Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-03-20

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steps f0foewas IL. Tie pfopcr plan sorlt
be 70 make 4 as brancl. 70 The East Ten
neescc and Georgia road. Tic work o
2 this company has progressed 20 far As q
snsssre its conipirsioa. The next Ink II
rms chain is the East Tennpssec and Nir
gii.ia road. This work is il progress, bu
Will require.she fostering care Of the Leg
stature, and VIII certainly receive that aid
Hsitisso clearly theiatercst OF thctwo mos
important companies Of Middle and Yves
Tennessee 10 aid III lincs from Chai,aroo
s cato any part Of the Atlantic coast.
The rnaas Through Nirg1uia, on thi'
great ilne, ere either finished Or IN rapid
progress, and VIII complete the system
The great necessity for this line of road
may be sirikin1ly illustrated by the fact
that, although it, Is only 43j miles from
LynehlDare to Chattanooga, the traveller
viii now lind il best 70 20 1000 miles To
etf-om one Of those points TO the other.
All the roads. now proposed, IN the vi
cin.ty ofthe Assanphis and Charleston road
viii act as feeders. TIE Mobile and Ohio
road IS 470 miles in length, and will cross
this nearly at right angles. Surprising il
10 be $50 miles from Cairo and 200 miles
from Mobile 10 the point where the two
roads intcrsect. II VIII then be, from the
Junction Of the Miss aippi and Ohio al
Cairo, to Piii1delptit, - miles nearer,
By your foad, tlsn by the Piitsburg
route. Any travel from Mobile, destined
for the eastern cities, would come up to the
Memphis aud Charleston road TO 90 east
ward, as the nearest and NOS; expeditions
route
Tie Nashville su,i Chattanooga railroad
is aaerhfr' feeder inr your road. Thetravel
foso Nashville AID barge portion Of Md
die Tcnnessee, destined for Memphis and
New Orleans. will come down To youl
road at the point of junction between the
two.
Enough has been said TO prove that, as
Ane of travel. this will certainly be the
most important in the Union. This alone
would maze 1t protaliio road. But, as
"a freight road also, it will occnpy the high
est rank. Ii may be assumed as an estab-
iished truth. that any road of tins length
passing through neh country, will sup
length, does pass over a country which
cannot be excelicd in fertility. There
are but fifty miles of poor land on the
whole road. Even the poorest land
on this road, will compare favorably with
any band on some Of tho most loulishing
roads ntlis country.
There are 100000 bales Of cotton raised
IN the valley OF the Tennessee between
C Shoals and Chatta ooga. and val
ley, when It's resources are fully deve opcd
Is capable OF four times its present pro-
dtction. A table will be appended If it
can be procured in time giving few sta
tistIcs OF the counties near the line of road.
Whether the products Of this valley shall
sock market in the cities Of Charleston
and Savannah, or in New Orleans, is a
matter of indifference to the Company, and
that must be decided by the inducements
which each city shall offer as a market
The country along the line froad musl
ENJOY great and peculiar advantages from
having a free choice of the markets OF
New Orleans, Charleston, Savannah and
the Virginia cities.
The local trade and travel on this line
would support it. From Memphis to
Richmond is $50 miles, and there is not
on this continent, "a line offhat length, pass
ing over so mach rich soil. Ii may be safely
stated that there are not 30 miles inthis dis
lance that may not be called rich land, and
the character Of the country traversed is
such as to produce all the effect of differ
L. ~ I'll
iart elements of prosperity, in grca, line
OF transportation, is its passing through
many degrees Of latitude, so as to ex-
change the productions Of one climate for
those Of another This line, covering only
x DEGREES Of latitude, trRverscs "a country,
varying as much in climate, as is usually
found IN twice that number of degrees
The chain of communication between
Memphis and the Chesapeake Bay will
combine as MANY varied interests as could
possibly be found in the SAME distance
IL touches, at different points, regions most
favorable TO the great staple Productions of
corn, wheat, tobacco, hemp and cotton; ii
passes through districts peculiarly adapted
TO grazing and growing wool; it travcrscs
country rich in salt, plaster, coal, iron,
lead and copper, and abomding in sites
wllcrc any amount of water power can be
commanded for manufacturing purposes
This country has within itscfthe means Of
prosperity greuterihan the most sanguine
friends Of improvement have yctdrcamed
OF The variety Of pursuits might be so
greatas to support u very large popula-
ZION, even without foreign commerce.
Thus would all the parts Of this great line
find themselves possessing one common
Interests, and The energies of the whole
would be required TO supply the wants of
the different parts.
As long as cotton bears romuncra,ing
price the counties along the Memphis and
Charleston railrosd viii find i, to thcr in
forests 10 cultivate that staple chiefly. Nir-
GUM viii be supplied with cotton from the
valley Of the Tennessee, through this rail
road, and VIII exchange Cor il her salt, plas-
ter. manufactured tobacco and four
Ills exchange Of commodIies, together
with the local travel ut the immense popu-
la,imwhich will spring up in this fertile
region, viii of. themselves be sufficient to
support the road. Ii has been found in
Massachusetts, that the number of passen-
gers annually transported over ,hcir rail-
roads is over five times the population OF
the cunt in which they arc located. and
. tn he an unit officight transported Is Ii
tons TO ,ec', inhabiant Why should not
that which has taken place in Massachu-
sets happen here also?-hut even II the
proportion here should be one tenth OF
whatit was in Massachusetts, il would
ensure the complete success Of the work.
Before the construction of the Erie ca
nal, that country was less pcpulous than
the valley OF North Alabama is and vet