The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-10-07
CheeaDealxe and Ohio Railroad.

Nothing can interest our citizens more !
than news in rccalL - tie progress OF TIN: !
great work. We have from headquarters /
the Information which We give below. IL !
is as positive az possible; tor even the
Officers Of the company cannot speak posi- !
lively Of WORK upon tunnels, which may he
retarded by the occurrence OF unexpected
difficulties, or it may, on tue other hand,
be expedited by Il change Of the nature OF
rock, OF the tunnel so as to make the labor
OF tunncline easier than was anticipated.
IN these stat ements, however, allowance is
made for delays. IL vii! be seen That The
company looks steadily forward to the COM
p,ctou Of the road during the next year,
so that the cars will be running regularly
from Richmond to the Ohio, making due
allowance for unexpected obstacles.
The rails were laid last week within
thrce-quartcrs of u mile of Charleston, ka-
nawha, but there was \ gap between the
western end of the lid track and Hunting
ton, on the Ohio. Of some twenty miles.
The low water in the OHIO has retarded the
shipment OF rails and delayed this work
considerably. Yet we sec the compary's
advertisement for opening Of the line to the
mouth Of the Gauley by the lst of Noycm-
Der. This viii certainly be done if tie
rails can DC obtained. The water IN the
Ohio ought to be growing deeper under The
influence Of cool weather and occasional
rains.
The stage contractor will put on il daily
line from the White sulphur to the mouth
OF Guuley as soon as the road reaches that
point, and travel will begin to tlow through
by the White Sulphur to Charleston ami
huntington with sufficient volume TO make
an impression upon us-to make us ice!
that The Ice between us and the West is
bleaklns-that the mountaiDs are bowling
down before the art and power of man-
aud divided people ure to BIZ again united
III the bonds Of commerce and social inter-
course.
The Big-Bend tunnel, this side of Gau
ley river, is going ahead more rapidly thai,
we had supposed. 1t will he completed in
all probability by the 1st Of July next.
From the White Sulphur to the Big
Bend tunnel the rails will he laid by tn,
time the tunnel is ready for the track. Til,
rails are to be Of steel, and, by contract
they are to be delivered in Richmond b,
the 1st Of April next.
Beyond the tunnel to the mouth Of eau
ley the contracts are let to be complete,
by the 1st Of May and there is no fea
that they will not be complied with. Ye
the process OF finishing up all connection
and putting everything in complete AM
secure order may extend the period before
the passenger cars can run through unde
regular schedule to the 1St October next
1t may be sooner, but it is safe to tx upol
that time as the period OF the full opera
ton of the road in all human probability
The Lewis tunnel will not then be tin
ished. 1t may not be ready for the cars t,
pass through until several months there
after but it will be passed, as now, by
temporary track, shortened one.half by TIT
completion of the fill at Jerr,'s Run:
work that will be done in few weeks.
is proposed to lay down q second tract
over the Lewis tunnel to facilitate the pas
sage of freight and passenger trains. The
immense fill ut Millboro' will be finished
and the cars will be running on the perma
nent track there certainly by the 1yt O
July, and probably at an earlier day.
So that the company adhcres to its pur.
pose of finishing their great work in '72,
in little over two years from the time they
undertook 1t. The achievement will be a
grand onc-far exceeding any railroad labor
ever before performed in Virginia. This Is
one blessing that comes to this afflicted
community that will soon ciface the sears
Of war anu its physical calamity.