Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-10-02
[PROPRIETORS.

one) inthe way ofthe development, Of this
and neighboring States. Is the magnificent
distances" "Washing,on and our broad
lands" it has been said, '.arc the standing
boasts OF Americans" Quantity ofTerri.
,oryis certainly thing we never object to.
butit must be admitted ,ha, a region lying
one or two thousand miles from the market
lies sander somo Disadvantages under which
| people less favored with room do no, la
bor. To the developement ofsuch a re-
gion. means Of Communication. easy and
rapid, are of the highest importance; not
merely for through travel as il is called.
or communication with distant parts Of the
same region, and facilitating local commu-
nication. the conveyance Of home ireish,s
and the supply Of the home market A
State three or four hundred miles long
needs railroads 10 open its own TREASURES 10
It's own people, and 70 furnish the settler
on new lands with supplies Of such neces-
seres asa new country cannot produce.
Mr.. Troost, IL his report, gives estimates
of the probable business that will be dune
on the proposed road in various articles Of
freight. boih imports aud exports. In Cot
ton the way and through business he esli.
mates at 9S, 900 bales; for Flour. he thinks
10000 barrels will be carried; Of Coal,
10000 tous. or Iron, $1,000 tons are now
made IN East Tennessee. and 6000 tons
in the region through which the road will
pass, he Stock raising districts OF Ten.
nessec aud Kentucky Will supply large
business for their chief markets, South Ala
barna. Mississippi and Louisiana. IN hogs,
cattle, horses and mules.
The whole Of the central region Of the
Union, with which this road viii commn-
ncate, would naturally obtain its supply Of
sugars and molasses from Louisiana and
Texas, by means of it, and send il return
its -four, bacon, beef aud cotton; of which
It would also send il large quantities north
ward, in return for their immense supplies
Of merchandise, which New York and the
other northern capitals send by way Of tho
Mississippi or the coast, and which, on the
construction ola central trunk Of railway
through the valley Of Virginia, would na-
turally take il us the shortest route to the
southwest.
OF the effect ofpubllc works Of this kind
in raising the value of lands through which
they pass, we have proofs enough. One
OF the latest is the sudden aud somewhat
speculative movement which has been
witnessed during the last six months along
the Hudson river, although tie Alabuny
Roud Is barely more than half iimished.-
The land along this route il held at twice
the rates il sold for two years ago The
Southern Quarterly Review states, that
since the construction of the South CAROL.
ma Railroad, land oil along its route had
risen so per cent and in some cases, at a
much higher rate; and that at points whore
there were not $4,000 Of trade, a trade Of
$500, 600 had sprung up. The policy of
encouraging public work like the pro.
posed Alabama Road, forming an ilnpor-
tant section in a nalional line of railroad, |
and. at the same time, connecting distant
points Of II alarge State. more thanone halfof
whichis public land belonging to the Gene.
raj Government, and rich in natural wealth,
hardly needs further discussion. Every
acre given to such work by Government
would doubtless be twice paid for within
Two or three years Of its completion by the
increase Of " that rennins, and be an hun
dref fold repaid by M Increased produc-
ton and population, facilitated intercourse
between near and distant points, aud the
iron bands Of union closer drawn