The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-09-18
chosanea,re and Ohio Railroad.


The following article NC extract from the
New York Tribune. A part Of its caption
is"New York and Virginia" It presents
sooa Of the strong points which commend
the IMPROVEMENT rs one of great nationa!
interest:
"The anticipated completion OF the
Chesopeakc and Ohio railroad, now running
IN White SULPHUR Springs, in West Virginia,
end TO be extended to the Ohio within the
next two years, will open another ana mos
important avenue to trade between the Urea
West and the Atlantic cities.
"From Richmond to the White Sulphur
Springs "a distance of 225 miles, the roao
is completed and in good running order.
From the White Sulphur Springs to the
Ohio river 10 distance of 200 mlles} the
road is yet to be constructed.
"The Messrs. Huntington q Co., OF the
Contra, Pacific railroad, and other intiuen-
t;al parties of New York city, have, during
tho mast six months, examined Thoroughly
the present condition and future prospects
If the Chesapcakc and Ohio railroad, and
have recently concluded to undertake the
completion of this important road to the
Ohio river.
"By the terms Of the agreement with the
Chesapcake and Ohio Railroad Company
Mr.. Huntington and his associates ten in
olN will have the control of this road from
Richmond to the Ohio river, distance OF
425 miles: and thus Ne,r Tork arW control
the most inp0rtant railroad an Virginia.
n roed calculated to accomplish more good
for VIRGINIA than all their other internal
improvements combined, and destined to
make Norfolk great commercial city.
s:Tbe advantages of this road to New
York. Virginia, and the great West, are ap-
parent.
West will be 100 miles nearer to the Allan
tic seaboard by this route than by any other
railroad now in operation.
go. In grade the Chesapeake and Ono
has decided advantages over the Baltimore
and Ohio, over the Pennsylvania Central,
and over the New York and Erie. Inc
maximum grade of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad in ascending the Chief Ale
rhanv range of mountains from west TO
east being only 29@ feet to the mile that
of the Pennsylvania Central, So feet to the
mile; that of the New York and Erie, 50
feet to the mile; that of the Baltimore ana
Ohio, 116 feet to the mile.
"S. In climate, this central Virginia
route has advantages over the other three
routes. The winters being much mlldeT,
therefore this route will have less ohst'uc-
ton from ice and snow than the more
northern routes.
"Thus, in distance, CRAZE, and climdte
this route through central Virginia will
have decided advantages over any other
road now in operation between the great
West and the Atlantic scaboard, and when
completed to the Ohio river it will constr
tute the best outlet for the trade Of st.
Louis, Louisville, and Cincinnati, seeking
the New York market. 1t will develop the
vast camel. splint, and bituminous coal
deposits situated in the great kanawha re-
eion, and also the iron deposits of central
Virginia and central West Virginia, and
will make Norfolk an important CONNER
cial city. And, as snll roads lead to Rome,
we do not fear that New York will reap less
than her fair share of the advantages re-
sultng from the construction of so great a
work."
The distance from Richmond to the White
Sulphur Springs will be diminished some
thirty miles by the construction of q
straight road from Richmond 10 Charlottes-
Vile, which will be shorter by that distance
than the detour by Gordonsvillc-a very
considerable advantage to the whole line.
The TriJune, in declaring that the work
will be controlled by New York, is correct
so far only as that the members of the as
ISOLATION which has undertaken to build the
road are citizens of New York. OF course
they may be regarded as men who would
do what they could incidentally for the
benefit of their city, and would be slow to
allow any such employment of their capital
as would do her an injury. But they arc
nevertheless private capitalists, and will
shape the policy Of the corporation they
will control so rs to yield to themselves
the greatest benefits. And herein that
policy will be entirely friendly to the local
interests and welfare Of this State and OF
the western communities concerned in the
great route. TO Virginia the company
will, in pursuing their own best interests,
secure all the advantages of good and rea-
sonablc transportation Tor the ores and fuel
that will be demanded by the hundreds OF
FORCES and manufactures that will be To-
Gated along the line, and especially in and
about this city. So will the corporation
secure to Virginia the advantages OF time
and of distance that may be in her favor
in general commerce. Both Norfolk and
Richmond will, we are sure, be benehciaries
to the degree that their enterprise may
warrant.
so also the western communities will
have secured to them the benefits OF a
shorter route to the Atlantic, and one that
is never interrupted by frosts. There are
no considerations propitiatory TO New York
that will conflict with entire justice to the
interests Immediately upon or directly ac-
commodated by this grand line.
It is noble work-it does traverse the
route of lowest depression from the Atlantic
to the Mississippi Valley-and as at pre-
sent projected it will only suggest connec-
tons and improvements that will add i'm
mensely to its magnitude. These will come
forward in due time. They involve intc-
rests vast in extent, and local and national
benefits which can hardly be exaggerated.
1t is an epoch in the history of Virginia ::
the construction Of this road, now happily
determined upon, and to be completed in o
very brief period. 1t will inspire new en-
ergy throughout the State and inauguratc
reign of prosperity such as has never been