Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-04
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Our Railroad Interests.

Mr.. T. G. Connolly sends Us the following
In relation 10 our railroad interests;
wAsHfHdros err. March ). 1870.
To tAs BiRor rths NstioAdI RspubifodH!
SIR; In the subject Of railroads TO and
from the city Of Washington, you and l, aud
all good citizens, realize q deep interest.
Senator Sherman has sounded the keynote
on this theme; the future Of Washington Is
. question Of railroads. ....
The great miSfortune IA that our citizens
cannot agree upon deanlte projects. Tho
private interests Of corporators stand In the
way. Among the citizens al large, private
interests converge among corporators they
diverge. That Ia, when there are many
plans aud many companies, the brighter,
keeuer and more influential men, generally
the more wealthy, arc usually found among
the corporators. Plain people can only DO
heard through public meetings and through
newspapers, and hence through the councils
and through Congress. have taken my
appropriate position among the humblest
class In the primary meetings. .....
Whatever IL to benefit Washington must
be promptly brought about. Warrington
cannot walt. In I've years from to-day
| Washington will DO q splendid, prosperous
city or a deserted city. II cannot stand
still, nor can It trust to enterprises that re-
| uuire much time for their consummAtlon.
| The earliest possible achievements are essen
tlal. What are theJi
In twelve months from to-day the present
railroad to Baltimore will cease 10 be our
master, and II and the Baltimore aud Poto'
| mac road will be our servants. In two years
1 49, a wa ha NallrnaH ffnNn
Washington to Mechanicsyllle, thence BY
| Hoods Mill, thirty miles OF, and thence
| thirty miles farther, through three counties
Of Maryland, into Pennsylvania. Who does
not know something Of the vast benefits that
must result from this improvement Let
me show an item or so. The coal Of Penn
sylvana Is as near TO Warrington as u
Philadelphia. BY bringing II directly L
Washington there will be q saving TO tn,
District OF Columbia, to the people and the
United States Government OF half million
dsllars u year. In lumber and 10 tlmbOi
there will be immense advantage, In TIT
products OF the farm, OF the garden, Of tht
dairy, there will be no less, Maryland will
then cherish the national capital as frient
and patron, and the men and women o.
Pennsylvania will sell US wholesome, dc
lcious and cheap fool and fruits at the curb
stones 10 our city. ... g. ,.,..
In twelve, certainly eighteen, months from
to-day, we can have a railroad running
seventy miles from Washington through
certain melon, tobacco, wheat, corn, sweet
potato aud fruit counties Of Maryland, down
to tho nah and oyster regious near the mouth
Of the Potomac, at Point Lookout, where
deep waters, a safe hArbor, nearuess to the
ocean, and the attractions OF healthfulnes,
aud luxurious bathing are all presented
, This route has but few obstTuctlons to over
come. II appears the cheapest bed for I
railroad that can be found In the UnlteC
States; and this road and that to Pennsyl
vania will DO as the right and left arms o
Washington, cooperating aad assisting eacl
other for the good Of tho whole District.
Few persons seem TO know that Washing
ton ID as near to Buffalo and to Niagara a
Is the city Of New York; that Washington Z
! as near TO Harrisburg az Is the city Of Phlla
delphla, or that 1Ature has made the ap
proaches to WaAhlnptnn FROM thss4.L- $n,ls
named, the face OF the country and the ell
mate considered; or that Point Lookout u
as we'll adapted for all the purposes OF |
foreign aud coasting trade as any other pol
tlon ON the whole Atlantic coast.
Very respectfully you're,
= TuoNAs c. CoSSoLLI.