The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-05-09
THF DAILY DISPATCH.


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"">> SATURDAY TIera,ns, May ?, 1857. .,,
- "a Day In RIchn,erd"
n.y.. ALTAR Of that va'usb.e periodical, bohey
,.,,.naa Advocate, Who visited this city IN March
-, ,.. v,it,en letter 10 his journal. communi.
.o,ne interesting fscts respecting our city,
..U...,,s of II In very complimentary language
-, -. that We have not room for the whole
letter. 1t begins:
4, p,ohmoud-the city of . hundred to-
.o,ar;os-of nine story -four mills, feeding
sns -or,d A. the rate Of eight thousand barrels
s city of mile long railroad bridges. OF roll
,nS ,n;i,s Of shops, and Of awakened Southern en-
terprise. ., x.;,h,, ~. LA, a..
-, The railroads extend farther into the State,
.hsv !, "a better run, do much more business, and
have vastly improved equipments. Manufactures
have gained both In extent and quality-the
ocean steamers and shipping have increased in
number and In size-by the ship canal and tide
water connection here, boats now run from Nor
folk 100 miles below, TO Buchanan, 200 miles
above here. Some of the new commercial palaces
on Main street are hardly inferior TO the finest on
our own Broadwsy-the beautiful Washington
Monument now only awaits a portion of the mag
ni6cent statuary. into which Crawford, at Rome,
is vet breathing the eternal life OF genus ms
Henry and Jefferson, colossal and grand AneSu'
stand forth In majestic grace at the state Iii
ne new custom HOUSE, now
be very elegant structure; aud it Is qnne p
bic that q new and beautiful State capitoi WIZ NC
erected st day not far distant
The writer then notices the various 'Ai''0"''
aud railroad enterprises of the state ID nishiy
proving terms The Dsnvie Railroad ana lis
shops at Manchester across the river, are thus re-
ferred to He says they remind him OF tue ooh'
cord railroad shops, a. Concord, N, H.
The Danyl!e railroad was only opened through
on the 9Th of May last. 1t Is now i4Ot miles long
It has no connection. except st the junction,
some 40 miles out of Richmond where 1t intersectS
the South Side railroad, and thus has the Lynch
burg travel The Danvie railroad now only
needs the connection of 10 miles from Danville to
Greensboro, on the North Carolina Central rails
road to make it part of great direct, through
line from New York to Columbia and Augusts-
The State of North Carolina has opposed this con
peciion, but it will be made. Meanwhile, some
few through passengers come regularly through
this break in stages and the Danville company
are considering proposition to put on line Oh
stages to make the run in i've hours
Notwithstanding ALL the Danville railroad last
year earned S42l 1852, carrying go OF passengers,
and 1851 tons of freight 1t brought IN nearly
half million bushels Of grain. Its expenses were
50 per cent. on its gross receipts.
The nanyille railroad leaves the city on sue
cession of covered Howes-truss bridges and stone
arches altogether three quarters OF mile long
This work was done by Stone 81 Harris, OF MASS
At Manchester, across the river, excellent SHOPS
have been put up, and there are very few to SUR
pass them at the North They remind US of tae
Concord railroad shops. at Concord, n h., which
are the best kept up of any we have ever seen -
Mr.. John Mcfarland, the Master Mechanic, ID
very energetic man, and his works speak Tor Nun
His repairs, last year, averaged out j ana elgus'
tenths cents per mile, and will be less this year
There is excellent system in all departments Oh
the road and quite especially in the machinery
department MIR Charles Campbell, the Superln-
tendent, is very efficient and popular. Capt "
Witcher the late President, declined re election
at the last meeting, and Lewis E. HsrVle was
elected to fill his place.
The correspondent speaks of the Tredegar Iron
Works, of Morriss, Tanner & Co, which are rur-
ming day and night on merchant iron; the Trede'
gar Foundry and Engine Works which have late"
ly completed the immense engines for the U nlteG
States steam frigates, Colorado snd Roanoke
which have turned out some splendid locomotives,
which the writer pronoupces equal to Rogers, and
which have cast two of the largest brass castings
made in this country-two propellers each Ii
feet inches diameter by 90 feet pitch, two blades
each, and each weighing 1900 lbs The compost
ton was ITO parts of copper, 10 of tin and o.
zinc. The Niagaras brass propeers are large
but were cast in two pieces.
The works are casting large lot of very heavy
inch shell guns for the government.
Mention is also mads of the extensive opera
tons of r. Archer & Co., of the Armory Iron
Works; Talbot & Brothers. fine shop and sue.
cessful business Tripetts fourishins Nail Works
Henry Grays steam gauges, and the works OF
Philip Rahm, whom he compliments for lis ener
gy and perseverance,; Joseph "A. Arnold, the skill
full coppersmith, who has conducted the sheet me-
tai work of the engines of the new Government
steamers, job of some $4,000, and whose loco
motive sheet brass work" says the writer sis
the best we ever saw, being of heavier and better
stock, better workmanship, and equal finish to
that generally made at the North" The writer
also speaks of the Richmond flour mills as 'the
greatest -four mills in the world. The "Gallego
Mills now turn out 1900 barrels day, and new
mill. now going up, adjoining, will increase the
whole daily production to 5000 barrels" 1.-THE
ship and canal locks are admirable examples of
hydraulic engineering The canal locks are the
deepest we have ever seen-one having 40 feet,
and another 90 feet lift
The awakening enterprise and great marufae-
turing business advantages of city, as well as
its unriyalled beauty and healthfuness, are begin.
ming to attract much attention abroad