The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1868-01-23
Railroads Richmond, &c.

ing topie in. Indiana. Cons equently .
short talk about the latter would no.
perhaps be Unacceptable 20 your read
ers.
In view of the completed, partially
complete and projected Railroads in the
State, it may be said of Indiana that she
Is the great Railroad State ofthe Union,
as truly as it is now said OF Indianapo-
lis. that she is the great Railroad centre
of the Union. -.,o ea es
80 But great progress as. Nc have un-
questionably made in this direction, we
have as q people constantly moderated
the value of internal improyem ents.
W no would have believed ten years ago
that the Railroad interest would have
carried indianapolis forward to her pre-
sent sixty thousand inhabitants, and
still augm enting in wealth and real bust
ness Importance in a more rapid ratio
than ever, with an aggregate mannfac-
turing interest five fold greater than
Richmond the old manufacturing city of
the State. and new and still more ex-
tensive manufacturers just ready to go
into operation under the auspices of the
new Rolling Mill and Cotton Mill, and
Agricultural Implement manufacturing
Companies.
" It'll all these new elements OF pros
perity in operation, with the speedy
completion OF the four new Railroads
now under contract or being INSTRUCTED
TO this city, with the location of their
principal machine shops here, Indianap-
oils must advance in the next decade to
city Of one hundred thousand inhabi
tants.
The Eastern part the State is also
fully sharing with the Central in the ad :
vantages and prosperity to be derived
from these great works of internal i'm
provements But the beautiful and
douIishing city Of Richmond, whose
manufacturing aud commercial impor
lance makes her pre- eminentIy the
business and commercial centre of
Eastern Indiana. has been singularly and
unWisely overlooked in the intri CUES and
combinations Of adverse Railroad inter
ests.
But when We carefully survey the
whole field, we find Richmond has dis
played wisdom in biding her time until
the plans and purposes of her adverse
ries are fully developed, and she is now,
if she will improve her opportunities,
EN- phatically master of the situation.
Lord, the little Western Railroad
Giant, is down with his Road in the
Western White Water Valley from
Hagerstown by way of Cambridge, Con-
nersville, BrookvilIe and Lawrenceburg
to Cincinnati, expecting to take the
Cincinnati freights eff Of the Chicago
Road at Hagerstowp. -,.--....
He has made the fatal mistake of
throwing himself to the Chicago Road
on what may be not nnaptly termed the
arc of circle, when he should have
don e it upon its diameter. The Chicago
Road can be reachsd many miles nearer
by direct line from CT ncinnati to Rich
mond than from Cincinnatito Hagers
town. ss-. s.
A Road running fyom Richmond South
to Boston, and from Boston directly
South avoiding the hills of Four Mile
on tue East aud Hanna and Liver
Gre eks on the West, through that level,
finely timbered and waterea county of
unsurpassed fertility. Astounding in
wealth, and where the people along the
line would contribute largely to build
it, making direct line to Cincinnati by
a very slight detour to the East at some
point in Franklin county. would be a
road when completed that would CONTROL
the Chicago trade to Cincinnati, through
Richmond for all tiffic against all com
It might be objected that the deep
cuts and tunnelliug through th Miami
Hills would make this an expensive
road. a SA
The first cost of the Road might be
some greater than other routes. But
the immense advantage OF the route, the
comparative cheapness Of keeping the
road in repair, would ten fold compen-
safe for any additional cost IN con
struction.
A repetition of the foods that re-
peatedly sweptaway the Whitewater Ca
nal, and the fortunes of SO N any men in
terested in it. will constantly impair
Lords road. which is mainly constructed
GU the topath of that unfortunate Canal.
A road from Richmond to Cincinnati
on the route we have esignated, would
ultimately be incomparably cheaper
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