Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-05-13

Etrrnhrtr linz h@ cost viii not hr 50 gteat a. on
the Blue liidrr Tunnel wl therefore in estimating the
"'>' stfh" medium between SIR Shaws estimate ani HE
cost "i u" Einc Ridge tunnel and place I,A, ian.
lh'n II w'l doubtless cost viz Sl00 per linear The
tunnels The Ggeenbrie would therefore coat $780,
wv, ana on the Monroe route $50 0lur whilst tunnel
On le Monroe route estimated hy Mr Shaw, the line
RAINING down Indian creek from The Salt SuIpnr Ia Indian
ai ana wl be avoided by change at route, and shorter
sno'rn,ri VIII sill leave at the 500 feet estimated
W MN; there shonl Then br added Mr. Shaws estimate
,nF m ah1ci'hg IL The Grrrnrrr line, s2t2 600 and 10 The
"hf," ine 1000 Alr Shiws estimate for rock cutting
"'s bc rroneoGs The C;reenbrir route, have before
air' PASS large portion cl The along prrciplou
",Hy mus hc Monroe route generally through, cultivated
~ ana pasture lands. There lilau about
~ s o utb2 n the Monroe route ha are encl0sei and
1r plsura"c, with very little ilanY. heavy
81 WI! Shaw pnls The rock-cutling on the Monroe
' a. ao" 'o per centutn than The Grtenbrier
hht mere some mistake here; il may he has inaIer
% %St, '.e cutting IN the Grcenbrlcr line TO the Mon
roe lle and rice II So il wuld anpsar reasonable
"'' 'S"eu se'etil gentlemen, well acquainted with both
routes, what they wund suppose the difference To- be in rock.
"'n@ ." "e v" lihcs-ani they have invariably replied
i"r ." mitch IN The Gtrcnbiirr ms on The Munro oe line:
'' '' '"7 ' nh'irr ih"i the uari Of Public Works will
nave thoroughly x 'nned by enlightened Engineer be.
ln" any location viii be made, desire claim Tor
IN Monroe route than entitled vii ace Ina rock
Monfnr nni adding it 10 The Grrrbrirr rsinn each cost
eli ooo iierr "l i' saving al distance the Monroe
nm, D. taAin. The l.ancl creek route, three miles
W.T. l''t"re subtract The cost OF budding three miles
me arcr"@c cost per mlr estimated which is $50 S24
me lhrt" miles will make SG2iI2 There will also be
ihs d: iihih9 l Laurel creek route building
81 'hlcs would $50 600: bu as the cut.
ia" III ihr three ridges The Allegheny inc
ir Sws estimate saving in bridges will be left To oil
sci I!Ai There should then be added tu Mr. Shaw's cst
mate OF r Gncnbr"r rpuc S2}6 500 and 10 per for
r'2tnrr'inG ana contingencies; making S2G04S0 There
sh'nl Then be- suhrac from lhc Annr route. S77,272,
nni ~ per ccn Tor engineering and contingencies; making
"9 Tie cost ui single track railroad wouli there
inr" On i urreabrer route amount 10 The sum o 81 $751;,
i tl: Mnnrnc roui 10 81 26S 5g5 difference in favor
ii MnE:"c route, S6l2 55I
But when II Is considered that this will pass into
The great OHIO and Mississippi Valleys aud will afford the
shortest route nr the transit oi produce from thence
Alnc seaport; that passes into The most extensive Can
MI aud Bltuinous coal fields in America (ag asu Anlhra
c",) extending a"n. the knnawha and New rivers 100
miles; that the Canned coal nnst valuable and bcau,.
ni II all GOALS lies here nb"tLri IN ncNhausbe luant
rs r'm II not superior, Ia any known in the world and
which must become IN genera piOr coal Tor the
Navy aud "a" all steamers that IL
- 'fni2 The most extensive sat manufacturing valley IN
n United States, and through country rich in agricultural
productions and which capable OF producing 9 lOths
tah "vcr harri"orct will al APPEAR that single
track railroad won afford transportation for little than
1.-THE o the rti4hIs that wnuid srrk There must
b. double track rauad the trade will demand iand in
making estimate ni the cost, should made
with regard double and single track rail road :.
Nllt would The grading oi additional track cost! The
Monroe route as las been already stated passes chiefly
through cultivated farms, with very little SLEEP grade,
and additional rail roud bed could b. constructed with but
c cost-rertaInly not more Than mnicty Of the cost Of
the first
The Grecnbrcr routeis drcn passes long distances
along very Steep rugged nils and consequently very heavy
Sfad IN places (dnbes- Tie earth and would
have bc removed for 40 5Uiect above The bed n the road
and wunl think tie grading The second track would cost
than The first But may c0mplii upon
that score will that the additional track thr Green
brrr route will than the Monroe. viz: one
moictv o the cost o The first will put the supestructurc
and equpmen-as there will be additional dcpOtS and
neededat St 600 per mile and add per for
engineering and contingencies. The additional track on hr
Grrrnhrrr route would cosi 81 l0Illl the Monroe
S7S6 o3 The dunhr track the Grcrnbrcr route would
81 95~ CO. The Monroe s. 05 6l2 difference III Ia
o Monroe rontr, S9S%d4s. Bat ni, is mol ALL The
Legislature has passed act aunrzing the cOnstrnct"
railroad from the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad 10
the CUrinntDn and Ohio Rauad-the State To subscribe
three iitIs oi The necessary 10 build H. From what
ran learn this road will DC built and II had the space
ihnE cru! demonstrate that it wnuli hc "crv valuable
and important road when built II The Monroe rDntc sal
be adopted that road would nerscc al the Mouth o Indian
creek saving The making OF fifteen miles OF road viz
IRON the mouth Of Indian creek 10 The mouth n GtcnGer
and fifth oi the branch between the roads aforesaid =
his will be saving 10 The Stale ui S2uJOGJ ScU Ol
which added 10 the s933Gi5 makes The sum Of 81 6i5
wlirI would be saved treasury Of The Commonwealth
| by the adoption OF The Monroe route.
