Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-10-11
A RAILROAD TO ALEXANDRIA.


A RAILROAD TO ALEXANDRIA.
1t Is high time that property holders,
and men in trade i'll Washington, were
aroused TO the Importance of counter
acting the current efforts to cut off this
city from the direct line of travel and bu-
siness communication by railroad between
North and South. New York aims to
make railroad through Jersey, Della
ware, and the Eastern Shores of Mary
land and Virginia, which shall form, as
near as may be, a straight line from that
city to Norfolk. The capitalists of Balti-
more. and the proprietors of the Seaboard
Railroad, are doing their best to turn all
the Through travel from Baltimore di-
rectly down the bay by steamboat. Mon
cure Robinson, and those interested with
bin in the fredericksburg and Richmond
road, have project for railroad direct
from Aqua creek to Baltimore, which
they bid fair soon to carry into operation,
unless forcstalied by the closing of the
gap between the terminus of the Balti-
more and Washington Railroad at this
point and Aqua creek, which, up to this
time, has been the terror of all who are
obliged to travel between the Northern
and Southern States, in winter, especial
~ The existence of this gap, it is, in
deed, which has given rise to these va
r:ous projects now being arranged to be
prosecuted. The Orange and Alexandria
Railroad, by July next, will close the
gap up to Alexandria: making the route
from ashington to Richmond and Peters
burg going South. and to Lynchburg and
so on to the Southwest, much shorter
than that of any other progressing set of
railroad improvements. Indeed, 1860
will probably see continuous railroads in
operation from Alexandria to Memphis,
i'll Tennessee, and also from Alexandria
to Montgomery, Alabama, Via Manchcs-
ter, South Carolina both with branches
penetrating in various directions in and
through Georgia and Kentucky. Is i,
not time, therefore, that Washing
moved in the matter of forestalling t..c
action of the parties first named. who |
propose, if possible. to cut her off from
direct railroad connection with these |
most important works If, through the |
labOrs Of those interested directly in the
road, Or Of those who de-
sire TO make the proposed Eastern Shore
road. the State 50 invests her three-ti(ths
Of the sum necessary to make either of
these links, Washington may whistle for
a railroad to Alexandria, when it is too
late: ~ Virginia will not then give her
consent To the construction of another
work within her limits, which must rem
der comparatively uremuncratiye her
prior investment. 1t will be recollcctcd
that, under her new Constitution, Nir-
5mla SubScrlbeS from her State Treasury
ihree-iitthS Of the money necessary to
make all the proposed railroads within
her boundaries, whenever Ler citizens
wll! raise the balance.
The Alexandria, Loudon and Hamp-
SHIRE Railroad Company are to hold their
annual meeting in Alexandria, ON the
10Th instant, and we feel assured that
they would willingly consent to the con-
,truction of a junction road from Wash
ngton. in connections with their work.
Thus, ifWashingtOn will make some four
IT SIX miles at most of railroad, getting
congress TO appropriate for permanent
bridge over the Potomac in connection
With it, (which with energy and unanim-
ty among our fellow citizens can easily