Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1854-01-09

of drainage, ventilation and transportation
increases as the depth Of penetration in
crease, do not think we ought to trust
the great interests of this company to any
confident hope that the Blue Ridge road
will be opened to the public within three
years from this time"
:. 1t will thus be seen that the work on
the Blue Ridge tunnel commenced more
than four years since, and that there is no
probability of completing It in less than
three years from this tine-oT Tie time
from It's completion will De seven years
Now If it requires seven years to COM
pete tunnel at the Blue Ridge 4,248 feet
in length, hat time would it require to
complete tunnel at the Allegheny noun
tain 6 500 feet in length, when the AlIegEa
ny presents nothing more favorable in the
way ofstone OF otheru than the B. r.?
Any school boy would tell US it would re-
'quire ten years and nine months and Ger
'.ain!y the only safe way to judge Of the
future is by the past--and this rule eives
'the aboye result, and by this result, we
ascertain that it will require seven years
longer time to complete Railroad or the
Gre anbrer than Oh the Monroe route
But suppose that experience IS no test of
truth, and the time we have is double
,whslt 1T should be, still the Monroe line
has the advantage by three and half
,veats--aud this time is worth S17s.v,u00.
we cannot believe that ~ enlightened
Engineer would make the difference less,
Between the two ro:.es, than as last above
stated; yet we regret to say that heretofore
ii Virginia but few (if anyl Engineers
have estimated either the cost or time of
construction at more than orc moief. OF
the cost and time which experience prov
ed It reeaired--f7om which fact but lew
intelligent men have any confidence In the
estimate of Engineers, either as to the
cost of Railroads or the time required to
construct them. We cannot believe.
though, that sucI, will be the case with
the Covington and Ohio Railroad from the
character we had OF its able chief Eli
gineer.
With the facts as above given-and we
feel confident they are substantially cor
rec.--nay we not congratulate the pso-
p,e Of Monroe upon the rtain'y OF the
adontion Of the Monroe route by TIT.
Pear, cf pah'ir Works. for surely no
;,.,,,, ~, ;no tbe nrettrenct. to The Mem
Zoe over tie Gfeenbfier route.
But IL seems that wlea the advocates CT
the Ggeenbier route tiid all points oi i'm
po;taace against them, they throw them
selves back Oh tAe White Sulphur Springs
and $. ear most valiantly, that it is the
most aat;oaai poin in the Known world,
and fiat l,ailroad can BE- Of ITO value un-
,s ,, :: 49,. .sne,s tbs. su,ipes.n They for
49, :, ,,,",,,l.rr .tat on the Monroe route
~ - - e,.1;,s :, VII: HE oh! Sweet
So tba R+d Sweet syringe, the Salt
s,i,,a',n s..,s4,s aaa ti,,. Red Sulphnr
So III - which p.,<sess medicinal
,..f;.;S 49,, ,9,..;3r 70 the II bite Si' ,huf
-. .tl,4r Of which i e.Iiea-
n,, 4,sexs Humanity Is he;f to-
.,,.J ~ i. ...s54i., ,;>ease. the Constitaa-
,;aa : n,t..n= asfffsgy eradicate! by or.
e IL s,.ti,a4- a liz Monroe route ani
,i,., ,,..t;,,t - hayae rejoicing. Another
- H.. Go.; ,es has h..Iy been purchased
liz = ,ty4iiEy ce4p4ny, who are now
,.,...a.s.c;,,, ytfv eirgai,t and extensive
;a,.s,.,,r,,.,'ts a.., in i've years this Spring
,,.;il f;v.I and rel;e<e the White Sulphur,
;fi+a Ae4s ,ot every other :a!ae.,l Spring
in ,b,. yHj.ed States.
Il ;soaI, necessary to state one fact to
convince every candid mind taat the min
,.ral snrn,s unoa the Mouiue rotte are
mich n,orr ;p4portAat. to the Covina.on
and Ohio Railroad, to the people Of Viz
o;u;a and to the people Of the States, than
~. s,r;re urea the Cree Ire route,
and i !, lhis--taat the numbec Of
reIsons who registered their names at the
Whits suli,hur during the pas; season, (as
we are inio.mcd,) were 2a0O; at the
Sy,iaas upon the Monroe route 1--WE state
iii, fIom accurate inlormaton) the num-
Der registered we're 4 ,600.-diacrcnce in
f,vor al Nol route | 500, this, too,
whist the " bite Sulphur is on large
,horonoblnre-,he .lanes River g. Kana-
wha Cos Turnpi!.e--where many stage
passenacrs register to remain butone night
pot taose WIG 'Fs'''e, a. '"e 49,
'p,ihgs, arc N's,is.s -, w. ~,
~ .iNatt.i i.O'-' AA4> "S~ W ''AN ~ $780, N.'N'