Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-02-01

listened with pleasure his vivid description of the iro
hors Win his breath o! mc and sinews of steel, dash
ing hiuush The nrges and ;aaunn. the heights Of The
leghancs. My friend ..cJ on in uyousnes 10 The seen
I" reyriry He witnessed The nrpal= Of Baltimore via
INC ohl'-cspousrls, richer far tasa occasion say
man those ni Venice in her palm, with the famed tdatiC
lie heseld the mig valley the Mississippi ur
nome at worlds OF wealth, population and pGwcT-t!:
hive industry to which The coun,ry lhni h.IIs on
seabead east vi The Ar2lanies will be- in Time hut TIA
fringe oi lady sa GI pressed under the wake G tn. com
81 Baltimore He bclrl the Governor. OF yirnnu am
maryland sink tho pride "i rlac and power and stand it
MS hour oil triumph. as satellites around that man wii"
uncomfortable crgy ana will have !r him The p!out
speculation Of "thc Napoleon Of The AIlcchanes."
me dream "i Washington. sir has been realized: the
ters n The chesapeake ard Ohm have been united All ih
vast results in' by the statesman will HuI
alas sir, his own nve Stale has not achieved and vii
no! reap The rich profit 0. the glory Of the deed.
aay ask, Mr. Speaker il thought of these things did
not steal over the gentleman from Northampton and sarte
INN In The midst Of The Outbursrs of rcye enjoy
by which he surrounded Did not sorrow minglc with
his gladncss Did he not think of his own Virginia o.
this blessed mother Of Us all, whose improvements hr had
LETT 10 angush BY his absence Did he think of all he
had done tu t"ar her in The pnsof what he
was doing 10 impede her onward way in the present =
Did he know that in his absence, bills progress
ing through the Legislature ng in their march, "Peion up
Ossa raise 10 oliur height the supremacy OF Ba
more2
Sir the gentleman from Northampton, while he nbicc,s
10 loans expresses s ardent wish that works could BE-
Quoted and pushed upon The principle the Bal.
timorc and uhiu Rail Road The gentleman knows that
Maryland aided the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Roat by loan
of ihnn three millions OF dollars. Why then extend
aid 10 ns! Maryland aided her improvements until she was
bowed bY the pressure Her sagacity has been rewarded
and she has emerged from the gloom her financial
difficulties and Is about reduce her The present
prosperity OF Maryland is subject Of Just cyultaon To her
sons and ervcnty hope that Virginia too may
Ioce in physical deveopemcn which shall advance her
more into the front rank OF her sister States.
have, nope successfully shown that the companies
meet their engagements the State must immensely by
the loan shall strive prove that The Souh-SIde,
the Danvle and Virginia and Tennessee Roads will pay
and mi l,unU f,lnur rntvp shall
first dspe Objection raised by my intelligent friend from
northampton, The increased Gusts OF tho Soutl-Sidc
Road incurred by taking HE farnvlic rone-athon2h do
not consider This gemanc Ia the question before
il easy remove the objection and satisfy my friend
that shall once do il. (Irre Mr.. W. gave r reasons
for taking the route BY Farmvilel
shall proceed, sir I" ascertain The probability Of
the companies being enabled 10 pay interest loan En-
gneers estimate that in every settled country rail road 100
miles long will be srltsupporng In no part OF oh" can
rail road tc made said By her Engineers, 90 miles
long, which will not pay. The Virginia and Tennessee
Danville and Side Roads regulated bv law
constitute for the purposes OF travel and transportation
Improvement. The laden at the Tennessee
line pass Richnond Petersburg and will pass
the ship Norfolk City Point Ii s line Of great
length. From III. Tennessee line to Norfolk, is Than
400 miles The Petersburg Road is l2O miles long, and in
addition other advantages binds three cities together and
will unite four 1t will bear Western Virginia 10
The metropolis II constitutes route for business and
expeditions the springs and 10 the scaboad Tor wealth
Or pleasure.
The Danve road Is l4O miles long, and binds together
Richmond and Petersburg and the rich valley Of the Roam
,keonc Of lis connects Richmond with the South
Side Read. The Two roads will forever dovela in business
and mutually td each other With its present and pros
connections The DanvIc is second but roads
The Union. The Virginia and Tennessee road is 25 miles
long, and through country OF unsurpassed nsricnlr
n and mineral rt.0urces-it will with roads Of the
guage terminating Memphis. in 'lcnnesseebindia
together with ;is sister lines the waters of the Chesapeake
md the mighty Mississippi Ii rail road made from Ac
,hs 10 California these lines will unite together in al
most n"broks" river Of iron The Afnc H5 and Pacific os r
Ut,np piit IL Work
Virginia and Tennessee Road vii, , rhina @ ,bis sim.
