Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-01-21

Does not the editor Of the Wig know that the State
oil irSuia will never allow Baltimore improvement 10
connect with her great central mprOy She nlay
allow one To come down To il but does he suppose she
viii allow connScfi0n that its ears may turn Oh 10
baltimore without rluslpment! The State of Virgni,
IL Sacly not mad enough give such an advantage TO
foreign company and thus to ruin the central improve.
ment, ia which she il largely Interested Then il the
roads do not connect To let the OF the one No.
on the Other what possible difference the identity Of
gauge or Tie contrary, make? In either case, there
must br irlnshpmcnt and is easy TO transbip
from gauge i've feet wide AZ from any other Penny
Post.
l-k5 We consider this surrender of the whole queson
The Editor of the Wing does know that Virginia will
not permit connection between her road and Bilti-
more road IL IS the very thing he believes she will be
mad enough d. She has already permitted Baltimore
to traverse hes territory from Fast West and the mon
strosty will not he augmented Ye=y greatly by allowing
her TO throw oil branches. The application will not come
in her nameit will he urged by local representative
and Judging by the folly Of the past the folly of the m
ure will he made correspondent To it, WHY does the
venerable Delegate from Klnawha, prefer tn. four feet
eight and half inch gauge for the Coyngton road p?
Looking only to the effects Of that road upon his const
tuens, fye!cct gauge wond be beneficial to them a.
The four feet eight aud half inch But the four feet
eight and half inch insures Baltimore capital for the
construction Of the road to Taylor county and the con.
nection, without ransbipmenr, follows as matter Of
course.
We repeat objections to all these Northcr Easern
oil shoots from the Covingon read. They will be drains
upon nproyement and feeders to the Baltimore road
No trade travel will ever go JVesfpary from TAYLOR Co.
the mouth othe Elk and then come Easrdyy upon the
Covngton road Butf the shoots from the Coyngton and
Central road had North. Western direction the, yould
be perpetual feeders to Central improvement II 4.
the true policy OF the State far possible to encour
age these Nor Western br .nche, aud to discourage the
Nor-Edstern ones. We only astonished that tauu
ton and Greenber, and all the country both North and
South this side Of the mouth Of Elk should be so blind
to their true interests No portion Of all that region can
derive the least possible benefit from the adoption of
gauge, which will make continuous and unbroken con-
necon between Baltimore and Lee ington, KY, By the
mouth Of Elk We do not see, that Klnlwhl itself can
reap much benefit from Baltimore merely passing
through il territory
And then the effect Of this gauge correspond viii,
the Baltimore road, areuIy stated will be to give to
baltimore al the advantages Of nonbreak Of hulk over
the James River canal We know of no portion of yr.
gnin, which will he benefited by nhicng that nnneces-
alry injury npo that work. We know many parts that will
receive great aud lasting detfment from itand in this
category none will occIpyH prominent place than
the city Of Richmond.
Tie Post Olscryes, that tie Elor of the Wing, last
au'nrer confessed bi, ignorance the merits Of the
question. Very we'll II true he hal not examined
the aubjectaud ho not profess to know cyerythng
by instinct lie might, it true have cut up engineers
report. aud made them into long editorials aud thereby
seemed very wisethUugh really ignorant he confess
cd himsclL Ito has since examined the matter aud sits
fed himself where the right les.
eB"Of the horde who are feeding out Of the state
Treasury, at the present day from what We learn, we
don't know any set who having finer time Of it than
clerks to various Committees Of the Senate aud House OF
Delegates. There two exceptions, We under
stand in the committees Of both Houses but as for the
balance Of this class Of Ocehojers they are receiving
their four dollars per diem tie whole session through,
aud doing but little work 10 assisting the clerk of
the senate House Of Delegates they are required TO
do than Wbeu they dismissed 40 soon as the work
Of their respective committees done. Fat pckngs
out Of the public treasury, and little work to do now a.
days. so we go.
CENTRAL RAILROAD SrocK-Sllcs Of 20 shares Of tlis
Stock have been made this week by David Anderson E
at t56 per share.