The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-11-03
Prom the Cincinnati gazette.
WASHINGTON AND OHIO RAIL.
ROAD.
Repor, OF the Committee Of the cfncin-
na1i Chamber Of Commerce. The
Project Endorsed.

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subject Of tho Washington & Ohio Rail-
road, submitted q report. which was unau-
inOusly adopted. Tho report says:
The Washington & Ohio Railroad, as
projected aud surveyed to Point Pleasant,
on the Ohio River when completed, will
tend to tho development aud support of
certain projected aud existing improve
lncnts 10 which Cincinnati and other West
cru cities areniutualy interested. When
brought to this city, it will give more d.
rect Communication to St. Louis and other
Western cities than they now have, to the
scaboard Chicago will continue her cx-
listing relations with this city, because it
will give more direct outlet for her pro-
tlucts than caR be had by any other route.
II will give the shortest railway commune
cation between the Ohio Rive. and tho
tide waters Of the Potomac, at a point that
is Of mutual importance TO al tho country
interested In the water line, commencing
at the mouth of the Kapawha river. At
the mouth Of this stream, the great bulk
Of the future business Of the West on the
navigablc streams Of the same will be con-
ccntratcd, and it is important that u main
trunk line railway should be built from
this point to the Atlantic sc.5oard. Ma
turc las placed thcm so conncctedly as to
give all those points in an almost air line,
and in q central position to the whole coun.
try, st. Louis. Cincinnati, Point Pleas
ant-in other words, the Mississippi, the
Ohio and tho Putomac-will be connected
and linked in business relations by the
building Of this road, on line mutually
beneficial to all.
| It will give to our commerce and manu-
I facture the most important outlet to the
Atlantic seaboarl, because the shortest,
! railway transportation being only three
hundred and forty miles frnm the mouth Of
tho Kauawha to Washington city aud
Alexandria on tho Potomac; the depth Of
water at tue latter place being enough for
all practical purposes, with an abundance
Of cheap coal for tho use ofsteamship lines,
making it eminently adapted as a point for
oceanic Communication with the outside
J world. Being more inland than any other
port, it is susceptible Of being made more
/ defensible in time Of war, which is mat
/ ter worthy Of consideration. The railway
accommodations at the starting point, Al
exandria, are, and bid fair to be, of unsur.
passed importance. Other connections and
Intersections Of valuable character will be
had when tho road is built and finished to
Point Pleasant. 1t passes through a
country unsurpassed for health, beauty and
fertility, and abouuds in timber, coal. iron,
marble, slate. granite, aud many Other
products Of forest. field aud garden, toe
numerous to mention. The greater por.
ton Of it passes through region Of eouu.
try not tributary to any other road, and il
consequently not running tilt against any
existing Improvement. In its course i
touches on several important towns anc
J cities, and rms almost equally distant be
tween the Chesapeake & Ohio and Obi
and Baltimore Railroads. 70 the fOrme
it must ultimately DO of great benefit 70
! its northern freight and travel.
The committee submitted q tabular state
mcnt Of distances Of the proposed railroad
which has already appeared in our columns
The report closes as follows:
Your committee, after careful cxamin
! alton Of tho claims Of the Washington
Ohio Railroad, as presented by her repre-
sentative, DR.. Hill. beg leave to offer th
following resolutions for tho adoption o
this chamber:
"ResOlucl, That cheap aud quick trans
portation for tho products Of tho interio
Of tho country to tho tide waters of tho Pc
tomac and Chesapeake is not only q ncccs
sity, but is demanded by tho highest con
sidcratious Of au enlightened public poll
Cy.
"Resolrccl, That secure this, addition
al direct lines Of railway to the East. il
which this city should have controlling
influence, arc impcrativcly demanded, no
only as means ofprocuriug cheap frcights
but Of protecting our commerce from dis
criuiaatious prejudcial to it.
"ResOlced. That it will be to the inter
csts Of this city and section Of tho State
that every encouragement, both privat
aud public, DO extended to forward tn
completion Of tho shortest aud most contra
railway. to this city from tho tide waters o
tho Potomac. aud tho capitol of tho Unitct
States"
All Of which is most respectfully sOlic
iicl.
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S. V. REID,
JErp. BUoKINonAM,
J. A. w. MULLEN.
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