Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-06-20
South Western Virginia


Some account ofd Journey rformedby a party
Of Gentlemen from Richmond, through part
Of South Uestcyn Birginia- Some Notes Of
is fcrtHHgan mineral Resources and ofthdt
grtat improvement, The irginiu and 9enhrs-
Sc Raiiro1a
am about To undertake sketch Of u journey
pDllosmcd within u few days, by party of gen
tIcmen through one of the flirest and most high
ly favored regions Of our beloved Virginia.
journey the object Of which was practical, aud
the incidents of which were tull of satisfaction
and delight. feel how utterly incapable | am
to convey to nv readers AN idea of what WAS seen
and enjoyed by this party; for this lind If YER
durou- bills and meadows and sweet waters, al.
Though full Of delight 10 the passenger, becomes
to the sketcher Jordan of The hardest kind to
travel, since liz beauties are inac,crbablc, and
in the language of the tourist, must be seen to
be appreciaied.a
On the 9th inst, by inyDntion of the Virginia
and tennessee Railroad Company, party com
posed of the following gentlemen. left Richmond
to travel over the work of that Company aud In
see the country to which it is 10 afford an outlet
to market:
Members Of the Board of Trade Horace l..
Kent, President; Il. b IIaxall, l~t lice P'eSi.
dent; H. w. Fry ID Lice Presidsat; VIM. b. l.
saaes, Secretary; VIM. Bell Treasurer; and sam.
uel Mordecai, lhos. K. Price. Lewis Webb L.
b Bentley, John Purcell, w IL. iaxall, a. 5.
Lee and VIM. +. Butler, Directors.
Dr. Charles 5. Mills President of the City
Council.
Samuel Ayres, member of the Council.
b. johnson Barbour; of Orange, and
b. w. IIaxall of Richmond
The writer of this accompanied this highly re-
spectacle party of gentlemen, as quasi Journal
ist and memberof the Board of Trade. In his
slip shod account of what TRANSFERRED and what he
saw in the route of course he speaks not official.
] L., H. .; IL / H., L
Leaving Richmond at Is O'Clock by the Danvle
Cars we reached the junction of the Petersburg
and Southsde road at n fair breakfast hour, and
breaktast ted with Captain BURKE who keeps an
excellent house at that place, where the traveller
who thinks half past five too early (as We do)
will find good fare.
After breakfast we took the Southside train for
Lynehburg. am happy to record the fact that
III doing So, we did not leave the ear in which
started from Rchmond-that car being run
tn the South Side Road and attached to the train
of that Road. We were informed that it the
first time such an interchange of passenger car
between the roads had taken place. and it was
quite gratifying to the party that it happened
with the car IN which they were travelling. The
hope was expressed that the event was the ire
cursor of an amicabe interchange of cars that
will be just 10 all parties and to the trade Of Rich
mond.
Without any incident worthy of note, were
tronsportedto I.ynchburg at highly satisfac'o
ry railroad speed-pas,ng in our route over that
remarkably High Bridge, on brick pillars, over
| the App"mattox, TO avoid which friend OF ours
to this day, takes tho canal route For uealy
two years the Southsido Company have been On
! gagged IN raising an embankment at each end of
the bridge to take the place of the tall and tick
llsh tressel work which was kept steady by iron
| chains from posts in the ground to the top rails
on either side. The traveller used to feel some.
what uncomfortable at seeing these fast hing
swagging and tightening the tall timbers
swayed under the weight of the train, and he will
be glad to learn that the clny embankment has
buried the greater part of the very long stills on