The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-05-17
I.rrNsoreYnent Is :. New lice.

Reinforcement ia d New Lice. ss
n ne called attention ID slfors time sinca Y
I, Yrx,se ctea ras,rpad To begin at Charleston
Kanawha county, West " rginia, ane, s 1..
,iar nj right angles With fae Ailessaassss
.na ,,,s Biue Ridge, ana crossing Dot I'M ihso
.shs claims OF the Potomac, terminate az az
nuantico bay, on Che Potomac river. some
49,, > ,,e,.an has written from Chariestot
r anayha. to ire PhiIadelphia Norsh amer isl
s,mn 81 elaborate letter unfolding the whole
ri ID Of ,hls railroad and the mineral deSei-
annsnt that il Is intended 70 make as a
means Of support and expansion 70 she
road and the plans OF the company. Inc
leiser OF this wrfer is long, and we are COM
PEELED to limit our extracts from t. as
there is much noise made about " We aes !,
That We could not DO less than 10Y eeiofe
o,,r readers the line of road as descf1oee'
nv / his writer, who seems as aufao EEed 10
to speak: ~
starting ut Charleston, the road runs zap
along the south bank oi Elk river, q stream
sone hundred yards wide, OF gentle Sali,
through The coa, regions OF West Virginia
10 Pocahoptas county, a distance OF sag LOO
miles: here it crosses the carponltSsous
5I,nesfone bet, some Ten TO fifteen miles
wide. and then runs through the Desonian
and upper siberian states, sardstones, ana
shales OF the Aaeghany range until the
North mountain, In Augusta county, II
reached. which yneNntaiH forms the Weste rn
escarpmert az the fertile Shenandoah WI
lev OF Virginia. Here the anthracite coai'
fields are trayerscd. Crossing The Shen.
apdoah Valley, composed mostly OF
limestone. by way OF Harfisonours,
the.county-seat OF Rockingham county, the
Blue Ridge is met with at Sw,iH-Run Gap.
Here the immense deposits OF hefnatite ores
.rerfound which exist all along the west
base Of the Blue Ridge, and supply nume-
rous furnaces OF that range. Passing the
Swift-Run Gap at q mailman ascending
grade of ninety feet to the mIe-tbe beaYi-
est in Virginia--the road ruIs through the
1.red lands, of the Piedmont Valley, Ia
mons for its fertility and Numerous fine
farms. Greene, Madison, Culpeper, stat.
ford. and Prince William counties are
nasscd through, until Guantico, on the Po-
fomac. is reached. This is the route of the
road as contemplated, and an its course 1t
will make the following connections Usth
otherraitYoads: -
Starting at Charleston, it connects with
The Chesapeake and OHIO railroad 369 miles
from Richmond and 80 miles from Hunt
ingtop, on the Ohio river. Cincinnati Is
$50 miles distant. Connections are also
made with the Kanawha river, which is
navjgable to Kanawha falls, sc miles above.
and to the Ohio, 30 miles below. Consider
able trade rs done on this river. The
Charleston and Parkersburg railroad, to
connect these two places, is projected, and
will no doubt be built. This and its
branches will furnish q connecting link for
thegreat number o; narrow-SauSe railroads
I OF Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, &c., and enable
them to reach the east over the Z. and o.
railroad. At Otter creek, 80 miles up
Elk river, or at Sutton, 100 miles,
connections will be made with a
branch road. 50 miles Ito Weston;'
from Weston u narrow-e gauge railroad,
is now nearly completed to Clarksburg, on
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. This
branch will form the connecting link be-
tween the northern and southern portions
OF the State (nonc now existine), and lis
managers contemplate extending it north
ward to Pittsburgh This will be one Of the
most valuable connections OF the p. and o.
railroad, furnishing as it will large traffic
in. both directions, and an outlet to q ipopu-.
lous and wealthy country. AT the bead.
waters of the Elk the Pittsburgh Southern
railroad Will be crossed; this Is narrow
gauge, ana is being pushed forward ener-
getically by its efficient officers, headed ny
its president, DR.. Hayes. Here will be had
both northern aud southern connection,
the northern ending at Pittsburgh. We
understand that q considerable portion
OF this road is already built. At Har-
risonburg connections are made with
the Valley branch OF the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, $50 miles from Baiti-
more and twenty.siX from Staunton. Near
the Shenandoah Iron-W orks the line OF, the
Shenandoah-Vaiiey- railroad is crossed.
which is now being built, tbe greater por-
fions or it being graded. This will furnish
connections with the great system OF ~raii-
roads In Pennsylvania oiG the Cumberland
yalleysralroad from Martinsburg, w. Va.
At Culpeper the Virginia Midland railroad
is intersected, seventy miles from Washing
ton, and at Quantico the: Alexandria aud
fredericksburg railroad, th,rty-fre miles
from WASHINGTON and twenty from Frede-
ricksburs. Here the Potomac river is met
with, the terminus of the road. Quantico
is most excellent harbor, free from ice, OF
great depth OF water, and Of large area.
We had never on idea that this road
would be built, and we can hardly think
GU buNs AZ 10 StatSNs uOWSSCi5 Lh1S GULF
tractors are at work above Charleston, Ia.
nawba, aud at Harrisoubnrg, ia the Sben-
andoah Valley. The writer enters into a
detailed account OF the deposites of coal
aud iroh.ores found at intervals all through
West Virginia and the Valley. There are
splint and camel Goals ,in West Virginia Of
the most magnificent kind; and when you
cross ever into the Shenandoah Easley, we
find anthracite coal, in the Dora mines, said
to be very fne and very abundant. !..ls3: :. 2
The assumption Is that the dne. eoaasand
iron-ores may be conveyed 10 Washington:
$50 miles from Charleston, or TO tbe snanu-.
featuring cities In the region tAereabents,
With advantage to the railway and to the
owners OF the. ores and coals.sst
This Is the point, and we should be
pleased TO see the narrow gauge people dol
the thugs they expect to do. We shall yet
reserve otr opinion to afhture period. 1t
Is certainty a little remarkable to see she inn
mense enterprise that Is manisestisss Itself
over all Virginia and West Virginia. As
sttrediy countries ogieh in mineraiMe
cannpt long remain iandeyelope cannot;
4 long be letarded for the wnus of capHai TO
put IN motion the Immense enterprises that
are ptaaped aud lust nposa the point OF de-
{ sng launs6ae out, bewisehing the peseple
8 with theis wonderful achievements. s "a
We know more that is wonderful in sAa