The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-03-05

- s.cov day he come. Tho James
x,s z = 49, /. g b. brought into the world.
- Iron hospe b to follow the noble river
= powpasxx srou sldewster % the noun.
Mira. ana b<ina and carry the wealth OF
VIrvinis sud q TIE world By sad through
shis slty. The dag that % mssy have walt
"a Tor % long is upon us 1t sssts Inc 'a''
eeeior men who years ago s*ed their pes.
eod<avors 70 ksve r,i'ssad ccnsssoosec
IRON this city u the West by way o. voc
1ncst VALLEY ia the stats may now, taey
-. ,sv,as. zee !ndabitsbIe evidence Of
she sru,t,oa Of their hopes a IN early day.
Tbe rr4ircd busincss.men Of Rsesmond
vIll SOON bare 4 line Of railroad ssFousn .
love,y ana beAutslM country which sney Gun
40 van cheerful fsrm-houses ma beata'-
81, re<sdences, sad no longer envy the man
80. anon the Hudson, mort ecastlesupon
49, Rhine. An hours ride viii lane the
Hest-stricken eenizcns Of this city In a re-
ION Of loyeliness, quietudc, sefresbng arr
And abundance. We must sd the new rai''
road compsny to make land OF Goshen out
~ the fair country that Hes between Lynch
burg and Richmond
We wrFe as having unbourded CONF
.ssrce Aha. a new railroad viii soon extend
srom thix~ity to the ono river We''' mat
a 4 long distance; and there is no contract
N build one further than 'Cfiton Forge !;
INT We take it for granted that railroad
which will be more than enusI to our grand
chesapeake and Ohio road cannot stop tins
aide OF the fields al the 'ieeming Wesi' OF,
nj the shortest, the ioexhaastible mines Oh
rr.st Virginia. Either the latter road must
.,voceed Mt once to lay down second track
srcm Clifton Forge to Huntington, or the
new company viii have 70 make It's way to
the waters Of the Ohio. We only speak on
ahesc last az logical results Of railroad to
Clifton Forge; aud wedo so entirely With
out authority TO speak FOR any company or
any scheme.
There are 80 msuF possibilities sateH
In this grand scheme that we will not trust
ourselves to speak Of them just now, lest
We might be set down as having visited
Sir THOMAS MexE's famous Nowhere.
oar local columnswill furnish the detsils
which every reader will wish to see for
himself.
Richmond will aow take new dePar-
ture 10 her career Of prosperity. She has
grown since the Yar from city OF $4,000
TO . city of $4,000 inhabitants. The BUSH
ness :. booms" come to her periodically.
Her real estate Jumps up above its real
value once In SO many years, and then adj
yabces no mors for several successive years
She has now been lying in this latter con-
dltion for o number OF years. Now Is
the time for very large advanee-say
30 per cent. in her real estate. So as to
business. it must increase not Ia arith-
meticai but in geometrical progression II
our manufacturers sold twenty millions OF
dollars worth OF their wares last year, they
must sell hundred millions OF dollars
worth ~ them the first year after the CON-
pIetion OF railroad from this city to Cliff
ton Forge. So as to merchants. And so
- to MI our interests OF all sorts. But we
said we wouldn't crow too much.
We welcome the northern gentlemen who
are to do this invaluable work fjr Virginia,
and we trust and believe that they may
never have ocause to regret the investment
OF their capital here. Every such invest
nent h a new band around the States OF
this Union binding them more closely to-
gether-