Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-02-07

!ron i;?s' IT, 49, ,haI ,r.ns two mur !hu In the sr'r2
ni rs, uonhs the fall. wacn nc "'ts.a''7 r;s
a'i W. ,I. nIo ,hs interior. The amounl OF Helenl u
nR h"' IA Wr,r 90 from The sea ports IA he In
90, u,I Authorised - say uia INC N"tefh 'oaos u!t
n Souhcrn roads especially IN "r'tsia uaGm very In
W.. y,,l move mis- be the result. linen u tht
49, - i.,;Jht carried East bnd West vories during I'M
war as much AZ times what advantage 10 lhefe 10 d
aver SO grade ia one direction, when inc maann"
d. j. 10 feel DER niir each In The Other dlrectonf-
Sn'v n" I'd. aolsce worth estimating for the mum
Ia, ri cars and tho motive power would be required
IA IN, work each way But for the argument let US Las
ont OF view The important fact that The highest maxi
mum grades On each route ure o0 ieet per ihlie-ahe
forgetting that uay irega! Ia 10 be carried from East !t
West Lock the maximum grades alone Hom Hesl &c
East-lhcse ore on the Monroe 50 feet per mile thu
Gteenbcr IS eet per miles and Mr. FISK estimate:
the advantage in working the road on Ihs account al u
Der cent in favor The Greenbrcr route and wc VIII &c
consider II The writer has had an opportunity Of consult
ing with experienced Engineer in regard 10 this point
and asked him say what advantages the Geenbef route
would have by having the advantage Of 10 eet in grade
provided .ere higher grade 10 overcome in The ohc
direction; he stated that The advantage was Equal 10
Sll0 900 or that SlUUUU would make tho Monroe route
souaI 10 the Greenhrer-hnt engine lie 80 lee
erade would draw - rrghed CARS the engine ovea oU
feet prado would draw ~ eghted cars that five Trains pei
day. the IS grade would cary !O cars each car womb
curry about seven IONS making S4O tons daily and BIS OU
annually (morc probably Than would be brought upon the
road that on the Monroe route each train II reached The
81 feet grade would drop four cars The nse rains thereby
rsyjnu 20 carr: an additional engine is here attached 10
these 20 cars and carries them on 30 that on each oulc .U
cars carried through and the work has been
done; that The additional engine
day. necessary and perform again The Same work as inc
distance from the beginning OF the sl oO feet grade 10 inc
terminus OF the last ia only traction over - miles, or In
GLIDING the IS grade thar 2S miles that the cost vi
the additional engine would be SOOOO and the expense pei
annum of working it sc 000 and capitalize which, would
make the sum of 81 00O and which would be the worth o
the Is feet in grade provided there was no higher graue
than 50 feet in The uther direction
But there is another fact connected with this grade ques
tlon which sensible men, in determining The question o.
route will consider and which will, surely 10 reasonable
minds destroy any advantage the GreenbTer route may
have in point Of grade. II is this: That the Virginia ana
Tennessee Rail Road obtained charter from the Lee
sislaure of Virginia. authorizing Them build rail road
down the Valley of New River 10 connect win the CoV!hg
aud Ohio Rail Road and the STAT. is to advance three
ifls of the sum necessary build H. This cOnneAon Inc
Virginia and Tennessee Rail Road Company will certainly
build have been informed whenever the Covnson and
Ohio Rail Road shall be built or ils compilation ensured
This road wi. unite with the CuVngon and Ohio Rail Road
al tie mouth Greenbrier River the western terminus OIL
the Monroe Grecnbrer and present many Induce
lrado 10 take IT, for IL Will be the shortest aha pro.
haby cheapest Lynchburs, where II VIII meet me
Canal Petersburg City Point and Norfolk which are
detained be important exporting and Importing clties
Now suppose the CoYngton and Ohio road from The mouth
OF Greenbrier River the point where the Virginia and Ten
ncssee road connects with it, Big Sandy having grade
not above IS feet should be worked 10 It's utmost Gu
paciry, from east TO the point aiuesad, "hcro
meets the Monroe and Greenbre routes and that lis capac
~ carry tonnage is 20 per cent greater west OF INIT point
than the Monroe and only equal 10 Inc ureehoel
route what of tonnage will be lost to The road al
that point and take tho Virginia and Tennessee road2 One
moiety? One third 7 One fourth should say yes DC.
yond doubtful will put il al only one NTH Mhat Is
then the esuli2 That the Coyington and Ohio road when
worked capacity can carry ~ per cenum OIL
more below tho mouth oil Greenbfler ver IMAM ON
the Monroe route above II; that al the mouth OF ureenoei
river il loses 20 per cen of its Tonnage which takes the
Virginia and Tennessee road and leaving the Monroe route
the capacity doing all the work that be done on The line
of road west OF and consequently all the Gfeenoie oGe
would do; 40 het The Is lert advantage Ut grade on the
reenbrier route practically amounts TO nothing and like.
wise Mr. fsks deductions account o! grade amount 10
nothing and The only lem isYon6c 10 Tile UtteuoeF oue
amounts ~ nothing.
