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

ur't =. .i...' lm,.syyCmrnl ana in is
uAl0uAl bearing; and earnestly rec.
umnrnl that means be provided for lis
cnmplr!on in the shortest time compat.
ih'r with public interest. The lmpor-
lance ii reaching the Tennessee line OF
MI early day cannot he TOO highly ESTE
mated. The determination u improve.
mrn!s in The Southern SlaIrSto this line
may depend upon the rromr,ness aud
energy with which We shail execute
our portion. II We trace the line upon
which this great work has been pr, j. C
ted 10 Knoxville, aud thence 10 Chat.
tannoso, We shall find improvements con-
v"rginG 10 il from the East, the West
and the South, contributing 10 the value
Of the common stem. Several millions
Of people have turned their minds with
anxiety towards Virginia, her hospiIa-
bic towns and ample harbors, TOT dis.
position Of their products aud q supply
Of merchandise. But, II We say to
them, aye shull not come," they will
abandon us and turn the streams orthrir
rich commerce into other channels.
Situated as that country is with shallow
and sinuuus rivers flowing into the Mis-.
,issippi, thr Gull Of Mexico and the
Atlantic ocean, a wide range oil selcc-
ton for artificial lines oil trnnspurtion
is offered 10 the inhabitants; nor have
they misunderstood or neglected their
true interests. Already lines Of rail-
roud from Charleston and Savannah
have penetrated the Valley Of Tonnes
see 10 Chattanooga, while others from
Memphis and Mobile are in progress Of
construction 10 the same region ofcoun-
try. - Little doubt Is now entertained
that when Virginia executes her part, a
complete system If railroad connections
will he effected brtwrrn the Chesapeake
towns Of this State and the Mississippi,
the Gulf Of Mexico and the Atlantic
ocean Of the points mentioned. The
value Oinlhr main stem in Virginia, as o
medium oil travel, transportation Of the
mails, live stock, merchandise and hpa-
Wy produce, can hardly be overrated BY
our proplr, nor should We spare any
proper means 10 anvil ourselves Of the
incalculahle benefits and the ample re-
sources which may be derived from this
great work. The James river and Kan
hawa company, with l46 miles Of ca.
nal from Lynchhurgh 10 Richmond, and
the Southside, and the Richmond and
Danville railroad companies, will de-
, rive inealcnIshlp benefits from il. The
distance both from Richmond and Pc.
,prshurg to Lynshhurg, hy railroad, will
be about ll5 miles. and from thence 10
T-nnesse line 204, making a continu-
Gus line from tiIrwaIsr oil 3l9 miles
lin or own Sta'r,
! The Richmond and DaaviIle railroad
| is a work which, it seems 10 me-, should
BE- placed. in regard 10 the mrans oil
completion, in the FIRST class. It passes
about 1850 miles through one ofthr most
productive portions Of our own STATE,
and prnctra,ts North Carolina al q poiEt
from which large trade will be al
iratird 10 our commercial towns. II
cannot iail 10 command large portion
of the travel and mail service between
the Western portions oil North and
South Carolina and the site Of the fed
sral government and other cities Of thr
North With these advantages, W. nay
well anticipate q rsnumerating revenue
after il shall have been completed.
The Southsidp railroad should like
wise be completed with as little delay
as practicable. Il forms a most impOr-
tani link in connecting The main STEM
nj the Virginia and Tennessee road
with the lidrwaler country, and without
which the travel and transportation Of
the mail 10 md from the Southwestern
States on the main line will be seriously
interrupted.
After the Richmond and Danville
and the Soulhside railroads shall have
been completed, il is not improbable
that the public interest mag require a
road from Richmond 10 some point on
York river CT the Bay, and one from
Petersburg to connect with Portsmouth
and NVr'oIk But do noL fell justified
in recommending the immediate con-
uruciion Of these improvements, while
so much rpmains undcne upon the lines
penetrating the mountains 10 unlock
ihosp rich treasures so much more need
cd 10 invigora,e the commercial enter
prisps Of the towns mentioned,
Tie Northwestern railroad from Parkets.
burg to Tygrr's Valley river, (foTmng in'
deed u section Of the main EiCm OF The
Baltimore amd Ohio rpilTuad, asa local
imrmvrmrnr, is not less important to
| Northwestern Virginia than any road ]
have mentioned is 10 any other SECTION
Of the Slate. circumstance connec-
ted with enterprises recently project
I'd, as wrl! asihe intrinsic merit 0fihis
work, make it peculiarly proper that
| Virginia should hold over il contiol'
| ling influence. It's importance in ma
tional point Of view has been sufficient
| ly noticed in comparing the great line
10 which ii belongs with the central
improvements recommended. ltiscon'