Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-12-03

poland every who knows any thing ct far-
ming, knows that this would be almost as bad n
going to New Market and the difference IN Ia
vor of the cannl for chenpness would carry them
ON. But how would il be with farmer living }
miles below the Claiborne Depot and "a miles
from New Market Il take NELSON'S 6gures.)
lie could mike two loads Ia the Depot IN day
and but one 10 the canal. therefore he would 20
- the railroad.
This is matter settlcdby every days expo
enoe and not by Hftie sums, worked out ON pa
per But this argument was first used by Canal
men who are, and have always been IN favor Of
the two lower routes. II i not an upper route
argument. Doubtless "NEIsoN" would like to
keep il for home consumption. Wecontend that
a railroad located high up the country VIII force
the Canal to lower its tolls and frelghts, anu
thereby, it would benefit the farmer on the bank
of The Cnnal. For. if the Canal gets any freight
except TINT on her banks she must bid for H.
9TH. W. are in error rs 10 the Dutch Creek
lands, and that part of the Dutch Creek line
which we said alone would not be benefited by
the Claiborne route " NELSON says ~ 4-5thz OF
the line Well if il is 4-5ths oft, it Is the short
est line TINT ever n noise made about. b
miles from Charlottesville to Lynchburg about
~ from Charlottesville to the junction of these
lines leaves 81 from the junction to Lynchburg
and from Iyc River TO Lynehb1rg, % miles,
leaves l3 miIes-which "NEtsON' says is l-5ths
OF the line, and is the part to which we have done
Afi great lHIuhllge. YIN inls Ia mics i've Jus
NJ. billiard, II. Brown, Dggs and snead, whose
names he has mentioned the lands of these gen
tlemcn lie within from To miles of the Claiborne
route: So that these nre not hurt much, aud
there is but the resi- of the l3 miles 10 be damag
ed four large plantations being off.
But We said the Dutch Creek lands were not
worth as much Us the Upper Nelson lands, by
half. lie admits ii IN one place, aud, by implica-
tio1, denies il in nnothcr,nnd mentions IL plan
tations among the finest lands in Nelson. We do
not dispute the quality of the lands mentioned but
how many of them lie on Ouch Creek |, Mr.Pow-
ellis does ! other,Mr Gordon lies in the gap,nt
the head of it, !, Mr. Sncads, lies in 3 miles of
Loyingston, and his land we believe comes up to
the stage road; and II of these l3 live in circle
between 1ye River and Gordon's Gap, whose
dius is about miles. Why, this attempt at hum
bugging Does not every man in Nelson know,
that this IS not approach to sample Of the
lands to be benefited by the Dutch Creek route.
capt. Brown and Mr.. Snead would laugh at the
idea of being called Dutch Creekers. We receiy-
ed our information, to the price of Dutch
Creek lands, from gentleman living at MurrdFs
Shop. But it is amusing To observe the manner
IN which he extracts consolation from the nferi-
GRITTY Of his lands. Why, the damages will be
less aud the railroad is 10 be sort of mission
nry, sent to relieve the poor-we believe the
poor house is over there somewhere
9TH. This is the entire last piece, showing
omitted by AMHERST"
Well, he has shown some shocking features :"
| but whore they exist none save he can tell. We
might easily believe, from the picture he has
/ drawn, that he was not attempting To locate II
railroad Dutch Greek, but that he had been
! employed by the anti-interna improvement men,
or the Mannossa' Gap Company, to find land in
this region through which railroad could not
! pnss. Really one who writes thus against any
railroad route, who is 50 ferocious, cannot be the
calm old gentleman, we hive suspected. Unjust
be some young gentleman of Sieek hair and de
! dghtJui coHnteAance who Is anxious to thrust
his maiden quill drought the first engineer who
dares locate that iniquitous Claiborne route The
way he 'cAnrgos, for . column, would convince
any one, that he was the opium eater" But af
ter writing all this, thinking, perhaps, he had
oyershot himself he makes n gap To get out at
lumeratng all the shocking features" to-wt :
and perhaps 3 tunnels, and three high bridges
and dreadful cuts, and shocking places, ''too nu-
merous To mention he says; ~ hare no per
soHai kaowiedgc Of The ftcts dbore stated, for
hare not seen the locations, nor hare | seen or
communicated NTH either Of the engineers, since
these lines ieere Surveyed. BHt they come 10 me
from sources cntiHed 10 all credit, and there fore
feel justifed in using them" Well, if he
knows no better, we forgive him but, really, af-
ter this statement, ono might suppose some wag
Ind been "poking fun ut him.
We happen to be perfectly familiar with the To-
cation, the land, &c, where the Upper route
CROSSES lAe and Pney Rivers. We have seen
and talked with the Engineers before at the
time, and since, they run the lines through these
places, and we have never heard of the necessity
of the tunnel at Loyngs Gap, or Mr.. Claiborne ;.
We have heard the question mooted, whether or
not tunnel could easily be made at these places,
aud certainly, if either of these three tunnels
were necessary to the construction of the road on
the Upper route, we should have heard oft
We were told by the Engineers, who surveyed the
routes that the Upper route was practicable
and ce took it for granted, IL ,cas. We doubt
not there are difficulties ON both routes, and that
taero are cheap and fine grades ON both, and we
further believe a good road can he made either.
Now which will be most beneficial to I4vnchburg.
the countless and the Company ''NEIsoNn Of
fers no argument to show any thing else, than
the mpraetcability of the Claiborne route, and IN
ssts that II has been rejected by the Chief Engi-
neer. We'll, If this be 50, it presents the strange
anomaly OF road being rejected by the Engineer
and condltionally adopted by the Company.
The resolutions passed by the stockholders at
Alexandria have settled the question, if we can
get the money and the road is practicable, within
reasonable cost-and we leave the question to
"NELsoNsn arbitrntors 1.-THE chain, compass and
quadrant and to the transcription lists"
We have offered reasons, why Iynchbnro
should subscribe for this line locomotive they
are not oyerthrown to wit; that most produce
Will he conveyed over this route: more way
travel Will be gotten; and more money subscribed.
! LNnchbnrg's subscription will count here and
have its due influences.
We desire to bring this article and this paper
war to close by correcting some IDEAS of mel
SON IN regard to "lawyersn and ''cliques :" and
replying to some personal illusions thrown out in