The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-05-10

eessisl pursuit OF commerce aud the most
genial following OF the enterprises OF life
below the frost-i!ne and above the malaria
line, and cutting right through the metal
siserous wealth Of one OF The mest aabund-
antly-endowed districts 10 North; America,
This was and lis the, line, and 10 is only
necessary to start tine highways and set in
motion the trade and the Development OF
the ores to establish life and thrift in the
whole region OF this middle line that Will
a long way exceed all that has been in the
past. Man cannot set limits to the growth
and wealth OF this magic region. ...e
Il would seem that at last there is to be a
movement to two or more Of the connec.
tions which are to bring the immense de-
Ye,opments OF which we speak. Two lines
have been brought before tae public within
few days under circumstances that claim
with more than ordinary force our CONT
dcnce. First OF these was the proposed
road from Cincinnati to Huntington, and
thence through the. Kanawha coal. fields and
the iron ores OF the Virginia mountains to
Richmond. We have published what we
have received with regard to this one OF the
connections. It is part worthy OF rei;cra"
tioa: sis. a.@.*
Itappcars that Sir. j. D. WATSON, repre-
senting a company OF eastern capitalists, IS
abo3t TO undertake to build road from
Cincinnati to the Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
road at Huntington. The basis OF the en-
ferp.se is large amount Of coa-lands,
estimated ut a million Of acres, conveyed IN
private grant. The company feels entirely
fortified to proceed promptly. Two mil
lions OF their bonds have been already ne
got.ated in The East, and that insures their,
success. The coal lands OF the company 1t
is estimated viii furnish 1,,l7G, 100000 tons
OF coal.
That the coal fields OF KaraTha are un-
surpassed by the abundance as well as the
excellence OF Its coal is beyond dispute, and
it Is impossible that such fields OF coal, so
Iappcd by rail and water communication.
can be long kept In obstruction for the want
OF communication and prompt conversion
into wealth. 49, IA,
The road will run from, Cincinnati
through Hamilton, .Clermont, Brown,
Adams, Scioto, and Lawrence counties, on
the Ohio side of the river, and touch at the
towns OF Mount Washington, Georgetown,
West Union, Sciotoville, Ironton, and con-
meet with the Chesapeake and Ohio road at
Huntington. There will also be built
branch 10 Ripley and TO Maysville, which
T.. Eco tnd nv oi1s
Lexington and Louisville.
This, then, is the road to Cincinnati. In
its route it interSects the Scioto- Valley road
from Columbus TO Portsmouth, road
which commands an. important intercourse
with the river route and the eastern outlet
down the James river to the Chesapeake
bay. ~, ), /. .,.9. -.
Tie road to Cincinnati and to Column
bus with its network OF roads connect
ing the cities OF Indiana, Wisconsin, Illi-
nois, Michigan, and Ohio, at once makes
Richmond intimate with the whole North
west, and places III reach Of our people, an
area which for,wcaith and population isnot
exceeded. -. - b. 5.&5>s -
The next most important line that Is just
brought emphatically before: us the, as it
were, revived Lexington and Louisville rail-
road, which it is proposed to build at once.
from Huntington to Mount Sterling,
whence the,road is already built from Lex
ington to Louisville. 1t is stated that this
road "wlll be completed at once" This
road traYcrses the State OF Kentucky from
Louisville to Catlettsburg, at the mouth OF
Big Sandy. and will command great part
OF the tobacco trade and the beef, OF the
Blue-Gra<s county.
This statements is made in connection with
The announcement that Mr. HUNTINGTON,
president OF the Chesapeake and Ohio rail.
road; General WICKHAM, yice-president;
Colonel 81. JOHN, engineer; General
EoBoLs, director; and Colonel Dunn, sup
crintenaeht, had arrived at Huntington,
ana were having consultation upon the
subject Of completing the western connec.
tion ri@ .dogat, Sterling. They have ex-
amincd the ro4d.bed In the neighborhood Of
Ceredo and determined uron The route FOR
the road thereabout, aud furthermore deter
mined that tie old:design to reach the Blue
Grass rcsionso2 Kentucky BY Mount ster-
ling would auG be abandoned. .e:s,S
/, So the Huntington Commercial speaks OF
this line rs somewhat positively determined
upon, and 10 sssbe completed at once.':
There certainly IRE better reasons now fol
the complexion OF this line than at any pre-
Yious time. I The enterprise Is revived, ant
the reasons for completing it at this tim
are imperative. The Chesapeake and Obi,
Railroad Company has, been for. six year
without terminus. III has been deprived
of ayast dealof trade aud travel, and sus
tanning a constant loss, to the tncalcu
liable injury Of the people Of Richmond
and tie people OF Kentucky and-1Fest Viz,
ginis. The road was finished to Hunting.
ton on the 18th of February. 1878. Assn.
red!y that I'm portant railroad cannot be
kept longer bound down to the town, Of
Huntington, with no possible chance Of lib
Grafton from Its heiplessness and decay.
But build the western connection to Louis.
vile and the chesapeake and ehioroad
will atonce take position as one amongst
the thrifty and potent railroads in the
Union. S, b 81, 81, II u
There is the best reason to believe That
these roads will be built with something
like expedition. Wesare delighted 70 think
SO. The reasons that forward their con-
strnction are 50 very Urgent that. We have
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