Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-05-30
RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
FRIDAY MORNING. MAY 80. ieo
-Nc11pNcr OF RAILROADS.


INFLUENCE OF RAILROADS.
The Dany,le Railroad, we are gaa 70 "'A.' r.or-
n,eed to the Appomaox River - miles, .so f tho
larry running ..;,,v assisted by this link, which, the
.0u' " ,..d.d yill more essentially beneht gu! Guy
-. ,.,,on;n, country We rejoice 10 hesf VI .i'e
-, &c everv mile of railroad in our widely eS'eiueo
ooun,,v They make the people better acquainted ''
oho extend the march of civilization and Xno"'eos.
nd nrodpce more homogeneous, harmonious ana Au
inc AS TO the physical effects OF railroads, ~ %
and producing the wealth of nation we ask a''e
an extremely interesting article from the
which will be found below -, - IN 600
miles of railroads in operation IN our 10 ,yI he
those which have already been contracted IVY :, the
. noo ,;eo mora constructed in 1852 NO county - ~
so,,d can equal ours for the number Oh i"no" ,..,
NJ su,n the President Of the company WHITES '""'
p,,more md Ohio Railroad, involving soS' =. - o
a,s ooo nm is now being urged with the uoo. 49, tho
destined terminus at the city OF "".ee com.
49,. of tho vear 1852 will, in all pfooaohy' -.
p,eion TO that point. BaIa"o'e en'e'p'U "a rival
powerful efor, in new direction as ii'u,
W" nd Philadelphia. We refer to her pfoposea
~. ...tons with Pennsylvania Western Ne" ioiA 1'N
lakes The Baltimore American says' 'nA' ,
The nrvleaes granted by the late Legislature Oh
vania in the charter of the Ians our civ in
n.y. are of character GUY results of which can
b ZOO highly estimated When It IS considered Una. ns
Contemplated road in its course o, Gnwberand Rail
Io Snhnrv will connect the West side OF the river
with the Pennsylvania railroad leading TO fsouien' suu
hn m the East side OF the river it will connect win lou
~ Ios do running into as many different, nexhausta
HE coal beds and further, that its complexion 70 @
viii connection win inc Erie nearer 10 those
and by IL with the Lake-bringing batmoe nearer w.
inland seas than either the cities OF New Iolh VI Luz a.
phawe think will be admitted on al MENUS IN which
,,ach nn6ue importance the new relations IN
@ c;tu now finds herself Legislation ootaneo ~ 'e h La
,ha mnst srenuous opposition, has worSea ,ls gle M g.
liberal charter has been gsnenIs Which are less than
nyd;nary can and doubt not WIZ DC promptly o'e
o,,o,e asnres 10 be Brareus and with one hand 10
pra,p the treasures of the Ohio and MISSISSIPPI
with the other the teeming products OF the grea. Lake
country How important would it be for Virginia 10 initiate
her successful enterprise and rival he as she can ao III e
struggle for the wealth of the West
RAILROADS A fSi9' The Fl VALUE OF PROPERTY:
The recent sale of Powelton, for sum 30 much larger
conld have been realized from that properly year OF
two aoo has suggested good deal OF COMMENT Dull re-
ouires very little sagaci,y 10 see that II Inc enepg c
zen who sold has made handsome 10 e anso
has yentured his money in what IS certain 70 prove
did investment. And he may calculate upon sis WIN e
tanty road like the Central ROAD IKE me heaoing
like the Sunbury and Erie Road-creatcs as many
and rapid changes the face of the country rs Inc
fabed lamp of which hear in the Arabian Nghs DICK
ems in his great novel of Dombey and Son. sketches win
vivid truth and with exquisite originality, the triumphant
onssouences of railroad in or great cityn all the
processes of leveing grading building ano
ho.a who have watched the changes produced by the Rail
road mania in this country may gather from TINS strange
vet truthful picture something of the results that have fo
NAV be reminded Of still grander results which must How
TO our children and chldrens children in the Future
from the railroad system in the Oneo states: ,,.d
UTbere was no such place as Stages GARDENS IL mao
vanished from the EARTH Where the old rotten
had stood palaces reared their heads and granite
columns of gigantic gh opened vista to the railway world
hevond The miserable ground where the refuse mat
ter had been heaped of was swallowed up ana gone
and in Its frowsy stead were tiers OF canea
with rich goods and costly merchandise The old oy-seets
now swamed with vehicles and passengers OF every Kno
the new streets had stopped dheartened in the mud and
mire ruts formed within themselves, originating
