farmers at least to subscribe liz
orally We will simply call attention 10 two short
paragraphs which we clipped from exchanges and
copied in our paper of last week. First:
"The commencement of tho work of eytc,dipo
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad westwardly into
northwestern Virginia has had the effect ofeivinp
materially increased value 10 lands in that reuon
According TO the Preston County Democrat. lands
which SIX months ago could not be sold at one dol
lar per acre arc now selling at five TO twenty five
dollars"
Secondly: ga railroad has recently been compile
Yea from Springfield, Ill.,, TO the Illinois river The
Sangamon Journal says:
One week before the Railroad was finished corn
could be had here in any quantity at Is Cts bush
81. MOI bushel can now be had for less than %
cents. This is the effect Of the completion of the
railroad on the price of one item of the products of
our farmers.
The Journal is Of the opinion that railroads will
double or treble the value of farms in some parts of
the State. No doubt ofit.''
When we look out upon the brilliant prospect a
head OF us, we confess that we become little ex-
hlaraied. With the McAdam road enterinr our
town from Winchester, on the North; the fine turn
pike, partly McAdamized, from the Ohio river on
the West; the plank or McAdam road from Lex
lng'on, on the South; and the plank road from
Scolisvie, and the Railroad on the East, we mis-,
become the centre ola thrifty trade and the most
furnishing inland town in the State When these
Improvements are completed, the superior water
power of our county will be brought into exercise
every streamet and mountain rill which now wastes
lis force, will be caught and made to ply mill or
factory. Then our mineral wealth will be deyel
oped, and turned to profitable account. Then the
farmer will cultivate his lands with ten fold dill
gence and receive a reward in proportion, and then
the very stones which now cumber the ground. con-
verified into lime and sent off TO ferlilize the fields
of less favored regions, will prove to us valuable as
mines of gold.