Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-01-05

The vest; Which though II has mad 10 Pf''
tensions, will cerisiuls occupy Il rgr'nhd
q, hen Tie question Of "a terminus . 1 &c sell
lied. The Hannibal aud ST. Joseph railroad
connects directly with the city 81 Ne" lorh'
and aifh the exception Of twenty fge mics IN
Western Illinois. tie whole chain II comm
nicafion il complete Nota outstanding the
batter work WIS the lat IN commeae" oPe-
ralions. yet We thiuk II vii te the hrs' IN
send The -fcafn engine on its course to the
West The distance from Hanibal IL ~ 10
scph Is iwo hundrel mics, and th'' emu
work from the throwing Of Tho firsi rpaie-tnll
Of earth 10 its complctioo-"lth <pih@rncy
Of locomotives and equipments f'r fe"'"oa-
bic iimei- undertaken al ~ eDty three II ou7'hd
dollars per mle-wLi h makes the whoic COZ
including the engineering and other expense
aboul five millions of dollars. To met lhis
il hns obtained a State subscription oI one
million aud a half Of dollars, the griol Of ahoni
cight hundred thousand acres Of the public
lands IN nlcrn1to sections OH the li8e Of the
road which u considered ample security for
thrce millions Of dollars, the security ut The
State to 6 per cent bonds. payable in twenty
ycars, for one and half millions more. and IN
dividual onJ county subscription Of seven
hundred md fifty thousand doilars; 10 all oi
which add the stock taken by Contractors,
aud the available means al the command Of he
company are not less phan five and Il half or
six millions Of dollars. The contractors are
from Boston aud New York, aud have large
capital 10 commence their work With.
Should there never be a railway confined
to the Pocfc the future tnnuagc Of The in.
mcnse cxp1nsc OF fertile county Geyon5, to the
Moth and to TIE South Of the western TO-
ders Of Missouri will be more than sufficient
to repay all it may cost 10 construct this great
work. In very short time the thousands OF
emigrants hndiog at our eastern ports can be
transported by continuous line OF Steam cars
to the western extremtics Of the States. The
railway of which we have spoken, particular.
", trayerses region Of alternate timber and
prairie country, crossing at right angles the
streams tributary 10 the Missouri and Mi~sis-
sippi rivers. Not only is it adapted 10 the pur
suits Of agriculture,b but ii is capable of becom-
ing great stock country. Iron, lead aud cop
per ore abound to the greatest extent; which,
with the cxhauslless coal fields, make it an
empire of undeveIopcd wealth.
This road must be the great outlet for ali
hat country North Of it, embracing the State
Of Iowa and the Territory West and North o.
the line Being the first to reach the upper Mis-
sour river, 1t may be fair to presume that a
erful attraction will be offered the agricul-
turist, the manufacturer and the mercheni
below to reach the Northern markets Those
who have watched the effects Of similar i'm
provements in the OHIO valley will not be slow
to see in thus like results Cation from Mem
phis tobacco from Louisville, and pork
from Cincinnati can now ascend the OHIO val-
ley by railroad and Ivy lake navigation, and
reach the Northern markets in half the time
and cost encountered by the Southern routes;
and thus it will continue to be that countries
Astounding in production aud travel will be
turned from their proper channels to find
their way over the routes leading through the
Northern States. Before the Southern system
Of railways is perfected these Northern routes
will have occupicd the ground, and we shall
find it II OF an easy task 10 compete with them
and turn the tide Of fortune, though it is SCI
against the flowing of the streams.
1t is not avowed that the Hannibal aud St
Joseph's Railroad is projected for the purpose
of presenting superior Inducements, as the
commenced ent of the great work to pho Pa
cihc--but it's founders know full well the value
of being early in the field. Aside from this
powerful consideration, the northern cities see
In it an element Of ineslimabIe importance To
their wealth and prosperity, and 1t may be
considered cmpbatcalIy, northern improve.
ment whether it 10 viewed as means to
draw the trade of the new West 10 them, or
regarded as the germ of the magnificent and
splendid project of an iron road TO the Pacific
We are not aware that the North ha, by