The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-22
u,.,a chesaneake and Ohio.

Tho neonle of both Louisville and Cincin-
,,oti bove qreat expectations in relation 20 tne
Chesaneake and Ohio railroad. On It's eastern
end the cars are running from Rlcnmonu,
Vn TO White Sulphur Springs, and on us
,ye stern mart they now run from HuntlnS-
ton On the Ohio river, to Charleston, OF the
Tanawha. Between Charleston and the 1alls
~ the Kanawha, which is thirty-six miles,
the road will be completed in six weeks at
f,,rthest and from the falls of the kanaWha
70 White Sulphur Springs, q distance OF l063
miles. the road will certainly be completed
. ,rly in the fall of the present year. BY the
10Th of September, 1872, the cars will be rum
mig through from Huntington to Richmond,
distance of 421 miles. The track is now
being laid on the part of the road between
Charleston and the falls of the Kanawha, and
the work would have been completed before
this time but for delays OH account OF low
water in the Ohio. WheR the Big Sandy
connection is extended from Mt. Sterling to
Huntington Louisville will have direct rail-
road communication with Richmond by 643
miles Of railroad.
By the 1st of July, 1872, there will be five
hundred and fifty miles of this great through
route from Louisville to Richmond conf
pleted, and only ninety-nine miles Will re-
main to be built. Knowing that the great
capitalists who own the Chesapeake and ONO
road now own controlling interest IN both
the Big Sandy railroad and the Short-Llne
railroad from Cincinnati to Louisville, there
is some apprehension felt at Lexington that,
instead of extending the Big Sandy ROAD d.
rectIy eastward to the Big Sandy river, a
short piece may be built from hit. Sterling
to Cincinnati, and from Cincinnati to Big
sandy travel may be by either the pro-
posed road by way of Maysville, or by one
or other of the proposed roads between
Cincinnati and Big Sandy river, on the
north side of the Ohio river, one Of these
being that directly along the Ohio river, anu
the other that by Simms's creek: inns appre'
hension is, however, discredited By the posi-
tive assurances of the officers OF the Big
Sandy road that they will have the Whole
road from Mt. Sterling eastward to the Bls
Sandy river finished during the year 1872,
and also by the fact that the mere extension
of the Big Sandy road from Lexington to
Mt. Sterling does not penetrate the great coal
and iron region of Kentucky. The Chcsa-
peake and Ohio road will also require the
control of each link Of the through route be.
tween Richmond and our western cities, ana
cannot afford to have its whole travel ana
transportation pass over section that may
be owned and operated for the furtherance
of conflicting interests.
Leaving Lexington, the route eastward
BY the Big Sandy and Chesapeake and ONO
roads passes through the bluegrass section.
At Owingsville it enters the great iron and
coal region, which extends to the Big Sandy
river. From thence it goes by the flats OF
the Ohio river to Guyandotte, and thence up
the Guyandotte river to Barbourville. From
Barbourville it goes through hee's valley,
and strikes the kanawha river fifteen miles
below Charleston. 1t thence follows tne
valley of the kanawha to its head at the
junction of New and Gauley rivers the
whole country thus far passed through beng
rich in splint. camel, and bitummous Goals,
The road passes up New river, n distance OF
siXty-two miles, to Greenbrier river, when
it then follows to the mouth OF HoWarGs
creek, six miles from White Sulphur Springs
thence up Towards creek to White sulphur
Springs. 1t goes Up Nickahoe creek hVe
miles, and then passes by tunnel, seven
eighths of O mile long, through the Alle-
ehany range. 1t then follows the eastern
slopes of the Allegheny mountains to Cal
llhan's, and thence down Dunlaps creek
to its entrance into Jackson's river at Gov
mStOu, IL lttSScS ttONA c@Sh'oiA NA' W
Clifton Forge, at the head Of James river;
thence crossing Cowpasture river, 1t passes
along the slopes of North mountain to Mill
borough, and thence descends into the val
lev of North river, passing through gap i'll
North mountain to Goshen, a point twenty
miles from Lexington. 1t thence passes up
Cowpasture river to Buffalo gap, which it
crosses to strike the Shenandoah river, and
thence on to Stallnton. 1t goes thence 70
Waynesboro', on South river, and thence
crosses the Blue Ridge at Rockfsh Gap. AT
this point there is tunnel 1880 feet long
1t thence follows the slopes of the Blue
Ridge distance of ten miles to Riyanna
river. Reaching Charlottesville, it foil lows
the Rivanna river, and then passing along
the base OF the Blue Ridge it gets to Cor
louisville, and thence passes on to Richmond
At Richmond the Chesapeake and ONO
railroad connects with the Richmond, Fred
ericksburg and Potomac railroad, the YORK
River railroad, the Richmond and Peters
burg railroad, and the Richmond and Dan
vile railroad in short, with the whole sys
tenn of Virginia railroads. At Gordonsyllle
it connects with the Orange and Alexandra
railroad at Staunton it connects with the
Shenandoah railroad, and at Huntington II
will connect with one or other OF three roads
to Cincinnati and Louisville.
From Louisville to Washington will Dc
643 miles by the Chesapeake and Ohio road
while BY the Baltimore and Ohio route the
distance would be TIA miles.--Lotasr'Ht