The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-09
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
Monday Msrssug, March ., 1857.
wesser. aad south we.tcrn Railroads.

Mssday Msrsiag, March 3, lSo5'
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western aud South W. stern Rsfiroa"''
We insert, at the conclusion of this srheie'
paragraph 10 relation to the prosecution Oh wv
railroads, the completion Of which we 'esAfa
.mons the most important events In the history OF
our ci,v. II IA extremely gratifying 70 KNOW WIN
...nred certainty, that the first OF tnose' tue
u..,,h,. ana Charleston Railroad, VIII be COM
n,et.a a, 30 e.r'y q day. We have more tnan
-. ..,,.a tho attention of our readers 10 This
- 81 ,,sv are familiar with our views In reia-
A.. .. ~. e,e.t results that will speedily follow
-. ~. r.i,ro.d extending from Bristol TO Knox
x,u. 9. comp,eted BY the first Of April or May,
-eh.ve the positive assurance that that we Will
y. n,.ced iu continuous railroad connection With
Memphi. with the exception of link of about
sf,v miles of the East Tennessee and Virginia
Railroad which link viii be lessened month by
month till the road is finally completed
The Kentucky and Knoxville Railroad Is second
In importance only to the Memphis and Charleston
Railroad of all the roads now being constructed
out of the State beyond Knoxville This roao
commences at Knoxville and connects with the
Danville and Lexington. and Lexington and Cow
ington Railroads, forming line 10 Cincinnai anu
Louisville When completed, an immense Toe Oh
trade and travel must pass over it, seeking an ou'
I, Atlantic cities 1t must necessarily ior sol'e
time, have . monopoly of the trade and tra'e'oi
greater part of that very rich, productive anu
populous country lying between knoxFhie ~-'
Cincinnati and Louisville. We know that ~
country has reputation for fertility greater 'nAn
parts of this vast region especially mat p f''on u
1t which lies around lexington. But we nave no
hesitation in affirming that it Will compete Also
with our Northern cities for the trade ana taVei
Of these cities and also of portion OF the country
North and West CT them The distance from
Richmond to Louisville Is less than seven hundred
miles From Lynchburg to Louisville Is one nun
dred and twenty miles less. From Lynchburg, by
the canal and river, charge of So so per ton will
carry tonnage to the Capes of Virginia.
For all practical purposes, 80 far as heavy tom
mage ID concerned, Lynchburg-where the rairoao
strikes the water line-should be assumed as the
point of comparison with all rival routes. The
distance from baltimore to Louisville, by the way o1
Parkersburg Is about 657 miles. To Lynchbure'
from Louisville, about GOO. But In favor further
of our line, we have lesser curva,ures and grades
The grades on the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad
going Eastward, are 65 feet to the mile; on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, ll6 feet to the mile.
If we equate distances by the formular used by
engineers for assigning to a certain amount Of
scents and descents a road their equivalent IN
distance the distance to Richmond will be found
TO be less than to Baltimore.
In regard to travel it may safely be affirmed that
1t will follow the OF freight It is gratifying
to know that expenditures and energies of the
friends Of internal improvements in the State have
met with corresponding expenditures and energies
by our Western and South We stern friends hav
ing charge of internal improvements connecting
with ours Il is true that neither the James River
and Kanawa Canal or the great Central Railroad is
flushed to the Ohio, but what has been done In
other directions will give vista of speedy
fulment of the predictions Of the projectors of these
other lines which so soon to cause TO our city
q vast refux Of trade, and an immense expansion
of commerce." We should be far from asking the
friends of the Central Canal and railroad lines 10
remit one particle of that energy and zeal which
they have far evinced in the successful pros
cution of these improvements We have been
from the first their warm and If not efficient, mo st
ardent friends. We shall never fail in our exer.
tions assist them in their great enterprises, and
We shall hereafter continue to do 80 with greater
confidence, as we see coming upon US, the dawn
ing Of a brighter and more prosperous future
which will bring with it the means to enable the
State and our citizens to carry both of these works
successful completion.
In reference to the continuous route by the way
of the Kentucky and Knoxville railroad, tho Cin-
cinnati Gazette says: "A brief examination of the
maps will show at orce the Importance of the
connection which 1t is proposed to effect by the
way of Danville with the great system of South
ern roads. The completion Of this line will open
at once the markets of the Southern seabosrd and
the interior of the Southern States to our mer-
chants and manufacturers. ] he largely increased
business exhibited in the operations Of the Ken
lucky Central Rsilro lad, now in operation to Lex
i,gton only, is evidence of the immense trade to
be secured by the completion of this line. We sre
now In connection with the outskirts, merely, of
that great extent of territory which embraces con-
tuming markets of vast importance. The avdanta.
ges already derived from the intercourse afforded
by this short time should stimulate US to adopt
whatever measures may be necessary to push for
ward this work.