The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-04-28
4irImond 1lspatth.
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TUESDAY ..hihi| ~ Ao'7
1trs Done-Who Loses ?

.ria. Gordonsyille, Lynchburg. and Dan
willie. This is the apprchended arrange
mcnt that has occasioned move for the pro-
lection OF the trade o. Virginia. for
through that arrangement Other things '''!
follow, rs, for instance, Charge OF s""a>
be,ond Danyille TO the narro~-g gauge.
Who loses by this new arrangement, ,,;,
1,t. The Atlantic, Mississippi """ O"
railroad very seriously. by that foao ,e''
s,. t,.ye, has been moved from northern
GEORGIA Alabar,a, Mississippi, ana even
New Orleans. This travel has Uecn trans
ferred at Lynchourg to the GoraohsF''c
and Alexandria line. That travel will now
take the airline at A,lsn:a ard come GA
Daryillc rs soon as the Baltimore line Is IN
easy working order. The loss Of tho -a'iah-
tic Mississippi and Ohio will DO severe.
Richmond is in danger since there is great
liability that freightS will follow the paSscn-
ger lines: and passengers must also oc III
yertcd from The route by this CITY 10 'he
North. We cannot lose passengers without
losing customers.
cause the number of passengers formerly
travelling by that road will be dmlnsSheo ~
what are drawn Off from the DHlHi''c ''a''
and as the same company which o"p9 'n'
Fredericksburg road are understood 10 on"
the Bay route, its loss of much travel lhal Il
now switched OF at Greensboro ("here 'ne
Danrille road is injured by break a'''
carried by the Bay route will be consiuela-
BILE. The Fredericksburg road will, now
ever, lose nothing by loss OF frclghts, i'' II
has not bad any freight business OF col''
qucncc heretofore.
What the loss 10 the Danvile line may "
remains to be seen. Should the Legislature
give it no power TO protect itself bS au'
'hor!ty 10 change lis gauge, it may oe !" "
certain contingency seriously lrJurec. pu'
if it has that right and furthermore, il III.
Fredericksburg road will enter into iioeIa'
arrangements with il to give the glea'esl OK
petition to travel and freights, we may have
route By Richmond which will hoio Us
hand against the Lynchburg aud GordonS-
vile route.
From Danyilie to Washington rid Lynch
burg is twelve miles less in distance thaa ILLS
frcm end 10 the same points BY Richmond;
but the Richmond route is so far superior Ia
A2ades and curves that it may be con>i0efeu
having thirty miles the advantage III COIL
ison of routes. From Richmond there
1.-TWO routes (cid Fredericksburg and GA
Il est Point to Baltimore, and at Richmond
there are steamers TO convey freight 10 be
to Baltimore. Philadelphia, ana
New York, and soon there will he ilne TO
Boston.
Now, If the proper yigoS can be thrown
into the line ria this city we have no fear OF
the competition ahead. If the Injunction
against the change Of the gauge between
Greensboro and Charlotte: North Carolina,
be abandoned OF gotten rid of in a reasonable
time, we believe We shall have an rnbroken
gauge from Richmond to New Orleans, and I
with that we arc not alarmed at the pros.
rect By any means. Why can't the people
of Richmond and the Fredericksburg and
Danville railroads b. conference aud ar
Tapgement make this line the choicest Of all ]
The lines, as it may be the quickest and is
The safest route from the Gulf TO Boston!
Tie interests OF all coucerned dictate that
this should De done.
The route from the Gulf ria Louisville Is
The longest; that vld Knoxville is shorter;
and that uia the Atlanta Airline Is shorter
than the Knoxville route, having the advan-
tage OF one hundred and thirty miles to At
lanta, and even thirty miles 10 Dalton, west
of Atlanta, and more within the range OF
the Rockville route.
If natural advantages Of route have their
proper preferences, then the route u,d hich-
kond must become the permanently supe-
and preferred line, however nuch III
Ice may for time, from conspiracy oil
be done to il.
And what great advantage would the
prosperous condition Of this route be TO flr-
sinia. Richmond is the only city within her
borders that may be able to excite the Curl
osity of the business traveller aud detain him
for time. If he comes by this way he may
be induced to stop and make bill, and we
know not another Virgiaa town hat is likely
to offer any such inducement Every citi-
zen, therefore, has strong reason for de-
string to see the great perpendicular or
northern and southern line of travel through
this city.
But it will not do TO fold hands and sit
down to rest This Is not the day for that.
Every prosperous community only prolongs
its thrift and growth by un1agging energy
and great sagacity. Richmond is at the crit
ical turning point of her existence, and is
therefore only the more required to make
efforts to increase her business.
The eXigency that has arrived everybody
might have forescen. There is no such
thing as impeding trade and travel at this
day. To throw obstacles in the way Of either
is an offence to the whole country wherever it
ls attempted. The line through Virginia
had TO be put upon the condition Of facility
and economy which generally prevails in the
land, and nothing could prevent it. Put
the line ria Richmond upon this platform
and all Will be safe.
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The Wing does the Dispatch injustice in
charging upon it inconsistency in reference
10 the gauge question. The Dispatch from
the very first took the ground that if there