Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-02-17
For the Enquirer.
CO. Tor he LHfAEFtT
Rail-.

ot'A'IniolS With IHE
RAIL ROAD.
IN former article endeayored TO show where The
neSon should be- and briefly why should be mao. TheI
o sun some further matters which wish 20 ca the
e"'oh OIL his General Assembly and the moneycd and bl
sness men OF Eastern Virginia. TIE time is nov present
Gu ""eh thesc questions be considered in raocu
light Two years hence when the Baltimore interest ha
completed s connections t. the entire fade on
travel OF Southern and South Eastern Ohio it will beco
mere matter OF curious speculation Now is the lime 70
virginia to act If she wishes her Of West
trade and rave-te share that natural advantages
and position ensure 10 her If she has the wist1a 10 in
prove them.
Now is the time 10 rcassert this important posi-
on Baltimore has her SIS 0O00 900 loan; her stock IS it,
present low rate OF Sio TO The share Of $780, rapidly passing
INTO the hands OF capitalists into the hands OF who
can afford TO advance another SIS the share gHd !her
make the read what should be- and conncciions snct
as VIII secure to It all the trade of Southern Ohio By lend
ing aid 10 the tilsboro road-by aiding in running road
down The Ohio from Pomeroy point opposite the mouth
OF the Big Sandy rvershc draw In all the capital and
and business men in tnt part of Ohio to sup.
port OF her policy and her interests These aids
on the ground that the road aided shall send ali regh
tire Baltimore roads to the city of Baltimore. The bu
slness men will also be in Tho interest," because they
Will be stockholders in these roads, aided in construction
by Baltimore capital Hence this policy carried out, and
an Ohio conneSon will be Of little value, when Ohio men
have no common interests in the Virginia routes Whereas
Iii the kanawha extension is made the Gapolis and Ma
rietta and Cincinnati Rail Road Companies will have d
rect interest in sending eishts in this direction as their
roads will be shaped in reference It, sOciious thct
Virginia should look into and understand The vi
ta Importance OF this aspect OF the subject am satisfied
that al present. they not of hst they do not
see 10 its relation 10 the future growth ard and
wealth of this ancient Commonwealth lfacon is omitted,
South Eastern Ohio will be compelled unite with the Bal.
moe influence md acquicsce 10 the Baltimore connexon
Gonnexion which is not 10 their interests as much as
this Virginia connection.
the freight My present impression is that this route will be
cheap as any other for freight passing from Cincinnati to
New York. The mouth Of the Big Sandy is loU miles
above Cincinnoti the Big Kanawha 200 miles; Parkes
burg is 800; Wheeling 35 miles; and Psburg
about 46O or 47U miles. The Virginia road hcn s The low
est the river Flour be carried from Cincinnati TO the
termination of the Virginia road n about twelve cents
per barrel Freight has been carried from Cincinnati TO
Psburg len cents per 100 lbs and al fifteen cents ia
considered fair business. At present. the rate s or was
lately owing to the press OF business twenty cents
Wheeling and thirty Pittsburg At these rates boats full
The freight from Richmond 10 New York is about twenty
five cents on barrel Of -four about II cents 100 lbs
and also on this end Than by The Baltimore route and will
be- say thirty: cents per barrel twenty-five cents
per 100 lbs This rail road line it ia true is little longer
than the Baltimore road but its favorable grades and
will enable this road carry cheap il cheap
e than that road The price Of fregh;s from Cincinnati TO
New York. by the Northern route Is said TO be from 81 IS
81 ou per !UU os Flour Is however usually carried al
less rate per 100 lbs. Why then not this route even to
New iork as cheap II not cheaper than any other7-
the winter and fall from Is 10 81; is pow worth
81 25 In this city il is worth So Can cost IS cents
bring bushe OF wheat lron the Ohio river this cty?
Why should not Richmond mIers bring this wheat here
be ground2 Business will best understand this matter
can merely call attention 10 il.
Again why shond Ohio produce be shipped directly
from Richmond and Norfolk TO Europe This is now an
immense business and is yearly increasing Baltimore talks
OF line of ocean steamers thence 10 England ii such
line will pay from Baltimore will pay better from Nor
folk Vas; quantities Of beef and pork put up in Gin
cuna, expressly on English account. Why should not
This pass by this route England instead OF going New
in 2uo miles less nan the
New York, at much less cos:.
