Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-07-09
From the Charlottesville Advocate.
VII KEVUEsI
Pied mont line of Railway.

Editor, Va HdUOcdte: Although personal
Iy stranger to you. am not unmndiul OF the
influence your pen has had in aiding to build
up works of Internal Improvement, which in
time will act in restoring the waning prospect
ty Of Virginia. The great interest feel in com
mon no doubt with yourself and the people OF
your part oflhe State,in the!Orange and Alex
andrla Railroad and its connection with Lynch.
burg must be my apology for writing ON that
subject see by The papers the people of
Washington City will soon be called on to say
whether the city shall make subscription to
aid in building this connection with Lynch.
burg.
have no hesitation in believing continu.
Gus Rail Road from Lynchburg to Washington
city would pay better to stockholders than any
road of the same length in the United States
1t will be well therefore | think for the people
| OF Washington TO inform themselves, before the
day OF Young comes, Of the facts in the case
The people of the enterprisirg and rapidly
improving city ofLynchburg we'll know have
determined, so soon as they see the Road from
Charlottesville to Lynchburg commenced to
| take up this Piedmont line and carry it on TO
| the North Carolina line, at Big Dan river. In
Its pro ;ress from Lynchburg it would pass per.
haps through parts of the counties of Campbell
Bedford, Patrick and Henry, and reaching
North Carolina would form connection with
herC Central road either at Salisbury or Charlotte
| From the latter place rail road is already in
operation Extending back towards the upper
parts OF South Carolina and Georgia, and con
meeting itself with Railroads whose southern
termini will be at Mobile and New Orleans
II you will consult a map of the U. States YOU
will see that line drawn from the CITY of New
York to New Orleans will pass nearly over
| Philadelphia Baltimore, Alexandra, Charlottes
vile, Lynchburg, Charlotte North Carolina
| &c
It's unnecessary for me TO discuss the meal
cuable value of this whole Piedmont region Of
country extending from the Potomac t., the
great Mississippi river. For capacity TO pro-
duce all the Grains Fru Is and Vegetables; its
adaptation To the growth of Tobacco, Flax and
Hemp and It's suitabeness foi raising sheep
Horses, Cattle and mules, il is not surpassed
hardly by any region III North America And
again when you come to look at it's great min
era wealth; the lead. iron. silver and copper
Of Virginia; the coal copper and gold of North
Carolina and Georgla,with no doubt many 9th
er metals yet undiscovered lying upon & a.
round the boundless water courses passing
down from the Blue Ridge,with fall sufficient
10 turn all the machinery IN the world the pro-
Ject OF penetrating itwith Railroad may we'll
call forth the energies of any people.
But the certain extension oil this line, at no
distant day into North Carolina, is not all that
should stimulate to speedy action in making
he connection with Lynchburg. At that city
IN few years will be found great Reservoir
OF trade and travel, which has poured in from
the mighty west and South west
BY means OF our great Virginia and Tennes.
see Railroad, Lynchburg has now an assu-
rance of an early connection with Memphis
a large Railroad Convention representing in
part Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky is
perhaps now in session at Cumberland Gan.
with view of'putting Road under way from
the Va. end Tennessee Road at Abingdon to
Louisville Ky. And again this grea, Va and
Tenn. Raj Road has charter 10 COZ struct
a branch from Christiansburg to the mouth of
Greenbrier river, which will give access to the
upper Ohio Valley.
When all the schemes referred TO in this