The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-04-02

snlpl,. asl sndriem for Heafly ! qtilr I'll
, ~ III shurselneHl-. 81 Gtf ifem einais II
a sials belng LIZ nl,nn lhr lIenlfe, In.
re calculated To relieve them ffen la,ef
, lI.-Idts lbase sito opt,ose internal IN
: pro,rnieut fpi elrciionee.ing purposes
there are nihefs Who are governed III lheil
nppnsilion l., selfish aud interested moiltes
fnr in.tsoec-tlt Jtfn.s RIVER fanal las
1 nj with great oPpnsf.nn l. hm fhsflsaiif
IN The .lcinit, II lliehmond-in the safnr
> ~ ihal canas AID roads III Eng lind did
ffom Tie nflehbnlns people III l4ohdoo.
'fhe Later openly protszssd LIE eatisf al
lh,ir npposifion, nhlie ihe lofnfer, IKE III
fIoctiomffinr tandi ttf.s, assign dlllrr,nt
.aiss..s for TIER opIusiiunihhn ihost winch
really aud truly aetual'' them. The Pearl'
IN tie ,iriaitl ~ London dllr,s ed thai the
IIemoH fafnnrs would eonr into catnpfii=
ton " lth ill.m. and they would he 'llrfes
b., chsiajnrrd II mol raIued. IL u ,rr}
clear hal lpihpid.rs IL Tie neighhufhu"d
ri Kirhnlnnd Ire under the sane dread
ihai the farmers ~ the elgIlborhaod al
London expressed Tiny afs mol willing
/ hal the ebilisalnfa Of land or tie lHndh !
der more dslani ftnu Richmond, should be
/ brought lnlo competition nlthihrm. They
viii II Keep y uonup,Hy hn1h n LIE salnr
of fhrir lnw grounds, aud The products ri
! flIen William |. Lewis - nan VEL AZ
| n iufed viii Ills subject. He MS nf III,
comnl or, aud think chairman Of II,
which oflsiuated lhr subject III canals IN
our l. aislaiarr. lie Is calculated IN strip
| fhr vii rom fbn-t n,hblIe striving under
handrdly IL defeat the prosecution of tn
all iBporfant measure In on stme. lhe
~, CATION ii JaMcs River, .teH I'm
Lynehbnrg IN Richmond, il in extremely
bad een lilon. both IN rellon Ia thr sal,.ly
Of Conveyance and The Preearioasnrss u
time IN transporting IL tnd flo. II II mi
unusual fbr a hoa Ia be rs long getting
from Richmond IL Lynchhdfg as a ship /
II performing = voyage from Liverpool IL
Nsn \ prk. Now, II Ne have II canal sirb
~ ~ contemplated upon the james Ri,rf,
4 passage from Richmond Ia Lyuebbnfg
nil be performed with great certainty il
about u days. The price Of transportation
too, will BIZ iessenrd In one cent per hun.
drrl weight, Il hundred miles. which would
reduce the cost oil boatagr from Eynchbng
10 Richmond, M from Richmond 10 Lynch
burg, IL about one and half cents per
hundred pounds. Whereas II appears h,
In report Of the commissioner Of the com
" al tampb,ll, made in 1890, for ihr
YEARS 1917, lglG and 1919, that the ave.
rag freight of hohtage from Lynchburg
In Richmond In those years, WAS about 81
cents per anndlcd, Il aud from Richmond In
Llnchb0rg about 20 cents per hundred
II Is here scea nj once the great saving that |
would accrue In the grower ot produce by T
lhe James River Canal. Tin planter and
Turner would clearly get this difference in
the = icc of taeir prodner, whether they
madr Isuehburg or Richmond lb,if mr.
HI. Bui let Us sappas, thu In iolls would
b. incfe srd us the canal 50 u IA maxi the
transportation n iash ~ II IS al pfesrbi==
sill The galn would br immense for ii.afc#td
of boal b,ns n IL =, 5 snua frequently F
the casr, felurda !, finn klehnon!. . would
br about 10 hours. B,.si1r- ~ ro1l1 Ihen
ralcnlltr thr iime of eoi Il nd returning
rom market viii Ereat certainly, WHEREAS
nov thefe i NJ nd II CERTAINTY ia calea.
laiag lie llnr ihas required. Alerra,ef,
II s4iH greatly II III f-h ef convey t1ees
Produce u oan rpp.s.rd ~ open baai.
an liz caaifary. lhe baais ssuod Ia 20
opae ibe tau6 would be dreh ,es-,ls
theirEtfe liz produce IL them would he -.
eHts nom damage ~ bad weather, WITCH
Is not lie ease ~ the open toats ftai NV
nat ts1te liie river AgHin=w. shotdd Inv
ntrn respectable and worthy of trust -
managers ii the h"ats npup Tie cana1, aud
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inari1e, hope aud presume, will be sutli +
cent 10 shn" thu sd.aut,ge that would
result Ia II, ard the Mt. II t'rf,, hy @n,l.
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