The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-09-20
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WEDNESDAY MORNING. sErrEMRER 20 =,

ERIE AND NORTHEAST RAILRoAD-The
New York papers publish at length the judg-
ment OF the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
on the dispute between the Erie and North
east Railroad and the town of Erie The
judgment was against the Railroad; those
portions of its track which lay on the streets
OF Erie and the Buffalo Road, are ordered to
oe removed; the company to construct new
western terminus on the limit of the borough,
and to pay all costs.
This decision is very distasteful to the New
forkers, who were the real litigants repre-
sented by the Erie and Northeast Railroad
Inc gauge question, which has been made an
apple OF discord in our own improvements,
was bone of contention between the peo-
pie of Erie and New York, and, as our read
ers well reeollect, led to some serious riots at
the former place. The New Workers, in or
der to secure the Western trade, wanted a
clear, unbroken gauge; the Erie people desir
ed break of gauge, to secure some benefit
from feeding passengers, and the transsbin.
ment OF freight while Pennsylvania at large
was also interested, on the side of Erie, hv
the projected Sunbury Road, which is to tan
the lake line at Erie. The New York Herald
thinks the decision of the Pennsylvania
Courts will be injurious to the best interests
of the State. The Importance attached by
the two principal States of the Union to a
break of gauge, should admonish Virginia to
avoid the suicidal course of introducing
break of gauge on her principal Improvement,
and thus forcing the western trade to forsake
her borders and attach itself, as in thar event
it must, to Uniform, unbroken line.
CoAL.-This is one of the articles in the
free list of the Reciprocity Treaty with the
British Provinces. Nova Scotia and New
Brunswick abound in coal, and New York
paper remarks, if they could sell it here un-
der duty of 20 per cent, they can certainly
afford to bring it in without duty 1t is to be
hoped this will lead to reduction of the ex.
travagant price of that article
CovINGToN AND ONO RAILRoAD.-The
Guyandotte Herald says that there is strong
probability, that, in short time the appre-
priation of s50o,oo0 to the Western division
of this road being expanded, there will be a
suspension of operations.
The Herald understands "that the contractors
are willing to continue their work so long as they
can secure fOur-ffths of their estimates If the
counties OF Cabell Wayne, Putnam and Kanawha,
can give guarantee Tor two hundred thousands
dollars the contractors will out of their own means
advance one hundred and seventy-t five thousand
dollars
Thus the States appropriation is. $500, 900
OF citizens guarantee. ee... 200 600
The contractors will advance. l75OOO
1876 900
Wewil thus have eight hundred and seventy.five
thousand doass worth of work done when the
Legislature meets and the work can be complete d
10 few months thereafter. There can be no doubt
that the Legislature will at once make an appro
priation to pay for the work done, and make pro-
vision for the completion of the work An aban
donment of the work at this time will occasion
great loss to the State well as to our citizens"
THE TIDEwATER CoNNEcTIoN-The Fin.
castle Valley Whig, speaking of the compile
ton of the ship Lock, connecting the nayi
CATION of the Lower and Upper James River
at this place, says:
There has been achievement attained In the his.
tory of the internal improvement policy of Vilainis
in which the people of this pcrion of the State
should feel deeper interest," than the completion of
the tidewater connection. by means of tho ship dock
az Richmond After years cf labor and the expendi-
ture of large sums Of money. the great work has
been completed. and unbroten water line has
been opened up from Norfolk to Buchanan q ais-
tance of nearly four hundred miles. The work up-
en- the Richmond dock improvement, we do not be
eve, il exceed for beauty, strength and durability
by any works of similar character in the world. We
have often looked upon them and felt that If We had
no other public work, could point to this az an
evidence that we had not only the ability to con.
ceive but to execute the most magnificent improve.
ments
CROPS IN OHIo.-The New York Herald
publishes letter from the Secretary of State