New-York tribune., 1872-11-08
VIRGINIA.
INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE.

NEW RAILROAD AND WHAT 1T WILL ACCOM-
PLIsu A SHORT ROUTE BETWEEN OCKAN
AND RIVER NAVIGATION COAL, IRON, AND
LIMESTONE AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS
ENGLISH IMMIGRATION.
The completion Of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad for traffic during the present year will open up
the coalnolds Of Virginia aud have a marked
effect in developing tho industrial resources OF that
state. From the Second Annual Report Of Fisk Hatch
financial agents of the Company, extract tho fo.w
ing in reference to the progress Of the road and the
Of The country which It trayerses Three hun
dred aud eightytwo miles are allcady completed and in
operation leaving only 80 miles 10 be finished. upon
which the rails are being laid at the rate Of tbrco
fourths Of mile per day. Tie grading, masonry,
bridging &c. nearly peted. and tie trackaying
can be continued without material interruption until tie
whole is finished:
brief review Of the character advantages, and pros
poets Of the Chesapeake aud Ohio Railroad wiz not DO
out Of place The opening OF bis new east ana vest ns
Of unIcatOn - event Of the highest mpOrance,
both 10 the pOpulous states o the Atlantic seaDoad anu
to the producDg regions OF the great Nest, NM ~ e,
tined TO exert marked Influence upon the solioD OF
the probem 80 much discussed OF the cheaper d d
cance Of through line Of railroad, leading dreelt lIop
the Dest harDoi anu sc uV s,,,,tc cast Iin@ mo G
very heart Of the ONO and Mississippi yalle,s VITA
their 2OO0 miles aud constant navigation,
having grades lighter than those between nov
York and Philadelphia, ana and with an, an aouLd-
parent TO those who produce and those who trade
In ar consume the great staples Of commerce. Thc
tua monopoly hitherto enjoyed by the three OF iunr
lines Of communication penetrating tie Nc.i has a0d
TO the cost II It's products hig rates Tor transport
alton which they could be 10 beaF and limited the
area and extent Of production to degree that a. a.
tracted the attention OF all classes interested mor than
almost any other question Of times TIE cosiug Of
tho lake navigation by storms aud Ice during four
months Of the year. and the limited capa,iy OF n EI,
Canal at best have hitherto left so large pu OF
tances that nigh rates have inevitably followed, profits
have been swept away, and production ana oulpue"
The means Of transportation and dis rbntiOn be-
tween the East and West have not Kept pace win
o ElS increase te pg"e Inc bank. o, tie ono and
Mississippi and their numerous tributaries nave ueth
deyising plans by which their cotton brcadsu uBS pO-
visions, fruits tobacco, henp, ana mlI'Is's SH, 70
cheaply shipped 10 the American ana EiIoItan, go
Mexico besides involving such loss o. distance ana
time IS found to be attended Win insuperaDe ailsI
Increase and 10 seek OtDer outlets IL has been esu
mated that the averaSG cOsl oi m",inS S1' t ,er
h, l rail lines cannot bo less than four or times
that of the water lines. EOtuing eau be moio c'fi3
therefore, than that line or railroad aLOfdliS 5"|It
economica ana reliable portage between cheap nVer
transportation which is available at All Seasons, and an
Atlantic port favorable lOI distribution aLu a-4i
Will command frcghiing business hHHed Ohly " 10
lie Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad reaching the cheap
cation on the Kanawha River during the season "a
which this river Is nayisabl. ony Si4 miles nom ~ i
water aud at the head OI 80, ,r
water Ohio River. only 40 miles from Toe MAle
carriage at the West and an Atlantic port ~hie IL en,
Joys all the conditions OF economical CONTINUOUS "Au
aD1t5eton iIs terminus on the Ohio steamers aud
barges may, at al seasons oI tl3 year, uS5SI 70 o
shreveport, YaZOO, Memphis, Fort smltn, Iuscumta'
Nashville and Pdducah IN the sOuth-Mesti from Of
PAUL Fort Benton Omaha, LeaycnWorth, burlington,
Ouncy, KeOkuk, ana PeOua IN tue NOrth-hc5t .hl
rom st. Louis Cairo, Louisville, CINCINNATI in thc Md.
