Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-06-25

less. They seem determined no, 10 avail
themselves of roads Of any descriptiou. i
cannot av,$id thinking that The rail road
woulI be the best substitute. But. The
creates. preiudice prevails against IT,
Some aver hat II has failed in Great Bri.
tain. Tins IS denied by u few; but, even
surprising Il has failed in some parts of
Great Britain, or would fail IL YOU were
to attempt IL III The highly cultivated
ne'ghborh0otis of Boston, New York or
Pinladeiphid, Is II an argument for lis TAI
lure III the harrrns ofNnSimia, the Carroll
mas and Georgia, many acres of which are
not worth one doliar2 Hence, sir, to eff
feet the double object OF Increasing the
demaud for cast iron, and, il possible,
forming rail or team roads I would
suggest that the iron masters should en-
deavor 10 obtain such a knowledge of the
system IN Britain, as not only To commu-
nicate detail OF lis advantages but TO
enable themselves 10 offer the iron al the
lowest rate, aud slew the best and most
approved kind. The recent survey by
MIR. Cou,y, OF the Lumber River Canal IA
North Carolina, "A most ta%oral,e ~. ce Of
country, as well as the whole 90 VIII
mington for such road and, thai, |
presume by This time taken, Of the roma
try between Petersburg and The Il, ,okc,
viii enable profilcs of Tie ground 10 be
transmitted To Great Britain 10 persons
qualified TO pronounce on the feasibility
oil The plan; and, al the same time 10 saw,
al how much per mile The road might be
laid down.
The re>ui, wotli think, determine
whether the plan MAS advisable ard aiopta-
ole. SHOULD ~ inru oHt as | believe IL
WI, nauiely thai a single rail road with a
suihciem ru'nberof turning. out for car
rags meti,ng and Passing ea,.h other
may be cast iur 1900 d T. lUUo sierliug per
mile, and, that, on il, "a Nurse viii draw
two or perhaps tour tons (44SO lbs. and at
the rate OF ar 8 miles AN hOur, think
the triumph Will be complete.
am, sin &c.
A POLITICAL ECONOMIST.
During ihe late war of 1856 on the Ohio,
most OF tie heavy commodities were landed
from England at Georgetown on Potomac,
seht then Ia Wagons To Copog"cheig, there
embarked III canoes and landed at Fort Cum
be'iand-ii ON thence TO the MOnongaiicla at
the mouth OF Re,,Stone creek, ana then to
Pittsburgh The distance from Cumberland
| TO kedstone creek is - miles. performed in 5
| days, each Wagon with horses carving ~
| cwt AND ai!owsd sbillings per day 1t was
! afterwards known that good Wagon road
might he made from Fort Cumberland TO a
| branch Of the lou- hionCsny of not more than
| 80 miles The garrison of Pittsburgh received
large tnppi eS OF provisions from the ). branch
| OF rotnmac, by Wagon road through the
mountains 10 Cheat river, so miles above Red.
stone creek, and thence they went by water 10
Pittsburgh. The distance from the s. branch
OF the Potomac is only 20 miles"
MIR. John Ballemene has proved that for
less ,lian 10 900 pounds locks ms hit be formed
al the Potomac and James river falls so that
large bar-es might navigate both streams"
The above is extracted from Gov. P0wnaIrs
Geographical Description and Lisut Gov
MERCER gwen AZ authority. What would not
have been the return. ii this SO year old imior-
NATION had been before rendered useful
Gov: Pownail's book, winch. as well as Lewis
Evans published by Franklin in 1854 contains
much curious and believe correct topogra-
phical Information lay open before me aud |
gould not resist this opportunity OF Offering it
! for publication III Virginia.