The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-09-23
RRADINo sATrRR ON EyRRr PAGE.
The vivgisfs water Limo and west.
ern Communications with the AZ.
Ianttc Aeaboard.

ern Communicates with the At
isnttc sesboard. ...
The Norfolk virginian Of Monday pub.
,isbes ,ba fo,,ovi,. communication from
A., n,,', 49, -
"r. 'onn M. pihchey' oi .nis ey' was
written specially for the latitude oil Norfolk,
but Il contains so many practical sugges-
,io,s of ir,erost and imnortance IN wash-
, n .i,-
ington, homegrown AieAanaria, and, IN
deed, all points on the Atlantic coast be-
tween here and Norfolk, that We transfer II
IN thu co,nmrs NJ tba Rvprn,,c,x Tho
" NV sos " .Ae W. D-'oN in0
opening up OF tue communication suggested,
and In the way suggested, would benefit our
noo,,,o % a. ,,ro., as, .,,a,, a.. Norto,, ava
peopio W" s,'as IN oA'eu' aS No'' oh' auu
we must look In the direction indicated for
increased prosperity In tho future. But here
IA tho o,,Iela vi,hopt f,rtbor coumsr, and
80 49,. eou ',I @nu
We ln'"e LOT IL eareiui petusat oy all our
business men and others;
wAsHissrou, D, O., sept IA ls8a.
Jdm.s Barron Hope. Esq., Editor ~ The Norfolk
nv DHnn stp. In ebeerful eomp,ianec
,rith vonr reonas, ofr.r soma roe oc,inns m
ma commarciei S1,nra ~ Tho .nnn,rs as a.
Fectino NorfoIk.
IA seems 10 mo ,ho, saving ,o,bipg of thu
probable. Tho demonstrabie basis OF n fore
East IN tbis snbIect iustl1es Tho boidest on.
,.rnri.o a "A Tho ,,,oat mn rptdcont expocta.
,iaaa.
Tba Wat. which demanded md reccived
c,cat national raiIroads 10 The Pacifc. will.
with greater uanimity and with stili stronger
reason. sooner or later aemana eorresnoSd-
ing faeilities toward The Atlantic. mi in
M, eysnt Inc hand which will onen The
any W ~ n va, u vii, ha s,retchsS I for,S
b., ~. Va, Thnrn, ro,, shoriS iii II
s,,n W., h,,e vt, 'ou us !, LIN, -.
yua, M. W., s.., nnu ~ II ,,ish
gums .ne uss mus 80, u''.uia'e'y ueIaoi Us.
Aoui oos'". ~, ahu oui'a YOU SIeat e'y.
ING PaI., tnen, wnicn youI people arc 70
Piy III .uis hia.cr, 10 iae.il'ate OF retaru,
nrand pnrro.ss 81 ,hn S,,nra ,,a.u M W,
-, .n,erU y, ae . Ltui mean sna'
ioc,oS NAV ha caIied Wos.or, n an,e Ueen PR
yhich ronr enIiobtoned c,si,ons iii 80 "
49,, srynnnr, H. 1boir ,owar ~ a nna
~, ho Western nconle sbonid ha maJo 80
n1o,n,aa az a. ,iv Z : ,ossih,o Viii ali a. ~
dduT.i,o Saio ,hs, inv NAV ason, a. Tho "a, Nc
iueH. 49, la, s ~, ny Sy aeoI' 'hs ~
JV ~ ,,"r r,,la Then, tSslr oS'n h.ya
10 me L". '.It,, 'n ~. ~ u, . n'e
NJ "Ou ~. t.as 'i'oy va nPSeuu' S",,S '"o,i
OUT. nnas arc 'neee ProJee'S here "ro
soiho " 1neIh' ~,
i. a railroad rom San Francisco 70 NOT
ioik, Dehllhg Gown into tue southwest,
rising yam 70 McInPnis, ana rom thence
EAst-tnt Is, the soutneth lae'ue ,anroS1
70 M eni anu nrou u onGn'e 'ne Nor'o'A
anu urest Wes.eIn Iallroau.
