The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-06-14
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hined effort to go around nicnul'.H' ,ho
We think, and are sorry ~ Is So t'l'' w, ,,n
Journal is eNcusahtc. hlchtnoi'ur 'n;I-oad
connection with the great line oil ta'H snd
Which ATTENDS from the sea to Br'stot '1 to
Mamnhis. and is about to lie cXteh"om,
Inm,syillc on the other side. ne Wr,nor.
connection hy the Danvi!lc road LIZ, - t. rnad
ary. and NAV cease at any day. the hands
II is reportcd, is soon TO pass wv sjters
Of the Pennsylvania conn ;"h;rond or any
who care nothing ah"u, ,,ynrt was made 81
one In Il. When the cue. ,,,ol.a a ner-
ouG -. ~, General Malone to MAKE ~
a'.uoi ~, n,,nrtion between ms ro;'a I n
Tu;a,',..e,,d thc special friends OIL .ue IS
.,o3cb In the Legislature N' .e'a sr.rcv If a
and the connection Is no" at wy M
foreign corporatlon'--hef'"t'" y ""
Tho BMo speaks truly in saying tha'
Richmond has no connection WIN Inc
.. croa, line Of railroad which extends ,rom
.tho sea to Bristol and Memphis, ana Is
n.hout 70 he extended to Louisville, on
.tbc other side.'' She was intrigued OUT
If the connection which was due her. she
has been driven to al indirect communities
ton with those southwestern Po'n's
through the Danyile railroad-a conncc-
ton which no city with any pretcnslon 10
trade or enterprise would consider salts
factory, or even tolerable.
The Whtg taunts Richmond with the pro-
bable loss Of even this by her alleged re)cc-
ton Of General MAnoSEs scheme Oh !"
route for her to Lynchburg Via fcterS-
burg @ and her support of projects OF thai
monster. the Pennsy lvauia Central Com
pany. II The Wings worst predictions
about this retribution for Richmond should
come, we really see no good ground Tor
tears. Of all the preposterous schemes IN
railroadins we have heard of in twenty
years. We consider the proposition to cStab-
li>h line Of railway communication be-
tween Richmond and the Mississippi Val
ley via Petersburg ito quote the Wings
cunning phrase) the most "ingeniou>ly
~prepoSterous." 1t was an insult TO the
good sense OF our people-it was serious
reflection upon the Judgment OF General
MAHoSE himself. Could he dream that
such q route as that would be for a mo-
ment entertained as eligible by an inteili-
gent and enterprising people? Could he
be serious in Offering it to Richmond, by
ali odds the largest aud most hourishing
city in the State? Could any man think
such route proper as the way of the i'm
portaut southwestern trade to the city
that is the first and most important in the
state: Should any one he satisfied with
dwarting that city after this manner, and
making her subordinate to places Of SO
much less Importance than herself?
Is such detour in the transportation for
this city unavoidable d! Unless it is, il
never should be even dreamed Of To sub.
NIT to any such thing would be the acknow'
ledgmcnt of inferiority and subordinatior
by Richmond. And when she makes that
acknowledgment, of course she must be
considered dead city. ..r
We fear no loss from rejecting 1t. Blu
we deny that the opposition to the sale o
the Petersburg road to the A., NJ. and 0
Co. was a denial Of the right to make thai
communication with Lvnchburg via Peters
burg. General MALONE had already OBJ
t:ined charter to build road from Peters
burg to Richmond acithout opposition from
this city. The objection to the sale of the
Petersburg road made by this city was, a;
our readers know, on the ground that it wa:
proper, right, and safe that the line south
wardly through Petersburg should in nc
way be complicated with other lines, anC
by no means should it be subjected to The
control of corporation whose route wa:
east and west, at right angles with its owr
line. This was wise the opposite policy
had nothing to commend it. 1t was so en-
tirely unsustained by reason that the public
inevitably feared design sinister not ia
vorabIe to the southern line from this city
and to that power of competition so benc
fetal in reducing freishts and fares, increas
ing trade, and protecting the public.
In the same article the Wing intimates
that the "going around" Richmond is not
to cid with this roundabout" strategy
of the South-side !; but that we have some,
thing to hear from the Chesapeake and
Ohio road. Should that come to pass the
Wing glibly presents to our consideration
what it looks upon as our last hope lin its
own Words: "'The naked charter for &
'''stright shoot to Lynchburg, which, iii
"ever completely unconnected with any
s'other road, would probably run one.
"horse car once a week y
Exactly This in nutshell presents the
point of desperation to which Richmond is
threatened to be reduced for not blindIy
submitting her fortunes to the Ground
abouts." And Why is she TO come to that
pass? If she has direct, and therefore short,
lines on both sides the river can't she take
care Of herself? If she has straight road
to Lynchburg why shall it not have trelghts
and passengers? Shall not the largest city
in the State supports railway as well as any
other: Being rs large as The four other
largest cities combined, should not
railroad employed in her trade receive
as much support as one sustained by the
combined trade Of those four, if it were
possible to combine that trade, which it is
not! The free and unrestrained railroad
policy Of Gen. MALONE, which has been 80
ardently supported by him in his speeches
and his writings, utterly forbids the idea
that the natural course of trade will by
any measure Of his be subverted. If he
were to attempt it, as we believe he VIII
not, the irresistible force of the law OF
commerce would prevail over him.
So far from fearing that the one-horse
Car week will be the only vehicle on The
straisht-shoot when it Is built, as it will
be, we believe that it will become the most
flourishing road in the State, and the right
hand of General MALONE himself in the
competition which be will have to carry on
I;,os , The sanior alitnr nf bo