Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1852-01-24


six miles IRON Alexandria, W. shall have
n eoriinnous railroad ,excrp, the siN
milesl OI $50 miles 10 the head Of steam
holl navigation on lhr kanawha, or J&S
miles 10 Guyanlolir, and thence by the
b,st river navigation 10 Cincinnati lGa,
making Cos miles 10 that city. The dis.
lance from Baltimore 10 parkrrshurg by
railroad, is t1i milrs, aud thence by the
river 10 Cincinnati, OSoN, Isl, making
sol; but BY a continuous railroad thru
the State oI Ohio, il is estimated in
round numbers al 600. Thu', from Par
kersburs 10 Baltimore BY railroad, W.
have Il distance Of +0t miles, while from
Loup creek shoals on the Central route,
we shlII have 366 mils 10 Washington;
thence 10 Baltimore 40, making 406 BY
this roule-a difference Of two miles.
Pakrrsburg and Loup creek shoals be.
ing rach.ahout 81 miles from the mouth
Of the great Ranawha, the rail.road,
terminating al these points will enjoy
equal advantages in the water commu.
nication. But IL the traveller on the
Blllimors r1atr wishes 10 visit Wash.
ingIon, the distance from Parkrrs5urs
BY The relay viii be 42s miles, being 80
miles more than BY the Central Virginia
route from l.1up creek shrals. So, ike.
wise, lrlm Guyandotl" 10 Washington,
the distance on the Central route will
hr l"ss than ny PakrrshurI and Relay,
by about l05 miles, and less 10 Bali.
mar" BY about 40. \ iiir competition
will therefore exist upon these lines Tor
the Northern travel 10 and from all pla-
ces below thu mouth Of the great Ra-
nawha.
If Virginia will enter upon The eSeeu-
ton q; the Improvements ju,t mention-
ed with proper energy, Kentucky will
doubtless meet them by continuation
oflhp railroad from Louisville By Frank
fort to the State line. Louisville is a.
bou! I39 miles below Cincinnati, and
vet il is believed that a railroad from
thence ID Guyandotte would hardly ex.
coed $50 miles, making the whole dis
lance 10 the city Of Washington about
700 miles, and forming line moi much
i.frrior 10 that projected from Baltimore
BY PIrE'rshurg and Cincinnati, to 81.
Liuis. The Importance Of this road
cana,; be overlooked by Kentucky; and
passing mar Portsmouth, the terminus
Of the Ohio Slate canal IRON Lake Erie
81 miles below Guyandottr, a connrc.
ton with that as well as other important
points will BE- made. In truth, this will
form base line Tor an entire system Of
railroads and other improvements in
Kentucky. The rich products oil that
State, as well as the vast trade tributary
10 the navigation Of ihe Upper Missis.
sippi and Chic, serking On Eastern mar.
ken, will find an entire water line with
the exception Of $50 miles in the noun
tainsl 10 the. Chesapeake bay in addition
10 . succession Of railroads from the
Great Falls Of the Ohio. There will be
opened to the millions Of entrrprizing
and intelligent brings spread over the
graf Valley Of The West, double line
OIL communication 10 the Chesapeake,
suited bolh 10 light aud heavy lranspoF.
tation, and in a climate entirely agrrra-
Bile 10 the great mass Of travrlrrS II,
therefore, immediate sucreS shall moi
follow the completion Of these works, i;
will be Tor want OF sufficient capital OF
enterprise in our CITIES 10 command thu
business; md should such causes exist,
the works here as elsewhere will soon
remedy il.
Upon the subject Of r"munNratins
revenue from the improvements propns'
ed to he constructed as above RECON-
menisd, anil thu capacity Of the rail
road across thu maintains for performing
the srvicrs necessary 10 command the
heavy ,ranspnrta,inn,wr may with great
confidence refer 10 N" results Of the op.
eraiions npon The Baltimore and Ohio
railroad during lh- last fiscal yrar.-
These results haze been reduced 10 the
following simple terms, 10 wit:
The Who'll. number ot milrs
run was l,2s5,0sS
The whole amount Of rev
euue received was l,Si9,222 IS
The whole expenses, re-
pairs, &C., were OS5,9l9 20
Leaving for nrit profit, s633,SOs So
The cost on each mile run, was, there
fore, Ssh Is cents. The tonnage Car.
RED was equal 10 44.3G6, 1893 tons mov-
ed one mil. The rpvrRu+ received for
this service was $9i?, l27, being equal
to u charge uGtwo CENTS per ton per
mile. The passengers rarrird were =
quail to lO,5i),52s persons transported
on mile. The sum received for the
service, was S3i5,56l ~, hrins about
three AMI one.ihIrI cenIS zach per ni'r.
The compensation Tor mail service was
about Sl,23j. The company divided
seven per ceat. on a capital Of 1881,
800, which bling applied to the sStrn-
sicn Of the work, was payable in Ger.
t,ic4trs Of stock. With results lik"
th.s" upon n main stem oil l79 miles
ending in the gorges OF the AII"ghany,
AMI a lew tributaries below the noun'