The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-09-12
Aittn,ond 1ispatth.
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER II, 1868.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.


There is much force and dignity IN the
name Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad oom-
pany." 1t is compatible with the magn'-
! tude of the enterprise which unites the
commerce of the Chesapeake by the short
est line with that of the Ohio. 1t indicates
the purpose of the company, and keeps
ever present the grandeur of their under
taking.
The recent convention of the directors OF
the Central Railroad Company and the
commissioners of Virginia and West Nir-
ginia, out of whose harmonious action the
new company was so auspiciously organ
lied, was happy event for the States in
terested. Not only may we felicitate our
selves upon the important measures then
adopted, but also upon the nature Of the
views and sentiments elected in the delibe-
rations of both directors and commission
ers. The West Virginia commissioners
were especially emphatic on the most i'm
portant point of resisting every effort to
place the great work under partisan infiu-
ences. They declared that its success
could not be secured by any party
working by itself-that all parties
must combine for the common object
of its construction, and that it must be
platform where all could and must stand
in harmony and equality. In proof of their
entire sine Gritty and liberality, they unani-
mously proposed as one of the directors for
West Virginia SAMUEL PRICE, OF Green
brier, one of the ablest and most worthy
citizens of that State, who, nevertheless, is
prohibited from practicing at any OF her
courts. Mr.. Burnley, one Of the most pro-
minent of the commissioners OF West flr-
gipia, took occasion to express his conn.,
dence and that of the commissioners in the
administration of the Central road, aud
trusted that it would not be disturbed in
its new phase, but that it would be accorded
the privilege of completing the work it had
begun, rendering it the best wishes OF his
people and himself. He was especially
complimentary to the President of the Cen
trail Company, and expressed his confidence
in his ability, under the new name and
more comprehensive powers Of the COM
pany, soon to reach the terminus IN West
Virginia, upon the banks Of the Ohio.
This condition of the feeling and opinions
of the representatives. of West Virginia who
belong to the Republican party is crafty
ing. 1t gives assurance of harmony and of
the protection of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad Company from the strifes Of par
tsanry, which would be so disastrous to its
welfare. Capitalists would not be ready to
advance money that might be subjected to
the pcrils of q party scramble.
We may look forward with good degree
of confidence to the steady and harmonious
prosecution of the railroad to the Ohio. The
securities in the hands of the company are
amongst the best and most satisfactory in
the Union, while the prospects Of their
road, with its straight and short line, its
superior grades and its noble termini,-
Chesapeake opening to the trade Of half the
globe at one end, and the Ohio, great artery
of the heart of production and commerce OF
the teeIninr West n tho ethor, alone
guarantee of thrift and pecuniary means
that must dissipate all doubt Of the ability
Of the company to comply with its obliga-
tons. No company in the Union, in the
act of building road, ever presented
stronger guarantees Of solvency to the COM
mercial world.
AS the traveller beyond Covington now
looks on the renewal of work upon the
road after suspension of eight years, he
cannot fail to experience revival of hope
and spirit. The sound of the hammer and
the roar of the wheels of the dumping car
are most delicious music to his ears, and
he involuntarily utters a fervent ejacula-
ton that the great enterprise may be sue
cessfully and rapidly prosecuted to compile
ton. The contracts are awarded for the work
to the White Sulphur Springs, and will soon
be given to Greenbrier river, whittier it will
be pressed with great energy. Once there,
it will be upon the waters that run down to
the ONO, ana Will aS certainty 20 hlonG
with them to that famous river as they will
themselves flow thither. There is an in
describable influence exerted upon men
and their enterprises as they progress to-
wards an objective point, when they cross
great mountain barrier in their way and
reach the streams that flow to the end of
their journey. The moral effect at this
stage in the pilgrimage is such as to in
spire new confidence and give to physical
exerton the highest encouragement. The
mountain looking down on the Greenbrier,
then, is the Pisgah. of this long journey
through the wilderness and we are almost
there!