The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-07-25
c,, Eohols and the Terminus.

In speech recently made by Gen.
rcuo,s at Catlettsb,lrS (Which is situated
a, the mouth of the Big Sandy, on the Ken
tucky sidc.) he advcrtcd to the report OF
what he had previously said at LexinGlo"
on the subject OF the terminus OF the ehes-
aneakc and Ohio railroad. 1t will be recol'
|ccted bv our readers that he was reported
a. having said that Yorktown. where there
was thirty feet Of water, would be the cast
ern terminus OF the road. In the Catletts-
burg srecch he corrected this report in the
following manner:
"Gcn. Fcbols. in speaking Of the long
existing hope Of the. Virginia people OF
concentrating the work which would con-
meet Underwater in that State with the west
ern waters, SAID that he had, in the session
or the Virginia Legislature OF 1872 %
voted for an appropriation directly from
the treasury Of the State for the con
structicn Of the Covington and Ohio raft
road. General Echols did not say that Rich
mond was not to he the terminus oil the
Che>alnakc and Ohio railroad; but, after
speaking with much feeling OF that clty
and Of her devotion to the interests OF tu>
great line Of improvement, he Sald, IN an
swer to q suggestion that had been mace
that there was not depth OF water suihcien'
AT Richmond to make IL proper terminus
for great central through line tllat hlcii-
mond Richmond would for SEINE time TO
come at least be able to accommodate lbe
business of the road, bat that it hereafter
1t should be aSccrialnrd that she could not
afford proper shipping facilities. then !hci"
were Yorktown, Newport News, or Nor
folk, which would be accessible"
This is very proper. We are Sratiico
that the General clearly represents the
views of President HUNTINGTON so often
expressed. Richmond is to he talriy urea,
and should there be demand for deeper
water and more expansive Means OF sup
ment than those found 1t her WharVcs, thch
there are yorktown, Newport News, or
Norfolk, which would be accessible This
is fair and sensible. The two best points OF
shipment in Virginia are Norfolk and New
port News. Norfolk certainly, IN sentl-
mental as we'll "a practical view, would
be entitled to high consideration III looking
for place Of shipment east of Richmond.
But we have never felt that there could
he any such necessity when fair test Was
made of the capabiily of The riyerat Rlca-
mond. We are satisfied that, save for a
very few vessels, one in tity-there will
be no necessity for 4 point of shipment
lower down the river than Richmond. II
for the one in fifty it should he found pro.
per To build Il railroad to some lower point,
we have 10 say that it will he all the better
to make that road Us short - possible By
striking the deep water sought for II The
highest point on the river 1T which it may
be obtained. To carry 60 small part o.
the freight from the West any great dis
lance east OF Richmond would pay the road
but poorly, and show the heavy exrendi.
turc for such Il line TO have been unwise.
Then it is important TO the commerce IN
which the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad is
engaged that the business of shipping
occanward should be confined TO James
river, because 10y so combining it to the river
the volume of maritime commerce will he
concentrated and made more efficient and
cheap. The division of it, on the other
hand, will cause much Inconvenience, and
make treights more expensive.