| From the Raleigh Register |
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| January 29, 1862 |
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| The Greensborough and Danville Railroad
Connection {the Piedmont RR} |
| The Richmond Dispatch urges the speedy
building of this road in view of the following facts: |
| The disaster in Eastern Kentucky and the
apprehension it has excited for the safety of our connection with the
Southwest through the Virginia & Tennessee, and the East Tennessee
& Virginia Railroads -- and the possible interruption of our
intercourse with the South via the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad,
by the Burnside Expedition, directs attention to the vital importance
of completing the connection between the Richmond & Danville and
the North Carolina Central {North Carolina RR} Railroads.
This connection, only some 35 or 40 miles long, might be made in a few
weeks. We have the rails, we imagine, or may get enough from the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to add to those we have, to finish the
line. -- It would be a surety against an interruption of a
communication with the South and Southwest, which at this time is of
vital importance. We trust that Congress will promptly address itself
to the consideration of the matter, and that it may adopt such
measures as will effect this work as speedily as possible. |
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