Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-09-26
Ia, M DAY SET Der 26. 1859 No. %.


frsach the Ohio at a point where the nasI,
fgation Of that river is not interrupted IS
Summer heat oil winter cold and wheSs
lit will connect with bridge over Tia
Ohio, with q Railroad running TO Cincile
Inati and thence. to ST. Louis and at tie
mouth Of Big Sandy with the Kentucky
Railroads, which viii unite HEwith Mem
iphis. thus making the whole df Che Ohia
land Mississippi Valley tributary, by Rail-
road and river, to this grand centraa
thproughfare To the Atlantic.
Il i What the value Of the commerce CON
rnanded bysthisIroad will be- may Be ess
timated BY some facts which we will
briefly mention. The entertainments. 81
commodities conveyed on the Mississippi
waters cannot be less than two hundred
land fifty millions of dollars. and Vet
enormous as this sum Is, the IComniitea
4 Of commerce. Of the United States Senate
have estimated that not one tenth part Of
,,4egen the fertile lands Of this greatSpiain
are archaeological. 1t issbelieved that,
| in less Than twenty years, the population
i'll the Mississippi Valley win reach tween
Il tg millions. and its productions So, 600, !.
| 600 GOO. There are obvious reasons why
MARY Of the great staples Of the valley
fshould take the Railroad route Ito the At
lanlic 10 preference to that bF New Or
1 leans. or the wheat crop Iof Ohio.
amounting TO twenty FIVE millions Of flush
els. and Of which 1t Is fair tolallow that
dEtWelve millions are sent to market, we
might reasonab ly5calculate On afourth 81
this last seeking q route BY which it
4 avoids the injuries it suffers al New Or
Il leans. Ii regard to the great staple 81
cotton, the cost Of sending which from
i Mississippi 10 Bostonis four dollars per
4 bales Of four hundred and netgipounds.
l there would be asaying, by tbs proposed
troute. of one dollar and City cents on
every bale. The hogs and gheeges in-
/ tended for Virginia would take the Cow
ington road. The opinion is expressed
| BY commercial men Of high 4chararter
and intelligence that tobacco, ipur, pork,
bacon, lard, butter. cheese, &c, would
pay all the expenses Of transportation,
| and net the producer more in orr iEgin;
Ia ports, than if taken to New Orleans
free of charge, Because All these articles
are materially injured by passing through
q warm and humid climate, to say roth.
ing pf the factkthat they hare 10 pay ex-
brilliant rates of.drayageS storage. FIRE in.
surance and commission 10 New Orleans.
and when shipped from thence tooyhel
markets are subject TO rate offreight 81
times fifty per cent higher tban from
Jhmes river. Nor Is the travel 70 Be Sc.
cured a small consideration. a. The ave.
rage number Of passengers passing Mem.
phis in steamboats, upon the river is SIX
hundred daily. 1t least one third Of whom
would take passage at that city for The
Atlantic seaboard BY much more expe.
& dicieus and safer mode Of conveyance
lthanthe present; and the line from Mem.
Phis through Lexington by Big Sandy,
q and over the Central road. being much
the shortest, even if the traveller were
. going 70 New York, would be preferred,
and the number 81 passengers greatly in!
creased ID Kentucky and along the whols
tline. {si F13Isss, 3. 5ll "
F Con6ning our attention even to Yif.
/ ginia, IT il EASY 10 Zee the importance d
this Improvements 10 increasing the value
OF property atS'iis ltefminal points. rs vel
las ali the read estate along, the line aad
for many miles on either side. There il
q large aera of land along he line, now
! rugged and poor. wild and valuless,
Il which, however. abounds ID almost tanex,
j ampled mineral wealth. Ii NAV be said,
| indeed, that the whole immense mine.rral
\ reeion west of Coyinaton. except stbal
near the Ohio Of Big Kauawha IL now ii
Eno> value for Iits minerals. and ofs incou.
! siderable value tai . Other purposes. The
y facilityeof nspSrtation Afforded by tts
,sEgoyington Road. will render these mine.
Erah lands ineahaustible fountains d
4 wealth. There are millions Of. acres Oh
1.-The western slope of{the Allegheny and
!, extending 10 the western terminus Of thea
read which abound Id iron ore and
(which would be enormously increased in
gEralue BY this innYroyementi !. giving EN-.
/ ploynerft to 4 lafbe population. thus in.
4 creasinS the apore a te weaYth oftte whole
IlSate! There & no e, Greater stinulant 4
1 Industry t6an facilities 10 o. market. The
q climate Of Western VIRGINIA has erery
], advantage over that 6f tie Northern
States f6r misunderstanding purposes. and