Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-04-26
RICHMOND ENQUlRE Ell.
S.TIpn,y MORNING., APRIL 70, i7""'
TIL COUNTRY SOON TO BE TOUCHED ~ TIE
| - 1A.nuIII L RAIL. ROAD.

THE COUNTRY SOON TO BE TOUCHED ni i''''
DANVILLE Rail. ROAD
.,,;,,d, letter from distinguished citizen Of
-, n,;,, ,,uptry NOT intended for pnhlcauri but we
80, M. liberty nj publishing the following extracts rom It.
,nv concern The resources OF the region G" country ps
IN, other end Of the Danvlle Rail Road, tti to say "
valley Of The Dan River
.rhc purchase and manufacture "i "''a''"
lirs aud great business Of this place ana '''' H.,
ing country embracing six counties !" i'' ouc
whole Of the ctul made in those roah''es =; M,
If III, hes, and most productive tobacco regions
Sate0 is manufactured al home; ana suc'' 'o'" ~,
made in the county OF Henry, - rarely u e'.'' ;
Richmond or lvncbburg markets. Judging iron" '''
,.J hv IN, Ig cabin manufacturers ol me '"' -
r. ,,,, ,,uuly have had better market, d. ho''e'
| Il, IN can be found elsewhere in 'ifshia i"cy
fl, several years been generally receiving ~ Tue
~ from 50 to SIS average per crops Without 'e ao''
and cost of prixing and the buyers have SEM -
,r.i North South and West, and grown i's' up" "
profits Within this region. venture 'he 't''o'. 49,
observation an enquiry. that more thah o's1ot'" - va
tobacco raised Nrgaia, Is grown ana manuiac''eu cur
Tracing two large tobacco growing counties :" worm ''
Ina viz: caswrl and Rockingham lh's p'od"e''o" ''o
d , rr,wu or felt by other portions OF The Stale ex
ept in feeding some her improvements although" nc &c
t il bepuoing 10 leak the profitable freight upon
| us.
.Eron rh bes information carefully sought alter, II IS es
mo,sd t,, a, n,eyllc and in the counties Of Henry Pdt
rob ma p.yylpiu in Virginia; and Rockingham, Nui"
Caroina there was manufactured IN 1852 l6UOUooo 'o
az tobacco This employed $500 hands; and al 50 % pc
:. 'o ,'',.,,, sll700Ol
''u"u'e' "'s'' $40 O0t
| slSl0UUl
no ham
may for the year 1853 be down at cost o ''"''"'
,, or - 0Oo mn II we include Caswcll county Nuf
Carolina aud Franklin Virginia. not embraced !" 'e ~
,onu s,ri,uatr the amount will be- considerably
MOI having the data on which 10 base caieu'ao" W"
lure no estimate farther thun TO say mat hey arc
tive tobacco counties and have many manufactures
counties are contiguous Danvllle ana look 10 '' p'"
Tor commercial facilities chiefly for collecting o'''
ny means ii ilalls drawn The Norm. ne '"se
!; ,h m. iva banks al DanviIle have been nna''' ~ w.
connI very large amount of Northern dfai'S' d'u '' u
culies are Increasing. These dfai's "e 4u'''''
,ooi and generally weld premium as 10 increase tn
,o6,s If these institutions and for this reason chiefly
doubt not thesC banks have, Tor several years. aao
| profits than my others in the State.
But only considered one article "l la'" la
il is l: chief and largest ia this legion Inc nnl
chandsc bears proportion 10 the tobacco dde, ana III
wheat as soon get il TO market VIII compare ""
tina, Of an, Other portion of the Stale The Hour OF h'
section udw lofnIs considerable h"si"'es' e7
th. coal AMI non wit hin reach and which must hhl al
outlet rnn p.nye aud add largely perhaps win "''e
manufactures induced by tie superior water power mere
not loe rcc chiefly the business and wealth OF hi
place ani ~ .!cinily
By reference The teiuns ot the two branch hanks
this place il w be found that they have idr sonic wears
made larger ~ Than any Others IN The Slate ihe Nir
GINA BanG last year as nlorned made over l. pc
cent while the average the Northern Bank and branches
was DOT eight per cent Nearly Tie same am ni"s
"a NAV be ia Of Tie Farmers Bank and its branch here