The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-04-06
GEO. ". TzPPETT
EDITOR AED PRneATgToR.
NTPLEAsANT. ~. Va.
TnURsDAY, APRIL !, 81.
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frfsu 1871 SeNeaANy WI "a H9tg9Ab u
Jonh H. cbunn. G. H. Latham, R.
Johnston. il. L. 7. Ball. R. n. ii. HsbB,
and R 3. Fun0ien. gentlemen belong.
log to The corps Of Engiueer' nov en-
gagged 10 surveying the rOus Of The
proposed extension Of The road formerly
known 90 the Alexsndrin. Loudon and
4lsmp'hlrs Railroad. bat nov os the
WGthingtOa City and Ohio Railroad.
made their appearance 10 our town.
CHEESE gentlemen have jus, completed
She survey from LctSrt Falls to MSSon
City, and had intended 10 survey through
from Le.au Falls 10 Point Pleasant. bu,
owing to The recent heavy raruS and the
breaking Of one Of their instruments
they did NOT DO so They now propose
10 gel The width Of both the Kanavho
and Ohio Rivers at this poiOI; then TO
commence the survey from Point Pleas.
ant to LsIart PslIs. THENCE through back
10 place of,commeDcing,
ecOl. Matbsrry ez9resse. himself a.
chighlyPIeassl With The county through
which he hes saFyeysd, and reports The
gtods % being easy. The hsavisO!
grsds he says will not exceed 80 feet
10 The mile. He also kindly furnished
us With the distances Of the differOpI
soulssfrom the Oaio Riv;rto lils-wa-
AT. yhich are sS follow
From Baltimore TO Petersburg over
Baltimore and Ohio RsilrOad $50 miles,
from Sandy sil Richmond 10 York River
over Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad,
A7G miles; and from Lctsts to Alexnn-
dria, Va, side water-by tie Wssbr
iagton and Ohio Railroad. $40 miles :
4, will DO seen that this cir line road is
shorter by 40 mileS.;o tide water, than
the Baltimore aud Ohio Road, and is
l36 miles shorter than The Chesapeake
and Ohio Road. This road when COM
pleIOJ, will be the shortest routs from
ths West to Underwater, thereby making
freight aud EaySl much lower than
nov.
Ex,elEy Rheu this road will DO com.
plsielto Point Pleasant, We ere not pre-.
DARED 10 say, vet We ars led ~ believe
that it Willbs within the mex. two OF
three years OF one thing we are Ger,
.aio. The exigeneies oftthe times demands
lie speedy completion. Some bright
morning mol long Of. we sbull wake up
10 the accomplished fact Of a Ade>wateI
Fsil connection With the Ohio river a
4Bi1 poiut-and with the whole West
The effect thai the early completion OIL
this Gas will have upon our interests ii
thosgH ~ many 10 he almost incolcul'
bile. Are these nep nero Anthu-iasIs? :
80 4bsy TOO yisiOnsty8 Or will THU
line pour into our lisp heap Of aeaItb,
sEi,b an army Of prudent energetic Eotk
.ers 10 use III Yes, it will be built. Il
,psaas. .shEQsgh our entire Stale from i'll
iEeStstulbOrdstdo itS eastern border. Il
will opon,up ourHaAi mineral resources
Of eDal, iron. &c, By inspiring to it al
.outlit and q mSrket. It will ivito CAPT
dal 10 our State, and to our Iowa an,
County. ii Mill add thouiaudS 10 GU
population; aud W4FlsnoFaaSe our mer
,cantils and manufacturing interests len
fold, Much Of the success Of the Statt
and our town and county in the future
depends on ourselves. We Rapt Wis
end liberal legislatiOni Ws want Thu
,tgbp Of all men again restored 10 them
we Rapt the last vOsIige Of The psoscEiP
live laws efacsd from our statute book
ISe want no more foolish and lying 70
,pqsls about The KUk KIux or Ony O'hc
,ODisREsltbody Of men resisting State Onc
United Sta.sO authority; We want nj
,p,ore invoking Of tho military to pu
down rioters. We hold thsI if our of
GERS do their duty. they can ipu. dow
.alllhsso offences and bring the guilty
parties 10 trial. There never was tinr
'Oiuse Ihe var when civil process cOult
,notbsserved .ip any county 10 the SAFE
,aaisss II was Whsp ,tbO. officer "pOplr
net. fpd tbo Parties"