Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-09-29

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Every paper received from the South
west contains notices Of the assembling of
this body. Western Virginia. Tennessee,
Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina are
looking to its results with intense interest
1t will be one Of the largest bodies Of the
kind ever held in Virginia, and most earn
estly do we urge upon our.peoPle the pro-
priicty, rather necessity Of seeing to it, that
their great interests be ably and numerous
ly represented. Remember that our road
is not built that our past good success is
but an earnest ofbettcr future results; that
the Virginia and Tennessee road has yet
many battles to fight before it can secure
all that naturally and justly belongs to
it. We have farseeing competitors in the
field we have not only our main stem to
complete, but branches, whose importance
is second only to that of the main line,
have to be advocated, worked for and Sc
cured.
Below we publish a letter, received
from an intelligent gentleman in Alabama,
to which we call attention. The paper re-
per referred to did not come to hand ; in
its absence, we take the liberty of publish
ing his letter.
We alsoinsert an extract from the Jones'
borough Rail Road Journal to show what
the West is doing.
Again: We urge that full delegation
from Lynchburg be found among the men,
bers of this Convention.
SELMA, Sept. 18th, 1851.
To he Editor ofhe Tvginian:
SIR Having heard of your proposed
Convention of the Stockholders Of the Vir-
GINA and East Tennessee, and Georgia
roads, at Abingdon, on Sth proximo, am
very anxious that our Alabama and Ten
nessee road should have hearing. l do
not know that any one here will be able to
60 to Abingdon; but it is time that ourgreat
works should be exerting upon each other
an influence to accelerate the progress Of
each towards completion. We understood,
some time since, that all arrangements were
made for the completion of your road to
the Tennessee line in two years from this
Fall, and we hope the better part Of the
road frotn the Virginia line to Knoxville
will be completed by that time. This side
of Knoxville there is no danger-the road
East Tennessee and Georgia. will be, in
few months, at Blairs Ferry, 81 or s
miles of Knoxville.
Our Alabama and Tennessee rieey Rail
Road will be finished to Monterallo, in
Shelby county, (l56 miles north northeast
Of here) next July or August. Just com
menced laying rails-heavy T. Iron Goa
62 lbs. per yard Wccxpcct the road will
have very heavy business, and built in
the best style at once. If the line, all the
way through to your place, could be built
in as good style, it would have an immense
business-iully up TO the capacity of a sin
gle track. The grades en- our road will
not exceed 40 feet coming South, and Aba
AZ going North ;-curyes 1i42 feet mini
mum radius.
If we can get a bill passed, which has
been before Congress some two sessions,
giving us alternate sections, of land, &c, we
can go forward rapidly to the completion
of our road We shall have connection
at Rome or at Chattanooga to get on the
Georgia and Tennessee road. 1t will be
from $50 to 600, according to the connec-
ton we make, from Selma to Lynchburg,
one and a halfdays, instead offs or 10 day s
travel.
send you the last Selma Reporter, in
which you will find an article published in
Hunts Magazine last year, accompanying
a communication of mine signed "Ameri-
cus," which may give you some informa-
ton of value to be had at the Abingdon
Convention. If you should not go there,
you would do well TO give it into the hands
ofsome one who will make good use of it.
Our roads, destined all TO be one in three or
four years, should be acting upon each
other
ours truly.
p. S.-Therc will be road from here
to Mobile, whenever we get the Alabama
and Tennessee out of the way, and pro-
badly one westward from hero to Jackson.
The Vicksburg Road, which is now com
ing slowly this way, IA miles east of jack
son to Brandon, completed some IL months
ago, and little grading done this side of
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