The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-02-14

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,seanok q ya,l.x Railroad.

sSnanoke Vaiitk NntfroS"s
a9hs vssy important question OF = corporate SUI
rsn.oa the par. of ibis eiiy, to the sA.ens'vn
nEsas Rsaaeke Valley Railroad fro@ .ss.
soh sssiie, ID 60 be decided By the iseeao'.e.e -
saturday aext. This question Is notaias ,s, me- nv
lisa Ihans SHALL. lSHaoSD HAVE lns
EeTrs o. RAILROAD COMMUNICATIONS WIZ. 80.
NORTH cAR0LiNA' That as Tie question: Iuh
CONSTRUCTION or rwgNry.sEsEN MILES OF
RAILROAD WILL CONFER UeoN THIS CITY
THESE IMPORTANT BENEFITS. The vote Of
sAsu.aay is TO decide whether Richmond 10 TO help
II bald rt4 f,nitg.seren rssG,s II Rodd Il not
THE eneasa to settle this question: Need there
ae mere dehsset We venture to say that no city
north Of Virginia would allo~ 80 short a road TO
remain aaaasshed six months, provided its CON-
'eison would eren 60 II even half the trade which
fals rosd will throw ieto the lap Of this city No
u weuld got be debated ,here--it scoaid te built,
Taosgh IL has been explained frtauontIy-aad
ssoss than oaee by us--how the building Of this
little rosd opens TO Richmond such al extensive
rssstosd communication with \. Carolina, still the
matter does net seem to he generally understood
We ask the reaisrs attention again to this point.
Toe ;own OF C2aTi<rils is situated in MecSienhurg
cNrn.y, Virginia, on the Roanoke river, In the
5eart of sha celebrated Roanoke valley, bavipg 40
ssperior for fertility in the Atlantic border States
istewn is tsrea,ysevn ssifes from Keysrit, W hch
/. ab -ut seventy miles from Richmond. on The
naar,iSc RItireJd. The Roanoke Idlley Roilro1d
- huist aad in operation from Garisriiks 30 kdJe
1cay, North Carolina, q distance of twenty-five
,a:ies,l where It connects with the Ealeiga aad
G'ston Raslroaa; and the Raleigh and Castor
Railroad couueetsa. Raleigh with the Central Raj
rad " North Caroliaa. which traverses create
portioa ef Western North Carolina, passing We
aree1ss9rongh, ITO which point IL has been vsiuly
srisd 70 extend the Danviile Railroad, from Dan.
ss1e. its present terminns) Salisbury and Char
!o'ts, snTishing towns Of the North State. Now,
theG-ee hare but to build a railroad over the
twenty-seveu miles bstfrcen Eeysriile and Cldrks'
cd'e, TO give MS the advantages Of railroad com
.uuaicaticn with the North Carolina Railroads and
with the heart and mos. productive part OF that
S.ate. Are We now understood: What need il
there Of single argument ia addition !! Would
"A Northern city need more? Would any CONNER
ciai community, who properly appreciated their
true Interests, desire another fact TO enishten
them is to their andousted policy and what they
we're called upon to dol
II is n little singular that the other cities OF
Fi.giaia generally move with one hand and one
Eeari la whatever enterprise they undertake.
whereas, Rich U obd has generally had not only to
struggle against severa! of those cities. who are
ever ready to work against her; but TO combat q
strong party in her midst whose counsels. il
ig-sned TO, would Keep her dwarfed and stnnted,
With no hope Of advancement--a yielding victim
IL the plans 10 defeat her growth-makng no ef'
fort bcr.eIf: but like unfledged birds i'll the nest,
with moE ms open TO catch what comes, and maxi
Ing nc effort to Obtain acy thing. But there is
PARTY Of enterprise, parry Of energy in this
ely, Which has generally triuDphed. and which
~ sra roG fdent will triumph on Saturday mex.
This party knows that at the present time this
city can in 30 way conceivable accomplish SO great
gecd--do 20 much 70 promote its growth and
psosperity-ty so small an outlay as is involved
IL the ha!dingnf the TwESTY sEvEs MILES ell RAIL.
Road rRoA KEYsyIt;s TO CT ,gKsvILE. Ani gen.
Esa,en, We MEAN TO BUILD IT.
We SHALL ye. have sons fact Sand cures on this
irnportaut question. for those who need them.