West and receive IN return the fairies and wares OF
Eastern manufactures and imported nelcbahdse lOt
transport those points. Grain, 1--we stock meets aug
other products DC delivered at TIE river i Us ol
the Chesapeake and ONO Railroad rom % ts @ 'sloIs
points OF the Mississippi Hy.f system az ios oo' '
is possible place freight lIOm Inc same IOsalses
50 eastward By any other route ana iioi 'oo Du
board that be reached by noatinS caiOeS al al '
All the more northery routes by which tho economy
of water transportation be secured 10 any Cosee
9rin Which tey are always 6yeIcrowded Water
communication with the western teInlLi o tuo Olher
cable for several months IN the year in ecAo u
low water ice, in the Upper ONO. Cominunioa@slon @
with the open and cOa5tWlse NAVIGATION from thcir
v % rupted by de- Tic water cOmmuu.ci-
mons mt b0th ends Chesapeake and Ohio Ruload
are comparatively constant aud uuint'Ituplc1. lLo
Chesapeake Bay always Tree ir0m ice and tue nallS
tion OF the ONO River as low down as the terminus Oi
this road Is rarely obstructed.
The economy Oh this route f0r the transportation OF
Western product to Atlantic ports Is therefore cOAnu
Gus and available thrOughOut the yeaF, Auolhet n,
pOrtaut result u the complexion OI tue az
ONO Railroad will be the very great snuus ~ VIII
branches OF manufactures as3oelAteu it' ~ w ,e
ONO Valley, and along ITS Inc IA Virginia aLo Hees
Virginia. While the extension OF the rOad to tie OAlO
River has been under construction, mining engineers
and exploring agentsUf capitalists nave Deen LrFefslug
tue kanaw ha New Rivers Large tracts or valuable
mineral lands have been purchased by practical miners
and irOn-wOIkers Europe, Peuusy yan, ana Ctcr
states, as the result OF these EXAMINATIONS. lie follow
ing figures will give idea Ot the CROWN Oh Goa. pro
duetiOn and consumption Ia tie United states:
The anthracite coal trade Of PeunsJ NaEa amounted,
IN 1870 To T3 tuns; in $780, lt had Increased 10 3,5599
tuns in 1900 S5l3l23 and IN 1870 10 l5o9SS9
These figures single variety ol coal ana te coal
area part single STATE only The statistics OF the
production bituuinOus coal would show equal VI
ratio Of increase IL Is safe TO assnmc Ia Vow
of the rapid In the manufacture OF non aud IN
other industries III when coal Is employed
and the constantly widening field Ot coal cOHsHnpion
in place wood the forests disappear tAat the tdlO
bituminOus varieties Ia which the route OF the Ches
peake and Ohio Railroad aDounds-w, IN the next ten
The recent remarkable advance In The prices "
coal iron steel and allied manufactures. Ia the marAeis
OF Great Britain aud continental Europe, ls GIVING
great impulse to the rapid development ot coal mhg
and iron manufacture In this country, ana especially on
the line OF the Chesapeake and ONO Iafoad Coa ahd
piron have risen 80 10 100 per cent IA value
ptlneipal markets Of Great Britain Inc limited coal.
bored anew and every device tried TO satisfy tie demand
for coal aud The novel spectacle Is seen 81 coal
of England; while iron ores have long been exported
FROM Sweden, Norway, aud sphn' 10 supply t"c ue-
feiency OF English mines The cheap labor VI England
which has enabled ner hitherto 10 supply 90 large ir
portion OF tue iron consumption oI tnc woriu, is sef
America combined with the natural advantages IOl M 80
two important branches OF industry, Ia It IenUel o
These facts add q new importance and value to our
rich deposits OF iron ore aud COAL ana 10 The hca OF
communication which open them TO maThet; Already
American coal is taking the place OF the EhhlNh aicle
as fuel in several ports hitherto supphed eAcusNc5
with the latter. Orders have TecebtD Deea t'ais.eeu
from Liverpool England, for tho supply OF large qu-
titles OF bilumnOls coal from American pofis, - oe
shipped 70 Madeira, Rio Janeiro Aspinwal o. IaOhAs,
Aiarimauc, Havana, Valparaiso, aLd OtAtf "istaht
uonts The bituminOus Goals Of the Kama" Ia ana NJ.
River Valleys OF superior quality Tor shpplus auu
fuel purposes. These Goals can DO ucLftlco oft thc
light grades the Chesapeake ana ONO M fOad ~ IO8
rates and placed on board vessels al tobt Oh @oeP
water much accessible anu l,t 10 lsO His nearer