The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-06-12
Kentucky and Virginia.


s,u,;ss,on dcputcd by the A., Nj.
G. q. r. L. Company 10 WISH 'o"''''.'
4, 70 ascertain the disposition there 10
roect the Cumberland Gap hranch OF inc
A NJ. so. Il. r. at the gap, as our read |
crs know. have concluded their cNpcdltlo"'
and have returned homo with such sa'ora-
BILE assurances as could be given them.
The official papers with which the 'i''o,
view between the commission anu en-: .,,o pan
tors Of the Louisville and Na>h'ille h",'
road Company concluded are lu'.su
tho Ionisy;,Ir Journal. The iirSt Pape' l.
ono sicned nv the commission, VIZ: MeSsiS'
pooocr urcurs. GwATHMET, and WATTS |
It gives history OF the "A, NJ w. 'o"o'
and the proposed extension 10 ouihoe'-
land Gap, and winds up with the following
questions:
"1st- Whether the Louisville and Nash
willie Railroad Company still INTENDS 10
complete its line to Cumberland Gap ana
ID. II it cnterta'ns such an intention.
when it proposes to reach that point WIN
it, road:'
In reply, the directors of the LoulSVile
and Nashville company communicate 10 the
commission resolutions of their board de-
clarinc the lonc-entertained purpose OF the
company 10 complete their Lebanon branch
10 Cumberland Gap whenever assurances
should be received of its being there met
..hv some road that would there afford
"safe and suitable outlet to the ocean )"
and finally they resolve:
THAT while this Board Of Directors
claims no authority or power TO bind The
stockholders Of its company 10y any engage
ment TO have this branch of IFS road COM
pleted al any specified time, yet it feels free
To express the opinion that. should the Al
laptic. Mississippi and Ohio Railroad Com
many nrocecd TO execute and complete the
extension proposed on its part, It's road
will he met at Cumberland Gap by the
Louisville and Nashville extension, and the
desired connection elected not Et'ef lhah
December, 18Th
The Louisville Journal states that the
Board of Trade and City Council had in
yitcd the Virginia commission To confer
with them: but the commissioners deemed
il best first TO conclude their parley with
the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Com
pany before entering into the proposed
conferences.
The Journal is enthusiastic on the sub
icct of the exchange Of views and plans
between the railroad companies, and is lui-
mediatelv off "to Norfolk direct" We
are gratitied ut the good opinion that The
Journal has Of Norfolk, but somewhat dis
appointed at its utter neglect of Richmond,
very fair town. somewhat above any other
in Virginia, with which Louisville might
drive profitable trade, and with which
the principal city in Kentucky may have,
either by the Cumberland Gap conncc-
ton and the Atlantic, Mississippi and ONO
road, or the Chesapeake and Ohio line, Il
direct and facilitated communication.
Particularly as the Journal speaks cmphatl-
cally of the tobacco trade, we were sur
prised that It did not name richmond.
which must be the tobacco market for ken-
lucky.
Now, General EcHoLs, who is in Ken
lucky representing the Chesapeake ana
Ohio line, was more considerable. Al
meeting in Lexington upon the suhlec'
of the Lexington and Big Sandy railroad
(which will put Us in direct communication
with Louisville, as well As Lexington. he
said that subscriptions made to the road
"Oulu SOoll piilSI Ltriii-'''s 'N|''''N"'
/" in direct communication with Richmond
=" and Norfolk, Virginia. There are
freights that must concentrate here III
Richmond. hundred miles nearer Louis.
vile than Norfolk is, and the shipping that
will be brought here in the trade that cam
not be taken from Richmond will otler Suct:
facilities for the carrying of irciSht> to sea,
will lyayy n lirOp
transportation that can find no better means
of exit to the sea.
We want no controversy with our neigh
bors. We only desire that Richmond shall
have justice. For thirty years there has
been steady and combined effort to "gc
around Richmond.' 1t has not succeeded.
and will not succeed. Our contemporary
of Louisville makes an error in pronounc
ing the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio the
greatest railroad in Virginia. 1t might be
but for the Chesapeake and Ohio road. |
But we desire TO see these roads enter into |
generous rivalry in testing the question |
Is to which will be the "greatest II. e., |
which will do the greatest good and pro- |
duce the greatest results.
Virginia should begin TO arouse herself, |
and her cities TO prepare for the day Of |
activity near III hand. The Lexington and |
Big sandy road will be completed within |
two years, We believe. That will turn the |
tide of northern Kentucky commerce into |
the James River valley. The Cumberland
Gap connection will, when completed, add
to it the trade of middle and southeastern
Kentucky.
1t will be immense in the aggregate and
rich in character. Thus Virginia will &C
quire some Of the benefits which are due
to her for her bountiful gifts to the nation
in the days Of its infancy.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.