Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-09-13

We intendea 10 have made some le'
morks upon the prospect of q Railroad
up tie Sylnmcs creek valley IA ou'
last paper, but we were so late ~ get
ing the papet 10 pross that We omitted
it pnti! now. The snn ey by Mr.. Rowe
not only, bu, the persona knowledge OF
oil Who ore acquainted with the geo.
erlphy o. the country prove ihni. ana
urhoush wc have no! seen those places
Of which one OF Our contemporaries speaks
where the road could be made "ior miles
as stlaighl as on arlow,yct we believe In
the entire proctiea.ility Of the Ioulc.-
Taking tina, for granted, let us inquire
whether snth n road would be profitable
E!rst, as it would form a connecting
link between the Improvements, Of
the Ohio and Michigan ON the north,
AMI bv them connect with the New
York anl New England Improvements,
nni the Virginia aud Kentucky i'm.
provcmcn,s on the south, i, would be.
come very general source of travel
But its principal advantage would be in
tho outlet 10 the rich agricultural ana
mineral .esourccs Of the entire Symmcs
creek valley, which is by far the best
agricululul distric, for many miles
along the river either above or below.
The produce Of the farms under the
existing state of the roads, and the diff.
culles Of getting to market, is not worth
much, ans more than half rs much
at home as on the bank of the Ohio
river. This of itself would afford q
considerable revenue 10 the road, while
on the other hand the iHcrc1sc in the
price Of produce, and consequent rise in
: the value of real estate, would be a sul'
iicient inducement for every farmer in
that entire region 10 take stock in the
road. to the utmost extent OF his availa'
-, Bile means, as the money so expended
would be more than saved in the in
creased value Of his land. Again
there are abundant deposles Of iron ore
and stone coal, along the entire route
lhat are only waiting an outlet TO mar
kei, to make it one OF the richest sec
tons Of the country, having within it.
| self all the clements Of wealth, com
bining both agricultural and manulactur.
ing interests. We hope TO see such a
course adopted by he friends Of the mca'
sure, as will bring it to the favorable
consideration of capitalists, and secure
its speedy construction. We are yer;
sorry to learn that an excitement has
been create in resarl to the terminus o
The proposed road, before it is knowr
whether there viii be road. This j:
premature, and altogether calculated tc
retarl, if not entire 'y defeat the pro ject
And still further, we understand ,ha
the citizens Of The upper port on of th'
county are making i, test question 70
the nomnalion Of canlidoles for lh
Legislature. This reminds us Of tn
two poultry boys that co, into dis
pule as to which should have the "roost
crs," and which the pulIe;s from som
cges tha, they were about 10 set he
upon, which ran so high lhev broke tn
eggs, and destroyed all their grand antic
pations. The entire incon sis,cncy {
such course is plain, from two or thre
ons in particular. First, there ca
be no action in the Legislature upon tn
subject, as they are not privileged
, the Constitution 10 legislate upon loct
. questions, so tha, the representative ha
T no more to do with it than any othc
man. The general act provides for n
organization ofrailroad companies, an
the first thing to do is to organize
company, and secur. the subscrip,o
f, for stock, When they are obtained tn
, stockholders will take into consideri
. ton the advantages Of the various ,e
mini proposed, and adop, such as the
think vii afford the largest profit upo
+ the expenditure. To undertake
dictate 10 capitalists where they may
, noy nat e8pend their money, is to d
+ feat the object upon which the meas III
rests solely for its succe ess, viz: tt
requisite means to build W wi,h. We no,
to see such spirit Of moderation
=. this matter, as will facilitate the wo,
instead Of retarling it.
The Democratic Convention tn
meets today, has important work 10 d
, TO orcaniyc The pnrtV. ana TO srlect "a,