| From the Augusta Constitutionalist |
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| June 9, 1864 |
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| Piedmont Railroad |
| We understand that this
important line of communication, connecting the Richmond &
Danville railroad with the North Carolina railroad at Greensboro', a
distance of 48 miles has just been completed and put in operation.
This secures at once, and renders safe from Yankee raiders, for all
time to come, the connection of the seat of government with the South.
Averill may range on one side and Speare on the other, and make as
many temporary interruptions of the other roads as they please, but
this middle line cannot be touched. Moreover, it is the shortest route
to the South. Even from Petersburg to Greensboro', by the Southside
and Richmond & Danville railroads, the distance is 54 miles less
than it is by Weldon and Raleigh. It will be seen in our advertising
columns, that the Southside Company already advertise this line as
open as a traveling line. It will not doubt be as important as a
freight line; and it is probable that it will relieve the press of
government business so much on the Southern road, that we may soon
expect to see supplies come to our market by that line, and thus help
our people. In a word, this new route will exercise a beneficial
effect all round, and we cannot too much commend the government agents
and others engaged on it, for being able to push a work of such
magnitude through in so short a period in times like these. |
| Petersburg Express, 4th |
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