The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-02-16

wYpvsssAr ao4N Ne vsBsuARY -, l l.'9
rs.x.x,,,e and ciers.v,iie Road.

80 49,
WEDNESDAY MoaN NC. vgBaUARf ~ w.. W.
r<-y.vtite and Cisrksvsiie n'
To give the locality Of ihIs prop0sea u.s. ..
Eaent aud describe the mannef ID .r,,,,na.
% this civ an uninterrupted ram ,,,h
ten " .th Noy til Caroline and he' 'a'''e
.,..nn.sa..inr ,,,i, be eur Bsst and pfoesoss o"a
ortx an. NTH that state for years 70
Ia ..s,,s N ,,ttl. the question rus We "', ="
..,ns,y ,,ar.,ug. Let as add, however, some iao's
for such as d sire their
Thu. part Of the Roanoke valley haisroAa WINCH
.. nuit;, from Csgkssiile to the Raleigh aud Sss"
,5a Railroad, {twenty-swo IA iles.) cost st5o,otV.
II. roate 10 over very unsuitable surface Ter q
rat.rosd. especially where 1t emerges from the
Roanoke lower valley. 1t has very deep ca's and
tssh embark csents. aud no less than six bridges
sor,e Of them iong oneg The intelilgen. gentle"
~au who va. President Of this rosd when " was
built, aad Who lie veil Informed as 20 she natnfe
Of the rorte along which the extension to h1yS'
vile /. to be located. is very positive in the 0p'n'
Ia, ,h., .. ,,,ll enc, IA ,,ore IL tid tg' ,rscs,0"
If te,,,v SEVEN a, ,s tiles iIaR II did 70 t'aia NE
4,sn,a f.f3 Mir nor in eptrqtio correspondent
who !. eorslIy familiar with both routes gives u
a. nj. n.,,;on that the extension will cost one
,a;y,s less ner mil. .hsn did the road now built
rha ron,s Of the extension is indeed highly favor
able f.. the wort: being much better even than
tia average Ct the Danyie Railroad. friend
who has been looking into tie subject Finds that
the average est If the grading aud masonry on
thn panv,llc Road was s. $50 per mile. This he
very fairly assumes as the acreage oil the grading
and masonry on the Cisrksyille and keyssi!le ex-
tension. The cost of rail, % bs. to the yard at
$50 per toa, and the expense OF cross.ties and
laying rail, he estimates at $500 per mile Thus
!: would appesr tina. the cost of grazing, masonry
and superstructure will not exceed sl3,4 per
mile This sum for twen.y-sevon miles would be
s,i3 655
Bridge at GAINESVILLE. TAT which a con.
tseetUr offers TO build ,l..........,.-..... h@1
$4,000
D.ro.s. enriaeerinr snd land damages will not
carry the sum to above $500 000. Let the reader
h.saye Of sxtrays9aat estimates compared with
railroads entering cities. which incur heavy dam
ages ard necessarily costly depots. This little
road feom Clarksviila to KsysT!ls will invade ne
costly grounds. The depo: already IN Ciarksville
will answer without additional expenditure, and
tbs way stations a mere trifs. The DanTille
Read will furnish the roIliu: stock and do the
transportation. - with the building Of the road
.nds the expenditure Of money.
How Is Eli. money to be raised is ihe CUES
s,aa. kieGTto1I ANA 'lls COUNTY, I8ttEeEttu ptbr
po.e % contribute $4,000. The state wilt be
e.ked fer three ifths, which will make up the
.stgs subscription and the road will be free OF
e.Abt Ena should the state refuse to give tire.
