The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-11-15


The route through Petersburg until lately
was sllied with the Bay boat and Seaooard
line. which caused diversion Of travel and
freight under discriminating regulations
against ne. Tho same was precisely the
case with the Danville railroad. All pas
senaers coming from beyond Greensboro
upon the Danville road were charged as
though they had travelled to Raleigh, thus
assessing them with more than eighty miles
of travel which they never performed. AND
!reights were treated likewise.
Looking to the Southwest, our commu'
nication with that garden spot and with
Tennessee was both indirect and inefn
Client. 1t is so now. Passengers upon
what Is known as the consolidated Ahe
drop of at Lynchbure, and from tner &C
the line Is little more than O frelane hne'
No man comes by 1t to Richmond unless ne
Is forced to come and even the freight tna'
comes By it to this city has to 60 out OF Inc
straight line, which Is that of greatest force
On the Chesapeake and Ohio we lose oil
passengers that are going North, OF course
but as we can give the earliest shipment
to the freights OF that road, here they come
and here they will come in future.
Now, then, how can we calculate upon d
concentration of travel upon this city as
one of the centres?
To begin, we have made great stride IN
breaking up the Bay Line monopoly anu
The determinations against us by the SAFE
of the Richmond and Petersburg raliroao
and the renting OF the North Carolina raii'
road to the Pennsylvania Railroad COM
papy. We now have uninterrupted COM
municatlon with Wilmington, N. g., IN the
eastern and with Charlotte, N. c., in the
western part of that State. Indeed, In the
east we have through transportation 10
Florida and the Gulf, and when the Rich"
mond air line is finished to Atlanta, Ca,
we shall have through transportation alike
for freight and passengers to Mobile, Ala,
and New Orleans. Here is q wide Held
opened to US, which our merchants should
move heaven and earth to make avail
able for their prosperity and the prosperity
Of their city.
Turning southwesterly, we see that
the trouble is the want Of Richmond Rne
from Lynchburg-one Of true life ana
vigor, that will put the passenger from
Lynchburg to Richmond in three hours. a
really live city situated as Richmond is
would have such q line as that in short
time. But we have been Frustrated by
Nyar and the plans of the Chesapeake and
Ohio road looking to railway from Lynch
burg to Richmond, the advocates ct that
road have waited. Indeed, the construc-
ton of such line was so obviously to the
interest of the Atlantic, Mississippi and
OHIO consolidated line that we have ex-
pected to see its president General Ma
HoSE) some time since taking hold of 1t and
rushing it through. Richmond was SUBJ
scriber to the Virginia and Tennessee road,
and the only subscriber to that road among
the so.called cities Of Virginia save the city
of Lynchburg; and our subscription was
made with the understanding that the road
would be continued to Richmond. The
scheme which diverted that continuation
by Blacks and Whites has done her serious
injury, and has added very little to the
welfare of any city in the State. That was
not the fault Of the management of the
line. General MALONE found
the he built.
Now, when we get q vigorous and expe-
iitous direct line between Lynchburg and
Richmond We shall bring much of the ira.
'el OF Southwestern Virginia and Tennes-
zee hither to sojourn awhile here and to
rade with US. 1t would be agreeable to
he traveller northward to take Richmond
n his route, which lie can then visit with
ut loss of business time. When here he
will hardly fail to pause to see her natural
ttractions, her monuments, and her manu-
actories.
BY the time we get ourselves In just
manner connected with the Atlantic, Mis-
issippi and Ohio railroad at Lynchburg we
nay have the advantages Of the Great West
I'm Colonel FLoURNoY's) line from Dan.
lille to Bristol, passing through the fertile
valleys of the upper Dan and The interest.
ng and productive grazing regions of the
mountains Of Southwestern Virginia.
Here, then, south, south.southwest and
west-southwest this city has present and
but certain alliances, upon
which she can safely rely for a commerce
quite sufficient to build up one Of the
largest inland cities in the Union.
When we turn to the West we behold
The great Chesapeake and Obio railroad
under the direction of, as we believe, the
greatest railroad man In the United States)
passing from the sections OF country pro.
iucing the staples peculiarly adapted to
our market-both for trade and for manu-
the low line of easy
grades from the Mississippi to the Atlantic
Tide In the latitude Of most favorable tenn
peratures. We all know that that great
highway will bring to Richmond Q CON-
merce that will be immense-bevond the
Of the most enthusiastic.
That commerce, consisting largely or
mainly Of tobacco and wheat, will go into
tue hands of shippers and manufacturers
here, and will necesstate q very large
travel from the West to Richmond.
Look, then, at the contributions of all
these sources to the business and wealth of
Richmond, and who can fail to see that
here in few years will grow up CITY
whose wealth and power will give it vast
control over the country In all directions,
Our railway lines will not have always to
submit to the schedules proposed else.