The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-10-07
Tn. York river Railroad.

This road was finished yesterday to the
"Whise House, on the Mat,aponi river, a dis
lance OF twenty three miles from Richmond.
The passenger train will commence running
npon 1. the arst OF next week, or as soon
n. the new cars can be placed upon the road
This is very interesting event, for many
reasons. and We look forward with impaiience
10 the completion Of the road TO West Point
fifteen miles from its present terminus nay,
10 Urhanna. in Middlesex, which 10 only four
,scn miles from West Point, and which is
upon the Rappahannock, near its junction with
an, Ches.pcake Ray. This achievement would
open a new and important channel OF commu-
nica,,on between the people Of Richmond and
the yirgfnians of the Mattaponi, the Pamun.
kew the York and the Rappahannocx, aye,
and the Eastern Shore. Independent OF the
commercial advantages Of this facilitated and
intimate intercourse, the political influence
thar IL will exert win be valuable and crafty
ing. II will greatly aid In the important
matter Of strengthening the sympathies OF our
people, compacting the energies and increasing
the resources of our good Old Mother Fir-
ginia In this respect. this short road will be-
come one OF the most important works Of i'm
provement we have undertaken.
Commercially, it will contribute largely 10
the wealth and prosperity of Richmond. We
know that there is n good deal of indifference
in this community towards ii, an indifference
which seems 10 US unaccountable. Does 1t not
come into Richmondi And should we not re-
joice at the building of every railroad, one end
of which comes to this cityl We only wish
there We're q hundred, instead of fire. But this
road taps A region of very great wealth and
productfyeness--a region which has traded
elsewhere, and whose citizens never buy any
thing in Richmond. If they can come to the
metropolis of their own State in an hour or
hour-and a-half and supply their wants as
reasonably as they can anywhere-as We con-
tend they can--and return home the same day
will they not come here They certainly will
The proposition is plain and undeniable.
There is no other road in the State which
ha. such an extensive system of water com
munfcauon tributary to it; and, for its length
it will be ono of the very busiest arteries o.
commerce in the South. Up and down foul
great rivers. washing shores that are rich and
productive, and inhabited by wealthy citizens
the tide flows, that will wait the small craft
of the planters without labor to the wharves
of the road, there to deliver or take off freight
freight that has either come from, or may
be transported to, Richmond, in a feio hours.
We take il that the citizens of these great
rivers are not enemies of their own State nor
OF Richmond. Therefore, if they can buy and
sell as advantageously here as elsewhere, and
can get here easier than they can anywhere
else, they will most assuredly come here. We
hope no man in Richmond will SO far under
rate the enterprise, spirit, and business talent
of our city, rs to doubt this.
AS to carrying off trade from Richmond, ex
cept the goods that we sell TO the people o.
the four rivers, mot to include the Plank.
tank) we have no idea of it. Nor have we
the remotest apprehension that a great RI
val of Richmond is to be built up at West
Point. City Point ought with more reason
TO be a big city; yet what is it
We congratulate our readers upon this par.
tial opening of the York River Railroad. II
will be a successful road, and most impor.
tant auxiliary to the trade of Richmond
Get ready, gentlemen, for the trade of the
York River region.