Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-12-19

h1uTo1us now Thpiuiy hPprVAcAIuy uOM-
pie ion at the Tennessee line where ID will
connect with net work of improvements
terminating respectively At Knoxville,
Nashville, Memphis, and Liule Rock IN
Arkansas, embracing . large scc.ion 81
country, with no direct line 0f comInuili.
cation with any forcig mart. and aboun.
ding in incalc1lAble wealth ,muci.o which
will.rom necessity seek . t,aasi. byI this
rine through Tie capes Of Virginia. Add
% this tllc inexhaus able quantity ofifon
suit and plaster, lead, DO, which will pass
over tl.is road, and q VAST amount ofFiner.
caandize ives ward bound. together with
the daily increasing travel from the south
70 the seat Of goyel nm ,ntand otherlNor-
thern cities, and from those cilies to the
Soutbern borders OF The cOniederacys and
he conclusion becomes irresis,able! tla3
this will tank smoagIthc most roiucive
aud beneficial Improvements witLiI the
Commonwealth, especially when tie i'll
impor. IN. connec,i5nwith tie Gordons-
lille aid Alex lndfia Road shall have been
completed. ltb
Aid % these improvements tho grcai
wa.er line ofthe James River and Kama.
via Company, now exsenlins continu-
ously lwo hundred miles, and a.iofdins
communication for heavy produce and
tonnage, acting as the recipient OF these
fiom 5 own line, and from tie Important
works already noticed, and we sliall liz
able TO accommodate an tie trade Of the
immense region referred to, in any dft le
modes it may prefer II is important,
therefore, % place this company IN aIcon.
dition toenablcit TO comply wi !, engage.
ments tor witch the State il Responsible,
and 70 aifordi il the means to ex end and
complete It's western terminus to the near.
est Peint Of easy connection. with The
great central line Of railroad whose CON.
pletion have 10 earnestly recommended
ltaHords me pleasure u no ice It'd fac,
tina: the Richmond and Danville Rsilroal
israpiily approaching its completion ID
tie Gown of Danyille, IDS southern termi.
nus, and that before the eni of The preser,,
year y will probably bcin use thronglo on,
iss whole extent Its trade and ttavel
have steadily increased, and it will Be the
means 81 alfording facilities to market 70,
one Of the most productive portions Of The
Commonwealth, developing its dornan;
energies, and pouring wealth into the
capital Of the State,
n The northwest portion OF the State il
most happily situated. The Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad. terminating 1t Wheel.
ing and Parkersburg, places It within II
hours Of Baltimore and still nearer L
Alexandria, by the Hampshire and Lou.
doun road, which will doubtless soon bt
made, The Northwest Turnpike from
Winchester to Petersburg. and The
Saunton and Parkersburg Turnpike con
meeting these points, together with i net
wof. 81 well graded turnpikes not Maead
amised, afford oil the facilities for traye
and transportation thatt tho most fastidioul
could desire. With climate healthylanc
salubrious, valleys teeming with gtaif
and g$ass, and mountains abounding ii
itch and inexhaussible minerals, il may
AIS less and 1tbat when called iinon !
contribute to the general fund forEpublit
ful sbould 81 adflressc5 II M ,a,r;o.; IN
ratber than liz rer.u n;arv ;ntersss osi,n.
ei,;zens,' 81 81 ID -
Inc concentration 81 tho lner;oa ,vbe,
tbe vreas lea,,nV lines a. d y,'ilroa II Avn,
East 70 west sian be comnle,ed canno
mi 10, ,waker Il tie min 4 81 az III !,