Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-11-19

ir iG,r.e il, rec, ia.s a.:ey tI;i f.r - hunireG
and fly cent ani the "saraaic sh"" Greater aif
!< wear than Tie every iDf OF ~" country
ia. b da"g large business tts season a"t irr pre-
nah!y tie mos; ri hcrl Wi pay high: ~ ',i,!:
m. ,lsuaI HIS a very nprtnur fact "han We c"nsi.
DIR that III n Is rire c4e iin' atnin@ tht ni r"'i"ars
and a number q: cuHlp tnl.5 ailrd tu III" ist
within the past tw,Ive month, psscag:r- aHd freight ai
rnr to increase Ti'!wav= and !cg ai! hrncir -
re. Fl their full -iia:@'
!nrse facts are mp0r'an aud strengthen oar oani1i.
,hat .hr sleek Of this ra!u h '"l nc good in*cS'fu'
Inr Baltimore :nd 3nio Ern.a runs through a Foua'
n mo"n'nianus county, was criicnced WHEN ratoa'i-
w. i understood anh !ik" most "f nuf
improy nnra" wa-clnly and iIr:G"lde;J; hcnct
ITS grca, S5i 2s3 per nile is r"nd last yaf h!t'
pa ,ng the nterr IL debts a!i u;Her nse~ made
clear profit ri g., per cent urual Rep p - and must
rom III" prc, nreas n irs rrn--e,cer:inA 80 PEI ce
IN the inG;ii II NJ. The period last yelrgr,ai-
ly rXcuc! that per ctniaGc the pr-"h' year.
The travellers who pass over ths in.d haze t. 9" long
distance III stages 10 trrh IT, Tie produce transports j
local III it, character Yet in this state ii h'g" maj
clear pui, year =" % per crit with strong inr.!!rh'
Of great increase present year and when complete
tonnage vii poblby equal s power of transp"''non
with travel qia 10 The expectations .! liz friends
Has the HitmnTe and Ohl, road any other advantage
than that u! lGlln OF G0 GOO inhabitants over
Inc railroad advocating! way, il appears TO ne
tha, with that single exception road has gfea and d."
cdci advantages.
Ia II VIII connect with the Lexington and moul! o
SANDY Railroad which, with s connection win ~. h
other Railroads through k:n;GcGy ,s proved To- ''
satisfaction c this by Pcsijcut "i that ltH
IN yaserd,v na,-, rive Ia this Railroad transportation
of nearly r.ight- and travel ot that great ard crow
.ng Sslr; md which Wi hc ituch as ~ pr"hnr!c si
ole t!ack RAILROAD transport; besides c"nnccnE al
Point Pleasant with tic C.!ic3the and Gliipplis RoiG
through The State Of OHIO; fn boh o these Roads have been
chartered ant funds ,' tcif construction SCORED and o"tl
M ub viii p"tej hefp'" ROld VIII reach those
points OF cunnectipn.
ot Ii passe- through miller climate and this gives
decided advsnug" ~" only M BAltin",e road, bu, al
50 over the Pennsylvania and New York routes.
3d. Ire distance shorter the Atlantic seabonIG ior oi!
The uour SANDY Acmond BY iho Central Railroad u
is only ii6 miles tie mo; OF SandY 10
ani by the Ruitn4d 10 Baltimore, exceeds $40 miies b:
The pcuus una route hs distance. !. stu greater; ana o>
the New York from The Oh!o rver the distance can
| moi be less Than 900 miles
Lastly The cog, Of Transportation be lass Than on
the Baltimore road because grades easier cJstqH"h
" heavier loads can n>rnTri ami Ghan hAi
The distance can be by canal navigation, which, with very
low tolls bc cheaper tnan Railroad 'aspor
alion With advantages il appears Ia r'Iat IN
railroad wifi command much tonnage as will ae desirable
The travel a!su be very considerable 10" IN adii'Io
immense travel from kentucky and Uhin persons Us
cending the Oaio river during the drought ul SUMMER an
freezes ut winter will ccfuIny lake ihis roads those ais
who have business IN Richmond ana Washington wi se
Icct il as their rcu.c parsons also following i.l
,tghis and those wishing I" view ne" sc"ne--aT is'iS
the numbuIs who womb! vis "nr "aei,n" pcrs !'''n IL
| Nn,ln the Saals th- El. AMI ta- M,~'.
Bat, in carryin. TIE cunpiis-In with TIC f'liior
road The road and the probable cost ut ils road
| should not be passed over.
Mr. EIlei one first engineers Of The age, in an e1
pernenra survey estimated The cost of this 70 ID al ih
over sl7 900 per mile ar. Shaw has made actual oca
on estimated by measurement the cubic yards OF cart
and rock excavation Of emhanEnent, dry walls iunnrng
&c ana tbs estimate with the equipment Is nouu S-OJ
pcr miles and il were 20 y-at- younger wouc under
uke the ratToad al Nj ohaws prices Tor he
are higher the average prices paid for work by any com
pany Virginia. ihen II the BaIiim0re road rad only eos
S2 OC0 per mile instead n 81 600 IT, clear prom! "oni s"
70 Instead OF and :d per cen IN
last Ii then rail road Command "a much Ton
mage ana travel HE Baltimore road t last yea! IN It's uu
finished condition. and lie cosi does na exceed nc estimate
OF Messrs EI aud Shaw it will yield more nan ~ Pc
cent clear p:oti,
Ii have sustained first proposition, tat the socS
his aiirrct viii ac good !Evcsr!nen-niy 2ni thi ~ v"
greatly The The State Is easy .! proof
Ist By the income from he Rail Ro1d oTc
interest
3D. BY the amount CT tonnage will bring 10 the jams
River and Kanawha CuEiaanys Canal of which the Sal