Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-03-23

over the main stern three hundred and tftyve thou
sand four hundred and seven and upon the Wa-hing
ton branch three hundred and eighty one thousand
seyen hundred and ninety seven, making upwards OF
seven hundred thousand who have passed over The
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad during The last year.
How many will pass upon the Covlngfon and ono
RsiIroad? How many through passengers 90 you
auppose will pass over this road when complete
Theirs s m important point on that road when VII
attract passengers from every portion ct Tins Union
[ mean sir. the great White Sulphur Springs IN Inc
county Of Greenbrer.
THE fifteen minutes prescribed under former
resolution ss the limitation Tor each speech on any
anbiect, now expired; but by general l6Vs OF Tue
House Mr.. CHaPMAS wac permitted 10 90 on
Mr.. G resuming-Mr. SPEAKER, cay. that there
lies upon this line Of road the most important, the
most popular Mineral Springs | suppo7e, in tbs
world-ihe great Healing Springs ct areenorer
Why, cir, it is sought by hund eds whom II
ia impossible 10 accommodate, and the extent
of its patronage is only limited by The &C.
commodation that exists there; and sir, am pleased
to say, that the property has gone into the hsnns OF
company that have entered upon improvements
which, when completed, will enable tIousands TO be
accommodated in addition Ia the number when nave
heretofore frsquenied tina; celebrated resort: Why
cir the whole of the lower valley Of the M'ssslpp
desire 10 see this road completed: am toId
sir, that the numbers who desire TO come
there from that region, are amost in"a'cu'a
bls All they desire 10 know j, whether they
will get accommodation Tina. is the only limit even
with the small travelling facilities which have hereto
fore existed But how many more would come there
if the fsctea Of railroad travel existed have
estimated that probably fifty thousand would trave
over that road if there accommodation enough al
the Springs. But sir. you have not only The Green
brier White Sulphur" but you have near the line Of
said road the "Old Sweet Springs" in the county
Of Monroe. possessing ths most beautiful and san
hrous baths in America, perhnps. the world
There is also the ICED Sweet" within mills of the
Old Sweet" there is the salt sulphur there /:
the !" Red Sulphur the only Spriug known in the
world which cures pulmonary diseases: there is the
Blue Sulphur"-ail these Immediately upon this
line Of this road, and all of them making large i'm
provements for purposes of increased acoommoda
ton. Then, You have in addition, the "Baih Alum,
the "Rockbridge Alum" the Warm Springs" the
Hot Springs and IAN Healing Springs al
near this line OF road aud possessing qualities suited
tn every kind Of diseases and holding out heath-re
storing and life Prolonging inducements to ALL
Now, cir, the thousands visiting these Springs GO
and return in the same sesscn. thus securing
to the road the benefits of the travel back AND
forward. Sir, this road will become the grea
thoroughfsre in Virsinis deriving. as have already
shown, an almost incelcusble amount ct patronag;
from The travel to and IRON the Springs This ogethe
with the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad will form
the great route between Europe and Chins, and Cali
fornis and the Chesapeake Bay. 1t h over this tina