1t secms be conceded that The James River and Kama
wha Canal will be completed &c CovneOn al an early day
Some twenty miles will then carry IL 10 Gfeenbrler nv
err by running up Dunlap's creek and down Howard
creek and Iuncng the Allegheny the point designated
n.po reaches Greenber river is said That can
extended by canal and lock and dam to the ONO river
without difficulty As this Improvement would reach inc
Immense coal fields Of Western Virginia. fifty or SIXTY miles
west uf Cuvington, II will undoubtedly DO prosecuted from
Coylnpton westward the trade will demand It, be-
log The only Improvement feJ for The transportation ofheasy
froiehis such coal &C. &C. Dir. Fshs report shows
that II the GreGnber route should be adopted mere
would be 40 interference with the cans-tba the fauad
would in places have 10 &c and put on another To-
that the railroad would cross the canal Of sevs
raj psces Now shou s be wsn there Is no necessity tor
IN Should improvements he made along The G!ecnofcr
CT said Improvements can be pat Upon route
tha sur md snd that ~l accommodate mus
oasa no, The oSes 10 bs %msn Inc pe"P
proyerent and development Of the resources Of Inc conn
try that many of citizens Of tho State should Do oc
route 10 be adopted for Covlngton and OHIO
,i Road which will accommodate the country along that
line ooe of The most valuable and beautiful portions Of
Western Virginia; and The Canal take The Geenbef roGte
(Which Of the watcr oy which me peo
pie on The Greenber route would be accommodates aho
inns the people On both would be mutually acoommo-
dateol Besides by adoption OF The Monroe route or
the rail road the Mineral springs in that eeeon OF the
State, important TO Tho world ana "nlch WIN saa 30
For instance the Monroe route vii! run in about seven
miles of the White Sulphur and now there Is line turnpike
road from the White Sulphur 10 Crows. point on the
| mil
of The Creenber route Is near mile from Inc "nto on
phur Springs So that every person desiring 10 Ssl me
White Sulphur would readily travel the seven or nine
miles ns the one And probably not one person would be
deferred from visiting IT, account OF the distance 10 DC
travelled in coaches or carriages therefore mc WING ou'
nhur wuui be fully accommodated. The line OF Tho Monroe
roue passes within miles or losB oil the Old sweet
Springs and hs Red Sweet Springs, Immediately ny Inc
Salt Sulphur Springs snd within Jew mica u me Meb
watering places would be accommodated by me
adoption of the Monroe route BY the adoption OF The
rer route but OF them would be accommodated ls
not this an Important consideration 10 favor OF The Monroe
rontc2 A.,
would then ask in oil candor Il it he reasonably
ca pcc,sd that the Legislature OF Virginia vi" appropriate
money 10 build rail road upon route which has upon II
between 81 and miles OF unnslngone tunnel OF when
will DO one mile and hrreeghhs in length and second
onucr than the tunnel The Blue Ridge when route can
be had with onshali the tunneng and The longest tunnel
ON which lO feet and only other above Lulu eet
Can i, be reasonably expected that the Legislature "ond
appropriate 10 route Which with single track ana
driving of luuncl5 for double track will cost moro man
500 600 per milo. when another route can oe mao WHICH
will cost $50 900 per mile ess Can be reasonably ex-
pected that the Legislature will appropriate money I" route
which will require nine al least six 10 complete H.
when another be had which requires but three years
10 complete il :.
may up then, by saying, that the Monroe route IS
the shortest the cheapest be soonest constructed nae
every udynnuge the Greenbrer route except in grade
and that for oil practical purposes ID the same on each
that il will accommodate interests than The Geenocr
inlereres with other line Of improvement-nnd
by it's ADOPTION will accommodate all tho watering places
and beautiful and valuable country and leave the people on
The GrecnbrIer be accommodated by another improve
men now progress Of Construction and located on their
ronte -,
cannot therefore think that the Board Of Public Works
nfter viewing the whole l, hesitate moment In the
selection of the Monroe route for The location OF the Covng
Ton and Ohio Rail Road AMI Eoui.
For the Enquirer.
In the hurry OF preparing for The pess review u Inc
rcport of Nj. Charlie, B. Fish, the .Covingon and ONO
Rail Eoa the following mistakes occurred which we lake
This opportunity Of correcting:
At page instead OF "ll is tho shortest by ~ miles,