Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-11-02
Washington and Ohio IL. K.


c!osc of business on Change, the committee to
whom Vas submitted the subject OF the Wash.
ingtcn and Ohio Railroad, submitted the fol
lowing report, which was unanimously adopted:
CHARLES w. ROWLAND, President Of the
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce: Your COM
mIttee appointed to report on the subject Of
certain communications presented by Dr. James
T. Hill, of Alexandria, Virginia, showing the
Washington and Ohio Railroad to DO 4 more
direct route than any other to the tide waters
OF the Potomac from the Ohio river, beg leave
TO say that they have examined this subject SIS
carefully US was possible without the actual
surveys, and find the statements relative to the
road TO be substantially correct that it is the
most direct route built or projected, and pos
sesses some advantages for this city that no
other railroad to the Atlantic sesboard has
and in recommending it to the favorable con-
sheraton of this body, and the bu:iresS com.
munlty Of this section Of tho State and city, we
arc governed by the same reasons that induced
a former committee Of this Chamber to report
fnv0raby on the Virgins water line between
the Ohio and Jarses rivers, which report
received your most cordial endorsement.
Tho Washington and Ohio Railroad Us pro.
jected and surveyed TO Point Pleasant. on the
Ohio river, when completed, will tend to the
develop;non anC support of certain projected
existing Improvement; in which Cincinnati and
other Western cities are mutually in!erestcd.-
When brought to this city. it will give more
direct communication 70 st. Louis ind otbcr
Western cities than they now have to the
board. Chicago will continue her existing 70
latlons with this city, because /. Will give ahore
direct out! let :or her products than en- be had
by any other route. 1t Will give the shortest
railway communication between the Ohio river
and the It'd. waters OF the Potomac. at Il point
that Is ~ mutual Importance to Al! the coantry
interested in me water line, commencing ut the
mouth OF tic kanawh" river A. the mouth 81
| thi, .tr"n',i, the great bulk Of the Iuturn bull
mes: >! the W.sL on The navlgab!r streams VI
| the same will be- concentrated and it IL import
| ant t!!a: y msin trunk line railway should be
| built from this poin! to the Atlantic scabu@rd:
Nature has placed 50 cunnectedly Ms TO give all
| these points in al almost air line, and in cen.
| trail position to TIE whole country. st. Louis.
Cincinnati, Poin. Ploasaut-in other words the
Missi slppi, the Ohio and tho Potomac-will be
| connected and linked il business relations by
| the building Of this road. on line mutually
beneficial TO all
It will give TO our commerce aud msnuiac
| lures tho most important outlet TO the Atlantic
scabOsrd. because the shortest railway transport
| lation, being only three hundred and forty
| miles from the mouth OF the KaLawha to Wash
| ington city and Alexandria on the Potomac ;
| the depth OF water ut tho latter place being
| enough for all practical purposes, with an
| abundance of cheap coal for the use of steam
| ship lines, making it cmlnently adapted NJ u
| poin. for oceanic communication with the out
| side world being more inland than any other
| poIt Is 81 crptIbe Of being made more de-
| lensibc in time Of war, " hich is matter worthy
| OF consideration. The railway accommodations
ri the starting point, AloXandris, are, and bid
| lair TO be, Of unsurpassed Importance. Other
| connections and intersections Of Il valuable
cha7ucte. viii be had " hon the road Is built and
| finished 10 Point Pleasant. 1t passe. through q
| country unsurpassed for health, beauty and
| fertility, md abounds in timber. coal, iron,
marble, slate. granite and many other products
| OF forest ED and garden too numerous TO men
| ton The greater portion OF it passes through
| u region Of country not tributary to any ether
roaI, and is consequently not running TIT
! against any existing Improvement. In Its course
i. touches on several important towns and cities,
and run: slmo>t equally distant between The
| Che sapeake and Ohio and Baltimore and Ohio
| Railroads. To the former it mus. ultimately
be of great benefit for its northern freight and
| travel
| Your committee, after u careful exsmi nation
OF the Claims of the Washington and Ohio Rail.
| road, as presented by her representative, DIR.
Hill beg leave to offer the following resolutions
| for the adoption Of this Chamber:
Resolved, That cheap and quick transpJrta-
ton for the products Of the nteri )r Of the cOun-
try to the tide waters Of the Potomac and Che5
| apeaiic, is not only necessity. but Is demAnde
by the highest considerations of an enlightened
public policy.
Resolved, That To secure this additional di.
rect lines .; railways 10 the East, in which this
CITY should have controlling INF uence, Is I'M
peralvcy demanded, not only as means OF
procuring cheap freights. but Of protecting our
commerce generally from discrimination: pre-
| judicial to il.
| Resolved, That it will he to tho interests Of
| this city and section of tho State; that every
| encouragement both private and public, be
| EXTENDED to forward thu completion OF the short
est mnl most central railway to this city from
| tho tide water! OF the Potomac and the capital
| OF the United States.
\ CARD 10 the Editor Of the 4lrraa-
| dri, Gu:ctie-ln your issue of the 18Th OF
| October, your Richmohd correspondent gives 4
statement OF dclinquenees of Sheiiits of certain
counties, showing that the military appointee
of Fairfax was delinquent in the payment Of
State Revenue. In the return Of delinquent
Sheriff. by the Auditor the sum Of 81 ,055 % is
charged against me, but a note opposite states,
'coGmI>sious not credited. Receipt of Sheriff S
successor on file for 81 ,02S.S9, showing that
on an adjustment of commissions there would
| be balance in my favor.
| win you DO me the justice to insert this
| statement, as an erroneous impression might
| be produced by your statement Of the 18th ult
Respectfully, Franklin SHERMAN.
II Lalc Sheriff of Fairfax Co., Va.
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