Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-12-30


stand: In 1884, an experiment on internal
improvement Is wished 90 lac made tle icgiS-
laulre OF their own accord pass a law erCNu-
raging the undertaking, auh State explicitly
that there is great rnbiic utility Ia th;s
9 laudahle and beneficial work and il is iust
ana proper HAT they Glue Ondertakers,) iteir
hcifs AND assigns, SHouid hc empowered e. ~
ceivc reasonable tolls in Satisfaction tor the
money advance 4 by ihcm IN carry ne The work
into executions, and for ite riSis they run :: aHd
90 on q Cnacta law by which a company il
formed, aud when upwards OF thirty years tt
Dor and three or four times the snm then tho
necessary, las been expended on the wuriI
and it is proved 10 be practicable. then a NEW
set OF pettonCgS rOme forth. manN oIMhom
were icphCtS on While there was Il risk 10 be
ran but that over, they wish To divide the
profits so soon as II is found hat amy profit is
TO be obtained For cloak, patriotism aud
pnbf{c 6cncat, are cried up and let me ask, has
no pubic cement a.lsen tropi The n,unCy and
exe,tion at private individuals ga conjunction
with the M, ncy oftl,e I.ubiicf ISitIo pubic
bent III 20 improve navigation which now ad.
nuts iOr "a Ia 20 miles above the falls, the
greater Pant of the year transportation Of - 10
IL thousand bids. OF tobacco; Of % to IA then.
sdud bhiS at 2Gu~; of 40 TO nearly ISU ta,u
salid bushels OF wheat; and rhaps half
niiiion or piUre bnSheSUf coal, in L year, be
siu'S the rcsnin commerce for 4 supply OF the
interior OF the couHtry IS there 40 benefit
To tie pubic as well as indi vduais III this dis
ttlct OF country, TO exchange rpHards of tween.
~ thousand loads iur Wagon from I.Nuch-
burg and other places for bUata-c of tie same
quantity at enc thiid 10 one fourth the cost
IS II Of no pnblic and private benefit 20 save
annually Eiomhtty TO seventy thousand barrels
or corn, OF It's equivalent IN other forage. to
transport the above produce 10 market, and
The returned ARTICLES OF commerce bX war
sons, while heats eat 40 coruOr hay (. These
the n'diviurai may RAISE and sell, OF labor in
other articles; here are but some OF the pnb-
TIC he''vlitS AMI private emOlEmeuts ol'oSe dis
irict o. country Only, dndN vet this district Joins
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W'SicS Won 10 believe, to wit, that the James
f'tf company have not compiled with their
cont act, ANA t!iat tie legislature can it will
dcSti oy private rights. lie uD doubt will con.
; tend also that the case stated of this company
and = landhUider Is diSsiniilar
HE grant 10 the tunes River COMPANY /.
declared TO NE = real sSfCte, ANA 10 be forever
exempt from payment of any tir, imposition
or assessment, whatever" and that the r,Ser
made naYigabe, that Is for boats drawing one
iout water ~ dry scissors according to the act
| OF incorporation, Shalt then be " esteemed and
taken IS Il public highway J." on paymeai If The
t9AS ,W2osed by tbs Gct'-yet his writer and
Tue Manchester petitioners wish the legjsla.
ture, before q court aud dsinterested iury
shaii nave passed on tile company a sentence
or non-compilance with the law, TO take up The
snbyect ana decide that another companV 10
he hereafter formed shall take away a nart
(anu By possibility may take away The whnlel
OF Tue tolls from articles passing this highway
t0r II the petitioners aud JuriscOla wish other
Nv
Land on the produce for the Improvement TO
TINS highway beyond what the James River
Company are bound 10 make, and which the
new company shall accomplish, / do not sup.
pose any objection on the part of the old com.
pany ought 10 be made, rs they will be entitled
only 10 demand aud receive the tolls now es
tabliShed, provided there be a compliance will,
the cliArter on their part-o this, let diSinter.
cAteu commissioners report on 10 the legisla-
lure ana legal tribunal judge thereof-if il
be required.
l ii@ produce passing this highway, will GER
tainiy bear without being the least bHrtien-
some an additional toll aud as This district a:
present and for length of time past has enicv-
Cd benefits greatly beyond any other mart 1f
the state; and if the improvements are ex.
tShded Iaiihough they should not quite reach
~the ideas OF kanawhaD their benefits will keen
equal pace; the tolls onsht TO be raised two or
three fold or more, aud the surplus become
fund IN the hands of some person or BODY of
men appointed by the legislature 10 be laid
out III extending and improving the navira-
non OF tins river OF some other for a limited
time; of This, the district could not complain.
Loon at few OF the tolls and say ifthey can
not cOnscentionSiy he raised
hUgshead oftobAcco worth 100 TO I6O dol
lars and some time pastl TO 500 dollars, pays
Only two Shillings and SiXpence.
a barrel OF Hour worth, say, 10 dollars, pays
10 cents.
A bushel of wheat worth I dolI,r and h,Ic
TO dollars, pays fdrthiDgs.
a chalhron OF coal $50 Winchester bushPIs)
worih 70 to % cents each bnshel IS rated at
one Shiliing-So that boat bringing down
TWO huoGred aad iwcnty-tour bushels of coal
worth - TO 80 dollars. has never, since the for
NATION 0t the company, paid one cent for the
coal, but has paid as an empty boat only and
t.e company have always allow eG her 10 eturu
without paying toll.
La All disputes OF private rights, have al
ready SAID that co5rt and jury only of impair
iiil men are competent TO decide bat If the
legislature are AT any time uliy Impressed, on
lion kfnf ain s.sfE,
that puoic good will be produced by directing
TAR enquiry Ia be had before compCtent
and legal tribunal as to the omission or viola
ION OF their laws, which the ordinary Judiciary
process viii not reach, they certainly have Il
right 10 do so, but as certainly not TO De the
Judges 1nd jury themselves, 10 Try tiie fact
~ all times the legislature, ills presumed.
WIZ ueeIh II necessary TO consider the Justice
ana weigh well the policy in acting on cases
IN any manner, Which will involve private
rights, public faith aud public confidence.
Juriscola has said great deal about exclu-
SiVe 2HciegsS ~ consideration Of pubiic Services.
lie admits tllot the james River Company are
entitled TO remuneration, hat seems 10 DENY IL
ON tins grOund-Ddeed he almost saws in so
many words-that public services consist in
Pdupcrs made so, by having held pubic Offices
JurlscOId perhaps did not discover that lie was
playing With edge tools, cutting where he did
not intend.
Perhaps Juriscola and the petitioners would
not We willing 10 consider il any great and pc
- "a S"Ci"si'e privilege granted 10 them
although they now advocate the doctrine
which it II prevails aud tey succeed may M.
wards Of thlrty years hence find that thcy are
treated according TO the recommendation OF
themselves for the treatment 0fOihcrs. 10 wit
to he coaNed by d LAYS to undertake hazar-
dons Improvement for sum supposed ade.
quate and on which remune ratiOn was proinis-
81 iiy table Of iOiis-snd after eXpending on
tie Scr6 three or four times the sum calcuInt
ca on, and working upward o. thirty years, and
htiOrc even sin per cent. has been received o,
the sum expended, another company should
nE aiNANnh 10 alnln II and a.u1i1...L. -nr Ii :.