Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-07-19

Nt onv does land rise in value under the railroad system
c,nn,.v but mark The effect upon and money aud
tally note STATE tar and zee how The system
to add 10 The Slate ability 10 pay for the construction OF
| these improvements.
In the Northern States there three miles OF railroad 10
pnr h us in the South proportion 10 HE number o IN.
,on. and in urnno,llon 10 territory the North has
times extent Of railroad per square h a' We nave;
and mn, cost Of these roads has been double a. much per
mile n, The North the S"n because OF greater a-
cutie. 10 he overcome in their construction N"t mus II
m sand that The tonnage of the North requires 'nis excess i
roads ogc. that South; for in lsl9 Tue S"uheh OK.
nts were SeY 900 000' While those al The Noi 'c'"d
manuiaclu res, "nly S32,UOUUOO
Nor were these roads the North more necessary !o IRA
vi than III. South; for when NE bJsl"h @
ad was ptonD=ci ti. travel put down IL % 2oo s
Zen years afterwards The number was a'"'
i00Se6
The Boston and Worcester railroad was estimated at
q 500 passengers; in 1876 the number vas 4iu3!9 inc
Eastern road expected III rCD itis nearly one million
Thus, SAVE this valuable address, the travelling pr"pen.
.es Of Massachusetts, did not create their roads out c
roads created these prcpcnsiIes And you my dear sir can
remember, that before our railroads were constructed
Virginia. from the Roanoke 10 the Potomac one or
wo stages daily carried all the passengers Offering; md NO"
IN. daily average number passing over The dccksburg
railroad amounts 100 or more, notwithstanding 'c:e are
numerous running cOast"ise carrying passengers
AZ the same time. and al l0rer rates.
Such are of the astonishing results Of railroads
Wherever they iuJicoI.ly located
Now oGce more look upon the map AMI you will see that
the centre Ohio the CapeS OF Virginia via Rc
Und 100 miles, than via l'im"te and nearer said
canes BY l,cmond than The Capes OF Delaware oy ih'
adppha and Baltimore and Phiadephid are eNpcnd!ns
their millions of dolnrs reach n. Trade OF ONO AID other
western States while stand With arms folded mere ooS-
es o. a. il The goal lr beyond our roach Inc centre
4 Kentucky i. $50 miles ucuef c1pss by Richmond
than by Baltimore and 200 miles nearer Than Is Ne" or
.cans from that point. Why cannot %e get the gIea Hade
I these States, or at ess the nan ln, OF lrhhes
sec western Nor, Carolina north Alabama ana oifc! paris
- States adjacent 10 our limits, all concee, must
come here and what will amount 10 ~ me seven cen
ns NJ the United States find that in 1850 Virginia raise
IA SIG $50 bushels OF II our roads mad been compile
led would mol very large portion OF this IN wheat or hour
nv, come TO our CITY North Carolina !uiscd li7 -99
hnsheI; would not much of this have come THIS way me
DIpy lie road had formed its connections WIN me norm
Caron. roads Tennessee only raised o554iU Di7ic!@
aranse she had no gord market fer H. When our South.
western railroad runs that State and through lis centre
Tho will send US much az we may expect rom o"i
nrr Suite either in wheat or onr hch'ucAs .aist"
90 co a.. bu.rs surprising our roads have been finish
%, iohI We not have expected much oil THIS cnDinouS
Gn,nriiy in eic. wheat our? will not 20 INTO other
Il, ;. liz, In tie same Yrnr, OF UbacCO,