Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-11-25
COJL1fyJNJC1TED.

At meeting of the Citizens of Wy,he County
convened at the Courthouse on Tuesday the eighth
day of November, 1928, Tor the purpose of taking
into consideration the proprety of pelitoning the
Legislature of this State to to be made Sur
vey of the Country, lying between the waters of
James River and the Roanoke, between the waters
of the Roanoke aud New River, and between the
waters of New River and the Holstein, to ascer-
tain the practicabllity of uniting those waters by
means of Canals
Gen. Alexander Smyth was called 10 the Chair,
and James T. Brown was appointed Secretary.
The object oil the meeting having been explained
by Joseph Draper, Esq, the following preamble
and resolutions offered by him, viz:
This meeting being deeply impressed with the
great importance OF uniting the Eastern and Wes-
tern waters by means of navigable canal, and be-
ieving it practicable to unite them by means of a
canal between the New River and Roanoke, in The
County of Montgomery, and that Little River,
and Eliou's Creek will afford a sufficient quantity
OF water 10 feed a canal the summit level of the
Allegheny, without cutting tunnel; and believing
it also practicable to unite the New River with the
HolseIn, and that the New River and Kanaw ha
can be rendered navigable 10 the Ohio; and also
believing II practicable to unite the Roanoke with
James River by canal leading from or near Salem,
| to the Town of Buchanan or it's vicinity; for the
purpose therefore OF asceraining whether the view
entertained by this meeting be correct, it is
Resolved, That Alexander Smyh, James j..
Brown, David McComas, John p. Mathews, and
Joseph Draper, be and they are hereby appoint ed
a Committee TO prepare a memorial, addr essed TO
the Legislature OF Virginia, praying, that the Engi-
neer OF this State be directed TO survey the
from James River TO the Roanoke, and from the
Roanoke 10 the New River, and from the New
River TO the Holstein, and that the said memorial
be presented TO an adjourned meeting of the CHI
zens OF this County, at the Courthouse, the l9th
day OF this month.
2 Resolved, That Alexander Smyth, Joseph
| Draper, Fontaine Watson, David McComas
James E Brown, Harold Smyth and John p. Ma.
thews be, and they are hereby appointed, Commit
tee to correspond with the Committees that may
be appointed in other counties, and with such in
dividuals friendly to the objects of this meet
| ing, a. they may think proper.
| ). Resolved, That if the Legislature should no,
so far sanction the views of this meeting, as &c
cause a survey 10 be made, of the grounds ovel
| which this meeting believe 1t practicable, TO unite
the said several rivers by of canals, that the
Committee appointed, by the second resoluti on
endeavour To ascertain for what sum the proposed
surveys can be made by skilul Engineer; and hal
they, together with the Committees which may bt
| appointed in other Counties .endeavour 10 raise
by voluntary subscriptions, sum sufficient &c
! employ an Engineer 10 make the SURVEYS.
! Il. Resolved, That Alexander Smyth, jaime.
! McGavock, George Kincannon, Charles l.. Crock.
eft, Harold Smyth, Robert Raper, ohm q. Gray
John p. Age, and John y. Sanders, or any one OF
more of them be, and they are hereby appointed
20 attend, behalf of this County, the proposed
meeting to be held at Fincaste on the 10Th inst
to take into consideration the subject OF inierna
improvements in Virginia.
Which said Preamble and Resolutions yyert
unanimously adopted. q.
On the motion OF Joseph Draper, Esq,
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meetin,
be signed by the Chairman and Secretary and pub
lishel in the Richmond Enquirer anu Wyihe Ga
zette.
And thereupon il was Resolved That Ills meet
ing stand adjourned till the nineteenth day OF thi
month
ALEXANDER SAtYPH, Charm.
JANEs T. Knows Sec,ry