- a short San h connec,,ng the waters OF
thS No9ss Nuu ,he upper lenhesscc, anu
fan , rom sne neau Oh havisa'ion on INC
hoiston 70 hynchourg, so tnat continuous
water route, except 10 inlles OF railway,
from tnc oun Oh ncAico 10 Noriolk would
INC Soa.
vi,,,; a. "I saLins o aeiU'' .no mountains o.
~. - %t.aissinS a.. WY, new mouth
no, InSesd IN Ratcrs bni ' iSsr h%pIInn ~
htcaJ Ton tbc wboie Wissis.i,n Uu usi, oi
S.or' ydr,ars 70 IT,. ~ Ell nhe,,
ron from, M 70 la 70 Les ana from chain TO
7, ia ,his Lot ,shjcI, o,,oo.s 90 -,
,ran,ce,J.n, nrom,se for M Wo.,. onS S ~,
,t'''n oepIS p,,,a.n a,,;,, ny auu ho
- a oni"t Wes,cs, ann,shsns h ,n ., by
seuenae, IN nj indnpce az R,i,isb harvc.,s
lesseninr The foreiTn dcmonJ and o,bcr
eonsiderntions. have rendered certain a ysrv
low price of wheat this sanson. Great 5is
courapcment will he fall Inv III oTr;cnI, rro,
eiass IN the Western Statcs Sho1id ,shaa,
fall below a doIIar sorions aissou,a,, 'Sa,.
arIsc' ''''''
Now tho market for our wheat L, in FIR.
cIgn countries, and the New England md
N7ddIe Siates and IL has hecr dnmans,.., =
that il costs 90 cents per bushel 10 aet tha
wheat to New YORK for shipment, III has
also been demonstrated that m there was
water conmunicat FREQ of cytnrtiorate
tolls and of ade1uate carving cnnacitv
across the Virginia mountains, the grim al
the West could be delivered in Norfolk AT M
average economy of 30 cents per bushel, o,
$3.50 per ton, In abatement Of the prcscn
enormous charges.
With this saving, which, DO II remem
bered. Ia only the average economy IN n vas
territory through which Il wonId rango from
= mi Tho mast remote pointS 10 bI cen,s q,
the bushei, II is plain that the farmers Of Nh
Mississinni vaIlev wonId IRON anni.nt !.
once ipd tbeis proats yonid pot cor ~
from the eonsumer. the nresent "a rr,sr oni,
wouId Iose' The Massacbnsctts artissn NJ
Tho Iowa farmer could congratnIaIa .ani,
other. however, for the aetual event yvonI5
he that tho money which formeriv wan, ~
ths carrier ,voniS ho dirIaoJ hn,n.:y "e II, "
The samc ~ Inc soro,rr con.ur,"s S'n anoni
II would he IN The intsrcst nvon ~ EnSiisi
men IN sig tbis canal much No. ~ n,',
Sortbeaste1p conntrymcn pm, r. a.. u,
What I think "A consiJeratin, ~ 80 80,
Importance. e'''''''
Corn bread Ia eaten onIv in tho Initial
States, and maize ia practicable a nrodnco
oxcInslveIy for home corsnmn,,oy 80, ~
tits In comparatiyely slieht dcrTee cynar, Cd
In the form OF pork, Bread mado ~ thIs
noble grain Is rejected In England. not be-
cause It is uupaiatable, but because 1t is not
greatly cheaper than wheat bread, While Il
continues to cost 6S cents per bushel to got
II on shipboard II can never be introduced 10
the hungry millions Of the Old World, but
must continue to be used as fuel on the prai-
ries Of Illinois. It is said TO cost about A
mill and q half per ton per milo carriage
across the Atlantic. At this rate, ten or
eleven cents per bushel would deliver corn
In Europe from our shores. Add as much
and one half more for carriage from the
Held TO the port, and you would have, say 2j
cents per bushel, carriage and commissions
We Immediately see that II 1t cost but 81
cents to get his Indian corn to a foreign
market, the Western farmer could grow rich
on his profits at q price so low that men II
Europe could fatten on the bread he now dl
yides between his swine and his fire. II
am not In error In supposing that new
breadstuh would thus underbld the wheat
which Is now the stan OF life abroad, with
out tearing 10 indulge the n0bler sense Of
such beneiactlon for our fellow-men in
other lands, what could promise Il grnpdol
fruition to the West and South than the
profits Of supplying a new and almIst uu,
limited demand for bread through produce