The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-21
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aI'essne s sro,o ClIfton Forge TO Lexang.on,
survey n a. If not exceeding thirty lees ~ =.
naus entirely practicable. AN impel icy.
the nile en. ~ route eastward from that
susses hos not enabled him to reduce Inc
p lsarnest grade below .fty feet 20 tne m |,
Thst win not do, as Mr.. HUNTINGTON mas
., na said. Let MIR. MILLER try 1t again
While this great highway between the
r,s, and the West cannot put up with
dty-feet grades, thirty miles in distance
is most important saving. Some sacri-
fice In grade might be made to obtain
IL: but not 80 much as that. Can't
the tunnel under the Blue Ridge be made
at lower point? Engineers don't care
much about tunnels now. A tunnel four
miles long might bring the grade east OF
Lexington down to that west Of it.
But the engineers win unquesttonably
see to these matters, and select the best
route, all things considered. We have not
heretofore supposed this route, via Lexing-
ton, practicable. But the report thus tar
Is encouraging.
OF one thing we may rest assured, and
that Is that Mr. HUNTINGTON, president OF
the chesapeake and Ohio railroad, will not
rest until he gets his desired grade upon his
railroad, and that he can In no way get that
grade save by following generally the james
River Valley which is altogether 10 the in
tercst of Richmond. III he can diverge from
the river itself to Lexington, consistently
with his view Of necessary grades, great
deal win be saved in distance.
We feel, however, that the best will be
done, and have no anxiety on the subject.
The long looked.for railroad is coming at
last. The engineers Of the Shenandoah
Valley railroad are now locating that road
through this county. They started at Ha-
gerstown, Md, and are going to Louisville,
Ky. The route through this county comes
down Big Stony creek, following Peters
mountain down to and crossing New river
ut the mouth Of Wolf creek, and up Wolf
point to this place along the above route
will be French's mill. The fall from Pow
~" crossing of New river is eighty
feet to the mile. .-,,,.. ,c,,,oa
The above is from the Pear,sS9rg (aues
county) Gazette. of the 10th instant. we
do not know very well the designs oi 'uis
Shenandoah Railroad Company. We have
heard that they intended to make thls
branch through Giles and Tazewell to the
Kentucky line. We very much douoted
their intention as to this branch. we may
be wrong, however. 1t is SAID that INC
purpose is that it shall be line, IN part
using the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
from some point near Marlborough to Gill;
ton Forge, where, branching Oft, 1t pro-
ceeds down Jackson's river to the NOUN
of Potts's creek, thence up that CREEK
across the ridge, to Big Stony creeh' III
Giles county. Following that stream 10 i's
mouth on New river, it turns up the river
ia the mouth of Wolf creek !; and follow
ing that creek, it passes into TazcweIl' anu
and so into Kentucky.
We know that distinguished engineer
Col. HAUPT-of the Pennsylvania company
has been examining this route, ana thaC Ut
has expressed himself warmly IN us laVof.
A very large amount Of mineral wealth. Is
found upon it, and it is understood that i
persons very extensively interested in the
mineral lands are sustaining the project for i
the construction Of this road.
According to the statement OF the Ga
xette, the grade descending to New river Is
very heavy-S0 feet to the mile. This is
serious obstacle to the transportation OF
heavy freights.
We know the country to be pierced by
this road if it is ever built. A part
of it Is very rough, and no very easy
grades in our opinion are to be Sc
cured there. But we are satisfied OF
one thing, and that is that wherever there
is mineral wealth Of any Importance to DE
developed there will be found the means TO
develope it, and the way to give 1t commu-
nication with the world.
There is one view long ago taken by us
which we believe is not far from rcallza-
ton. That is, that through railway lines
are to take the place Of the old main roads
of wagon transportation in the more i'm
portant commercial intercourse between
the principal cities and the interior GEN.
tres of the producing sections. Rapidly is
this view being realized.
How absurd, in this view, is the narrow,
the contracted, the avaricious and meanly-
selfish idea that commerce is to be restrained
and cities built up by unjust discrinina-
tions and railroad monopoles! There is
no idea in commercial economy more falla-
cious. Those who have built their hopes
upon it will find their fate the same with
the foolish man, who built his house upon
the sand, and the winds came, and the
rains descended upon that house, and it
fell, and great was the fall thereof! We
| shall see like folly brought to the same
g! logical and just conclusion in the policy OF
railroads.
The Negro Snubbed.
A great "hubbub" is raised at Titus
! pappuyly,nio bapo11ca IF tho vnr,b.