Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-07-08

'"o"' - . ~ i'e' ',h per mile as the ,o.,
transportation must he erroneous. F.a 70" Of
must have had an exalted opinion Of i, lply you
ident and Directors of the VIRGINS n T. Tres.
railroad 10 suppose that in dsreg.sII lem.
interests of their Stockholders r5a s'S g. OF the
mong the others, they would vol 9'a'ea a.
public at cost. Tor the
In justice To the Company I will
at the time of the adoption of tb. sa'e that
taken for granted that these rsies -. Vas
greatly reduce d ,on the complexion os sooid be
They We're published rather as an .s s.e Toad.
that no higher rates than these would I'oufanee
ed. This however has nothing to do ' s; eIaarg.
question before us o = ~ with The
repeat that 1t cartainly has been ,,a;,,
ed tor some time past. by the advoca,D"'"'o
rail roads, that tie cost of transporta,;oa 'e' OF
perfect rail road may be reduced 10 On a
per ton per mile AID few estimate :, "e ceS
two cents. The Reading rail roaJ above ABOVE
ries the gr. at bulk of its TONNAGE fn p" car
coa) at | 10 cents per ton Der 1n;lat ""'en Is
per ton. for the v hole length of the ro.I St,oo
is 100 miles. If the cost to them i ro4 winch
one cent per ton per mile, they are dong I've, vel
nv poor business Fe'
Bqt suppose grant your argumeD, l.,
the cost OF Transportation is al Gents nor ' IA
per mile-then my 5 cents cost of , rsa ION
men would be equal to little more ,ban
mile instead OF 5 miles, which have OIL que
admitted. Your argument would n aIa'y
stronger case In my favor. Indulye NV
one more illustration of the sophistry nsoJ :"
gainst me. The word "bug-bear." used H.
me, is much harped on, and is made In al!
to the cost of anshipment,or to the oa,a pP,!
seGjust as il suited your Convenience 10 y
pref it. You use these words in reler;oa ', ;,
NY remarks: III is to prevent the Zine Of ,s.as
portation from the Ohio to Coyingon rro@
throwing array Mis advantage, Which tho
States might possess in the competition wnb
Baltimore" What advantage The advan'
tage of bug bear. If transhipment can b.
effected at one cent per ton and the DELAY occa.
stoned by it is equal to Only five miles of ira.
vel on railroad, can ii be of any service 70
the State in contest with Baltimore -
Here is a complete misrepresentation of nv ar.
gument | have never said, or thought that
the Cost of transhipment could protect Virqi.
MIA against the competition of Baltimore
have said that the adrantage Of cjder gauge
could protect Virginia against the comperiaa
of Baltmore-and the point of competition to
which refer is Cincinnati. In round nun.
bers the distance from Cincinnati 20 Baltimore,
via Parkersburgis 564 miles, and the distance
from Cincinnati to Richmond, via Central rail
road is sos miles. These figures are within
5 or miles of the trulh-at all events Bati
more has the advantage of US by at least 30
miles-and it Is against this advantage that |
want Virginia to avail herself of the broad
gauge to Co,ing,on, and the Canal thence to
Richmond, IN the contest. Even if The roads
from Cincinnati to the mouth of Sandy the
Co,ington x Ohio road and the Central rail
road constituted the only line of transporla
lion from Cincinnati to Richmond and were
the exclusive advocate of the Central rail road
| would sill contend for Tie wide gauge, be-
tween Cincinnati and Covington Virginia
With such an arrangement, involving, as i
would, the break of gauge at Covinston, tn,
Virginia markets could maintain more sue
cessful competition " it'll Baltimore, and he
} Parkersburg line. for the trade OF Cincinnati
than they could with uniform narrow gaUg
for the hole distance. The wider gauge u
the distance between Cincinnati aud CoVing
ton Va. would, by its superiority. far outweig
; The small disadvantage of a transhipment
Covlngton. Is 1t not casuistry TO attempt
ihdhe attribute 10 the cost oil tranShlDmel
t the importance in this contest which so e,
identity attributed to our advantage in the su
perior value of wider gauge.
i have said enough to show that there ba
been constant effort to pervert what | sal
into some absurd posiion,an TO use the mo.
transparent sophistry in refutng my argu
ments.
And now TO the main questions at ISSUE
You seem found Of English authorities. and
propose TO give you some. propose to shoy
hat the Report of the Gauge Commissioner
has been quoted by you only partially and ii
such a manner as to convey a wrong impress
SION OF their real opinion.
shall make use ola Report on the Gauge TO
the ST. Lawrence and Atlantic Rail Road BY
A. Z. Morton. Esq, Chief Engineer, one o.
the most talented Engineers on this Continent
HIS argument and his extracts from the Eng
lsh reports are exactly what | want-so
shall make use of them mainly instead of my
own reasoning. Mr.. Morton says:
The experience ofEnglish Engineers should
and must have great weight with US in the dis
cussion OF this question,and we should turn oul