The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-12-20

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rHE RoASo yaLLEY FAlrR9Ap.s
TIE so,,owssg letter 10 from one OF the moat u
Aaentia; citizens o. Granville county. North car
l,os. The cause IL onwardi The people OF t'e
R,Asoks Valley ara fairly asensed to shs impoa-
taocs Of the connection that IL to give them "
eatiea 10 this snafkes and With tue co-cperatnn
- RscAsss.A the road will be- built aud 10 epere.
,,oa v,,h . nrom p,ness unexsmpied In raifroadins
In this State;
4, M Editor Of the Dispatch-Ssr: have see ths
r.nc~sa,ngs At an ,nformsi meeting Of the eitseas
e ptch mend, which was held last week, GA tbt
ss.s.ss ~ the Roanoke Valley Railroad extension
IA k~ysviile, on the Richmond aud Danviie Rail-
,o,d That meeting was the frat encoursginS sigr
,n.t re have received from ysur city; but We
trust not 10 be the only one. II has been sub
i.ct OF wonder 70 me- that 90 little attention here
tofors 90 this extension scheme was manifested
BY the citizens Of Richmond; but, on rejection, L.
10 sttsr oil not % much matter 81 surprise - }
believe bot fsw al your people are much ac9uaini
cd either With tho people or the country through
which the Roanoke Valley Railroad rev passas
Your remarks, 10 your seq weekly Issue OF the
lish inst, uader the head Of The Rosuoke Valley
Raiirosd Exteaston," are entirely true. You state
Ia sabssauce that Petersburg 10 fully aware of the
value Of this trade to herself and what IL wond
be to Richmond, aud that she will secure II II sht
ID rot anticipated by Richmond. Besides the trade
Of large and productive country, this road would
attract very large portion oi the Southern aud
Northern "through" travel, thereby Increasing
greatly the receipts Of the road 10 regard to III,
capacity Of the couatry which would be aecommo
dated there 10 none within the States of Virginia
and North Carolina known TO me that surpasses
tiff eqasiied. In tobacco and wheat 1t 10 pro-
verbal II might say for producing those two sta
Pies Of superior duality and TO an Ameoss extent;
si.,, much iss cotton and other articles of the
soil.
Our people are large consumers of goods Of al
Ainds. Including luxurics, agricultural Implement
and maehipery. Oaiy think, Mr.. Editor. what q
stream Of customers would be poured into Rich.
mend BY this Improvement, that never traded
there before, and be retained for all timel Tho
action Initiated 10 Petersburg to carry the proposed
extension to "Blacks aud Whites" on the South
Side Road, 10 not what We van; or rather not ali
20 want We want direct route TO Richmond
The continuing Of the road 10 the Soulh Sid
Railroad would not believe, benefit the people in
this section ia any way If deprived of connection
with the Danvile Road. think so because it is
known that Petersburg owns the controlling in
ssrest Ia the sonth Side Road, and would doubtless
hold the controlling interest in the sought tt
connect with 1t. She also owns the road 10 Wei
don and its branch to Gaston. thereby ensbiins
her to continue (if she SO ~iiled) the high tariff
Of ftetghts that we nov paying, down aud up
Wa dp not lay all the blame (if blame 1t may be-
as the door of the Petersburg and Roanoke Rail
road Company for tbs high rate OF fregh.s and
travel, bat = full share To the Raleigh aod CASTOR
Railroad Company. II was this very thing more
than oil othsrs that excited the people to seek al
other connec .ion for the ,auoke Valley Railroad
Ilearn that &C this time there 10 a disposition
on tbs part Of the Raleigh and CASTOR aud petars.
burg Companies to reduce freghte and travel to a
snsli extent, but how long that good intention
may last, cannot say.
There 10 no place that have greater share o.!
good will for, than Petersburg, but the planters
and merchants in the country are like all other
oiasses-thsy like TO consult their own best iote-
rests. 4 SUBSCRIBER.
CLAhkeyILLE, 18th Dec, 1883.
Hr. Elder II discover a slight typographical
errsr IN my communication OF the llth inst. The
word s'makes" should read "make," with q full
stop after IL. II 10 matter Of some astonishment
70 mo that more mistakes do not occur from such
hsd writing. l Can assure ycu fine atate Of feel
ing In regard to our extension of the Roanoke
Valley Railroad ia awakened. and we have ear
nest Of is In reality The country people are sub,
scribing rs fass as they can be waited on; and
am happy to say, iu looking over the subscription
list 10 day, saw names that had been gotten ia
she last day or two that could not have been
made to believe would been attached to
. Railroad paper, and one with 90 small amount
annexed. Monday nexs is our Court, and have
no dsubt good days work can aud will be done.
We are ali as work, believing Richmond will do ali
che las promised, and that the Richmond and
DAnviie Road Is foiiy alive to her interest in ths
matter. You're, l..