The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-05-28
A Railroad to the Ohio.

The Richmond Times does an unhappy
and unjust act in impugning the motives
of men interested in springs property and
Kanawha coal mines-charging them with
desiring merely to benefit themselves by
making the Covington and Ohio railroad
to the White Sulphur, or the "kanawha
river" as it says: we suppose it means
the falls of Kanawha." There is not
man west of Covington who is not as anx-
ious that the road shall 90 to the Ohio as
the editor of the Times. Indeed, the White
Sulphur and the springs interest generally
are especially to be benefited by the ex-
tension of the road to its proper terminus
on the Ohio for more visitors to the Vir-
ginia springs will come from the 'oest than
will come from the east eohen the road IS so
completed. OF this, all springs proprietors
are perfectly convinced.
The imputaton is equally unjust to the
Kapawha coal interests, which cannot be
materially benefited unta the Improve
me,t reaches the magnificent coal. fields.
When once there, away down in the grand
valley of the Kanawha, does the editor of
the Times suppose for one moment that the
road will not be completed to the ONO
Such supposition would be absurd; and
wo know he would neither entertain nor
express it.
There is no occasion to impugn the in
tentions of these people with the view to
defend the policy of the stockholders OF
the Central railroad. II that policy can
be defended on no other ground, then that
policy must be essentially faulty and indie
fensible for the defence fails. We do
| not mean to call in question that policy.
But we do object to this ground of defence
as untenable and calculated to produce
discord among the friends of the great en-
terprise, whose harmonious cooperation is
necessary to its success.
We object also to the idea that the Gen.
trail railroad and the city of Richmond are
to remain inactive and mere lookers-on
until assured that money enough can be
raised to complete the Covington and Ohio
railroad" These are the words of the
Times. Are these corporations entitled to
assume any such attitude? Are they the
least interested of all corporations and
communities in this great work? Have
they the peculiar right to stand off and
wait until other people build the road
They are, indeed, more deeply Interested
in it than any others-corporatlonso or COM
mupjties-and are the least entitled to as
sumo any such position of inactivity. The
neculiar duty of the most interested peo-
nile is to take the lead in such measure.
ANYBODY else is better entitled to stand
off until assured that money enough can
be raised to complete" the road.
/ There can be no interests on the line in
favor of stopping the road short of its
terminus. No man would subscribe to its
stock with any such view. There is as
much zeal for the improvement at the
western end of the route as there is any
where this side of Covington. An intelli-
GENT and influential citizen of kanawha,
who has just left this city, expressed the
opinion that that county would subscribe
s4OO, 900 to the work. 1t will subscribe
either that sum or one not much under it.
The interests of the people Of kanawha in
the road are great, and their liberality
will be correspondingly free and prompt.
Yet they are not to be the recipients OF
such great benefits as those to be derived
from the improvement by the Central rail-
road and Richmond and we believe this
is the opinion of this community, and that
they will not hang back for a guarantee
from people less interested than them
selves.