Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-10-27

on the 4 day Of this month, was les H.. = -
00O. 80 that there Is now nothing bev..,5 - -
tiansburg in the WY of the superstruetgr,
The track will hereafter be laid a. rar.i,n.
can be done with due regard to the faifI =,
eution of the work and il i eoniifionti,
that it will reach Abingdon, and perhap> H.. y
nessee line,by the end Of next year.
If this hope is realized, the whole Worl q.
IN operation in five years from the time vi
first spade was put in the ground
The Board have every reason to en,.,.r....
themselves on the rapidity and econom,.
which they hive accomplished tax ~
magnitude.
No work IN the Southern States, and NJ,
in the Union have presented greater nam
fcultes than this road You have scaled Il
/ leghanv, which has been done at but tW5 I
points. The Baltimore and Ohio Rail.
] which crosses this mountain, was commen,.5
i SIS, aud on the first day of June last tt,
+ lapse II p years, and at an expense of f,p.
millions of dollars, they completed Their vo5
II is true that their extension beyond cna1
land has been accomplished since Isis. but +,
CURED five and half years with the ya.t r..
ces Of that company and in region where i
/ amount of labor Mt command was almost mi
/ tied. There were for considerable tim. "a
laborers on that work, while the largest 6
which could be obtained on this work -.
j reached 1000.
Although the use of slave labor ON our u.
Is source of great economy, it is attended
this disadvantage: that it makes it difficult r..
lect "A force of white laborers on the same N
where Il considerable number of slaves are
/ ployed.
The next point at which the Allegban, ]
been crossed, is ON the Central line of p9,,
J 4
/ ls32, and when finished, formed IA part Of n -,
line of rail road and canal, connecting pIaa j
ha and Pittsburg. The line which connect.c e =
ga and Tennessee does not have To onooa.
the Allegheny and Blue Ridge formation
The Central railroad, which is intended -
percede the Portage, was commenced in III
and Is not yet completed. The New York /
. Ere railroad also escapes the Allcgbany
! building Of this road, with the resources of n
York Ia sustain If, occupied sixteen years !
has cost -27 100000.
repeat, therefore, that when it is rcmcn,l.
that your road crosses both the Blue Ridoe =.
Allegheny mountains, both the time occuHio5
its accomplishment and the cost at which # 4
been effected are causes of congratulatiop ia i
Board.
After reaching the summit of the Allecy..
the real difficulties of the road are over.
In compliance with the wishes of the Ee.
surveys have been made for the PURPOSE of =
ryng out the object of the following re,oht.
OF the Stockholders:
"ReSotped, That IN the opinion of the ,fod
holders OF this Company, branch of this 10
ought To be made to the Salt Works in Wa,bia
ton and Smythe counties As soon as the condt3
of the Company will enable them TO construct
and that a survey and estimate should be ma
for the same during the year, 20 as TO be N
scented to the Stockholders at their next ann.
meeting"
Very full preliminary surveys were mad
which resulted in the discovery of two routes
which the object may be effected.
One OF these routs reaches the Railroad n.
the College and the other III the land of \
kYbun. The two routes will be near
same length, being about seven and half ma
No actual location was made ON which an ae
rate estimate could be based, but it is belize
that branch can be made for SI40,O0O.
The product of these Salt Works as given
the last census was i45,00O bushels.
There can be no doubt that these works
capable OF yielding much larger amount of i
indeed the supplyseems almost inexaustiblc
1t Is only necessary to secure market that
manufacture may be increased to very a
extent. The Kanawha Works Weld more I'll
/ pf''os''o
dago Springs in New York las exceeded 5,9
600 of bushels,
The Salt of Washington and Smyth is sad
] be of unusual purity, and would probably be p
ferred in the market
Notwithstanding the large amount of salt ina
ufactured in the United States, there is aha
! 12,U00,00O of bushels imported from ahr8
/ Taking these facts togcther,it may be safely
stunned that 100000 bushels of this salt will
over our road which, at only Z cents Ca PM
below the average charge) would pay $4,000
But the Plaster will afford much larger ID
mage than the salt. 1t has been assumed byld
soils acquainted with the subject that, if ph,I
can be sold along the line of this road at = r
ton, 200,O tons will be used
Let Us assume that $4,000 tons will be ue,
and that 1t pays an average freight of - % I
ton: this would be 500, 900 and the two being
died gives Sl4O,000, as am annual income IN
the transportation of salt and plaster alone
Therefore the annual increase yielded to q
! Company, by the transportation of these IS
items would be equal to the first cost OH
branch. portion of this revenue would he d
rived from this source if no branch were hu
but this estimate shows the magnitude Of the
tcrest which would be fostered by such brand
The amounts assumed are believed to bel
below the truth, and it is not improbable that u
/ development of this Interest, consequent on
construction of the branch, would greatly exec
the estimate here given.
There seems therefore to be very little don
as to the sound policy of constructing this brand
if the means of the Company will enable them
/ do 50.
The estimate heretofore made for this read
not include the cost of any branches-if, thn
fore, it is decided to make this branch imma
ately it will be necessary to determine up
some plan for providing the means. The reed
mendation of "a particular route has been Pc
poned from motives of policy, and for the sol
reasons the stockholders should leave the srIe
/ ton Of route to be made by the Board
In obedience to the instructions of the l'oa,
have made three trips to Kentucky during