The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-11-04
Rtchnond---its Railroad Connec'
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r.. .r.ss ~ this e,tx the preseut Fall has been
greater than at any previous sea'"n-s". 'n.'
bcsn notwithstanding that we have recently passe'
-. nr.., NANCY pressnre, and the year has
,snn ona ~ almost unexampled drought. IL mas
- ,hn, Increased. clearly because the area
=, nn,n,rx trading to this city has been very con-
o....sSv .,,.nsed Next year, even though THIS
III ,nu,in within It's present limits our
- ,,r., be considerably larger than 1t has been
the present. ., r,s,
4. The ouession for our citizens to consider WIN
.x,n,.,on Of the railroad lines leading TO
,h,, c,,x we believe they can, nevertheless, in'
crease this area by proper exertions' ana oy Tue
..,,vo .mpIoyment Of the usual agencies to ia'
- Oh. ;,.ereourse between a commercial mart
and the Interior
with regard 10 the extension oil the railroad
connections between this city and the country
the first ths. is likely to take place Is that OF tue
York River road. There Is every reason to believe
tba. before next fall that road VIII De ID opefa.
zion no..,b,y to the Pamunkey river. That will
place as in connection with community hereto
tore trading with Baltimore, whose trade is very
large. We know there are persons IN TINS Guy
~ho do not expect much from the York River
road They are destined to most agreeable tuf
rriss-that road will contribute largely TO the
trade and prosperity of Richmond.
Whether any other extensions Immediately tri-
bu,sry 10 this city will be effected next year. Oh
not, we cannot say; but rather suppose not
There are three projected that Will take p'hoe
sooner or later, and to which our citizens ous"'
to give their attention and their EFFORTS. lnese
are the Cumberland GAP, or virginia ana hen-
tucky Road, which connects the heart Oh hent".N
-,,h The virginia and Tennessee Railroad; the
extension of the Danyille Railroad from Danvie
,,C,eensborougb, North Carolina, and the short
road from KeysviIo, on the Danville Railroad, to
CIsrkesvilIe, on the Roanoke. The first will give
vs. q considerable trade in Kentucky; the second
which il most important, opens to us the most
fertile part Of Nsrth Carolina, and makes the Dan
Vile line the most direct to the South and among
the most popular Of all the great lines Of trave'
from North to South the last named is Of very great
importance since 1t connects the Danviie Roa''
with the Roanoke Valley at q second point Of
teeming fertility and great wealth, and It iurther
connects that road with the North Carolina Gem
trail by way of the Ciarkesvile and North Carolina
Railroad The point at which this connection
will be effected will afford us communication
with the centre of North Carolina, including one
Of the finest tobacco districts
These are enterprises which should command
the attention of the people Of Richmond. They
are of Immediate Importance, aud deserve imme-
date consider alton. 1t is too much the habit oil
virginians to put off things. They are seldom
ready In matters of domestic concern when the
time to act arrives. In politics they are al
ways ready; bit they are apt to want time" for
everything else. The connections with the Dan
Vile Railroad are eminently important, and sh ould
by no means be allowed to sleep.
These are appropriately the subjects that should
not be put off. But, yet there are two others oil
higher importance. They are the water line to the
Ohio and the deepening Of the channel of James
River. This city may be prosperous without the
water line; but it cannot be very great, unless
that 10 completed, while it cannot get along well
small or great, unless the bars in the river are
removed. without the water line, moreover, the
State itself can never rise to very high dignity
as participation in the Commerce Of the world
But we did not set out to speak of these grea,
works. We desired to call attention to subjects
demanding immediate consideration, and more
within the reach of local power and control.