Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-03-16
From the ]. Richmond Enqui<ef.p
virginia improvements Gesiasiail and
slfhi0 Nailrnad:

we &1UedNOTea " 1ii3MsN tH ~ ~ $500
that there is nothing HI Che state iot Che |
finances to forbid moderate appropf'la-
lions, at The presant ssesaions for ihe pros
echtipn Of our public works.
Surprising our position ID tllatsreggsrd
to beFcorrect, We proceed 70 urge SOME Of
the considerations that demand fnlanadisl
ate and favorable action al The hands of
the Legislature.
WI hold thai every consideration Of
State interest aud u Ssase pride inpari.
ouslyy Requires, that We should not DELAY
for a singie day. beyond unavoidable ne
cessity, the prosecution Of thu CoYinggtosl
and 0hioIRail R9ad Il is now Connected
that, in connexion with tRe g.nelaad The
Central Rail Road, i presents ths direct
est and shortest transit bet#een Itlieoapes
Of Virginia and the great West. {
It's also admitted lhatsin ryotherFes
spect, itclainns infinite superiosit 70 esery
other line Of Railroad coaneclion between
the Seabaard and the West. TD say
nothing4of better elimase- AN AL yaq9ta sg
by no means inconsiderabl eft@ Diseases
ano,her-the gift Of Gods benetieesslee -
which no amount af human seffeFt 81. cap55
it'll cab Offset, and which rules oil 8.of'
competition With ii, both fJr travel Of
trade every opposing g3.lare between
the East and the West and thai asiyan
tape is--tllas it has far easier grades than
any competing fine wha6soeyer. Us
highest grades forIthe4 trade coming East
Is the.commehcenlent oflthe water4lin At
Coyington, are 2sb feet. while those et
ia only Formidable competitor, the Bal
iiinore and Ohio Railroa Y, arc 4 rs feet 70
the mile. i
Contest fK 5Fp tfs Western trssle, c9ae!a
siys and irresistible superiority for, BIZ
both The SCIENCE and exneridtlce Of the
question the same amount ofnaotiyeI now /
3er viii transport nearly foar tirass Sc
much tonnage On tho low grades 81 the
Coyington and Ohio Railroad, as it will
on the high grades of the Baltimore and
Ohio. III point, then, both ofchpacity for
transportation, andIof cheapness Of trans
naission-lhe latters ruling consideration
1.-The CoEington and Ohio Railroad Has
incomparably the advantage over even ils
most dangerous rivals.
If ever, therefore. we are To- regain for
Virginia aerespectable commerce, and to.
end the worse than provincial dependence
she is now under to the North, wBneust fin-
iah the Coyington and Ohio Railroad ,--
There can be no resuscitation of Virginia
commerce without it. With ii, that re-
suscitation is absolutely sure, itsbsing al
law Of trade, as well settled as any phys
ical law, that the Shortest and cheapest
line takes tie trade.
The Indispensable necessity Of lhis great
throughfareIto the trade Of Virginia. may
be itlustradd BY the fact fthatFtebacco
raised in Putnam and Kanawha coanties
now reaehesEthe Richmond market by de- I
scending the Kanawha river, ascending
the Ohio to Wheeling. crossing BY the I
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad % Bali L
more. and thenceidown the BlyAand up l
the james river, describing 4 circuit OIL
more than Thousand miles, when, with
the Coyington and Ohio Railroad COM
pleted, it imig htl haYe reached the. ware
house Of Richmond III alnost-a strRightt
line in the less than half the distande, in
one-fifth the time, with but asingle tran
shipment, and AZ about oae fourth the
cost
This most striking illustration should,
Eof itself, wake mp The Legislatures to- a
sense Of the mighty Importance Of this
great Improvement The single fact IS
worth whole volumes Of argument. 1T I
speaks, indeed, ain argument for the great
work which the logic 81 man can never
refuse Let us make tie application =
What drives Kanawha and Putnam To-
bacco to this circuitous, tedious and costly
roatesto market? Nothing but absolute
necessity. 1t must either take the route
before mentioned, OF 20 down TIE Chic
and Mississippi to the Gull, and thence
round By the sea to the CapesEo Virgin
la, and thenceuptle James to Richmond |
III But complete the CoNington and Ohio
Rail Road 70 d connexion with the canal
Al Coyinston, and whaa wHl be the result2
A linz will BE- openedFnearly two-thirds
shorter in distance than any other; that
will reduce three -iourths the cost Of trans
portstion. and save many days and often
weeks in the time Of transit, and the. con-
sequence will bs-ass rAre ass any human
thing can be-that not pnly,would The to4
.becco-of Kanawha and Putnam, but most
Fof the tobacco crop Of Kentuckyand Ten
fnessee, amounting 70 SOME 80loF 80, 600
hogsheads, per annnms come thFoag h our
Jtsnt F., lisa ri tha fna i.lats afs iro,iFi,E