The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-03-08
The Sv1nmes's Creek Route.

In the special telegram from Huntington,
il Yesterdays Dispatch, it was stated that the
subscription to the stock Of the SYMMrs's
creek route had Eecn fully made up. Thi:
announcement was 40 very brief that the
reader here did not, we arc sure, understand
it, important nature.
The SYMMls's creek route is tho straight
line from Huntington to Cincinnath Il has
been for some months under discussion. Mr..
HUNTINGTON offered liberal terms to the peo-
pie in Ohio along tue line. lie promised to
equip and run the road if a certain sum We're
raised by private subscribers, and VIC sup
pose the stipulated sum has been raised, and
now we may bc sure that the Chesapeake
and Ohio Company will push the road to
early completion. This branch of the grand
Virginia line is I most important one. 1t is
! as near an air line as Il railroad can well be,
and opens communication with the most i'm
portant point in Ohio-Cincinnati.
| incidentally we take occasion to refer to a
Renaissance Of other days which will be new
to this generation. This SYMMEs's creek bears
the name Of an Ohio family, member of
which-JoHS CLEayEs SYAMEs-was lieu
tenant il The Navy. He put forth theory
that the earth was hollow and habitablc, il
not already Inhabited. lie coniccturcd that
there was an opening somewhere not lir from
the North pole through which an entrance
might be made to this cavity. He made
earnest appeals to the people and to the GOV
eminent to aid him in fitting out an cXpedi-
ton 10 20 in search of this aperture. Tic
made few If any converts, and finally dropped
the subject himself The imagined opening
WIS Mcctiously styled "SYMMEs's Hole" and
the phrase became proyer5ial for compare
son and ridicule, especially OF vain schemes
and eXtTayagant things. 1t was amusing and
instructive as Illustrative of the wild fancics
which often take possession Of intelligent and
wel-educltcd gentlemen, as Lieutenant
SYMMEs undoubtedly was
Besides this route to Cincinnati there i.
another Of equal Importance in Ohio-viz.
tho route by Dayton, which is on an air line
from huntington to Chicago. That wa:
secured some months since. On the soutl
side of the Ohio III Kentucky there is goot
reason TO believe that the road from Hunting
ton and the mouth of Big Sandy to Louis
vile, KY, will be finished as soon as tn,
Chesapeake and Ohio road is in operation
from Richmond to the Ohio.
When we consider this grand route and it
valuable connecting branches north ant
south Of the Ohio river, and know that the,
will be in operation in year from this time
our citizens should be inspired with degree
of energy and hope they have never before
felt. We should get ready for the day O
the consunmation O! these events, which
promise such great things for us, will
aiacrity ind enterprise. There
r,a., anS 40 moplng, no timit
-. no llarrow-mindedness. There
SHOULD be none Of that fear to adventure
which charactcrizes the village merchant ant
the dealer in pins, tape, tisl.hooks, and rabbit
skins. We must look ut things with eX
panded views and bold spirit. We have
now to talk about millions of bushels and OF
pounds i'll commerce Where we used to talk
Of hundreds of thousands. We must lift
ourselves up to tic height of the great action
soon to take place, and widen our scl-room
and increase our appliances and energies fol
the accommodation of the new commerce
which we are to have direct with the great
s,lanary and meat.house of the continent