Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-02-11
From the Richmond Examiner.
Virginia and Tennessee Rail EsOnd.

marks with considerable compaeency. but not without
substantial foundation in fact that "ihe Company now
enjoys The fall confidence of the public" 1t is ecog
n2ed by all intelligent persons the chief line his
State; and when it Is recnllected that lis final destination
is Memphis. the probable terminus of the Pacific Road
IL assumes national Importance Of the highest charac
ter
Nor is this confdt at home and Abroad mi>plac-
ed; since the Commonwealth is committed 10 the compile
lion OF the work before all others; and since those who
urged its early claims with energy and industry
which nothing could dann, still stand before the public,
TO see that lher Efforts are crowned with success.
The President ini rms the stockholders that the depot
at Iynchbura has been selected with special view To
arcummoda the trans hipmen and from the can II boats
upon The James River and kanaw ha Cana the inter
ess Il which will thus be subserved 10 an extent scarce
" To be calculated, the pcu-
Gus ana influential friends Of the canal have regarded the
railroad as an ''antagonsrica Improvements"
That portion If this road from I.ynchburg 10 Salem
I(Ol miles, has been let To Contractors of experience
spouslhy and good character. be completed during
the ensuing 1850 year" We learn further that the
surveys and cai To the Tennessee line will be pushed
with all possible DISPATCH as TO finish the Whole before
the close Of xt summer.
The rapdily with which the work will be construct
ed, Is dependent in the amount Of sub
scrpon made To the Stock adds the President: and we
cannot but hope that the fact will induce the wealthy
cllzens OF Richmond t. do something towards work
which must after all pour lis frrgh ed into her
houses, and give To this city commercial Importance
equal To the northern emputums OF this Union. We
are unwilling 10 believe that the people of This
ambitious to he the recipients Of the liberal bnuutes Of
Lyuchhng and the South " est because of their ''natu-
raj advantages only"
The Presden, strongly recommends that the Compa
ny should manufacture its own iron rail, and gives
reason the superior value of American iron and he
might have added that of American iran, Virginia man
utac turr IS decidedly the most superior
lie remarks-"that is eminently Virginia work and
To promote the prosperity and deveope the resources Of
the STATE the chnmonwealh will subscribe more than
half the c'ptal stock. The very object which induced
The Legislature to subscribe to the stock is best secured
by making Of the coal and iron of virginia and The
industry OF her citizens make the rails for the road -
The furnaces Of lteckbidge, Boleoutt aud Allegheny
can supply The pig metal less than the price es-
Iimaled. BY these means, the roads inception more
than one million Of dollars will be expended among our
own people, instead Of being abroad to swell the
! prosperity of strangers and foreigners"
Calculations are presented, which prove from known
data thai If the % OO tons Ut lronth quantity requr-
ed for this roadbe made in Lynchburg there will be
saving of S2S22l7 90.
/ We have not time space to quote fully from
this interesting paper; bn will recommend its careful
pernsa entire by all interested in this work-and who in
Virginia is not ?
The report of he Chief Engineer, Col Gamelt is un
usually elaborate, aud full If facts. Col Gane's facts
are The most valuable because they have been derived
lom long experience in the Southern S ates and there
Tore more certainly applicable to the work at present
under his charge His report is In manner,
llnnaion ohs Chfs ansburg address. to which re-
iered some time since and the prospects presented for
the future prosperity of manufactures in Virginia are pc
culary Interesting 10 politicians and State economists
Those who desire 10 the Southern States of the
Union delivered from commercial yassalage, will derive
moie light from this pamphlet than Om all the convcn
lions resolutions and speeches that have been vet framed
After stating the details of The surveys aud locations
made during the last summer by his several corps the
Engineer rrits to the ooincdence of the COST prices of
the first 90 miles actually under Contract and the
original surveyors estimates. follows If the Who'll
amount If earth excavation and Of emhankment be esli
mated by the contract prices, The aggregate will be
663 SO less than it would at the prices which Capt
Dlmmock's report oased.'
This then, The entire disparity or difference between
two estimates of S6OO00C0 agaregateand il should sat
Sty those members Of the last winters LegsatuIe who
doubted the sincerity and fairness of the original estimate
that their msIvngs unfounded 1t should also assure
their minds that those professional gentlemen who eager
y encouraged and lndusously stimulated those doubs
were either dsgacefuy ignorant of their business in life
or acualed by motives OF very base and sinister char
acpr.
The Engineer strongly urges the of heavy iron
rail, giving conclusive therefor and recommends
American manufacture.
An estimate of The probable receipts Of the road is also
presented based upon The facts forth in his Christians
burg report and others since obtained As the result Of
such data he gives the following recaptulation:
Mall 300 miles. at 1897 per mill, 52,l40 GO
Daec 4 Qatt IN