The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-08-30

q,ur ;,ussarEAkE AND OBIo RAILROAD -
r-,rt Monroe, August q, lS'3.-Ihat tho
,,hasspcake and Ohio railroad would lind an
,a,,crn terminus in Underwater NirgiHia~
where vessels Of heavy draught eau come
AVA load and discharge their carSocs With.
~, lirhtcriug, has never been doubted, out
en-, rynct point that would finally be select
-, IN, not been so clear. Norfolk and Ports
,can,h made 3 spssmodic effort to divert 1t
=, tina; point, but il was not bacEed up
.:rorr enough 10 make ii success. indeed,
-, T., not probable that the managers OF the
,.,,3 ever seriously entertained the idea ot
lending their road TO either Of those
.in,. What they desired, was TO find
nnt having good harbor facilities, and
1,hrrc they could purchase a large tract Of
,3 in the immediate vicinity at a
.,;r valuation. About this time an article
.,nrsrcd in &cribnes-'s Monthly giving
=, tcrrir.icn and map of the road,
vh;,h located the eastern terminus at New
,,,rt News. Nearly every man, woman, and
VIA on the Lower Peninsula has copy Of
,,,; i>>,e. and that article was the means OF
,i,l,nr ary chance Newport News may have
N,l FIR Ihal honor. 4 ring was formed, and
. l,t of petty speculate ls purchased two hun
.Ir,d acres Of land on the river front TO hold
&C. , rise. The balance Of the water front
.4s, ,hr railroad would necessarily require,
s., :, como there. was held By man named
wr,,. who held il at about 5000 an acre. A
...,,lruan from New Jersey, named Green.
,n,,, down lust winter and purchased land
~, The immediate vicinity of the town. He
h.r..ht 4 large tract. and paid out between
roc, and three hundred thousand dollars,
h,nur. no doubt, to double his money when
~, rr.tl was completed. The managers Of
-. road. learning the existing state OF
.Al:r>. quietly ignored the place, and turned
tn,., attention 10 Yorktown, which offered
ID more promising field for speculation.
The; purchased some three or four miles vi
,,y.r front II Yorktown, and several thou
.ai acres in the immediate vicinity. at
,..I.r.,!c prices. and sent their engineers to
AXE a survey OF the route from Richmond
=, hat roint. This WAS not what the land
.nwqlators NJ Newport, 1t seems. had eX-
r,r,rd. and efforts were made to induce
'n,n to reconsider their action, but it WAS
,,n la,r. II Yorktown The company find a
r,y,r nyrra mile wide and seventy feet deep !;
,,.>,l> OF the largest drau@ht come up and
Ia, ,>,rr,. in all kinds Of weather and are per-
,.rr.y safe. II is only about thirty->iX miles
from The ocean and is some twenty miles
n@u,r Richmond than is Newport News
an juportant consideration in this case. The
,p-luccg> are making g permanent survey
and cutting q track one hundred feet wide
lruln Richmond down upon which the road
will lie milt. They are now within about
..,-ht miles of Yorktown, and it is un-
l..r>rood that the grading will be COM
r.,Mr"d this fail. An officer of the road
!, uuw in Yorktown giving out the
contracts for building the wharreS, &C., and
r1,. engineers when they arrive will lay on,
~, DEPOT buildings for the company. With
r.,yonplction Of the road to Yorktown, its
.rowih must he rapid and its prosperity
a>-rcod. The Old Dominion Steamship
company are making arrangements for their
steamers 10 touch there. thus establishing di'
get communication with New York, and i!
VIII not l." long before the ships Of all ma
,jon> will flock to her harbor to receive their
,-ryrc> " grain aud produce brought there
i.'u ia" great West. This they eau do at al
.rj~un- Of the year, As it Is too far south Il
r,ri m. DISTRACTED hy ice. .-.
Tn" United States Coast Survey steamer
BIB. Captain Robert Platt. which has been
,p-ag"d tor some time past in making sur
Wy OF tll" Elizabeth river, dropped down to
III" Roads Yesterday and is anchored of the
tu,t. >ar will be here two or three months
Will" Ter officers make Il resurvey of Hamp-
rrn Roads. which has not been done since be-
i"lt the Baltimore imcriCdn.