The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-11-03
From the Cincinnati Gazette.
WASHINGTON AND OHIO RAIL.
ROAD.
Report or the Committee Of the cincia-
nuti Chamber of Commerce. The
Project Endorsed.

| tho committee TO Wnom was relerreu JUG
subject of tho Washington & Ohio Rail-
road, submitted report. which was unau-
imously adopted. The report says:
Tho Washington s Ohio Railroad, as
projected aud surveyed to Point Pleasant,
on the Ohio River when completed, will
tend to the development and support Of
certain projected and existing improve
neuts in which Cincinnati and other West
cru cities are mutually Interested. When
brought to thiscity, il will give more d.
rect Communication to st. Louis and other
Western cities than they now have, to tho
scaboard. Chicago will continue her ex-
listing relations with this city, because it
will give more direct outlet for her pro-
ducts than can DO had by any other route.
It will give the shortest railway comInuni-
cation between the Ohio Rive. and tho
tide waters Of the Potomac, at point that
is Of mutual importance TO al the country
interested In the water line. commencing
at the mouth of the kanawba river. At
the mouth Of this stream. the great bulk
Of tho future business Of the West on the
navigablc streams Of the Same will be con-
ccntratcd, and it is important that a main
trunk line railway should be built from
this point to tho Atlantic sc.5oard. Ma
turo has placed them so conncctedly as to
give all those points in an almost air line,
and in a central position to the whole coua.
try. St. Louis. Cincinnati, Point Plcas-
ant-in other words, tho Mississippi. the
Ohio and the Pptomac-will be connected
and linked 10 business relations by the
building of this road, on q line mutually
beneficial to all.
| 1t will give to our commerce and manu-
Ifacture tie most important outlet to the
| Atlantic seaboarl, because the shortest,
! railway transportation being only three
hundred and forty miles from tho mouth Of
tho Kanawha to Washington city and
Alexandria on tho Potomac; the depth Of
water at the latter place being enough for
all practical purposes, with an abundance
Of cheap coal for tho use Craftsmanship lines,
making it eminently adapted as point for
oceanic communication with the outside
world. Being more inland than any Other
port, it is susceptible Of being made more
defensible in time Of war, which is q mat
ter worthy Of consideration. The railway
accommodations at the starting point. Al
exaudria, 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. It passes through a
country unsurpassed for health, beauty aud
fertility, and abouuds in timber, coal, iron,
marble, slate. granite, aud many Other
products Of forest. field aud garden, too
numerous to mention. Tho greater por-
ton of 1T passes through region of eouu-
try not tributary to any othcr road, and is
consequently not running tilt against any
existing Improvement. 10 its course it
touches on several important towns and
cities, aud runs almost equally distant be-
tween the Chesapeake & Ohio aud Ohio
and Baltimore Railroads. To tho former
it must ultimately DO Of great benefit fol-
its northern freight and travel.
The committee submitted 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 hcr repre-
sentative, DR.. Hill, beg leave to offer The
following resolutions for tho adoption o.
this chamber:
"Resolvel, That cheap aud quick trans
portation for tho products Of the interior
Of tho cOuntry to tho tide waters Of tho Po
tomac and Chesapeake is not only a ncccs
sity, but is demanded by tho highest con
sidoratious Of au enlightened public poll
cy.
"Resdlcccl, That to secure this, addition
al direct lines of railway to the East, ii
which this city should have a controlling
influence, arc impcrativcly demanded, no
only as means ofprocuriug cheapfreights
but Of protecting our commerce from dis
crinisations prejudicial to It.
"Resolced, That it will be to the inter
csts Of this city and section Of the State
that every encouragement, both private
and public, DO extended to forward th'
completion of tho shortest and 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 sole
tied:
JAMS +. TORRrscs,
S. V. REID,
JEFp. BUCKINGHAM,
A. w. MULLEN.