The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-03-11


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canal up the Jaznes-Rtv valley Il
n Inst winter when the question was mp
shout the lease or the canal. we took an M
terest in the lease TO Rand lph - q snanna-ii
han. One Of the strongest reasons tor tnis
was the belief that the piectng OF ING canal
from Buchanan 70 Citleon fosge VIII
railroad would result 10 rallroa9 VoAy III
burg, by which Richmond 3Foriu De cms on
ation that the canal anorded:
Whe;s the Governor vetoed tne pi!l. aa ass
the railroad ecing policy was determlns ,s
on, we felt anxious that the railroad suou aa
come all the. way to Richmond, as Wespe-
I;ayed that we would have tue same eXpe,
rience with the part-rail ana part-canaI
policy that had so damaged US IN s1e Maete'
OF the Virginia and tennessee IaLIoau' .,
During the progress OF tne hgneo 10y, 10y NY
canal lease we hunted UP Inc nla..gI VI ssna ai
md railroad transportation. ~, gau ~. .a,i
that the New YORK boaro OF iauS' Tug
Canal COMMISSIONS apa the various tn.Iss
that could be said on botb sides, pretty tno-
roughly before us. VI course tse Iepoiss
on the Erie canal formed the cniei s!oe III ~
trade IN the Interest OF tue tease auu .lo se
in favor OF It. As-We wanIea a9, s Sa1, -
hold the ground, 50 tnae a.si III S tba arnu ON
oe diverted 1rou ~, W. u'T w. tha oo,,o
menus tnat we couiu nuu. 800 80 hawa
was anu y Pfact,sany .a;,rS hnn,,s,ht
Worheu stnce 10 laf Su :. anNs oat,,r1I,,
to us through and over Ine gr9.uhu . actuall5
tributary to ibis CITY. e penesean Y. ~ Con-
tinuouS system leading 10 TINS Guy OF SOME
kind, and as ut present proposed. we nave
neither the one nor tne other.
Is We are satisfied now that any eompalt
son between the Ere canal anu que ya.ne s
River and KanaWha canal Is Simply aDsutu
and waste OF time. Nothing tDaI can De
said ABOUT the Erie canal has any bearing
on the, subject aohateUeT. sIhe Erie canai
runs through q comparatively lever eoun,
try. with levels OF sixty mles, ana lss cnlei
,IiItis OF Lock port near by the great :lakes.!
Il connects q great river with the great
l1kes-with the greatest system OF inland
navigation in the world, US before said,
through comparatively level country. The
James River and kanawba canal, on the
contrary, has ffty-seyen locks from tide
water at Richmond to Lynchburg, or an
equivalent OF a lift-l0ck to every three
miles. md between Lynchburg and Blu
cbanan. distance OF fifty miles, thirty
,aipht Iocks. or an average of lock to each
mile and one-thirdl But even il a compare
son co,,Id he instituted between the two, the
Er;a canal is now an ertrenais. as will
he presently shown. Going further
an orr ranal management gets worse
until Won come to your niase-nite tunnel.
The ilea of n shin canal over such route,
and through a. inine.nile tunnel, should
think would staecer even as enthusiastic a
friend VS. YOU are OF the water line ..rai
When. YOU get yo,lr ship over such route,
md through yolir nine-mile tunnel, and. to
the Ohio river. WS1f are YOU going TO 40
wifi ber9 As for barge and steamboat
transnortatjon or. the Ohio river. il is utterly
unreliable. and would never do for your
extensive shin canal, dried up as that river
ID In Summer and closed at irregular inter-
walls nv ice in winter, The Baltimore and
Ohio railroad would have been bankrupt il
it had depended on the Ohio river. Itneyer
declared q dividend. and it's stock went to
almost nothing on the market, until it aban-
doned the Ohio river as feeder, and made
rail connections over and beyond it. The
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad will never
amount to anything, as u channel of trans
portation, until it bridges the Ohio river
and ceases to be dependent upon that river.
s4 Virginia has the very best route up the
James-Riyer valley and through Clifton
Forge for railway to the West on tie con-
tlnent, and richmond, al the neaa OF tlae-
water, mas every conaiLion necessary IoI
the slte OF grsat Guy. u, 70 "as prCpy Sa
sohen Me cara. soIs stu'Ieu, Ia ', nau
Deen placeu Ia .he Sa.n .ss vamey, W., ma.n
pralSu through oou.nm s,s ,sa t az
LynchDurg, ocGuPYlng the gloulu VI Sne
virginia anu Lenne sS .u, Il., anu
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