Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-09-24
Fom the Alexandria Standard.
Extension Ofthe Orange ana Aiexan-
dria Railroad TO Lymchburg.
CONCLUDED

The inducements. theI efofe, 10 lnoiVlcpdi
subscriptions are not To he compared: and me
populaiion interested in he river route. being
so much smaller, The same amount could mol
be expected. though he motives were equally
strong. lndeed,ihe parties most directly and
deeply interested in The river route compose
small portion of the population, being most
" mere hunts and trading men, and residents
ofthe villages on The canal, and stockholders
in The canal company. They are tot TO be
blamed for he interest they manifest; but
should III company re Influenced by the con
siderations " hich actuate iheml These seem
10 me 10 be rational views and my word Tor
il, when the issue is made up. the result will
demonstrate that they are practical.
The central route should command. and
will command, much larger ind vIdua sub
scripiion than any other if The people along
The line and west of it,are wise and understand
lh.ir interests.
The foregoing remarks are directly and
more iorcihly applicable to the question as In
county subscriptions. Ner0,unless The people
ore satisfied th,t they are to be personally and
di1tctly fitted, can such proposition
cure majority of votes in either county how
ever confident your correspondent, may be-
Put The roa near The river. and but few are
ben, fitted. Its advocates more concerned
about uhere it ,hall 90, than helher ii shall
be constructed al all. They can afford TO do
without the connection altogether with the
people throu, h the middeand western portions
ofthese counties, the questions are intmaey
blended.
We want the road and We want il here. be
cause large portion oiihese counties will be
benefited aud hat greatly. Put it along the
river and small section only is benefited,
and that not 10 he extent we would be. while
we are made an isolated people, our facilities
for reaching market no better, all travel cut
off from us, our lands remaining staiu quo, or
r,rrogrAdng. with two great Improvements
running through our countes.,n Stghfof each
0tlter ard The railroad, comparatively, neither
receiving nor comforting benefit.
Our people " i'll not take stock county
in such a road. They would be radmen to
do il. The int.test of two thirds of The PEG
pie in the road " i'll be completely DESTROYED.
indeed hey would become enemies to il; they
would not subscribe Individually, nor would
they move finger TO secure county subscip
ton. Indeed, feeling hat We We're fore, err
shut out from all CHARGE for any other i'm
proyement except through county roads, and
reduced to PuneV mails, none Of us could advo
cate the proposition. Let the rirer route be
odoptcd, and neither county uould subscribe a
doliar.
We I'd As well take stock in any other cor
poralion III the State, which promised to he
profitable.
Let ano' her route, howeve be adopted one
| beneficial TO three iourths of our population
ard YOUR informant Mr. Editor. mi. hit have
some ground 10 think confidently that the com.
~ of Amherst, and he might have added Mel
SON. would show their public spirit 10y taking
stock literally in heir corporate capacit -
But in a matter OF this sort. public spirit must
| have som, thing substantial IN tn way of mi
rate interest to make it active and operative.
| On the subject of way rade-Any man &C
qnainted with the country, or who under
stands The account have gwen of it, must be
satisfied that by erecting depots at the points
where the roads from The mountains Cross The
central route, lat no point saving less than q
! days travel in going and returning from mar
ket with wagon and eam) the company
would S, cure The transportation on this road
| to one end or the other. OF an amount of pro-
duce equal to that furnished by the same ex
tent of country along any railroad in the Com.
monN ealth ii being a country highly produc-
| tive now and susceptible of the highest state
Of Improvement.
The me, chandize brought into the country
for all the stores on the line. in the villages
and west of the road, would also come this
route, and reaching home sooner, lessen the
cost Of agonlng and storage which is now
heavy tax. hope the chief engineer may
| find it conv cnent to examine the country est
of our stage road. that he may see and report
what lands ard what population wonli lie
made tributary 10 the prosperity of this com
pany, while in return the road will greatly en-
nance their prosperity and wealth. Does the
Company, should their road be located near the
canal, expect 10 transport any This producel
With a central route they might expect to car
ny all freight sent TO or brought from Lynch
burg and successfully compete for that going
east. Is it worth havlngl The company can
| tell.
On no route would the frayel be greater, but
on every o'her less. We know how the ia
chty and cheapness of travel increases its