The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-01-11
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
wrnNTspAY MORNING. JANUARY II, 1854
aI1oRT TRAcK or THE CENTRAL ROAD.

MORNING. JANUARY u, 1854.
SHORT TRACK or THE CENTRAL ROAD.
No Railroad ever had more enemies to con
tend with--more difficulties of every kind to
oppose its progress, than has the centsai
Road. thas encountered a protracted con-
troversy with the Richmond, Fredericksburg
and Potomac company, lin maintaining It's
rights to use the extension OF its Eoaa rom
the Junction to the city,l which II suceeeoea
in constructing under circumstances OF BE-
rious pecuniary difficulty.
Having obtained neutrality-suspicious. from
year to year. aided by the net profits oil the
company, which were dedicated to the work
of construction, the road has gradually ad'
vanced Westward, until there Is hope OF
the line being pushed through to the ONO
river. At this crisis, the company tfore-see
ing that the amount OF business woula re-
ouire double track, if their operations were
confined to their original line, which IS very
indirect one,D it is proposed in lieu Oh 'n =:
double track. to build one on liae more I'll
rect to Charlottesville, supposed 10 snoi'eA
the distance some 20 to % miles WINCH - '
s;onad TO accommodate the Western pusi-
ness leaving the old Road TO accommodate
,ha iooo, business east of the Blue Ridge
frorn cordonsville. But an independent com
80 e,ons forward and modestly requests
the Central company to stand asioe' anu to'
them enjoy the rich harvest which would De
reaned from their patient labor
It seems from a recent puoiicaeioh' 'ha'
Hassrs Epw'D. w. NORRIS, Gee. FLEEING
"a GEORGE d. MAsos, ofthe county OF Han-
.ver have informed the President that the
people along the line of this proJecteo shof'
track, were induced to petition tor an ihue'
pendent Road, upon representation Iha' Tue
Central company would not run their caFs
dopn this road at all, but only from Is'c"-
zsond pestaeard This opposition from the
people along the line, created some little EN-
barrassment, but it turns out, that IL was
based on an entire misunderstanding OF the
Company's purposes and remons'fahces
against the incorporation OF new company
have been signed by large number OF the
neople. as soon as they learned what was the
true state of facts.
At this day of enlightened progress in the
great Railroad system, and its attendant bles-
sings. individual interests would sacrifice the
rights and interests of the commonwealth, by
voluntarily throwing distractions IN the way
of her trade, which other States are iaborlng
to remove. While efforts are made at the
North to extend Railroad connections, with
uniform gauge, we have grave proposltio1
to introduce different gauge, upon line
which would otherwise have uniformity Tor
long distance while at the North, for the pur
pose of eheapening freight and expecting
travel, number of Roads, originally dis
tinct, are consolidated into one, as is the cas'
of the New York Central, here in Virginia, l
is proposed to break up line legitimaseiy
long one, which of course would WORK mar
moniously, into detached parts, that Woui'
be at war with each other.
In view of the efforts making at two
three other points, to divert the Western
trade from Virginia to the markets OF GU
Northern rivals, in which they viii combin
every facility of transportation, it would D
an act of madness to have first break
gauge on our road, and to create an lndeper
dent company to work this short line' an
thus unnecessarily and wantonly to embarraf
+ha free transit of business over our line.