Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-02-11
virr,n,s ana North Carolina Railroad.

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Virginia and North Carolina Railroad
wsseerss 10 learn that the proposition to %
cure charter for the construction of this import
ant work. meets with opposition in the Legisls
ture-opposition in a quarter from whence II
should a5s proceed. A Machiavelan policy is pro
baby relied upon BY come Of its pseudo friends.
to defeat scheme that they will not openly OBJ
pose. Rival interests are at work, and the i'm
preston IL eagerly soaght to DO made that The
construction Of railroad from this city. or some
point west Of this, to the North Carolina line,
will damage other internal improvement interests
in which the State has largely embarked. We
cannot see the force of this objection, but upon
the contrary. think it clearly denon-trabo that.
in the aggregate, other works of the State would
derive great benefit from tho construction OF the
road under consideration. which woad serve %
feeder to those already in operation 10 say moth
ing Of the resources. when fully developed of tho
large couatiss throagh which the improvement
would penetrate; and the increased breadth OF
taxation that would result frtm the greatly en-.
HANGED value Of the lands thus opened to market.
1t is very obvious that the james River and kA-
nawha Canal would be benefited by The tonnage
of pruducts that would come portion Of tho
route, and via this city, seek the seaboard. Even
the Southside rnad nigh, derive accession to
its tonnage from this source. One of the strong
est arguments as VIC understand, relied upon by
th"se in the interest Of Danyile md its railroad.
Is that the proposed North Carolina connection
would oiare that improvemeu To Us. this idea
seems u he the sublima,ioi oi nonsense. Look n
moment at it. From Danyiltc to Richmond, via
their iailroGd the dirinuoe is one hundred and
forty-oue miles. From Ban,ile to this place. or
rather from any point on he North Carolina limo
likely to be ihtersected BY the proposed improve
mem, he distance cannot b. less than eighty or
eghty-fi miles: t.en add one hundred aud
tw-p4y-turee miles by the canal 10 Eichu6nd and
We have two hundred aud three or Two hundred
aud eight miles, with the expense Of tranship-
ment, against one hundred aud fory-one miles of
a strai sht rhute. Is this not conclusive of the
whole mater?
II is man,irs,!y clear then. that the route via
Lyuchbur5 could not compete viii, that from Dan
vile. straight to Richmond The only danger
therefore to the Dsnville rnal. would lie in the
apprehension tina, LynchLurg might be moro
i3rmiuble competitor for the g,a.n and tobacco Of
the regl'o embraced bciwe,u he Two points, than
Richmond. To lspel tins al prehrn,lon. We have
but 10 pont out the superior facilities. Of capital
and enterprise, enjcse1 by R,chnond; its sltua-
ton On II hasl- liable stream ia commercial ad-
'aniases AMI the further iact that IT has now its
agents all Through his cDuntry and far up the
guia aud Tennossee Railroad to buy the rro.
duc, IT those regions. In the single article Of
X Il manufacturing tobacco could Lynchburg
compare with Richmond.
From! tacse tacls We think that the position of
ih5se Mo .epreLend injury to tie Richmond und
Danvue RsilroaI FROM the CONSTRUCTION of that
NV under Consideration, is altogether untena bic
We have no doubt that it would bo benefited by
the opening If the new route, aud receive more
freight i-pn the counties nljnpeat that would DO
tributary TO il, than it has now. Moreover. six
large aud pepdloes counties, t2,wit Bedford,
Campbell, Piusylyanin. Franklin, Patrick and
Henry would be accommD dated. their wealth and
Resources augmented, and the general interests Of
the State to thai extent he promoted.
ltis due to the three last named counties thai
something shoed be done towards their develop
inen' In the aggregate ,hey pa, large portion
oil the public resuue. and have received bu, lttl,
patronage from tho State hut hide OF hor Gster
ing care, th,ugh ai!lians have been expended upor
In re favored sections.
We trust that the foolish riyclries arising from
the question OF ron,e-xi.i bc abandoned Secure
the estate FIRST aud decide about the division af
t.Fwards Determine TO take tic first step to-
wards making the road, by securing the charter
aud then let the surveys, OF cour is",oa. or the
stockholders determine the precise line the road
ehal fellow. In this way only the charter bc
secured and sse beg members Of tac Legislature
and especially tho friends Of Tho improvement. uo
to deleat tue Whole scheme by their iliimed ana
unnecessary jarrins about the question ol routc.
Haufharn .Racifn Rnilrosd