Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-08-04
Orange ana. AIcxamdr:s. Efns.rond.

Our readers viii learn with pleasure, that the
Orange and Alexandria ailruad company, have con-
tracted Oh favorable terms, have the greuter part
Of the n'achirery and equipment, already ordered
for their road built by Aessrs Smith & Perkins, il
this town.
nthe well established reputation Of the Messrs.
Smith, the company have guaranty for the quality
OF the materials and Workmanship, while the great
experience Of Mr., Thatcher Perkins, ia this branch
Of business viii secure machinery Of the grcntcst
efficiency and economy. combining tie latest inn
provcmerts.
Thr position Of Mr.. Perkins as master ofmachiu-
cry, on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, with which
he Ind been connected since the year 1887, is well
known; and his reputation as builder Of locomo-
tivcs is second to none in this country. Nith a
locomotive mauuiactory Of the first character UNI
der such auspices this part ofthc Southern from
tier, nay anticipate grcat advantages 70 The bu-
snoss Of this town.
The economical working ofthc Baltimore aad o.
hio railroad, has, for years past elected the
praise Of those best qualified to judge d such mas
tiers, and 10 small share of the credit Is due to the
able management and iudirious improvements, in
PRODUCED by Mr.. Perkins, into Ills Department.
Acran@'i1 Gazette.
We insert the above extractor the pur-
pose ofexpressing the hope, that the Pres
idcnt and Directors of the Eirginia and
Tennessee Railroad will follow in the foot
steps Of the Directory Of the Orange and
Alexandria Company. BY this sort of"en-
Hghtened sclishncss," New England has
made Virginia and all the South tributary
to her. We would have our Railroad Ex-
ecutivc 10 look to the Founiries and Ma
chine shops Of our own town first, for al
the equipments -four RaiIroad, ana when
they cannot be furnished at home then,
and not till then, to look TO other establish
ments; bat IN no ereat, IL 10 be possible to
aroid L, shosld they 60 ont Of Virginia 10
erpead one dotlar. Virginia is behind all
tie States North Of the Potomac IN mann
featuring, and viii remain in that position
unless She ayails herself Of every oppor-
tuni'y to cherish theinfnt establishments,
which have been erected nv few eater
prisiag individuals.
An opportunity is now offered i'll con
structing the great Ines of Railroads, pen
etrating the interior Of the State, to cstab-
lish, upon 4 firm foundation, manufacturing
establishments, ofthc greatest Importance
TO all classes of our citizens. The construc-
ton Of Railroads gives employment to a
great many branches ofindustry, and their
preservation will, to great extent. main
tain what they create in this way II this
opportunity be allowed 10 pass Ny unim-
proved, the period of our dependence up
on our fellow-ci,izens in the Middle and
Eastern States, will be prolonged almost
indefinitely. Could New England have
prospered under a withdrawal between
lS43 and 80 Of $500, 100000 Of her capt
tai from its ordinary employment, to be
appropriated to Railway cnterprises-if
one half ofthis immense sum had been
sent to England and the Southern States
for Railroad iron, locomotives, cars and
every thing else required, completely to
equip her Railroad : No: never; for with
all the fostering care of herindustry, mon
ey was, from 1916 to 40, to D per cent
dearer in New England than in the Middle
States, and nothing sustained, their Railway
enterprises through such crisis, but the
impression made upon theindustrial classes,
by the diffusion of benefits, IN the erpmdi-
tire Of Ra1pay capital at home And if
Virginia wishes to give her people all the
advantages and facilities Of Railroad con
struction, she must, in the way here indi-
Gated, husband all her resources and build
up her people, as the system progresses.
We must not wait till the roads are buit;but
help, as we progress with them, and when
they are ready to transport tonnage, wewill
have producers of tonnage mall the depart
ments Of business, ready 10 give employ
ment to our lines of transit.
10 We learn from the Bedford Scati-
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