Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-04-27
LYNCHBURG VIRGINlAN.
THURSDAY MORNING. April. ~, 1854
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No. ".
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domestic tonnage will come upon this great cen
trail trunk line, | shall en- icasor to make II up
pear, that, however large this business may seem
vet. from the peculiar position OF Virginia IN Inc
Union. as soon as she shall have opened her ter
r;tory, and given free course TO the vast amount
ofbnsiness whichis pressing upon her border
FIR transit 10 the Atlantic, and TO the cities OF
,,s North and East. the foreign or through bust
ness will be still larger.
On all our great railroad lines the aoihes''e
business has always increased IN manner ne
vond the most sanguine expectation OF those VINO
projected them II may be truly said no raiifoaa
of the length of this has ever been opened whose
nrospects were as fair for vast domestic ton
80 .ns ,bis great Norfolk and Ohio line.
RI, IN relation TO the foreign or through bust
,oss ;ts nrospects are still more fattering, and
,rust I may be able to present sufficient reasons
TO Justify he remark heretofore made that II the
whole route through the state were barren de-
sert. vet the through business. which would I'm.
medately flow over this line, would make II a good
dividend-paying road
II is not designed to institute any comparisons
with other great lines of INSTRUMENTATION be
tween the Atlantic and the valley OF the MIssis-
s;ppi vet it is believed that ithas advantages @
oual if not superior to any of them, and II Is re.
markabIe fact that among the advocates OF nNai
lines. none have attempted 10 depreeiate It's mn
nortapoe. but like the rivals OF Miltlades, they
have each yielded to it the pam'or given II the Sc
cond rank
The business of the great West is just begin
ming 10 be developed, and there need be no oo-
,,..Ili lin in mt nd
inc for its Transit to the Atlantic cities. They
viii all soon be taxed To their utmost capacity TO
accommodate the immense and rapidly increasing
trade and commerce of that wonderful region
II is not cxtrayagant To say, that by the time
this and other great lines ofintereourse between
the East and the West shall have been compile
ted. the actual value of the trade in transitu up
on the Father of Waters and his numerous trbo-
taries and the Great Lakes, will have reached
the enormous sum of at least 5000 OoO,oo0, aud
that viii co ltinue TO increase upon these wa.
ters, and upon the railways Of the West and
South West, in a ratio almost beyond oomputa-
ton.
To accommodate this amazing trade the great
lines of railways completed andin course of con.
struc,on will be found inadequate without re
sorting TO double and treble tracks
Before presenting any statistics upon which Ia
base any calculations of the amount Of the
through tonnage of this line, few general CON
siderations may not be rreleyant,as showing the
grounds of preference claimed for it, over any -
Their great line between the East and the West.
These are briefly:
First. 1t opens the shortest line of oommuni-
cation between the Atlantic aud the Ohio valley,
by some 300 Understanding the mouth OF the
Hudson, the Capes of the Delaware aud the
mouth of the Chesapeake the great points Of
comparison on the Atlantic coast
Second, 1t opens upon the Atlantic at the best
harbor ON the coast, being always open and nc.
oessible, perfectly and-locked and secure, and
having four feet more water than New York.
Third, 1t looks out upon the OHIO valley at
the point of nearest approach TO the sea coast,
and at a point better calculated geographically
for the accumulation of busnessirom the Ohio
than any other in the valley.
Fourth.--It will give to Cincinnati line TO
the West Indies and TO the South American Re
publics, some 500 miles nearer than by New York;
and some 200 miles nearer tina, by New Orleans.
Fihh.-Its Atlantic terminus will be the best
wise, along the seaboard of the United States,
as well as for foreign expartation-and especial
ly 10 the mouth of the Amazon in South Ameri-
ca between which and the United States, some
of our most sagaeious citizens believe will, ere
long spring up most important commerce.
Sirth.-it will be free from all the obstruo-
tions of ice and snow in the winter, which OBJ
struct more or less the business of the more
Northern lines.
Sepenth.--Norfolk will be perfectly safe de
pot for all the Agricultural products of the West,
while the climate of the more Southern cities has
a damaging effect upon them.
Eighh.-Should the water line be continued
through the State of Virginia, between the james
River and the Great kanawha, it will be unob
structed by ice, except for very brief period,
and this fact will greatly advantage the business
of Norfolk, and make it much more important
an Atlantic terminus of great railway to the
West.
Ninth.-From its geographical position, this
line will give to Boston and New York their best
route to the Ohio in the winter season, and thus
make Norfolk the gateway for large part of
their heavy business with the whole West and
Southwest.
Tenth-Such is the direction of this great
Northwestern line of railways to the Ohio Val
ley at Cincinnati, and thence to Chicago and Mil
waukie that ii will gather in upon it u vastly ac
cumulating business since from all the great CEN
trss of business in the West the trade tending
~ tha Atlantic will sonnar ranch NorInIt tban