Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-12-16
Extension Of the Orange and Alexandra Rail
Road.


ton Of the Orange and Alexandria Rail Road, be-
tween Charlottesville and Lynehburg, is 50 fan
advanced as 10 render il probable the Directors
will order about 30 miles to be advertised for
contract at their approaching meeting, on the
Goth instant.
We learn from the same Journal, that "a very
large meeting Of the citizens If Charlottesville
assembled, on Monday night week to hear Mr..
Rives speak in behalf ofihe LSnehhorg Railroad.
DIR. Chas Carter occupied the Chair. Mr..
Riyes' speech occupied forty-iise minutes aud
was strong appeal to the interests Of the town.
Other speeches were made by Messrs. ". ID.
Hart, ". F.Gordon, jr., Arrives, aud Prof !. b.
Minor A lively interest was aroused in behnlf
Of the Road. Stock to the amount Of 5000 was
subscribed Under a resolution offered by Prof
Minor. the Chair appointed committee TO cam
vass the town for subscriptions
The Gazette also publishes the memorial drawn
by Mr.. Rives of the President and Directors TO
the Legislature, praying subscription on The
part OF the state, TO the capital stock Of the
company. The memorial sets forth TINT full and
accurate surveys have been made OF the interme-
diate country. and have resulted in showing. az
the Chief Engineer declares, that "a Railroad of
moderate grades and curves. and in every point
of view commensurate with its national impor-
lance, can be made from near Gordonsyile to
L,nchburg for whose expenditure would
be justified by the local business alone: That
the country is one OF much natural fertility, mud
that its inhabitants baVe manifested commend
able zeal and liberaliiy in behalf of the work
That the position OF the state would be very
anomalous one. aud likely to give rise to cnbar
RAISING questions, if holding. as she does, three
ffths Of the corporate stock in thu road far ~
Gordonsyille she were to be without any inter
est in the road extending 10 Lynehburg for il is
difficult 10 determine what principle her share
in the increased profits oocruing from the new
work, could be ascertained and adjusted.
The Memorial concludes as follows
The Memoralists are not aware of any reason
which be plausibly urged why the state
should not extend 10 this work the same liberal
measure Of assistance and cooperation which
she is IN the habit oil giving to other public works
Sure they are that there Is not of the public
Improvements, within the Commonwealth, which
is likely bring into the Treasury larger, II So
large return for the contribution the State
would make to its capital stock. Forming with
the Virginia and Tennessee Rail Road the great
channel through our borders of that continental
perpetuay setting between the Northern Allan
tic Cities and the Southern aud Southwestern
States. and fed at the southern extremity of the
line by concentrating Railways from Nashville,
from Memphis. from New Orleans, from Mobile,
from Selma, from Macon, from Aug, from Saynn-
nah, and from Charleston, II would levy from this
er-eeasing tide of human movement aud cir
eulation rich tribute for the public Treasury,
which would not only speedily repay the contr-
button from il, but furnish the means for cxecu-
ting other important works. Without the link of
direct communication which the extension of the
Orange and Alexandria Rail Road and its connec-
ton with the Virginia and Tennessee Rail Road
is destined to supply all this fertzng &, an oi
intercourse, through the heart OF the Common
wealth. would be lost to Us, aud diverted into 9TH
or States by shorter and cheaper routes than any
we could then offer by our existing lines
While the extension of the Orange and Alex
andria Railroad will confer these benefits on the
State at large, the great increase OF travel it
would bring ON the Virginia and tennessee Raul
Ioad and its own line would enable both to con
Ney freight at more moderate prices and thus to
forward by the Southside, Dunville and Central
Railroads, rs well as by the james River Canal
the produce of large portion of the State on
more advantageous terms 10 It's natural marts AT
Richmond, Petersburg aud Norfolk. The share
of commercial advantage which may result to Al
exandrla, will 60 to build up an old Virginia town,
dear to the heart of every patrio from lis associ
atoms with the Father of his country, thoroughly
Nirgnan in its interests well as in lis tradi-
hons, and presenting in the natural advantages
OF Its admirable port, aud its daily extending
commercial relations with rich and fertile see
ton of the Commonwealth, claims to an equal
fostering care, which just and benignant Leg
islature will not be willing 10 disregard
The Memorialists deem il sufficient 10 glance
IN general terms at considerations which the WIS
com and knowledge Of your Honorable bodies will
more fully deYelope in their details and, in con
elnsion they cam IT but hope that a work which
Is destined to draw into the State and To conduct
through it, centre the constantly swelling tide OF
interior national communication leaving rich de-
postes along its course which in its Interior con
neetion with other work. hooking westward 10 the
shores OF the Pacific may one day become in
some sort the highway of nations, while in it,
more familiar, but no less useful office oi the trans
portation of produce and the distribution of lner,
chandise between different portions of our owr
State will render the most valuable services
IN stimulating the production and increase of do
mestic wealth, acting at the same time as a tribu-
tary and feeder to other important public works
and being the rival of nonea work of this sort the
Memorialists cannot but hope, will engage the
favorable attention Of an enlightened Legislature
and they therefore pray your Honorable bodies
by authorlsing the same subscription in the
name Of the Commonwealth to the new stock OF
the Company that held by it in the old, to give
the aid and cooperation OF the State to the
speedy completion of an enterprise, which, when
finished, they venture to predict will not only
endow the Treasury with better returns thai
have ever yet flowed into it from any other pub
lie work, but render at once more productive nnC
profitable large investments already made by III,
State in three hundred miles of other Railroads