Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-12-03
THE pANVILLE RAIL ROAD.

THE pANVILLE RAIL ROAD.
To day will the be taken; and again remind the
e.uldcrs of Richmond 70 ward and aid s grc..
enterprise by voting for he city subscription We sup
posed that the work had lately sprung into such !. with
all csses of citizens and had ccariy mo1- -rn'es
its utility and the safety investments in lis stock, thai
We would hear no objections Whatever increased city
subscription Yet strange say only have hand bii-
been circulated By those opposed all increase OF city taxa
ion the friends of the Central road perceive
advantage themselves in crppiny Improvement
which never been and be rival comperi-
tor The Cenrl! road is .eat and noble work; but the
fact that the city ought subscribe TO that road is The
poorest in the world a &c, why il ought not 10
subscribe the other. We friendly both improve
mens and 10 ali improvements ard would therefore, sag
grst 10 lie Central men, that they have not circulated
their petitions and obtained The signatures OF 0neoth The
frce-ho!de:s the city charter requires, and il former
occasion rhey made an unsuccessful attempt fur city Sab
scripor they should lay the blame At the door o the
Danye they should cnnfDund thos" who hasc never
been unfricndly 10 them with their active TO de-
feat The city subscription is poor way to popaic the
Danvlc inter- Legislature. Let every proposition
stand upon its own merits for if scheme be lwa-
ted and opposed by another il will bcgct retaliation and all
will fail. "Unted stand, divided fall"
We presented yesterday some very striking statistics
showing the extraordinary and unprecedented ."
work which was said TO lead "no whcte" What rrbnkc do
they administer 10 l!oac who stupidity cncavnr rdicu'e
aud derihe every great and useful enterprise Most
crescd in the Danvc road aware of these facts They
have objected perfect revolution in public sentiment
aton TO IT, 1t s regarded by all sensible business il
this city ofthe greatest and mporlan, works
the Stale. We few days since in the office Of
intelligent and cntCrpris!ng commission merchants
his table than dozen samples Of chcat
I'm all NJ hirl fhn Ep in.
formed us that wheat had Richmond in The
penetrating the large wheat growing county Of Abemac
and finished hundred and ten miles Of its length and
more than half much the Canal, extending
200 miles through the heart of The greatest wheat growing
region OF Virginia. We cnquired how much wheat he had
sold the past month. He replied that he had made no
estimate but supposed bc had sold $4,000 bushels
Yet tia, gentleman had confidently and repeatedly
predic led that The DnvIe road would make money
enough 10 grease the wheels OF its cngines We ,hnk il
plain that Virginia will become the greatest hedt grori"s
State and Richmond the greatest flour manGictory 10 the
Union.
This road is no longer beggur at The city gates. To
subscribe il give to it, s stock which year
ago. could scarcely be sud any price, cannot now be
bought for $50 share and will be par may be safe
" stated that no rail road enterprise in America gave
better promise of He must be poor hand indeed al
computation who would estimate the dividends this road
when finished low six per For hc present rates
land they are cxhoIban Of transportation be presers
3D. the gross receipts the whole road cannot be less than
half million and will more probably reach million o.
dollars. With the completion of the Souh.Side and South
Western roads there will be immense accession o: trade
and travel at the junction; and with lis probable future
tension through Carolina will il the great thorough
fare of Southern trade and travel and Richmond mast ne
cessarIy be the emporium OF that trade.
Those inmica the su5scripon attempt TO make bug
benr of the debt OF the city is said that with its entire
real property appraised 5000 0oO its debt is s20O0O0
But whence arises this great value of her real property
Plainly from her lines OF improvement Such is their in
variable effect The propcr,y-t older owning busincs
house. on business street, worth $4,000 has his taxes in
creased some $40 $50 build railroad and he complain
most bitterly and loudly Yet by of the increase,
activity and impetus given the business of the city. b.
that very road you ud him receiving several hundred dol
lars more for The of his building than he formerly did,
What right has he complain Hundreds Of such case
have occurred lately in this city and they are constantly &C
curing. Has her real property nearly doubled in vain
the last ten years Is notorious that lots in va'oG
parts OF the city, and its outskirts have risen 3 O 81
and even 100 per cent. in twelve months last pas;
When this improvement was first gotten up, RICHMOND