Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-01-30

/ sns Sstont.ss s-s>'s-res 80 ~ i',ois v,
Mr. Poarssfef Looess,o clplainel tie localities o.
the proposed roaa and the great necessity for it, as
giving It the highest claims to thu consit alton Of
the General Assembly.
MT lttSaSssst understanding that opini1n pre-
s..5a' .uae lts road was an olposen road 10 the
Little River tgnpie. corrected The instale BY eS,
pininng their relative localities and directions.
Mr. Eflsey also opposed the motion and supported
the rsiso,iahleness othe applicatioll in the oces
Tor the road, aud the fact, that til aopiicu:,ls
had subscribed three fftlis of the stock
Eif. Ha.i.e OF Reckbrdge SUPPORTED ;,. n,sstnane
luent on the roals that the istla R,ser turipiie
IN the saane borhnaa paid nothing TO The
asis d.. was = not hssly g pay any Thus
s. Dir. Ee l.asidenn said that the Little River
tsssafy- ' ~. !: = : = ssss
SIf, Grs0ry thought that the general i.np9ljcy of
laint stock companies, applied with rea force to this
rendered the Investments of The fluid unnrodn,tiya.
and the evidence before the House as to the nproac
veness OF the stock of turkos in the Same part of
The country, was sufficient to induce him to vote
against this application - Y
Nh Ell<ey explained the reason why ticsa stocks
had been unproductive n stated that the Little Ri
yer Turnpike stock would become among the most
productive In the State. ~
.Hr. Boyd also vindicatcd the great necessity far
this road and denied that it was rival rond to the
Little River Turnpike. Unless this road was estab-
lishcd, wagons from Berkeley and that part Of the
country would be driven 20 Baltimore instead of oo
been established by the fines of delinquent inamen
IN or counties in that quarter of Virginia. and by
individual subscription. Il now divided 4 or 5 per
cent and one Of fur roads IN the State that mid
any thing. Mr.. b. said that the fund of internal
Improvement would be i'll condition to advance for
this STICK in 1880, and that part of the State had
always literally supported Improvements, he hoped
shat the spirit would be reciprocated.
.Wr EnPes stated that his objections TO this bill
were first, that We iM.i not dollar to subscribe
and secondly the imp5,cy OF subscribing this road
If there were funds at command. To support the
latter position, mr. T. gave q variety of statements
to the effect that the funds of the State were al
ready largely engaged in that part OF Virginia while
the Little River Turnpike alone paid any dividend
md that this road was only wanted for tire purpose
or enabling that part of Virginia to choose between
the markets oil Georgetown and Alexandria Mr..
Il. declared his unwillingness to make new enrage-
ments for the fund before it had ex,ricated itserom
Its present engagements.
Mr. btlshugt OF Fairfax. gave a somewhat detail
cd statement OF the condition of the fund for the pur
pose OF rebutting mr. Els objections.
Mr. Wht1te made various statements for The purpose
OF saowing that the establishment of this road would
subtract from the dividends ofthe Little River Turn
pike, and mr. Boyd replied
mir Epres made some further explanations MS to
the condition OF the fund of internal improvement
when the question being taken, the bill was nosto
ned, ayes 81, noes 81.
On motion of rnr. PITCHER the engrossed bill to re-
duce the salary of the principal Engineer was ia
ken up The hill takes from the Board of Public
principal Engineer, and after the 28th day of Ian
1870, tc reduce the said salary from S3, 500 to
Mr.. ULtcieJ moved to fill tho blank with 5000
annual salary.
Mr.. Wallace opposed any reduction of the salary
Capt. Croze the Engineer. had been induced nv his
present salary, to abandon situation at West Point
worth $1,000, clear Of expense It was now proposed
to reduce l'Is salary to S200o--a bread and meat
busincssior he understood that that sum was barely
sufficient for maintenance. If the object was to
legislatc the Engs out Of Office he hoped Il would
be aTowcd. The Engineer on the Ohio canal rece!-
we'd a salary Of $4,000, and both that Enrnccr and
most others, had been trained by our Engineer. The
inevitable consequence of passing this biIl would bo
his removal from Office. His objection to the BIZ!
indeed, had been somewhat abated by its not taking
effect before January next for it enabled the Engineer
to reconsider and embrace proposals which he had
rejected from other States
Mr. H'fcher expressed his donbt that the Enrineer
would abandon the service, if his salary reduced
AS to his refusing to be seduced to qu: Virginia
from the offer of higher salary, he had been scduced
to conc into Virginia, by higher salary than he was
receiving. The gentleman from FaGquer (rr. w. J
had asked for candid ayowal, and he would give it.
he was willing to retain the Engincer-liis object
was not to leGslate him out of office but he thought
the salary too high and he saw no moral tnrpituIe
ne breach offah in reducing it. We cert ainly paid
too high for the engineering of the State II the
Engineer could not live in Richmond for $4,000, he
could III his country, and there nothing prevent
his residing In the country. Pennsylvania gave bot
$1,000, and if Ohio gave $1,000, it only fora spe-
cial decision. 'e
Dir. .MLnnghtn of Greenbrier, doubted The good
policy or the economy Of reducing the salary. The
present Engineer was good one--lcarne6 and expe-
rienced. and it vas better 20 rive d good officer a
good salary, than bad one low salary. lie moved
to fiji the blank with $500.
Mr.. .1thinson Of Halilax. shid he hid voted last
year against the reduction, but he was now satisfied
thatit was too high. But as NE thought $1,000 too
little, he moved to fill the blank with $500.
Mr.. .1iiLler Of Powhatau moved to POSTPONE the
bill indefinitely. An Engineer required peculiar
qualifications and we might lose III the had ex-
ecution of one project than il would save in tefeduc-
ton ofthe salary. The Board of Public Works he
thought was the proper tribunal to decide this matter
and 70 them he was willing to leave it.
DIR. Wallace reminded the House, that if we bad
had good Engineer, we should fave saved $500 900
sunk in James River. He thought it was TING to