The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-05-13
P,chmond's Troubles.

.,r;Ees-had she the proper intercourse Win
,hc section. with which by geographical To-
cations and by commercial affinities sne
should be in intimate intercourse, her ousi'
ness would be much more active.
She is in good degree cut of from the
trade Of the Southwest for the want OF
s,;rcc, line Of load running in that direction
She wa. by every reason of'public policy
and Justice entitled to the continuation OF
the Virginia and Tennessee railroad TO her
borders. That road was continued to Pc
tcrsbury aud Norfolk, leaving Richmond
many miles out of the way. Thus did the
STATE oycrslaugh a city which pays as much
revenue into her treasury as all the places
in the State worthy the name Of town or
city pu; together. Richmond subscribed
100000 to The Virginia and Tennessee road
with the understanding that it was to be
continued 10 her borders. No other town
east of Lynchburg subscribed a cent to that
road
The road that thus left Richmond out
the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio cannot
be looked upon as any other than road
that's going 10 Norfolk. The freights upon
j, differ little from those on q canal. They
follow the roud to its Notwithstanding
leaving ii save for special reason. The com
pany directing its operations declare their
impartiality towards all towns. or course
and Richmond is fifty miles from their road.
1t has no peculiar relations TO Richmond
chat assists TO benefit her.
This is wrong, and one that is hurtful
to the State as well as Richmond. If there
were some consolation for this in benefits be-
slowed upon other Virginia towns that
would be well; but We see no such benefits.
]: is claimed that Norfolk has been helped.
So the old woman claimed to have helped
fEc sea when she threw little wafer INTO It,
Iriurcd thus from the Southwest, when
We turn to the South we see thai we are
again wounded Icy a system Of transporta-
1iop that takes the North Carolina trade OF
10 the Bar from even SO far west as Char
lottc. Arrangements are in progress, il
possible, to take every pound OF freight
from the country south of us. A liSature
is put around the Danvilc road at Green's
horo', and the Weldon and Petersburg line
cannot be brought into the field as an active
line for freight and passenger business, be-
cause there is no wsy OF expedtlDg irclShts
bcy ord this city northward. With the out
le, in that direction active and the water car
sace by sea from this place, large trade
might be attracted to this city from eastern |
North Caroline.
But We are more seriously injured in our
DaLyille route. where there are two breaks
of gauge in ninety-two miles which greatly
obstruct our trade. The Danyillc line, as
our readers know, is obstructed in its pur-
,,ose to avoid those breaks by 4 change Of
the gauge between Greensboro and Char
lo,tc, by an injunction, not yet dissolved,
gotten ont by some persons in North Caro-
Ira.
In this exigeney the DanyiIlc and Lynch
Olrg lire is completed, ard puts 4 new
= ia>e or railroad affairs without bcnetiting
IL 1t will take custom from the Atlantic.
N i>sissipyi and Obio and some from the
burg road, and ii gives 10 ncIp to
Richmond.
Ii is an annoying condition Of things for
Richmond. Uut is not without encourage.
meni 70 look Tor better things. The two
breaks in North Carolina cannot long be
kept ~. The small strategy Of Gripping
railroads By breaks can never lie long avail
able. Ii is an artit!ce that generally recois
with powerful effect upon the obs.ructors.
There Is another point of consolation,
generally benefit the people. No man ever
Yet had the weird in sling, and things final
~ take turn which results in the vindica- |
tior OF the people from the oppressive |
tyranny OF railroad schemes that are con-
cocted with no regard whatever to public
Scuctt, but merely for the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
al railroad corporations.
The day will not be long postponed, we
hope, when we shall have through perpen-
diculsr line from Richmond Uia Washington
to the North-a line upon the modern sys-
TEN Of rapid and vigorous operations, add
ing immensely to public convenience and
benefit. Such a road would be one OF the
greatest OF blessings to Richmond.
The next thing should be straight road
towards that rich Southwest with which
our trade in other days was so prosperous.
But Richmond should be cheerful now.
Her trade from new sources is more than COM
nensa,ing us for all losses, and she is unques-
tionably growing even in this period of pros
tration from the panic of last fall. II we but
make the proper use Of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad we shall infuSe into the city
increased vigor and activity. A city such
as Richmond cannot be kept down. The
pigmy railroad warriors may worry her, but
nature has armed her i'll impenetrable mail
that will enable her to stand their wars, and
trally triumph over them.
Yet let her citizens watch closely the events
that arc happening, and wisely Use their
efforts at leas: to protect where they cannot
achieve advantages for their city.
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4 GoeD LAw.-The Washington CORES
pendent OF the New York Tribune says:
60 The Tnrca romm;ftan an Dort 0H,oo.