M Shlw has ~ rnIA which he says ''has The merit
entire originality tanard The distances upon thr two rival
rnnrr- and The rquatei distance OF IN,
Monroe route HE GrcCnber route nj 2255l miles
I'ndrr The Giscovsry o this rule of Mr. Shiws il had been
supposed that independent oil friction there were two fess
10 loeomuon in the transit Of tonnage, viz grad
rn's and curvalnrrs and that abrupt UhJec
tonahi high grades; yet MIR. Shaw rule applies 10 bn
of these 10 vii: gradients He also estimates tit
traHsnortation and passengers these mag.
Mars - 81 miles tonnage, II cents per ihlic
in paSSenaers cent per mile making the cost per Inile
$50 annual charge Of S262IS (Which s the interest
On HE sum Si31 $3.50 which hc says must be added u
ia, pr capital on this line II IL somewhat extra
ordinary that whilst Mr. Shaw says, III note, trht Inc
Monroe Gc may hereafter be modified by an tqna ION io
curvature that he attempts 10 make such qiton
l. heranr il is nut contained in his re me ne if":n
Col Crows Ia The mouth oi Indian creek l. very
s,ru!ht, running almost due Vest from thence 10 'h'
month The Gfrcnbrer is North North west and scarcely
throughout lis whole length. and frequently the BINDS are
very abrupt aad the line ol road throughout on me
North sid, VI fiver the must occasionally he Oh
least for short distance which wohln
cay triad the speed u the locomotive The Monroe rome
therefore, surely be greatly modied by an equation :"
But need only say [" take alr Sha" rue a.
applied these lines, and apply [" wo lines 81 r"h my
miles each in length the with continuous grades hi nO'
more than the mile, and which tram would run
yrr with ease 30 miles the hour The other with grade
ri 200 per me for two miles, then " cet per hii:
throughout curvaInrcs with radius nt oUO ieet upon
which, all level locomotive could not get over al d
greater speed Than Is miles 10 The h'nr-ihr llnc Wholly ln
DraC ticahr OF 2UO feet grade AMI so oh"clon
bile OF curvarnr"s Mr. Shaw rule "onid max.
much The shortest AMI preferable route am told bY
zen; hlln who has made calculation, mat Mr Slh"
rule arp,i Ia the Baltimore ard Ohiu RnlIr"hd would
more lhan double the distance ni the road and me same
charge for Transporting and passengers on 'e I'M
,cnary distance would amount 10 sThcr gum man me
MI yrpr Of the road and that instead of dSHih" rt
,.pt "a they hnva been doing, the company wohia hG
b,ukruu in Il few Surely II cannot oc wohdclI
at mis- rne Of Mr. Shrws "ha< the merit o entire ort
Iuiii rt apply the rule Ol cnWfion HaSoH
mon SENSE and which ot these routes - FAea"g
hr shortest Monroe route, from f.aSt I" west h'S
bat Is miles ascending grade and only SIX ." eSe
IA ,rt ucr mile; these have grade oil ~ irc I" m NM
mol TOO hinh for the cuf single locomotive engine III
IN. transportation Of passenger cars From "r. 4" r>as
,c are bu! 10 miles with grade as high az " icet per
mile and The highest grade these 10 miles l. only oS
feet 10 tie mr-a ruling grade IN the Virginia ahH
Tennessee Railroad There is bnt one short lnnnr VIZ at
m. Sail Sunur Springs the portal Oi which vii BE- u
cp and water station, and where the trains would hcccs
-arilv stop if there tunnel. This tunnel WI there
tpr. cause no delay the running OF trnn- what t't
shou train require upon favorable ouic a.
his with 60 p1u! rail the linear yard TO run te o.
mr-2 Twenty miles Tie hour womld be how esti-
u,,, W., will say rhcn the running time woGl' ne W."
and half hDa:a How would il b. with The hf"chorcI
rnu,! II will hc remembered that there are i've tnncIs on
This route three Of which, in the aggregate. axe NOR: liii
nrr mile in length Tunnels always "bcctOnaolr ana
-buni avuird il! possible The sensation produced upon
h by being suddenly smut nut from ts ooh'
.h; o iay and dashed into dark hole nneF ground wneh
danger ahead, cannot be l. exceedingly dsh
urecaD often heard passengers say thcy hhd raif
mile in icnnh-anh they expressed my own feelings
There can certainly br nothing agreeable or nrsio ~ any
class m per under ground Railroad eNc 10 hoo-
iian negro siraers. The travel through them 10 ode 10
be safe necessarily be very slow. ana ral's are CON
sGurny retarded in their speed THIS route mas
yrry heavy, objectionable grades, from East 10 west ah
correct my estimates, o than 2O icc '" me m'''
lryr i,p In Mr. mo