Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-11-17
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From the Baltimore Gazette.

pnrc.u1. or lease of Soul:"yn reads BY parties
IN close c,,i,,,.vliou viii! ,hs Pennsylvania Cen
trail. Fora l.!ne it was believed that these
u,r.rai.:,> were !"n4 :n:.ic :or the benefit Of
tI:at TuIi .@u,nc lirpmths ago We ii. covered
that ll:r Organization. undr which this South
clA CONSOLIDATION WIS being effected, was an
independent Gle, auti y: have heretofore been
restrained ~ prudential motive: from speak
ilI. mare fully OH the >u ,rct Now that the
.y.t,.nr las affirmed proportions which make
iurthrr secrecy Unnecessary. VIC give 10 the
lnh:!c details which will D., ul ulInsll interest.
>niuc i,.:ii .:c:,ir: ago, movement waS ill.,
auaula;cI Is Mr. ". T. Walters, nr this city:
which, he believed, would 10! only yield Il large
profit to himself and hi, associates, on moncy
invested, but benefit the city Of Baltimore hy
adding greatly to its trade.
Mr. Walters has been joined in this enter
prise by our fellow ownsmcn, MessrS. Alex.
Brown i Suns Gen O'Donnc aud Messrs.
ThoS. G.. jenkins, Horace Abbott, ThoS. kca-
sett, George Bartlett and b. +. Newcomer,
| McSsrs NJ. H. .Jes>up l. Co., ID. Willis james
| and Roosevelt 4 Son, Of New York 'Drexcil u
| Go. p A. & s. Small and Wh!tney 4 SoAs, of
| Pennsylvania, and Daniel James. Of Liverpool,
are also associated with it. Over seven mil
| lion dollars have already been expended in nc
|
by purchase of stock; 4 controlling majority in
number Of most important lines Of railroad,
comprising III I'LL 425 miles have been secured.
Besides this, control has been obtained, under
lease. Of 3G3' miles additional These cUmbina-
tons already comprise complete lincS from
Richmond via Danyille and Charlotte 10
| Atlanta;
Richmond, via Weldon and Wilmington TO
Charleston and Augusta and from
Atlanta, via Knoxville to BRISTOL from which
aconnecnon will, in all probability, be made
with Danville by General iiournoy :; road,
which will be constructed.
Additional roads have been built, and all
are, or arc being pnt in first class working ~
der aud thoroughly equipped.
1t will thu; be seen that this new company
now controls both the main lines south from
Richmond the North Carolina roads, the chief
road Of South Carolina, two main roads in
Georgia. and the important lines of East Tenncs-
see. These combined Southern lines will have
direct communication north Of Richmond with
Washington: Baltimore, Philadelphia and
New York, both through the present lines and
new organization.
The programme will b. complete within two
years, when facilities Tor freight. traffic. and
passenger communication, will be afforded the
entire Soi:th that will not only be simply IN
rvallrd, hu: cannot be provided iy any com.
pctinE interest at less than double tie outlay Of
this Company us control Of these roads have
been obtained mt an average cost Of about itty
cents IN the dollar on the original cost in times
Of gold currency and cheap labor Baltimore
will have complete communication with The
whole South BY lines OF railroads 300 miles
nearer than New York. Atlanta will be placed
in direct communication with this city by :. route
loo miles shorter than any existing one, ani
passenger trains will traverse the entire distance
OF Gju mi!c1. in less than twcnty-tour hours.
upon the final completion ol the Charlotte and
Atlanta link. to be- finished within eight months.
1t follows Il, !; matter Of course, that the en-
tcrprise Of this new organization cannot stop
here From Chattanooga and Atlanta; 1t Is but
railroad step to New Orleans and Mobile.
For prudential reason: We tOrhcar Ter the
present giving further facts in regard 10 llego-
tiations now in progress. which will add greatly
to the magnitude of this enterprise, We will
only add that the organization which controls
these operations is in ~ WAY connected with
the PENNSYLVANIA Central. 1t l. necessarily
most dangerous compatitnr for the Baltimore
and Ohio Road, its prime movers having had
the Sacacitv and the tact to obtain quietly
most important leading communications.
DlSArpolNT THEN Tho New York Tri-
bunc thus twtS the Radicals in Virginia about
their late dcitat and the cau*c, assign
ed by themselves, that procured it. Says the
Tribune:
'"Though the Nir-inia Republicans have not
much cause for h,asting in the matter Of gains.
they have cause for satisfaction with the gene
ral result of tie late election They say that
there were many jobs in the last Legislature.
in which some Of the Republicans were com.
promiScl 50 when they came up for rr.clec-
ton they were defeated. the Democrats having
put up !Ecir best men against them. ! hs
only proves the force OF what the Tribune has
repeatedly said. that this is u bad year for p0-
litical frauds The Republicans are congratn
hting themselves, however. on the prospect Of
more jobs coming up in the Legislature this
Winter. when the Democrats (cvcn their best
mau'j will be compromised, and then it will
be turn about for the Republicans. This Is
Forcwurncd forcarmed We trust that the
| Conservatives in the General Assembly will
profit by this hint and hold themscIv YES aIoot
| from a Jobs They must not t0itch taste:
or handle them but preserve such purity, and
give us such legislation, a. will make Old II
ginian. under Conservative rule Il model worthy
Of imitation. -I.ynch IUy.
OUR FAC On TIE Pacific. --1h@ only ocean
steamship lines. outside Of the c"a*tns trade,
! that carry the L. 5. FLAG. are the Pacific Mail
| Steamship Company and Wchb's Australian
line Bn, from this Pacific trad" all the capt.
| tai. prestige, anu organization Of foreign nnTI-
cations have i:,i!c:l 20 arrest our increasing pro-
| grc$< The former company Is now rcInorc-
Ing its lines from New York Ia San Francisco"
via AsplnwalI, and from San Francisco 10 Japan
and China, by five splendid iron propclIerS
This indicates Il change o.! policy III he com
pany. which has hitherto preferred >dewhrcI
steamers There is; IL higher tone 81 confidence
in the revival Of our maritime interests III the
! Pacific. and a comfortable assurance is felt TINT
that they have PASSED the dead poimt of danger.
- Washington G,""ir'c.
! WA*ilHGTnN lrCMs. Albert y. N@@dIcy: