Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-03-19

The VIRGINIA Water LiNE.-Tha kanawha
Valley .Sias, in allaling to the appropriations
made by the present Legislature, says it has done
more to unite that section Of Virginia with Tide
Water Virginia, than all preceding Legislatures
together. The appropriations 10 the great lines
Of Internal improvements passing through the
central part Of the State have been remarkably
liberal. In the first place, 100000 were loaned
to the Central kalr"ad Company to extend aad
comp.ete their ruad from Richmond city to Coring-
ton in Allegheny county; aAs then S2,@0,~J
were appropriated ere1ustoejy ~ The &ots t" the
CovinSton and Oaio Railroad, which road Is but
an extension of the Central Railroad from Coving
ton to the Ohio River Thus 100 900 were aI-
prupriated to the great Ce99Icr!M Railroad line of
me State, whose Eastern termini are the tiJc-wa-
Ter cities Of Virginia, and Whose Western termi-
nus will lie the mouth of Big Sandy. on thc Dha
river, and a'mut sixty naiLes West VI Charleston,
EarawlIa c,uEty.
But the Improvement which is par iculsrly ir.-
uurtant to the peope 81 the Hanawha vallag, is
tho Improvement of the navigation al the ka-
nawha river; and the House OF Delegat ties have
passed bill giving our pe0ple all we desired
in this respect 1t has appropriated $4,000 I"
TO mpro the Kama wia ri<cr, and has placed cur
river entirely sndcr tie control II oar people
that is, under Board Of Directors. residing in
;he Kanawha valley.
Furthermore this very liberal act will ena',i,
the James River Cunpaay Il, i,ct and dam James
river up to Cociug ton IN Aitegkany county. IT
will enable this Cosapany to aorr0w money sUtf
tient 20 exen4 their so9t.r ita< from Buchanan he
Covingtnn, a distance If Is miles. aud thereby
reuder James tirer nav galae fox 252 miles above
the city of Rchaoad- With knuswha river ia
proved from it's tAouth to Loup Greek, $50 miles
above this pisec,j there will tie 3 water line cum
nection between the Ohio river and korfoik, a di~
taucc Of 500 miles through the very heart OF Tir
gnia, saving and excepting the distance let~cen
Loup Creek and Corington, which points will lac
con nected iy the Coengton and Chile Railr"ai.
The passage of this James River aud ksn:,wh;
river for 80 m;lcs and the Improvement Of James
river up to CuviHgtu,i. ~l,kk Is 800 miles from
Norf,ak, the mouth of Jalaes river Thas giving
490 miles II aatcr linz through VtrgisiG.
These Appropriateness will produce aa epoch in
the proxress If central Virginia. This laadiadh
ed yortion ef the Old D,@iHie- will make rapid
strides ia growth and development. The vast and
hidden resources Of the Great Kanavha region
will 5000 be brought iate active deveiopment.--
The entire country draiRe by Kanawha river by
Elk river, by Cual river, hy New river, aud by
Gnriey river WIZ derive Infinite bencft fsm hesc
appropriations. The inerhaustitlo enal eei~ of
this re zion will no longer remain in their natural
and undcvcopedes. dtion. But active o,era'ons
will soon he eomn,enccd and carried 0n ia 4 lew
years upon snch ale aud Magnitude az will, we
dare say, make hanawla \ SUCCESSFUL riya! Of
Pttshurg in the cal trade for the Great Western
and Southern markets