The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-10

NaoONtAlAo With the cltSnsst~. .oseeeSse, sss"""
6cultiea "a our allies, and that we cshn~
maintain .rurreives there without asiernst~
trs asporia.io ion Ia the rear
From the enemy position At aanley Bridge,
to which he hss water transportation to Sew.
ell, il thirty miies, and from Lewisharx. 10
which we oasat to have transportation by
rail to the came point, is also thirty ,nilea-
by the lack of railway from Lewisturg to
jackson river, thirty elk miles, we have more
than twice The difficulty Of tho enemy in
reaching the Sewell, which 10 the Gibraltar
ot the monntains- This disadvantage the on
envy ia increasing BY using the winter 70 mend
the roads on his side, while we delay or hesi
enter Greenbrier aud Monroe, he secures
portable property, useful aud tributary to war.
worth more than il would cost - extend the
Covipgton and Ohio road, by temporary track,
10 the westws Of those counties, and TO pro-
serve this immense property for the use Of our
own army The Southwestern and Central
Railroads would then belong 70 him, and with
.uch scoess into the State, tho authority OF
Pierpont would be felt in the city Of Rich.
uond
The only economical and certain defence OF
chSt country and those roads. is to keep the
| suemy In the mountains if we. canuot drive
| them beyond the Ohio. To keep him there. or
| 10 drive him westward, we must increase our
means Of transportation and economic In its
cost- This can only be done successfully by
| pushing the railroad. The cost Of traasp or.
alton for An army of fifteen thousand men
| oy wagons, from Covington TO the White Sui
phur for nine months, wiz pay for the build
.ng Of u temporary railroad Oh the same
toute. AR. w. A. kaper, civil engineer, est
mates the cost Of such u road, butt OF the
iron taken from the Baltimore and OHIO Eail
road, from Covinytou to White Sulphur, TO be
sos ,vtO and sLates that it can W built IN
| .lue mouths. Daring last summer each four
Aorss team hauled only four barrels OF touI
and ito own forage between those points, and
| .ook three days TO make the round trip Of
| .weu,y-tnree miles and back. SicA y team
us subsistence, aud driver, cost the Govern
.nent Loo less than $40 per day. The army
| estimates allow tour po0nds VI Subsistence
| - eacn solder per day, to which 1t would be
| sale " add one pound per day Tor bagxage, &C
Inc daily arrival Of Neisnt at White Sulphur
! VI AL army of fifteen thousand Luen, There
lore. would be 7o,UuU pounds, " deliver winch
| RON Coviuyton II would take III such teams
~ DID ti- hauling of last summer Tor the
Amy OF The kalawha AT u cost Of ten dot
| .arr per DAY Tor each of these, transportation
.or nile months campaign Tor ssn army
II ~, DGU men would coat 500, 900, Or 50, 9Uu
more than the hrs, cost OF the railroad.
When the transportation ID 50 Yreat and
.ncesssnt rs 1t Is tor n large army, tne cost Id
adversely proporuoned 10 the value and
Auoruuxuless OF tie road or other means
4sed. linus, while the greatest economy re-
,uiis IRON Lie railroad, tAs mex. mort ecunom-
.cai plan Is ~ PLANK The tarnrlker, shd the
| AeXt ls 10 pave them. Que or the other OF
.nese pians should be at once adopted. Even
Al scoIomy is hv OBJECT with the Government,
III 40 other way Can Tia o transportation f.r y
Western army OF lJ,WO men be obtained
Inere are not enocgh unsmpioyed wax ons i'll
.he ConieieiAey to do tho Work on tho pre-
| sent bad roads.