Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-11-27
vIrglnIa Central RaIIroad.

The determination OF this Com
pany to push forward this road to
wards the West, as eyinced at theiI
! late meeting, where il was announ'
ced that thirty miles west of Staun
ton, about half the distance between
Staunton and Covinglon, would bt
put under contract during tie pre-
sent year, has greatly strengthened
the probability of its early compile
tien to the Ohio. Our Virginia neigh
bors all along the line are availing
themselves of every means which
may aid the work. The Winchester
Hirginian, after alluding 10 the pros
perity ofthe road so far as completed
says:
Il must be delightful TO all who
seek the progress and aggrandise-
ment of the industrial interests OF
the State, to note such indications
of success in the highest class Of her
public works. This line in one Of
the few which must bring new
wealth to Virginia at every step they
make. II is not a mere weapon Of
injury and despoilment welded 10y
one town against another; but it ac-
quires trade which none Of our
towns had previously had, from ma
ture or from towns beyond our Eor-
ders. We hope that one Of the first
triumphs of the New Era will be the
pushing of this, the James Riverand
Kanawha, and the Manassas Gap,
(if it should prove practicable) i'm
proYements, directly, TO the Ohio
Let us have all if possible; but il
that cannot be at once, let US take up
the Central Railroad and carry it on
as If it were a matter OF life and
death. The people Immediately in-
terested in the Manassas road are,
as we have often told them, amply
able TO give it a connection with the
Ohio by their own unaided means,
within three years and at cost Of
one-lourth what the Baltimore Com
pany has expended East Of Harper's
Ferry.
In view Of this probability, yea,
the certainty, that the Ohio river is
thus speedily to be connected with
the Atlantic by means OF this road,
traversing a section OF country rich
in undeveloped mineral and agricul-
tural resources. as is that Of western
aud central Virginia, is it not the
interest OF this section Of Ohio to
make an earnest land il earnest we
believe successfully effort to secure the
advantages thus offeredl The man
ifesi advantage OF seeking connec-
tion with the West and South, via
GaIlipolis, ChiIlicolhe and Cincinnati,
il those interested in such a connex-
ion will throw of their leihaTgy and
indifference, and with energy use the
means now within their control, must
prevail, and the mouth oil Kanawha
be made the western terminus Of the
Central road. The Maysville and
Lexington interest is busy, straining
every resource TO make Big Sandy
instead of Big Kanawha the termi-
nus-a road from Sandy to Mays
vile is. already in process of con-
struction.
We in Ohio have promised TO meet
the Virginia road at the Ohio, and
connect it with the Chillicothe and
Marietta road in Jackson county-a
charter has been obtained-the dis.
tance is less than forty-fve miles by
actual survey, and that too, over
country where a road can be con-
sfructed al as small cost as any road
of equal length in Ohio. 1t is in
the power Of those along the route
TO build it in the next two years,
and it must be done, or we drive the
Ceniralroad to Sandy and MaysviIle,
and doom Gallipolis and Gallia coun-
ty for another half century, What
is to bedonel Nous cerrons.
O The prospectus OF the State
Journal will be found in another