The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-11-21

TIE LEXINGTON AID BIG SASDY load
There is much excitement i'll Kentucky con
corning he suspension Of work upon the
Ri. sandy road. which is to connect Hunt
jnrton and Louisville. Mr.. HUNTINGTON has
been induced by the interest manifested on
the subject to write letter III explanation
,f the causes of the balk in tie road. The
Huntsville JoiuR0i undertakes tC calm down
the excitement on tie suffice. by arguing
AGAINST the reflections that are made uniavor-
able t. Mr.. I!rHTISGTo: aud the company OF
which he is the head. The Jomua' says:
"Ncn are to he Judged by their Interests.
If the Chesapeake and Ohio Is nota Success
and il cannot be success unless 1t Is COM
pIrlcA--Mr. Huntington is a rulncd man.
That is the guarantees he gives Us oi his re-
liability: Tor is We regard him rs the reverse
of a falling man, We take him az safe
bo>tage for the enterprise with which his
fortune, are linked.
1.-The Chesapeake and Ohio railroad al
ready runs rom Richmond, OH the James, to
Huntington, on the Ohio. 1t owns, and
bought 1T Il good round sum. the Lexington.
Frankfort and Louisville rairoad, running
| from Louisville TO Lexington. giving sixty
| five cents for stock which WAS selling At forty
| five cents. and is now hardly SalcabIc ut any
!irurc. il has continued this road toward
the Big Sandy Is far rs Mount Sterling.
There are only about Cighty-ihrCe miles to
carry il To Huntington. Thus we see Il iGe.
| bc~inu!n.c 1t Richmond and eudin" at uuut-
| iugton. halkcd OF becomln" %reat national
trunk line only hy III intervening distance OF
ei-hly-tiIrec miles, ard Wc hear men dealing
IN the prcpu>tcrouS idea that the intcrvcn-
ing distance will never he filled, and that the
Whole thing is Il humbu@ ana SWlnule.
What sort Of sen Sc Is there III this view Oh
the case: The Chesapeake and Ohio can
not terminate at Huntington. 1t cannot
cross the Ohio and lose itself in the web OF
railroads in Il territory commanded ny It's
rival, the Pennsylvania Central. III musI
come To Louisville and connect here WIN
ST. Louis and Chicago, the southern Iacth !,
and the various roads gong INTO tuc p,' ~
States, or be 4 miserable laillie' ~
| cigGty-thrce miles of road are necesS'ls ~ =,
complete this through connecticut -
probable that Il corporation WINCH na3 'p,u
so much is going to leave those .'hou"'' "n.
run itself into Il ditch from Mll'n 'n''0
would never be any eXlricauoh ,,
"Mr. Huntington speaks tru'y' anu lio
spcaks a language which ought W pe s"'.o.
factory, when he says that no new Ioaa can
go ahead in the present stress oi liiE'hc,'l
Weather AS anxious as we are to sec t. The
road 90 ahead, we are bound in common far,
| ,,nsS md common sense to admit the force
I'D ;nSrire of what he says. We accept his
explanation, with the guarantee his chArac:
ter and his situation give lis, confidently and
checrrully. We would have our friends i'll
the counties named accept it as we do. Any
of Us, all of us, may be mistaken. But
there is, as we said, such Il thing Us Il reason
able amount Of confidence TO be placed in
the men who handle great public enterprises
and this should not be withdrawn without
strong and convincing cause. We want to
Invite capital to Kentucky, not repel it. We
do not want TO acquire the name OF Il critical
carpiug set, who are ungenerous and piggish
toward Strangers. LII the long run We Shal
be able 10 take care Of ourselves, and w,
can very well afford TO be patient"