Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-10-11
TIE LYNCaBUaG vI2GINIAN.
BLACK FORD. TowNLEY * CO.,
PRnPgfEroBs.
OUR RAIL ROAD.

OUR RAIL ROAD.
II is with peculiar satisfaction we call attention
to the advertisement Of the Engineering Chief oil
the Virginia and Tennessee r. r. Company invi.
ting proposals, until the 22d fnext month for the
graduation and masonry O. the first division oil
the Road, extending from Lynchbufg TO Salem,
a distance OF about 90 miles. This looks ike 90
ing TO work in earnest. The Board, in the outset,
determined 10 avoid the TOO common error 81
adopting a route upon an imperfect survey of the
country and, therefore, subjected every practical
bic line 10 an instrumental examination, and were
thus enabled TO make choice OF that which pre-
sented, all things considered, the greatest advan-
tages. II could hardly be expected that every
one should be pleased, but we are persuaded the
route determined upon is that which is dictated
by enlarged views of the true interests OF the Com
pany and will give very general satisfaction. The
route may be designated as the Central, and we
may specify, as points upon it, Liberty and Blu
ford's Gap. The exact line, hence 10 I.ibertv,is
not every where defnilively settled. 1t will de-
pend upon experimental surveys now making in
one or two places. We are pleased to learn that
all along the line, with very little exception, the
most liberal spirit prevails, and that the right OF
way has been, in most cases, checrfully surren-
dered. Liberty, we understand, besides subScri-
blng very handsomely to the stock, makes a pre-
sent 10 the Company of a lot for a Depot. Mr..
Ellison, the Principal Assistant Engineer, is in
charge Of a party 10 locate The line, from Salem
in this direction, for some 20 miles. Other par
ties will be distributed along the route, so that the
whole location may be completed by the 22l of
next month.
So soon as the location of the first division is
completed, II is the intention of the Directors to
send palties West of Salem, to examine the sew
cral lines and locate the whole road. Whilst the
graduation and nnacnDry- Of tho fit ,E,i,,, ou, -,
progress, another division will be placed under
contract 50 that, by the time the laying of the
rails is commenced at Lynchburg, the bed of the
road Will be IN process of construction from Sa-
lem to Nythc county, or perhaps still further,
and thus the graduation Of the road be pushed
ahead as rapidly as possible.
We have also the satisfaction to announce the
location of the Depot in Town. The selection of
a proper site has long engaged the anxious atten-
ton of the Board Of Directors, and was invested
with many cmbarrassmcnts, arising not less flom
the private interests involved than from the pc
cullar character Of the ground along the river
All these difficulties have, at length, been over
come, and we congratulate the Board upon the
general satisfaction which their selection has in
spircd. The spot chosen is the slip of land lyino
between the Canal and the River, and running
from the street leading to the Bridge down to the
point where the tow path Of the Canal forms the
bank OF the rivera distance of six or seven hun
dred feet. Leaving the Depot, the Road passes
the street, at its own level, between the James
River Bridge and the stone Niaduct over the Ca
nal; crosses the Canal obliquely, at an elevation of
II or II feet; runs nearly in front of the Cotton
Factory, and winds round the cliffs, on the town
side OF BlackWater, to the mouth of the Tunnel of
400 feet, which passes under the road to the Black
water Mills near The gate leading 10 Mr.. IIollins' re-
sldcnce. Emerging ON the West from the Tunnel,
the road will then, for some distance, keep the
valley ofthe BlaekWater. This brief description
may enable our distant readers, acquainted Wit
the localities, 20 understand the spot selected for
a Depot, and the initial route taken by the road and
to appreciate, lat the same time the difficulties en-
countered.
We have great satisfaction, in common with
every friend of this noble entelplize, in thus see
ing preparations made for placing the work under
contract. There is much to animate us, but let
us remember, that, whilst much has been done
more remains to be done. More Stock must be
taken, and the progress of the work will be great.
~ facilitated by the prompt subscription, by ON
Southwestern friends, of the remainder of the
Stock, SO that the whole of the States quota may
be secured. We need not say that the progress
OF the road will be in direct proportion to the ex-
tent 10 which private Stock is taken. We eXhort
our Southwestern friends, in view of all these
things, to go to work in good earnest, and show
their sense ofthe value of the road by the amount
OF their subscription TO the Stock.