The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-02-19

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In ssscga, VA, February IL, 1879
g.,;so,.s I,;sf,otck. ApfDpos OF the hEn-a
,,,esa and Allechany railroad. dnd 10 sge
\ asnsr;can Wcnuf ucstsrey and Iron sof s.el
sh an. rsport OF DIR. George Z. hayes on nsn
rsccpaoissaucc Of the Pittsburgh so "
railroad. -. !. !, ssx,a, tan hsss
been described Ia the ISSUE ea J.. .,,s o.
eacnce he Describes u sosInWasHn -. si,h;,,.nn,
q srynnn S,raston the route IS oE fntlt,ppl
- p.. .p, 81 beverly in Randolph, up fy-
$. az. an. .svnr distance Gfty-twee miles;
49, s''as,s. ,sysq,sr miles mp the Ever to Two
t tasuss IN six aud Mfngo respectively,
III; ~ ues rot over 90 The head Oh
~ 1s,r river. and no she Eid-Field FORK OF
Eik To MAJ uionnsasn, opposite stony Greet 9, ::
a. ~ ansarier yaitcg-hege Is funnel OF
: snc fefs--tbe only enc on the line.
Thsrce down Stony scTeek TO Green
,,r,o.. rsrer. as NsTli1as Bottom, Wnenee
es.are- aye no routes, one Knapp crees.
=. rsnnsarsyI.le .sud thewest side OF Bears
toy moEntain 10 mountain OF naIsye Tue,
n,el an Big Spiie run, The north I9 on ~
anf,,ony,s creek and aaowaTds crees, W ~
White Susphar and fshe Monroe i'sait ~
Monroe counts. po..sno
.,,,a ,,,s;, fakes to the right Of the Green
:,rssr river over sheI title Level settlements,
and curing arouad az Droop and sIsnne
snnrfnfa,r1s. again goes TO the right over Soe
areaS Teyel setsleinmts by Lewisburg 10
che Monroe Dgaft. liz
J, 4r.saaf of Monroe coHnsy,e By FortsSpEahs,
Ss we'll ne nv the Monroe Draft, Dut u IS u
more Iiillsnit route. From Union TO Woik
creek. ON the New river. there IS an eAcea-
grades. AZ the New river we reach the
New.Riyer railroad, to be constructed thus
summer probably. It connects With Tue
old Virginia and East Tennessee railroad
"a. md Virginia probably at Central
DEPOT: and SO with the whole South.
g AT white Sulpaur, or Fort Spring, our
line crosses the Chesapeake and OHIO, ano
so riyes access to beth East and West by
that route as well as by the Baltimore 'ano
Ohio at Grafton.
.sThe whole line from Grafton to the
New river, say $50 miles, lies through are.
pion rich In coal, iron ore, Limestone, ano
lumber (mainly oak, black walnut, poplar,
hickory, and white pine), sparsely settled,
and devoted mainly to cattle-ralsinS' the
land growing fine bluegrass or Kentucky
as soon as cleared. we were in coal
bank on Roaring creek with seam 70 fee'
thick. There is a strong salt well near
Huttonsviile, which gives indications OF OIL
said TO have shown in ils borlngs maze
many years ago an 18-inch seam OF copper
at depth of 140 feet. The SOIL IS OF as
good quality as that OF Western PennsyiVa
mia, and that OF the two Level settlements ~
Greenbricr county. and nearly The Whole OF
Monroe county is'of the very best quaint!
Of bluegrass SOIL"
He states bis objects to have been first to
determine whether route was at all prac'
ticable, and to open up communication
with the people in case parties With SUM-
cient capital were disposed to push the en-
terprise. He concludes:
81 have no lands to sell or stocks TO dls'
pose of. or personal interests or ambitions
to crafty. This Is, however, my deliberate
sudgment-that with the ore business as a
basis and the general business OF the coun-
try added, the road would pay from the
outside.
"With the eastern cities and Baltimore
and Richmond, Staunton and Lynch6urg,
close TO this ore.bed on the east, and Cincin-
Tats and Louisville linked to the lohole south
by rail, and Pittsburgh absolutely ,cSthout
q southern connection, Pittsburgh must
either build this road or some other, or sur.
render her position as the Birminghdn OF
america" Italics mine.l
Richmond must be 100 miles nearer this
country, is assimilated to 1t in social feeling,
has had business connections with it. has
the advantage of immense water-power,
several degrees Of latitude with river open
all the time, and is there any reason in the
world why Richmond should not become
the Birmingham OF America? F. NJ. H.