The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-01-07
8ittmond Dispatth.
rprnAy .JANUARY 7, 1870
vertuckv, Ohio, and Virginia.

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the commercial intercourse that VIII
spring from such railway communications
tho old State, which has given such wealth
to the nation, may be compensated Tor her
proaical liberality in parting with her
daughters She will certainly By these
connections derive immense wealth.
The movements which have recently ia
ken place with regard to the prosecution o.
the Chesapeake and Ohio rail' DAD and inc
James River and kanawha canal have
aroused deep interest amongst the people
Of Kentucky and Ohio, and, indeed, OF oil
the Ohio and Upper Mississippi Valley
States. We learn from gentleman just
from Kentucky that the Kentuckians arc
reyivinr their schemes Of railways towards
tic Virginia border. First amongst them
IL The Lexington and Big Sandy road (l25
miles loag), projected some fifteen year,
e;nce, whose fret president was Major Ar-
rERsoS, a native Eirginian, now dead. The
new effort to complete this work will be led
BIZ Gen. BRECKENRIDGE, who will more than
probably DC the president Of the company.
With the weight Of his character, and hlt
great energy to sustain it, we cannot doubt
thn. the work viii he comp lctcd at very
early dav. Other schemes cooperating witt
this are under consideration, and the pub
lie sni,u il fairly aroused in their behalf.
The resolution and pccuniary power OF the
company which has taken the chesapeake
and Ohio railroad in hand will stimulate
the energies of our Kentucky friends, and
we shall soon join hands with them at the
mouth of :he Big Sandy. There we shall
meet the trade and travel from the heart Of
Ean,ucEg, and we will coon become fnml-
liar with the charming " bluegrass coun-
try" and its thrifty population.
l, IL highly probable that the projected
,osd On the south side of the Ohio from
Cincinnati ri1 Maysville to Big Sandy, there
10 Join the Chesapeake and Ohio r%ilroad,
viii lie ale9 pressed forward SHOULD il roi
lc checked by another that Is proposed OF
tic north silc Of tke river FROM Guyaudottc |
to Cincinnati.
This proposed road is warmly supported |
~ the river counties in Ohio: tiarc!nont:
Brown. Adams, Sciota, and Lawrence
Ncc,ings have been recently held, and the
srLc,uc warmly cspouscd By representatives
from iIcse counties, and especially On the
.,ro,,ud that this road would be q continual
ton u tic Chesapeake aud Ohio railroad,
;,rI would ,ut Cincinnati ind Ohio in con-
l.c;ion with Richmond and Norfolk, and
t.ius omen 10 he Ohio trGlc IL wide latitude
OF Atlantic territory, with its populous
towns aud Incompatible tidal ports.
These two river roads may be built-onc |
certainly will be. The distance from thcil |
Ioiut Of junction with the Chesapeake and |
Ohio railroad to Cincinnati will be abou. |
49, understanding the whole distance from
richmond to Cincinnati 5G2 miles. TO Lex
;ngton, hy the Lexington and Big Sandy
road, the distance will be $50 miles. This
gives Richmond the advantage in distance
over any city on tho Atlantic tide by from
:tftv to sixty miles.
BESIDES those named, there are direct con-
ncctions in Ohio with Columbus by the Co
lun.bus and Iloclhocking railway and
%coa Valley road, and these again with The
entire system Of northwestern roads which |
connect with Chicago and all tho principal
cities OF the northwest. With all these.
when VIC consider the favorable distances
and excellent grades of the Virginia
central line, We know that we shall have
an intimate commerce. The inhospitable
fros:s Of the North will, at least, force them
to lib in winter, and the large manufactu
ring and commercial interests which will
soon be firmly established in Virginia will
takc care Of the business the remainder OF
the year. We have not the rcmotcst doubt
:hat, with all the advantages a kind Provi-
dencc has bestowed upon Virginia, we shall
lie able to get our share and defend our
Sc!vcs we'll in the grand and peaceful
rivalry for tho immense trade of the in
terror.
The signs prove the correctness OF the
iong-cxprcssed opinion of the friends of i'm
proye,nent in Virginia that the moment
wc orened the way through Virginia to the
trade of the West the western people would
eagerly join us with their highways, and
gladly enter into commerce with us. 1t
has been always great complaint with
them that while their nearest route to sen
was through Virginia, they had to travel
around her before they could get there.
Virginia has boon great obstacle in their
way-a barrier to the prosperity of the
Ohio River cities. Like an impossible
mountain, she stood directly in the line of
their commerce, and subjected them to the
injurious rivalry Of the Lake cities, thus
shorn of the advantage to which nature
entitled them. 1t is very plain, therefore,
that this opening of the way through Vir-
guia to the people of the Ohio and the
Upper Mississippi valleys will BIO an event
highly satisfactory. 1t will be to them an
epoch that will rise to the dignity of a
jubilee.
To US it will be an advantage that we
cannot ver-cstimate. The present compa-
ny which has charge of the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad understands all these
matters as we'll as anybody. They know
full well the rewards in store for them
when they complete their undertaking.
they know how they will be Immediately
Joined by railway connections linking the
Virginia trunk line with the whole magni-
ficeut system Of northwestern and western