wholesome comforts and conveniences belonging them
selves and tried thought Of until they sprung into
existence Bridges that had led 10 now ea
horses and beginning of new horough!aes mad started on
upon the line at seams own speed and shot away ho the
country In monster traln !,
mTo and from the heart OF this great change all day and
NIGHT tobbipg rushed and returned necessarily
IKE its blood Crowds Of people and mountains OF goods
departing and arriving upon scores OF times In every
four and twenty hours produced fermentation IN inc place
that was always action The houses seemed dispos-
iiament who little than twenty before had made
themselves merry with the wild Railroad theories OF eng
nees and given them the ivelest rubs
went down the north with their watches in their hand
and messages before by the magnetic telegraph 10
cay they coming Night and day the conquefne
engines rumbled the distant work, advancing smoothly
10 their journeys end and sliding like tame dragons into the
allotted grooved for their reception stood bubbng
and trembling there making the walls quake as if they were
dlang with knowledge of great yet
suspected in hem and strong purposes not yet
This NAV be called the poetry Railroads. but the Prose
il not less interesting especially these days when the
system promises indefinitely to extend itset ana when at
every investment of money In these grand improve
mens produces 30 promptly and so we'll owners OF pro-
perty In oil parts of the country are therefore, deeply inter-
esed whether their possessions lie on the borders OF lakes
and rivers in the midst Of cities or III nf sos
have lost for centures the railroad peneaes through
heretofore UNEMPLOYED regons grow up where pass
es and the cities expand themselves into new ana
Liysrpoos While the property holding class of the people
of Philadelphia called to give of their substance to
push contemplated routes is it not wonderful that there
should be doubt delays and especially when even par
tia section Of great road deveopes Inducements ~
favor of others with startling suddenness we'll calculated
TO excite astonshment Let take the trouble TO
calculate himself the result 10 Philadelphia when the road
TO Lake Erie and that to the Ohio and thence TO the Msss
sppi and ST. Louis completed Property will feel the
achievement In all its departments, and from one extent OF
our boundaries the other Broad street. Market street,
While Sevond US, on the West on the North and the
South million, will reward the enterprising, the INDUSTRIOUS
us turn solid facts showing how property is effect
ed elsewhere by the advance OF railroads. we ORA" upon
the New Orleans Bulletin which very ntegeny condenses
an article the subject in the American Railway Imes
from the pen of John A: Haven ESQ.,;
Bepnning with the State of Massachusetts,, the improve
ments which first suggested these remarks we lind that
sha has already built 42 miles of ralroad which
s,ructed a. an average of s4 900 per mile ou South
roads average per me making to,dl OF expen
cent? very in circumscbed space;
gland Some Of the roads in Massachusetts QsT
las, year dividends high per cent? and leaving besides
large reserved income. The Ohio roads yield profit Of
loh per cents and annually improving. In Pennsylvania
the returns of number of the roads show profit
to II per cent In New York. taking their main line Of
road CRITERION find that the road between Albany and
Buffalo, pays dividend of twelve and two tents
per cent 1t be said, that the roads the South are
not profitable those of the North, but this mistake
In South Carolina and Georgia. all the roads have been pro-
htsble In the latter State in particular the has been
I'M fhoyoo
cess Of construction nine hundred and sixty miles of rail
roadsthose completed yield about per cent on their
original cost"
Let our propertyh reflect upon the following
striking passage from the same paper:
"But New York s distance off, and perchance some
Of readers who do apprehend distinctly the rea
tons of cause and effect may be at loss recognize the
agency of railroads in producing such astonishing results
Let then home and if like not
produce like effects.
Georgia and South Carolina convenient examples
Have we readers who driven by necessity or no
one would make the essay from choce) to in an
stage COACH the belt of desoate pine barren nteryen
ing between the up country" and Charleston and Savan