The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-10-04
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omce ~ y part "f tae
80. snuth, via this CITY. IS,
~ '.,,nny,anee of connecting the DanSiiis
- ,,,,h the Central North carolina
= in order to effect short. engnie eA-
s,,.in,,s and popular through line 10 the
.s...-a aud Sou thwestern States. Is general
,,.,,,,r.e,n.ca. II is important to this city
,.,sa ny sueh line only can we secures
-. t,,r,psa travel from the Sonth, via TINS
- ans, with IL the commercial benefits tha'
,,,,,, arise from the passage of large numbers
=, ,ers,us M, commercial journeys northwaru
,,r,,,c, = CRY having attractions in trade and
,,4nu1scsures like those of Richmond Al
present the popular route, RIA Lsnf"Ss'
.arca an immense travel from the old ro"'',
via wilmington; and although the Ps,
hv this new and expeditions hne no" ~.
.arily come through this ei'y, As $40" ,,,
Orange and Alexandria ROAD y r;,,
will all 81 by that ROAD, ana ~. -, WI
ceasero t,e point in the rou'', -, 10.
niue;oa route always diFio'" ~
.,vecn the inland line, by 'i'' s''' ' - =,
ts'S'D ,,.,,..,,,-,. and II will continue SO 10
-. -. diminished travel, 50 seriously cur
d'N".' -, 49, ,ountain route through East
''''V" xia Iyuchburg and Alexandra.
tF
va ,,rv. through travel from the South
NM =. - imam q snnascti0n of the Oar
-. p,,,,eqs ruth lis Norih Carolina CeHtai
Rsifrosd. .,,,u,
F., connection OF these roads will establish
airect. safe and expeditions Inc ot'"eeh 'ne
g, IN and the National metropolis and the
,or,h "A iiae which traverses beautiful aa"
,n,I,bv co,,ntrv. alternating between the foot
l,na ,. a
a ,i,e which is located through country IA
,or,hl. for the econ omcal construction oil rail-
r,,a. which has fewer short curves, deep GUS,
bridges and trTssel works thaH mountain
,,,dx which avoids in n greater degree than
those reads The dangers from the irosts ana
snuvys Of winter aud which Is Tree from the
malaria and the dreary monotony OF swamps
aud sands which mark the route OF the Atlantic
line. Therefore. we are warranted in assUm-
ing that this line, via Danyille, VIII become,
when complete, the most popular and success
ful of the competitors for the great through
travel.
To comnlete il. all that is necessary is to fill
IN the gap~between panyille aud the Norm
Carolina Central Railroad. 1t Is known how
bitterly the North Carolina Legislature has
appossd a junction between those roads-hoW
she has onposed il against reason ana Justlce;
against the reason that it would vastly in
crease the business OF her Central Road, ana
AGAINST the inst demands of her western peo-
nIa FIR = way 10 come to Richmond, their
1naturaI MARKET As Mr.. SETTLE truly de-
,,l5red This opposition to reason and justice
has not yielded 10 the persistent appeals oil
both presen ted in the clearest language, but al
the last session of the North Carolina Legis-
lature il appeared stronger and more bitter
than at any former period. The bill Tor Il
straight road from Dauvile TO Greensborough
was defeated by a majority OF THREE to one, after
n long and elaborate debate in which Elk Gov
ernor MoEEHgAD presented the cause In argu-
ments that were unanswerable. But, fortu-
nately Tor the people Of Western North Caro-
Alma, fortunately for the middle line. whose
advantages We have briefly referred TO, an
other route, little longer, but securing q
practical and efficient connection with the
North Carolina Central Road, was immediate
" afterwards passed rifhoHt opposition. And
that our readers may understand ii, we viii
attempt an explanation:
After the defeat of the Greensborough and
Dan,iile bill, the friends of that measure, de
spairing OF its success, introduced another bill
Tor the construction of Il road from Greens
borough 10 the Coal Field. of Dan river a boy,
Daayiile. THE reader should have the ma;
before him 10 understa nd the bearing of thi
proposition and other points in this e1plana
toni An enemy 10 any connection with tn
Danyilie Railroad, fancying that he discoyeret
the cat III the meai-t of this bill, moved a
oace 10 typography it altogether, b,
turning the GreeAsborough end of the propos e.
road around towards DanriHr, making 1t
road froIa the Virginia line near that town L
The Coal Fields of the Dan, with the restrc
ton that it should not come within ttcent
ynil>S.of drcensboropgh, BE it understood tina
the Coal Fields OF the Dan very obligingl
extend themselves along from fifteen twen
~ mikes above Danyille, al least 10 German
ton, in Stokes county, Gdy-fre miles from
Danyilie.
And the gentleman so hostile TO a union {
tue Virginia and North Carolina roads a
Green$borough, was caught in his own traI
in this manner The North Carolina Legisa
lure meets bienniaiiy, and two years preyiou.
10 the last session in which the proceedings We
ara describing took place, n little innocent and
,nsuspected bill was passed, authorizing n
road from High Point via Salem and German
ton, northwestwardly to the Virginia line So
L
Ell, with this little road To hitch on to at Ger
mdnton, made a complete connection between
Dany lille and the Cen tral N or til Carolina Road
Tie little bill was. however, not thought Of
except by two friends of the connection. who
kept it, of course, a profound secret, and the
Coal Fields bill swept through like gossamer
web borne on n pleasant breeze; but it was
web III whose meshes the trapper was fairly
entrapped, and from which there is no escape
Now, then, what have wei We have a con-
nection rs soon as those interested choose ta
make it. from Danyille via Germanton To High
Foint. sixteen miles beyond Greensborough
on the Central North Carolina Railroad. Th'
comparative distances between this and IN,
short road To Greensborough, are: From Dan
Vile to Greensborough, say 50 miles from
Greansboreugh TO High Psint, l6. Total Co.
From DanN lille 10 German ton, SIS miles; from
Germanton 10 High Point, 80 Total SIS s.
that the Coal Fields and Germanton route
aine,eea miles longer than the direct one I
Greensberough; and that is very little to com
plain Of, seeing that there is no hope OF gettin
the direct route. In lime, il is only an hou
lost.
But are there no advantages in this ne,
route by the Coal Fields There are certainI
some, and they are very important There il
richer valley Than that OF Dan river alon
which the road will be built; and besides it
immense agricultural resources, its minera
wealth is certainly very extensive; but as
has teen imperiectly explored il is mpossbl
to form any idea Of the limits OF this depart
ment Gifts wealth. Its coal fields are known
TO cover vast area, in which the best an thra
cite and an excellent semi bituminous coal
resembling the Cumberland coal, has been
discovered. The importance of this deposit
Just there Tor manufacturing and domestic
purposes, and for affording freights to the
proposed railroad, cannot be ver-estimatedI