The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-10-09

tssrlat would be pfonBnt 10 htae e,stse au1
Gowns for manufacture. 70 cay nothing IN
regard to the salt, tre.brlck, stone. and agri.
cultural products, aud passenger transporta,
ton, the items of ore, iron and coal Wouid
themselves furnish ready, large business
for the road. 1t is well known that
in addition to the extensive ore region
OH both sides Of the river, in ONO ana
Kentucky, there are immense deposits 0,
ore along the line of the Chesapeake ana
Ohio road, in Virginia and West virginia, III
places said to be hundreds OF leet III tt'leh,
ness. and Of equally rs good qnah'!, anu
Welding rs great per cent. Of iron as the
Missouri or Lake Superior ores. With d.
rect railroad communication TO those panks
This ore can be furnished 20 establishments
on the banks Of the Ohio river and IN On
cnnati at far less than is now paid for Ails-
souri, and Lake Superior ores. Indeed. re-
sron,bic parties have offered to CONTRACT III
advance TO furnish the same at twenty-five
der cent. less than the cost OF those ort9.
When we consider the quality Of THESE lol-
eirn ores now used. and look nj ne Wv
amount that soon will he required, 'hls c"'''
sdcration becomes Of great moment
g Ru, ,hc consideration OF most import
oncc, especially to Cincinnati, Is IN cohhee'
tinn with the coal question. From the
SLIGHTEST attention TO our subject it Is apIa-
rnnt that in the future Cincinnati must look
oIonr tie line Of this road for its supply OF
coal. The area Of coal deposits Of virginia
and West Virginia amounts to over l3,ooo
square miles, far more than that OF the whole
stale Of Pennsylvania, embracing every
variety, including anthracite, camel, btu
minoli4. and splint coal. No such variety
can be found any place else in the thltea
STATES nor of equal quality. Veins Or seams,
suitable for different purposes, such rs max
ing coke, gas, and for smelling iron, are
found 1T numerous places III close
proximity. The seams are also 0I M
usual thickness, being fi:r, sig, seven,
eirht, and nine feet, and in places beng so
close together as to constitute one seam
tWen.r.siy feet in thickness above water
level. Eleven workable seams Contain al
aggregate thickness of fify-one feet. Ii IS
easy to perceive that the cost OF receiving
this coal will be but trinc compared With
that where seams range from two and one.
half 10 roilf feet, "a il the case with most 0!
or coal in Southeastern Ohio. Tie pro-
uos,d road, thirty miles before reaching
Huntington, strikes the coal ncldS oil Nht"
and Kentucky, from which coal CHI be IS
probably mined d upon any olner line OF
road leading into Cincinnati"
The report being approved hy the mcc1lhG
Of citizens was subsequently communicated
| to the Cincinnati Board Of Trade
Mr.. Kinscv spoke Of the great interest
| Cincinnati has that has not yet appeared
upon tile surface, in the opening Of these vast
beds of iron ore. Ii had come TO his knoWl.
edge. while on 4 visit to New York recently,
that English capitalists were manipulating 10
u,;n control OF these iron fields i'll the inter
c.t Of furnaces at Youngstown and Pitts
| blr"h.
Sir. Macnealc urged the importance of the
completion Of tie Chesapeake md ONO ROAD
| to this city. This was the road that could
bring to lis the cheapest coal, and cheap coal
was now Churchman'S greatest necessity. lie
would therefore offer the following:
.Resolced, That the reports submitted TO
this Board, and just read by the secretary,
with accompanying resolutions. b2approycd,
and commitcc of three Dc appointed 10 CO.
operate with 4 similar committee from the
| Chamber Of Commerce in preparing the
nron,r pcttionS 10 hc submitted to our city
authorities, requesting them to comply with
the requirements Of the state laW III aiding
the Cincinnati and Ohio Valley railroad with
the sum Of S1,250,000
This was adopted without opposition, and
Mcssrs Kinscy, Moore, and Iomtce were ap-
pointed tic committee.