Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-11-19
The EebeIRaIIroads.

TFrom the Richmond Sentinel, Nov. a.
4 There is no subject connected with the
public defence and the general happiness
of the people which more urgently de-
mands of the government wise policy
and skillful management of our railroad
system. ,There are some difficulties IN the
wav of this owing to the fact that the
railroads hold their charters and privileges
and are subject to supervision under the
State governments; and from these are
scarcely to be expected such uniformity of
views and promptness of action as the
occasion renders necessary. But the ne
uessities of the war and the demands OF
the military service are such as to make
the railroads of the utmost consequence TO
the public defense, and to justify lndee1'
require of the Confederate authorizes a
course of policy calculated to secure Oh
them the utmost efficiency
The building of the railroad from Ian
vile to Greensboro has proved to be the
utmost consequence to the country. In
ordinary times, and for ordinary uses, the
execution of such work by the Conted-
crate authorities would have been entire
" inadmisssble. For the uses and neces-
sites of the present times it was eminent
ly proper and sagacious. The same rea-
| sons which dictated the building OF that
road may require the construction OF 9TH
ers; and surely the obligation is none
the less binding, and the authority not
less ample or attainable for securing the
perfect efficiency of the roads already IN
operation, and essentially necessary to
the public defence.
A railroad. the building of which would
be very advisable, from its great convent
epce and advantage under all clrcum-
stances, and its extreme importsnce IN q
contingency by no means impossible, Is
one from Danville to. .Lynchburg. I'M;
would give US another and an interior line
between Virginia and the South, greatly
facilitating military combinations by iaclh'
| tating tina movements OF troops. ana Teil
Ger "a secure against any inconvenience
from raiding enterprises against our South
erl connections. Lynchburgh might be-
come q storehouse for the accumulation O.
supplies, whence they could be drawn, i
needed, over the several routes Of railroad
or the canal leading th-nc The air line
between L,vnchburg and Dsnville is abou
sixty miles. We have been informed tina
? a very advantageous route for railroad
has been surveyed, cheap and taelle OF con
struetion, by line of about eighty miles
We are assured, too, that the iron to Ia.
l | the track is attsinsble, and that under IN
5 proper superintendence, with the numbe
Of laborers which the government NIGH
command, the grading might be complete
in six months. This, we know, would b
1 extraordinary speed compared with VIVA
? was witnessed in the construction OF th
|. Danville and Greensboro railroad; but "
trust we have learned how to improve o
: the past. Everything, however, would d.
2 pend on securing an efficient manager
b construction, and yielding to him Propt
e support. But even if much longer tim
. were employed-if q year or two yea
= would be required, we should not deem IL
T work useless, the war may last longer tina
e one year or two years and the new ros
It may at least be ready in time for the ex
gencies in which it would be so vitality II
pOrtant.