Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-01-18
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TIE CENTRAL RAIL ROAD.

presiden, Fontane has kindly furnished TO US ccpE q
an address 10 The citizens Of Richmond on the s"ec "
constructing continuous rail road from ms
civ 10 The waters Of The oho the last annual report Of
ths President md Directors the Company 10 the 9ocA'
holders.
The report presents highly favorable cond"n Oh 'hiS
ceat work the receipts for transportation for The year end
Inc Both September 1882 amounting 10 s64S5 bs--and
exceeding those OF the year preceding by S32oS4 Uo Inc
road has been completed Woodve seven or eight miles
beyond Charlottesville and the nett earnings amount 10
S7& eO2 a. nearly elk per the capital ihSes'eu "
constructing It to that point
Among the nunberless schemes OF improvement NJ"
pending before the Legislature, which ate occupying "
Ien,on and which being discussed from day 10 as'
of rail road connection with the waters oil Inc on'o
forth II is in fact and should be 50 regarded
az the great measure Of the session. Il IS ahke
bv all sections Of The State North. South East ana west
!, 80 Iv bo comnarsd in importance with the great road
from Boston 70 Albany the s greater Erie road and hat
auncent ENTERPRISE the Baltimore and Ohio rail roan 'e
eopnnetiop of which Wheeling, but the other Gay,
celebrated with 30 much pomp and ceremony Mas'ac"u
sets New York, Pennsylvania and Mnryiand Nofh u ue'
and South Carolina and Georgia, South OF US nave 'e
rail- road connections with the great valley Oh inc
,,n Virginia. more favoaby situated than them uil pos
sessinQ an empire within herself and almost oo"hoe'
sources OF wealth. and tanning within nef ooiae'S o
wonderful healing waters ana nlhcfa! spiihsS, "
the world which, easy of access would not Ian 10 stac
,eemnp mul,udes every summer, to her mountains ana
valsvs should not hesitate count the cost OF WORK
h,ch woud increase 90 much wealth. her strength, and
her population.
We will not reiIeatc Arguments in !avoE OF inns g'eoses
of rail- way lines which have been often and SO ably pre-
,snted and with which every body already SO inmar
COL Fontane and the author oil the address nave
in their pamphlets and considerations winch
should be we'll weighed by the public The address, especial
" discusses with ability The objection which has so oen
proved stumbling block in the way OF this enterprise, ana
thar Of Baltimore and Alexandria, and the appfe
heusion that the trade of the West would be diverted
10 the Valley at Staunton, 10 those points.
Whether this rail road The Ohio shoui BE- u'"f'a"'
by the State alone by the James River ano hanA"1a
COMPANY backed by The State by the Central Naii foau
Company and ha, should be the guage; upon these qut
lions we express no opinion The present General Assem-
hv,be Ara, under the new Consttuon-shoud signalze
itself BY providing shape the ways and means LOT
ths certain construction of this great line II IL shouH
Come as we will 20 this wise detefmha"on' we
doubt no, that It will decide the other questions equally
,ssly and we'll Assistance should DC rendered 10 oH e
,rea, lines but nasmuch have already ensured he
compleon of all the Others hesitate not TO say ha Tue
line 10 the Ohio is the first in importance An immediate
l.rys and liberal appropriation should be made Inc great
work should be begun and begun ct once Surveys shou
bs undertaken and the work put under immediate consac'
tim a, different points along the whole hnc we shoua ac'
like men, and without delay obey the behests oil the people