The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-05-19
CENTRAL. RAILROAD.

;,s extreme singularity. Ii is, that the entire
- nrsss daily and semi-weekly, con.
.urs in recommending it, in the most strenuou
-. Such thing as the concurrence oil
,be whole press upon any one SUBJECT mas not
- tho hest of our recollection, been seen before
since we FIRST had anything TO do with news
naners. We do not mean TO say that the edi'
TORS of newspapers are wiser or better than
other people. But they are naturally, and
from the very necessities of their position, well
acquainted with the merits Of questions like
This. and when they all take the same side,
there can be no stronger proof that the cause
which they espouse is right. The periodical al
and religious press, OF course, does not habit
uslly NEEDLE with matters of the sort. But
from what we know of the gentlemen at the
head of il in this city, we feel confident that,
should it speak out, it would speak exactly as
the secular press has done. Nothing of late
occurrence has grati6ed us more than the una
nmity of the editorial corps in the present in.
stance.
We wish, to-day, to say few words with
regard to the probable success of Baltimore in
obtaining the trade Of The great West, after it
shall have come as far as Stanton in the cars
of the Central Railroad. In order that il should
do so, several important considerations must
unite.
LIST. Baltimore must be a better market. Is
il better market? Ii is well known to every
citizen, who has had occasion to make inquiry
into the subject, that for the staple articles of
wheat, -four and tobacco, for The minor but
still very important articles of bacon, butter,
Glove seed, pork, lard and vegetables, and for
the purchase of groceries, Richmond is the bet.
ter market. That it will continue to be SO,
when the dealers become more numerous, is
a selEevident proposition.
d 3D.. Ii is, from Staunton to Baltimore, 2IS
miles, while from Staunton to Richmond is
only 1872 miles mot l35 as said by us the other
day. Difference in favor of Richmond, Sc
miles.
Sd. Even if the distances were equal, Rich.
mond would still stand the best chance. The
produce will be already on her cars when it
reaches Staunton. Has any one of those who
speak so fippantly about Baltimore's divert
ing the trade of this line at Stanton, estima
ted the labor and expense oftransferring hogs.
heads of tobacco, barrels of -four, sacks of
salt, bags of wheat, tons of iron and lead, and
sach like heavy produce, from one set of cars
10 another? The time alone consumed would
be, every day, equal to. at least twenty four
hours in favor of Richmond. In tuelre OF
IL - 4 have -
miles farther-te subject TO handling, and to
additional charges-and get to Baltimore TWEEN
fy.feur hours after it would get here.
4th. But that is not all. 1t would have to
pass over three different railroads. The dan
ger of loss or damage would be increased
three hundred per cent, and which of the
three companies is The farmer to hold respon
sible
9TH Let US, however, suppose that the pro
duce has safely passed through all its dangers
and arrived unchanged and undiminished a
Baltimore. OF course Baltimore has better
outlet 10 the sea than we have, else why should
the produce 60 sc miles out Of its way, under
60 three landings, be transported on three
time No such thing. When the river shall
have been cleared out, our harbor will be far
better than that of Baltimore. When the rail.
road shall have been builtto Ethan, we shall
be within an hours ride of a harbor that can float
the navy of the world. Besides, from Baltimore
TO the capes is 200 miles--from Richmond to
the capes is about 160. Balance in favor OF
Richmond, 40 miles. From Stanton TO Rich.
mond las we have said) is 1872 miles, from
Stanton 10 Baltimore, 2lS. Therefore, from
Stanton to the capes via Richmond, the dis
lance is 282 miles, from Stanton TO the capes,
via Baltimore, it is 4l8 miles. Balance in ia
vor of Richmond, 1876 miles. Thus, to sup
pose that this trade will 60 to Baltimore, we
are TO believe that it will seek the more indif.
ferent market, Sc miles farther off, under the
process of three different landings, facing the
dangers of three different railroads under the
management of as many different companies,
with the disadvantage of living at Staunton "a
hours, to seek the ocean by voyage of 200
miles, when il can reach it from better
market only 1872 miles from Staunton, on the
same railroad it started upon, with no hand.
ling, after having arrived "a hours sooner, by
voyage Of only l60 miles.
A few words as to Alexandria. That city
is 10 miles farther from Charlottesville thar
Richmond is. not equi.distant, as we suppose,
'he elmer day. When the short line between
this city and Charlottesville shall have bee,
completed 1t will be thirty miles farther, o
ia.her' we should say, Richmond is filtee
miles nearer now, and will be thirty mile
nearer then. "a Tax Payer and Citizen, saw
that the grades and curvatures ON the Orsng
and Alexandra Road and on the road dow
the valley to Winchester, are, or will be. SIMS
rior TO the grades on this road. Such is M
the fact. The grades on the Orange and Al
exandria Read, are &c feet to the mile. I'll
grades on ahe Central Railroad are As fee, ,
the mile. For all practical purposes the Ger
trail Road has the advantage OF q feet to n
mile. The reason of this immense differs,c
as obyious. The Orange and Alexandria Roo
crosses all the streams. The Central RI.
descends from the high country to tide.wa,e
us argument, therefore, is knocked in n