Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-11-15
lFrnm tie New Orleans Pica,ui.,
THE TEHUANTEpEC ROAD

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We graird see in the Washington Rcpn5lc Of the
2lth nf well considered article the subject O The t
huanepec RaIiroad Its great advantages in the compost
iin tor The monopoly OF travel and Transportation vi ad
and merchandise which will be secured by line
l.i lsthn's III preference Ia the long nav CATION arojl
thr Cape, are freely acknowledged
But lhr principal aim o! the Republic is consider H..
ii as IN exclusion of the nboard route through the Upi-
ted Stas by Of 4 chain of railroad communicating
cenering in this city, instead of the coasvise whk
is employed. The Republic goes into detail in rcSri
10 the several railroads now in progress under ca
which will connect the city o New York with the cy
New Orleans aud ria the lsthmus of Tchanepcc with the
acIc coast The subject is so interesting 10 our people
that We condenso from tho Republic its summary o the
roads and parts OF roads in operation prospect by
which New Orleans Is 10 be reached by internal railroad
from New York.
From New York Richmond Va the lines Of travel
complete From Richmond, the Richmond and Dansile
Railroad is under contract for ninety miles, requiring short
branch u connect il with the Virginia und Tennessee Ra
road a ynchbg There two propositions 10 make This
branch ana lis construction may be- confidently relied
The Virginia ana Tennessee RailrOad commences at Lynch
burg and terminates al the Tennessee line. Ii will hr
hundred and len miles in length This company has been
organized with individual subscription OF S75000D
State subscription Of s90O00U and an engagement on the
part OF The State for parr pdssu subscription The full!
amount Of the capital stock Its friends confident that
they can command the amount necessary for its completion
The East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad extends from
the Virginia line 10 Knoxville distance Of hundred
and twenty miles This company is organized with sub
scption Of about s70000O the surveys have been made,
and part OF the work will be under contract within short
time. The section, from Knoxville Chattanooga in
Tennessee, about hundred and twenty miles in length,
will be in operation within few months. From Chalta-
nooga there several projected and nenry
plcled, by which New Orleans be reached. The Mem
phs Railroad will directly with the Missssip
pi at Memphis The Tennessee and Selma Railroad will
Selma and Mobile. But better than these pro-
jccts foot which make direct Jackson,
Miss by Railroad all the way this city, One of these
WILL in the opinion of the Republic, in connection with the
Teuanepec Railroad be the ultimate line of intercourse be-
the Eastern cities of the Union and American
OF the Pacific and the ports oil Eastern Asia.
These visionary Dreams but sober calculations OF
future very The high destiny to which New
Orleans may be carried the emporium Of commerce
daling that from all quarters Of tho globe, is evil
dent all eyes If she becomes less than the second city
the il will be because her people deliberately
fuse To stretch forth their hands secure the abundance Of
wealth and prosperity which and fortune ready TO
bcstuw upon them, ii they are willing receive H.