sfth., viii Il not give tro, o2ssf With one
sEh from the Sss.e, one -titiri IF the tnfc7ST"c-
,urs from the Richmond aud psnvIe Rail-
road fsay soc o00) aud the credit of the Company,
the road can be easily built. Ths State will Ger
for nj ma at
least to make it's stock Of 10000, now invested
ia the road from Cagks siile to Ridgway, prof a
bic. The State never will get anything from the
road ia its present condition; but with the outet
-Ia Keysviile, s1d the heavy transportation and
travel that will thereby be thrown upon it, its
stock will become amongst the best dividend
pariug of railroad stocks. So, measure OF
economy the State could not do better than TO
build or assist its citizens 10 building, this little
railroad The short road from GAINESVILLE TO
Eevsyj.Ie will Of course, be yet more prosperous,
&c /. will he the fat end of the Roanoke Valley
Railroad A. an example Of the success OF the
short road, whose Transports tou is done by ano-
Their road, refer to the old Lonisa road, (now
the Central wien Il was ucder the Presidency o.
the.yeDersble FREDERICK HARRIS, when it's trims
por:aton done by the Fredericksburg Road
when il terminated in Louisa county, and Thet
tia. county, which Is inferior in resources to eitd
er Of three counties Immediately tributary It
the Roanoke Valley Road, gave 1t almost the onl!
support It received. That road paid six per cent
IT had a greatly inferior country to ,he Roanok
Valley to rely upon, AID it had no t'sro'.Ih dnS
mess,
We can surpose Il hardly probable that Any Oh
will be deluded By the ext:ayagant estimate
which brin. this litta road, with its most eiigibt
location for econouic al construction, up 10 COS
of nearly IL million of dollars! Nor can We sup
pose for n moment that any one will he ieterTe,
from voting for the appropriation, because il Il
said that Richmond will have 80 bnild The Who'll
road! The assertion, with all respect, is simpl,
prepos,eroua. Richmond subscribed To the Dau
wills Road and to the Virginia end Tennessee apt
.ha Central, and yet she had not TO build thos
roads. Whom the Central applied TO her the las
time for aid, il wanted million of doi!ars
but get it Was never alleged that if she increase
her subscription to 100000, che would have to g
the million. 1t il one evidence Of the want c
argument that the opponents Of this impoEtau
treasure should he forced to set up this absHr
rdea. Have not the cit.z 3us entire control Of III
subject. Can any other Subscriptions be mad
without their vote aud their assent
A gentleman who knows the country 10 ht
reached by this little railroad, prou0unces th
emphatic opinion, that it will furnish rs mucs
trade for this city re the Central Railroad does
Whether he ia right or not. every man who hno"
this rich country, knows that it will contribute
au immense trade to the commerce Of this city
ana he Knows, moreover, that in the matter o
Eoods and groceries, its consumption is on great
Iy mere liberal scale than that of the country
traversed by the Central Railroad. Yet, what d
We hear from friend Of that road, hut sppea
TO the citizens not TO help to buiId this LITTLE
tmsRtl~Sersn miles Of railroad, but to save theii
money to build the straight road 10 Charlo.tes-
willie. Is il not enough At present that this city
has given 500, 000 10 tie Central Railroad. With
this proof Of iiberaity and friendship, is becc.
ming in some of it's friends (who are not more
its friends than wo,) TO be thrusting forward lie
Central Railroad in this uutimey manner, to iu-
tercept small appropriation TO little roai,
which may send to this city trade nos greatly
inferior TO that of which the Central Railroad is
Itself the medium? We imagine that those who
hesitate about making this appropriation, on the
score of ecouomy, will doubt the wisdom Of With
holding ii from this little road, with its immense
proport!onate benefits, that IL may be given to the
Strengthening Of the Central Road, by building a
road, (neaFiy three times as long this Roanoke
Road which will bring new trade to this city.
Yet we eopsdsr the straight road 10 Charlottes-
vile 81 very great Importance, because it short
eos the distance between and the Ohio. Let it
net, however, In this i'll timed way be brough, NJ
70 oppose measure by no means its rival that is
fIaaght with Invaluable benefits for this CIV
The internal improvement party which stood by
the Central in i.s day Of need, are pressing this
little road let GOT the friends OF that great work
injarc it's prospects By this iadiscretion
This city has now no practical railroad copnea.
ton with North Carolina. The peopIe of thar
State, Dear the proposed line of Improvement, are
anxious that we shall have such communication
With their conatry. They desire 10 come here to
buY and To aell Shall va pisn thon, .ha aais