IL = ,ans, h lion arises will these roads pay =
e 3rsaSa sais m vita the exception Of Ii"
leaboad road which know nothing, as il does not fc
nr 10 the Board of Public Works assert that there Is
o completed rail road In Virginia 60 miles long, winch
ors not nav The Winchester road only 81 miles long,
ays l2 ps cent The Richmond and Fredericksburg ltna'
ays dividend of per cent and provides SINKING innn
nd interest Il heavy debt The Petersburg ROAD pays
er ctnha lately riunishei the road, and rlaa II WIN
eu w on and is rapidly paying of the small debt II owes
hese things vcuchrd by the record Then why any dis
rust roads iavorahy lncned and OF d"nh" thc
rngrh1 But sir as intent to hansh every do"ht NJ |"
he soyency n the South Side Road shall at The ii>E OF
,rinuinp the House. examine in detail its probable business
In the exhibit o! tie Virginia and Tennessee kaii''ad
which has hrrn laid our desks, The distinguished thsi-
ter, Mr. Gaine, says: . ,
"l will b" assumed that the exported from The
nun,ics wkrrt the railroad furnishes facilities tor ran"p"
aun will rla the amount Of wheat, and lubacco
low produced This has been true o The counties lravcsen
y the New York and Erie Railroad and also ol the r"h
les by the Georgia Railroad The nercnra' tom
Transported these Is inIly tuui ="
yhtc AGRICULTURAL production ni The counties phtaff "
hose roads before these roads made
Upon 'hr above assumption MI 6arnet c,'nIha''s une
.nnagc which will pass over The Virginia ana icnneSSs"
sarond Al iO2 OUU ions OF 20O0 pounds each-oi which
mount 81 eco Of produce &c, will come down an"
o. 400 tons o merchandise, &C. will pass up Mr.. Gar
letts statement may not appear exaggerated "h"h we p
civc thai his calculation does not include Inc hofk, arr
,ucr p"aioes coal iron, lead. salt, psuI &c ol lhc
,ast region through which his road pcnctra'es
Taking however from abundant caution, ana not rom
NJ
rrived his estimate :" tonnage on The virginia ana
tennessee RaiIrnai make tho following calculation as 10
he business of The South Side 3arnnd and SHALL IN every
,ase kan against the road that may err il at alt on thr
atc side OF the tonnage coming down the virginia anu
Tennessee Road will doubt that one-tll1d WIZ pass
N the South Side Road either 10 Richmond or lecf'-
,urg Wien we reflect that there is no lransshrmtn no
no drayagt, wharfage, no dochagc no mum
,caon of agencies and Consequently, no accumnl'ion o
expense bur that The same cars, laden IN c LAT o ".
orders of Tennessee, will pass on either 10 tcnonn VI
Petersburg or as tho may be TO the ship at Cly ROM
u Norfolk all admit this is low estimate. Nonye
,cnce dispatch end economy unite 10 force lar more o "
nnape of the Virginia ami Tennessee Road over The re-
naiudcr OF what sin TRUTH made by legislation
inc OF The onc-itd which will pass down inc oou'hooe
Inlrnad will cuncede that wohiids viii pass On me
)anvlle Road from Burkc's Richmond yield nus lha
may err if u agans the r0ad-aioush When we r"' w
drr thai The vast bnlk Of The is not seeking VT
.ina ,ak, but The sadiest and cheapest ontEl 10 We"
ork il might be ensy demonstrate the contrary;
Ofihc through tonnage up, ;wohirds viii be chiefiy s"s
nanurcs, &c, forwarded ifom uin worm -
City Point tho SouthStc koad WI supios1 me- me ,e
nander pass over the Danvlc Road 10 BntRes ana cc
III the South Side To Lynchburg.
With the above elements Of calculation ana char2nS -
.Gnts per Of 2000 pounds per mile submit me snJu"
ID table II may be said, over estimate me Passc"
gers From the careful enqury do not thnk so' ou'
do bear in mind how low estimate the through Tonnage,
The prcscn, charges the cheapest route IN virginia "u
.wr The amount derived from that source 10 upwards VI
$500 00D 10
slr Garnett estimates down freight Virginia ana en-
roGd, nj tons , :, '-i'0
Onethd Of this amount passes To Sou sue Nah ~ oao
Road at l.ynchbure, tons io''-00
Concrdc one-hali for over estimate and we nave coo
down freight TO South Side Road, tons o'ooo
OF this amount say two thirds, 35 733 tons, stop al
Burkes. This al 2H C. per ton per mile IS soo''7'
~, \. 80. o, 'uns ns ur 'E is 5s6O
Mr.. G = estimate of up tonnage (merchann'Sc, @r
on Virginia and Tennessee road is 81 4UU tons; ne,
due hal II for over estimate. and II leaves 4o, @oo
tons; of this iwn-ihifds 2G 900 tons from Peters - oo
burg and Civ Point, III exc. per mile Is oo4oo
one-nlra ls4UU IONS rom pa'S.''0 '0"" q 227so
Total of value OF tonnage from Vit2hin and .o-
Tennessee Road s-''"-:
Freight and rom I.ynchhGrI snd rrihhF, my
t,lrrdent OF Virginia and Tenn, ssee ROAD, hitiF
manufactured tobacco, -four and other artici's IA
tended for northern market, and nercnahn,so
from the North, moi stopping at Rlchmunu "f 80
tr. sburg for Ly ynrhbars aud piclni'Y-tcchctu"S
c,rr;, ce ui ,rrscnt domestic traffic To Canal and