The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-10-07
ror,v-seycn Miles West OF the White
sulphur.

Sulphur.
Mr.. Little, OF the Fredericksburg A'"S'
who il spending The autumn III Tie "''''',
,a;ns writes n Ion~ letter to hi PAPER aoo''
a ride over the portion OF the 'W,'i ANY
and Ohio railroad west ni INC INV IVA"
ohnr Springs. We make the l'''o"''@ 'N'
tracts:
uatthc suggestion Of General Wlckhan'
,,.,n.,, 7 me. on the clrs on September l"''i'
VA l., snnc;ol invitation OF Major randolph
- f,,Innol WhitcOmh. head engineers %
.h;s ,,cst,ru section OF the road, i accohii.-
n;rd them Monday to the place where 'i;''N-
Iovinc is progressing al the rate Oh Il ll'''r ~
n mile and a half day. Indeed, VIC tr'Nc'''"
on the train over thrce-fourthS oil Il lii''c %
track lad that morning.
Before giving You the hc1"th :, vi WI
trim let me say something hho''t 'he 800 ~:
itself Certainly General Nic"ii''n an" !.s
officers are prosecuting tins WORN WIZ ' ''
and energy worthy Of all praise. 1t makes
"D'' i7o,d circulate to sec how the work
* "nushcG." Real life and forkcd light
vino rorncstncsS characterize everything. l.
,nadc me wish | WAS cilci engineer or SUI
nrrintcndcnf. ] don't think could 90 bet
for myself There arc but some tort! htl'H
Ia coInplctc the line from this side, and WIN
GOOD weather that ought to he accoinpll>'ica
by November Isl. at the present RAJ" {"
working. The only gap from the other cho
is now but eighteen miles, which i lu9i'I"S
ahead rlpidiy. The two will meet by ne
ccnbcr or Christmas. and then the lncst !ii:-
portant and valuable railroad on the coiitl-
ncEt will be completed. -,
Running right through tn" mddicoi ''''
central sections OF the Union rs ven Us "i
fhe state Uat section between Norfolk ana
Raitiuorc on the east. and Memphis ana II.
Louis on the wcst.) ii will command the
trade OF Ohio and Kentucky. and Though
Cincinnati and Louisville and their conhcc-
lions. all the Northwest. Through Mem
nlis (which will he connected with this road
by other railroads.. and her railroad through
Arkansas and Texas, California will pour
her vast trade through this central avenue ol
u Worldwide commerce. On this Suhlcc'
Imagination can scarcely begin to grasp Il
conception of the wonders and the work
this road is destined to accomplish.
"Think of five thousand hands beng en-
pluvcd on the road at an average expense OF
$3.50 each per day. and that will give some
idea OF the way 'thugS l. working. FROM
the White sulphur the rails are all steel, and
the track is admirable and excellent. Even
on flat without Strings. the lar WAS al
most imperccptihIc. TIA passenger coach
one will scarcely tccl tic motion.
THE highest grade between Richmond
and the White Sulphur is seventy feet 10 The
mic. The White sulphur i 500 feet above
mean tide at Richmond. The highest grade
on the Baltimore and Ohio road is IL feet Il"
the milc-iorty-siN feet NOR" than the high
est on the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad,
The average grade OF The Baltimore ana
Ohio road is ut least three times what 1t Is On
this road, and the curvature Is very much
greater. But remember that the highest
grade from White sulphur To Grccnhrier
river (scvcn niles is only thirty feet I" the
mile, and from GrccnEricr river the highest
grade is only twenty feet 10 tine mile. THIS
fact also demonstrates the superiority OF 'hi>
road over all roads north Of il.
I've crossed the first one OF the three iron
bridges over the Nrccniri'i, siNty-ihrc" feet
HIGH. The view i beautiful. From this
point the railway track h'I"- ih" river tor
lhiily-iivc miles. and the Srcncrv. ever shit
lng like Kaleidoscope. IS = continual feast
for the eyes. Somc;G,, III" steep p"T!NH-
dicular cliffs contnu" fox mills. reminding
vuli OF the palisades on the Hudson.
'.Ihc next object of ~iiccllI interest y the
Great Bend tunnel. tilC and Il quarter li!itn
long, the LONGEST completed lumnH IN the
United state. ! Travelled through one. E'T'lr
ago, in The snuth Of France. between Mar
a"ilcs and Lyons, which Wa hu'r" mites
Iou2--but TINS is plenty i"us "n"uGiI.
Charles johnson. t,~'E, al Hjy!nn"nd. Is the
constructor aud h" ,c",ur Ia HAY" done his
WORK we'll. The tunnel j.; straight, "rd You
en- always see daylight in IIIc distance. ii
Nru are underground. prefer TO hr on top,
Hru tunnels are n" t1i"iiic, Of mthr. NOV
ing slowly into this gaping cave "l darkness,
one secs the small lumps fastened 10 the caps
81! i,c tlalkics at work, lifting about like I'M
easy demons. the glare of the cn~ilic'S tire.
while ii shorts forth It's volumes OF smoke
aud sparks, and the Silill Shricks o. lis steam
whistle rcycrbcratc through the blackneSS,
and make the sulphurouS smell more vivid
MI combine to suggest the lower regions.
clinton has six houses. four OF which al"
har-ruomS. The Other two belong TO The
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company. 1t
is iolty-three miles west oi the White SUI
phur. Here the GrcIuhricr unito> with the
New river, which is widcr.-*onir 1000 10
1000 feet in iact--.and The scenery becomes,
il possible. more beautiful. The mountains
are more distinct aud ind,idlml. The river
Is shallow, and tn" water moves along IL il
whispering to The rocks and ripping into
crest, Of ioam. like gentle waves, laughing
Il, they kiss the shore. We went down 10
The end OF the track, where hundreds Vi
hands are working with will.
This viii be " popular lr;p among tour
lists. and trade will compel 4 double track in
les, than ten years. Those germ, OF towns
Viii become cities il they arc property loca-
ted"