Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-08-20

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rseslssf e1r ershasses:
ne osnssal Railroad Of Georgia, aflsr fall sz-
pertinent, has decided b fasor Of American Iron
iaf AefIroad purposes ~
A seaside sssp % sbe psrs q ne Central Rail.
rod conp4sy u 0eovelsi Tn. bsst indication
~ hase seen In long t,se. Of that practical good
ssnss vhieh l. ~ much sssdsd Ia NE management
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Ne hare bsfors shown that while re may got
forsfxn Iron 4 tfins cheaper than domestic, u b
asvsahsisss srss eeoaony, In The ieas rsa. %
bay the superior Amsrican irnn. The rail Ne ri
fton Europe. In he sessra. is The refuse work Of
tho foreign foandries--not sven secondcfass iron,
hue the very poorest that b turned oat Of the man
ufassoriss. We bag this inferior foreign rsl for
two reasons. One d, our Railroad Corporations
are generally hard pressed for money. and have
10 put up At first With tho cheapest article they
can gss-and tho thor 10 thai. by our ad ssiorem
Tariashe duty, which h no uncomfortable Item Of
eoss 10 much less on poor iron than on good. II
We had specific datiss--paying no more per ton on
rood rails than On cheap ones--we should be more
apt 10 buy tho best
Il will DO observed. from the above statement,
that the Central Railroad Company Of Georgia has
determined to use American Rails 'qflerf full er-
pertinent" Experiment was hardly needed to e1.
tablish the superiority of the American rail, for
the fact IL manifest from mere observation. Nov
erthssss, th conclusion arrived Mt by the Central
Company Of Georgia Ia the samo, precisely, as
tina. reached by other Railroad Companies which
have made the sans experiment. Several Penn
sylvania companies have tried il, and come to the
same conclusion. II HIS been tested on tho Erie
railroad In New York, with tho same results.--in
short. II is now universally admitted that |, 10
best cheaper in the end and safer for passengers.
that our railways should be laid throughout with
rails IL American manufacture. Though they
may cost something more In the beginning, they
last 30 mucl, longer, stand wear and tear no mu.h
better. and aro 30 much less apt to cause acei-
dents to the trains that il will DO very few years,
NO predict, before they entirely surersede the
worthless rail we have been importing from
abroad.
Looking at tho subject from this point Of Wow,
The necessity for establishing mandatory Of
iron rsis In Lynchburg becomes almost impeia-
live. We nave now three railways radiating from
his city With their connections, IL will be with
In the mark to say that therc are one thous-
and miles Of railroad that would be Supplied from
\ mandatory at this point. Tho nero rel"ying
of old rails, for such distance, would of itself
keep Rolling Mill in constant employment
When We consider the new roads that arc every
where In process of construction which have To DO
clothed with rails out and out. and when we con-
slider also that large quantities of irou work, be-
sides rails are needed in the operations of rail
roads, it Is obvious that such establishment rs
We have suggested would never be lille. We be-
lieve that thu peculiar fitness of Lynchburg for
such an establishment, together with the steady
demand which would be made upon its resources
would very soon demonstrate the nsuiIicency IF
ono mill, of ordinary capacity. for tho supply Of
its customers. Others would soon be rendered ne
cessary as the railroads Of the country increased
in number and length.
Leaving out of the question, then, the rolaying
Of old rails, We have the prospect that in few
years all our other Railroad companies will fol-
low the example Of the Central Railroad Of Geor-
gia and use no other sort but American iron.-
Where shall they procure it! There will DO no
difficulty in Georgi.-for, her enterprisng cti.
Gems have already established Rolling Mill at
Atlanta. which is kept constantly at work. Bat.
whore will Virginia and Tennessee and Kentucky
procure their iron railsf viii they import them
form Pennsylvania, when each one Of the three
States aforementioned abounds in iron ore the
very best qualitys viii We foster tho industry of
another State a. the expense of our owni win
we send millions Of dollars out of tho State. when
we might keep it with US to stimulate trade. pro-
mote increase Of population. and give additional
animation TO all our industrial rursuitsi These
are practical questions. and it depends upon our
men Of capital TO cay what shall be the answer to
them.