Again Virginia has the capital 10 compel portion OF H.
produce is always bought Eastern capitals
MIN s nss n9 ns ssR' @ SC
shipped to the accepo he ses remburscs himse Tor MS
commissions and The loan oi his name aud cata ana ls
The Eastern capitalists and Western buyer divide the oht
between them; while if loss occurs The capitalist Is hst 10
be paid and the loss falls the Western purchaser Now
is there not capital and credit here 10 do the same
The Bonks of Virginia might with perfect safety circulate
GOO 600 Of their paper in Southern Oho Ohlo has only
some 81 0OO00O OF banking capital for the whole State
hence foreign paper constitutes more Than oneha o he en-
tire circulation Her trade tends oworGs New ORR
for the OF any other outlet and Eastern paper every
where found largely infused into her ccnlaon Inc paper
of tho Banks OF Hartford New Harrn and other places III
New England Is scattered broad cast over Ohio, and from
necessity crcuaes freely being employed 10 buy up ONO
produce Once Virginia paper constituted almost entirely
The only foreign bank paper circulating in South Eastern
Ohio II would be precrred 10 this Eastern paper hui
it is had. All trade in this direction s cat oil and
with It The circulation OF Virginia bank paper Why should
Virginia employ her banS paper he credit 10 enefos he
share Of this trade and of this circulation an1 enjoy The
profits incident 10 it! Here is the natural outlet for this
! trade and way should ii not come here
Let Virginia shape her policy 10 obtain II, and thcn
promptly put herself in condition 10 complete it, and the
cities Of Rchmond and Norfolk will feel its lic.3iV!nG e
iecl. There can as this trade, be rivalry between
these two points, any than there is between Albany
and New York. The export trade Of Richmond cannot nc
doubled without Noo!ks sharing in its profits. Large
vessels cannot come Richmond and ireghs for foreign
shipment must be loaded elsewhere When once put on
smaller vessel tow or steamer, II can be carried about as
Cheap 10 Norfolk point, since the handling ls
10 be the To unPreudced mind there can be no
uncertainty this question II for the interest OF Norfolk
10 bring into Richmond freight for foreign shipment; IT,
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les acting though their interests could be anagonisc
They Identical what Increases the export trade OF Rich
mond must increase that OF Norfolk Hence il is much the
interest Of Norfolk TO press through he Covinson and
Ohio road with It's Ohio connexOn by the mouth OF The Big
kanawla 1t is Of Richmond; nay more, because this
conncXion will be the creation oil torcgn export trade
which will proporonaby benefit her more Than Richmond
This extension will greatly add TO the value OF the other
works Of Virginia. This vast trade OF the Wes! must add
10 the freight which pass other roads OF the State
The Income OF James River improvement and that OF the
Central road would be doubled by this extension of the y
gina railroads 10 The great valley of the West Is this
Ter Of people of Virginia. considering the
great she has invested in public improvements i'm
provcments which at present are local. but which become
national the moment her Central roa is driven forward TO the
| Ohio river aud an Ohio connexon2
Permit me say word 10 tho gauge in Ohio The
Northern gauge four feet and all The roads in Ohio have
that gauge excepting the Marietta and Cincinnati road which
has the feet 6n gauge The Gapois road proposes
adopt the This feet Sh inches gauge ia the Penn
not as i, has called the esoH gauge If there any
such guago that feet 10 inches and feet 9S inches
las s The most extensively laid down in the free
Stntes The Marietta and Cincinnati road adopted the
cereH inches gauge, the Pennsylvania Ma
ryIand and Virginia gauge
thus endcavorcd TO call the attention Of Virginia
statesmen and business 10 the important questions in
voved the extension Of her rail roads TO the Ohio river
and to Ohio connection. Living in Ohio, and upon The
Ohio river and being pretty well acquainted with Ohio trade
and travel can have doubt Of the ability of Virginia
command large share Of this trades trade, the
magnitude of which man comprehend, who Is no
acquainted with the West, with Cincinnati aud its com
merce The great export trade of the Union in agricuuu
products, is be fed from the West. Here the wheat
corn and pork and beef which 10 feed Europe
be raised Hence this trade will be build up seapor
towns and cities Ohio is anxious for conneSion witt
tide. water through Virginia She needs outlets
for her products Shall che have hem7 This question
be answered by the present Legislature of Virginia
Being an Ohio man. Interested in The accomplishment o
Virginia connexou with Ohio have taken the liberty
10 cay what have said In the hope OF promoting the
cess Of policy In which believe Virginia has deep
er nerest than South Eastern Ohio itself. OHIO.
THE GADSDEN TREATY PROVISIONS.
WAsH,SoroS, Feb l3.-The following are tho plincipn
provisions of Mr. Gsdsdens treaty. before the Senate
Isl. Tho new boundary commences Two marine leagues
por,h OF the of the Colorado giving
California and between latitude thirty