Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-03-01

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thter, except on'the score Of example in future
'egis'aiion tho evil, though considerable is not Of
an alarming character. Some of them, however,
viii be noticed, incidentally, in the course o.. the
Observations am about 10 make. The former
/ causes me, confess, very great degree of I'M
+, eaSincSs may he mistaken as TO the effects but
Certainly dom'tfcig1a what don't feel.
! first-Iie capital stock of the company is set
| down at three millions: There would have. been
! sreat want of candor ia holding This out as the
! whole tlat would be wanted. believe il is mot
pretended, but that, even taking the road by the
shortest route, the cost, including every thing,
VIII exceed that sum more than tbrcc-fold. Ten
: millions, probably, would be the mark
Accordingly, power is given by the 18th section
10 increase the same, from time to time, to the
j"i erfent u tcuffed, or TO borrow the money, on
pledge OF tIe property. They are empowered,
s Also 10 purchase hold, SELL lease and convey es-
+ iatcS real, personal and mixed, far as may be
necessary tor the purposes vi their charter.
hat are those purposes; To construct "a Rail-
road, which, IL is said, is not 10 he public h;gh-
,coy, but monopoly erctusively 10 be used by
The Company.
+ This monopoly Will, in all probability, become
0at0rS; and they mus, have the means OF self
preservation within themselves. Their expencc
ana FISK viii DC great; and it becomes therefore
Il Guty which such company owes 60 itself TO
OBTAIN as many privileges aud mmunilies as pos
bic. On the other hand, it is the duty Of the lie.
SiSiaure 20 see that the safety OF the State is not
endangered by the enormi,ies of the powers asked
I ." he iteu secitOn OF the act, II IL specified.
mat they may enter upon, and use ona excayate
any lands wanted for the site Of the road, or the
erection OF warehouses; other acorlS necessary
20 sand road or tor any other purposes 7ecessay'g
OF USEFUL III the construction repair of said
| roads. sc.
! Warehouses, in which to secure rood sbo,s
ana factories for making repairing machinery.
stables for horses, and houses Of entertainments
ior The accommodation of their hands, and the
travellers in their machines will be all ,1ecessoy,,
! 10 4 road The nIDitS n which To
monopoly.
~ The good OF community requires r ,aonoDo-
! W the law must give the necessary means OF self
~ eScioo'ion; but IT ought TO give no more: and
! therefore IL struck Inc a little singular that
uleIe was no limitation, as always have in this
state, as 10 the quantity Of land they <ninht ar
qnre There is such limitation though. ex-
coPt nc general words, FAR as shall be neces-
IN order TO support horses, pasturnee. If not
corn land, may be found necessary IL steam
engines are resorted 10, timber or coal-lands ma,
pe necessary. For suppose the company should
S stI oa'o"S and unpopular and the people
should refuse supplies their ,nonopoIu at hast
must be at an end, if they have not the means III
supplying themselves "a
| But who viii be found, at future day, able to
stand up against the wants, real or pretended. Of
TINS corporation, il we NAV iudee from, tho asco,,
dancy 1t already has acquired in this State,
They have right for the site of the road. to
Si9Hy SIX ieet oil land, and to make as many sets
VI tracks as they please. am not acnua;nfed with
tnu'"S IaA-roads-i wish we had some know
ieuse on that subject-but | presume that this
space would give room for tcyo tracks TO go. and
Wo 70 return--say 10 feet, still leaving 26 feet for
track Tor travelling carriages horsemen &c. to
peaPPied 70 That use. The other work would
/ perhaps leave little TO he done in order TO make
( sueh road; and it might be a very convenient
one MY present objection to it is that as This
great Improvement will supercele navioation or
turnpike roads, and indeed, all marketing
bo .ne chance Tor traveller TO get on through
inc state except by this way, would be moor
one al least near the route of this road,-and bc
must therefore, submit TO any eractio1t which the
sour'e o! events would enable the 8,0nopohsts 10
impose In TINS as in other things, hereafter noti-
ced' tiey would only be restrained az IN tho A.
mount by their intereat-so too thew have norvor
! 10 Ouiid bridges-Ihese may be made toll b,;J
ges also for f'0veliers; and certainly without oh
unjust erocfi0u. r VI
This z'o''opo,,, or excIusire use. is tbus secrra
oy me 18th section, which provides, that il shall
! not De lawful for any Other cosHpony. or any nor
~" % persons wiateoever, to travel upon or use
Sa' ~ ms company, or TO transport persons,
.te' e'G''a'Fe SIc thereon, without, the pe,,,,is
stoh OF the company; of course thew can Grant
e PERMISSION on their terms. This fy7,1e,,se
'eHl ana personal estate, is supported by an inn,
r,of'ea capital, in The very centre of the
o''e Oh virginia THE hitherto free fs'rfe or PR
S"iG, - not only rnOnopoly, as aforesaid hn, is
ioreverJtee Of tares. So that if an humble CHI.
zen should erect 1coreiouse or fapc,, 10 ,,,,,,
| pay nS iaNes to the state, and be moreover eyno
" VIC refusal oil the company 10 receive goods
rom W MS warehouse, guests from his tavern
verify, say, the latter end of that man ,y,i h
worse than the first va &c
lneir toll and price of transportation ii seems 70
me- Is also no considerable item in fine ocnaroI
csteosue-I hose above mentioned, or many oC
theIn, may necessarily flow from the re.of !.
monGpoty Of such nl0gniiuae especially consider
.S t"e kluu OF improvement contemplated; many Of
mem may be unavoidable, and PROPERLY sib,niited
.ooy state, which have no navipable streams 70
improve and must, therefore, bid IN for that enter.
PLi.e ana rsque, on which alone she must rely.-
1u' loi virginia t5us to bid up, whose whole ter
rtory Is covered with navigable streams-co,,ered
with them so thiclly, that they are standinor IN
each others way, insomuch that neither cG7, he
mPT0oea, IN consequence of the iealousiss of the
o.nefs' Is accsrding TO my humble judgments very
uhercHt thing. The tariff of tolls and transports
.oI "i'"e"' are cents ton per mile from W est
10 last, and cents from East TO West and r cents
per mile for travellers. In ENGLAND beIie,,o Eli
ana transportation amount together IN abont
cents. why we should submit them IN \ ,ey,e
t"o' eXaction OF this kind, in favour of forcfoo
corporation, when in the case Of one of our road
companies VIC reduce them, after the profits ex
cccd 10 per cent, is TO me wonderfi.t 1ou sna
transportation on our ripers. II inproved I,5n '.
stand would be cents-Maryland az before aid
may wei bid an; but are I'VE ,vilI;us, 80
seadie poSteriiy, 10 all Tine with exactions avara
gS cents, for Otc rail road used ercIusipeJ,, bv
me eomDnny, instead of improving our rivers. IN
All directions, and making them Ljob-,ro,,s Sa
to every body, and only paw two ccntsln
ihere are some minor circumstances r,orob
Wnien' as they are new to our laws and important
notice pass "i'"ou'
Our turnpike roads are inhibited bv Isv froro
invading the dUehing-house, curfjLo. > garden