Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-01-19
The Central water Lime Of virginia.

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A writer IN the Norfoik Herald discussing '"'
Qualifications ofGen. Blow for the Office Of Com
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the very proper caution OF ms sounu"'es y" Wv
great leading question OF Virginia poiicy-'he
.xt.n.;on ofthe Central Water Line to the Oh 10.
r. =. .o.r.. Of hi, communication the writer
:, favor of his great work
sums up tne AfB"'nen' : o.
% briefly and yet 90 eonclus'Yeiy tna' We cannot
refrain from irving his views TO our readers. lie
-. - MAI should he elected 10 this Office who
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for the following reasons
Let Reeause with Us il il no matter Of expert
m.pt New York has set the example. All his
torv all reason and all sense even IF the common
eat order. poiut to her Water Line NJ the one
GRAND unmistakeable cause Of her greatness. II
f. that Water Line that has transformed her long
limo Of bowling wilderne.ses istwecn the Hudson
and Lake Erie iats . terrestrial paradise, with q
million Of rich farms glowing in the maturity OF
deyelopunent, dotted with hundreds Of beautiful
Villages with a dozen magnificent cities. 1t was
her Water Line that has changed New York City
from the prematurely old. decaving, and ~dilarida-
ted city Of lSl2-to, 20 the vastly rich. thrifty.
nowerful and magnificent city we see il now. II
was her Water Line, or the Immediate results of
that later Line, that changed the valuation Of
real estate alens the line from Rvc ar ten millions
tn four or FIVE hundred millions. II was the trade
of that Water ine-impingel up,n the city of
New York that has made her the magnificent city
of TODAY. and which has given her real estate the
arb.ncsment Of between fifty millions aud u thou
,and milIisps of dollars.
Cd. Because the operations &c tue same causes
xvould inevitably produce the same effects here
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of New York. All testimony on. and every consid-
Grafton of the subject. bears ,tresishbly to this con-
cu.;on. Norfolk and Portsmouih have a harbor
superior in every point ID view to that Of New
York. The confluence Il the Ohio and Mississippi.
il the controlling point Of three times the trade
territory that New York eau command. Between
that point and Norfolk now runs IA natural water
linz nearly In a direct course. which il only bro
k.r nv tho barriers in our own State, and which
,..d cn,v removal To make it periect. The lead
inc ;ournnhs Of the West say We will get the trade
az The country we speak of. Through this chan.
nal The leading journals of our great rival
NJ yort-as we'll a. her greatest Engineer and
S,.,..men conccle Tint we can command IL. This
ia. vnr,a hu;,d nm Mt Norfolk n prea, compeer
~ Nav York CIV and make Virginia commercial
l. ana financially ;ndcncndep,. II would tic tho
great Southwest, West, Nor,hwc., aud interior to
%. our pol;cv and interest. by bonds that could
never be broken. The immense tide of this trade
like the weath-g's'ng overflow "' 'ne ME- '"ee-
inc, I.1 no k.' 4, essIpp"Ns .w Yort ,Lr same
mson;6ceut GALAXY Of towns and cites. if not.
vhy noti Have we not Us good land, and more OF
i'll Have we not.ten times the water power OF Ne~
iork; .nat We 700 nsy pu, ~ ; ,.ai,h Tim,
Nsw York has on bersY Then WHY cannot wo
expect at least an equal advantage, when our ny
gregate opportunities are at least a score grcafe'T
II there 10 a reason IL can DC Prou"'
"a R... IN .h;. ,-. ~ va svorv reason +, sup.
pose that aside from the vast political considera.
tons involved in this question, and the great al
yaneages OF tho commefela' a"u nnan.,", '""sp.n,
o usS.. 'n"i w ~. ~ ~ 80 ~ ,hs "xnor,
md .anort trade Of the West aud Interior. would
each year amcunt to II sum equal to. if not three
fold, the entire cost OF the N'rg'n,a' ""n'''i'"'aha
,nat inc in'eres. . u '"e W, "."s' =" n"m'Io,;au
v",ia aronrt each vea, 10 five fold the entire cost