Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-05-24

Where these great staples are collected anu e&-
ported. there foreign merchandise in direct m
portations will find its way-and the time i not
far distant when the great cities Of the OHIO WI
ley will import large quantities Of their merehan-
die direct Indeed. this is now the case at en-
cinnnti, aud will be more and more 50. Give To
this line from Norfolk to Cincinnati speed Of
30 miles an hour. and a merchant in twenty five
hours can pass from Cincinnati to Norioik.-
Light merchandise, therefore, imported into Nor
folk. may without breaking packages be placed
upon the levees Of the Queen City in about p
/ hours after they are landed at the wharYes at
Norfolk
This considering the easy grades and curves
ofthis line, would be a very moderate speed; and
no good reason can be assigned, why, as greater
perfection Is attained in railways, the cars upon
thi line should not move at the rate of b or I'D
miles an hour. This would make the trip in -
or Il hours The communication between Nor
folk aud New York is now made by steam ships
in about u hours; 50 that the passage could be
lnade on the completion of this line, between the
Empire city and the Queen city Of the West, IN
from BIO i hours full quick us it is now made
by nny Of the great northern lines. Whenever
a railway oonnexion through New Jersey shall
have been established between n. York and
Norfolk, the trip between them will not take o.
yer ten hours 50 that n merchant may soon 90
from y. \ DIRK 10 the Queen city in from 30 to %
hours With these statistics in view, who can
reasonably doubt That vast travel will pass
over this Norfolk and Ohio line, by merchants il
travelling to or from the city Of y. York. In
cold weathert will certainly be the favorite route;
aud in SUI ner the delightful watering places of
central Virginia will possess very powerful at
traction upon travel.
For these rea ons, the estimates herenbefore
made of the number of through passengers over
this line cannot but be regarded as very moderate
and TINT considering tine rapid increase of pop
ulation in the West, aud the vast implications of
commerce between the East and the West lO0,-
900 through passengers might be reasonably ex
peetrd to pass annual over this line as soon Us
the same i completed. Who then can entertain
the slightest doubt that, as compared with the
other grcat competing lines, the Norfolk and
Ohio line does possess facilities for getting full
share Of the trade and travel of the great Vest
The summary of the estimated increase of this
Norfolk and Ohio line, given in former number
of these papers, may seem cXtrayagant-yet it
would he difficult to show that any item of those
estimates was too large. As compared with
the income al the New York aud Ere Railroad
for ls52 ii will appear quite moderate. The
gross income Of hat road OF 4ol miles was es-
timated at the enormous sum OF Sl,000000.-
The Norfolk aud Ohio line 800 miles, at
this rate would yield nm income of Sl,475, Is
Why may not the Virginia line compete with the
Erie road 1t has the advantage in curves and
grades The former will not probably cost over
SIS 100000. The latter cost the round sum of
SCI ,00OG00.
The Norfolk aud Ohio road will pass through
a country far richer in natural resources, than
the Erie road-hnd these resources will rapidly
he deyeloned by It's construction. They both
drnena n n trent measure upon the same com
mon reaion to, n larpe part of their through bust
ness. The one will be obstructed more or less
ly ice and snow-tho. other will be unobstructed
from these causes. The New York road has the
connection Of the Central road from Buffalo to
Albany. and of the Erie Canal, more power
fal thnn the competition of the Baltimore aud
OHIO rnilreod will be with this line. 1t is how
over unnecessary to speculnto unon this matter.
M tbonqh the nronrietv Of CONSTRUCTING This
o,oat thoronghfare dcnended upon its Immediate
reyonne. Wbcihrri it nt first pad a revenue M
IN it.. cost i n mnttor of very rttl, consequence
in comparison with the positive enhancement of
real and personal property, occasoncd by it, and
the stimulus given to all industrial pursuits-and
in the Development of all the resources of the