The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-06-05
kOr 260 miles Gin river from Pittsburgh.
fOr los miles pid river from Parker,bury.

sOr 2so miles cin river from Pittsburgh, .ts'
!. TOR los miles rid river from ParkerS6urg.
(" OF the distance to or from Cincinnati tho
saving in mileage is 3G1 per cent. of the
whole distance as compared with the New
York Central MS compared with the Eric
route, i343 per cent. /; rs compared with the
pennsylvania, 30 per cent; while the dis
lance ola the Baltimore and Ohio compares
about evenly with that of the Chesapeake
and Ohio. The grades are very materially
! IS than those Of the New York and Penn
svlyania roads, and the practical difference in
this item between this line and the power
which on the former road would draw thirty
five cars, could draw OH tic latter only fifteen
cars. The road compares equally ftvorably
with others In respect to curves, sixty:
per cent. of its whole length being per-
fectly straight. The western terminus of this
new trunk is at the head Of nayigation
on the Ohio, which, unlike the canals, will
prove feeder of the road i'm winter as well
us summer; and the importance of this
source of traffic may be Judged from the
fact that the tonnage of the Upper Ohio cx-
cccds that Of New York port. while the trade
of the river, according to official estimates.
SURPRISES in value the entire foreign COM
mcrce of the United States; an estimate
"
it is remembered that the Ohio connects Will,
$4,000 miles of river navigation and 10000
miles of railroad. The company has extra
ordinary advantages for economy in working
expenses from the Etct that it will have an
unlimited supply of coal on its route, OBJ
tainablc at prices equivalent to three or four
dollars per ton, delivered at the Ohio.
As might be expected from the near COM
nf 4. an
To the commerce Of the West, extensive pre-
partitions arc being made in that section for
connecting the line with Louisville, Nash
vile, Memphis, New Orleans, st. Louis,
Chicago, Cincinnati, Dayton, and all impor-
tnt points Of shipment west Of the AIleglE,-
mics. 1t is not necessary TO state i'm detail
these connecting lines; it may be said, how
ever, that their magnitude indicates the high
Importance the West and Southwest attach
to this new outlet for their products.
At this poinl--thc chief emporium Of III
tional commemorative importance Of this
new trunk line is estimated mainly from its
capacity for developing the general trade of
the country. Although it lnay possibly di-
vert (lrights bound for Europelrom tho New
York route, and may even build up u new
port in Chesapeake bay which would pre-.
sent important advantages, yet all this c,n NE
readily borne, provided the road Affords inn
proved facilities for CARRYING The constantly.
increasing productions Of The West to The
eastern and European markets; if il cstaii-
fishes Il powerful competition in rates among
the trunk lines, and if Ivy chcapcning ON
food products it cnrichc> aud poruIalcs the
West. and makes it more nearly what That
section is destined TO be-tllc glcat yrarary
of the world. This we conceive to be the
result to which the road will contribute
and in that light it is to be regarded as one
of the great commercial achievements of tho
times.