Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1829-02-03

ed in all the scenes to which It gave rise,
and at its close was selected by Washing
ton to assist in the permanent establish
ment Of the confederacy by sustaining
some of the most important and response
bic offices in the government. His course
has been peculiarly marked by energy,
independence, truth, disinterestedness and
integrity and though his career has been
striking instance Of the insufficiency Of
these virtues to secure popular applause,
yet as the feelings Of party are lost in the
oblivion ofthe grave the bitterest enemies
sof his life will not fail to acknowledge that
he possessed them in an eminent degree.
In oui next we shall furnish our readers
with sketch of Col. Pickering's life.
RAIL RoADs. The following is the
report referred to by our Boston cores
pondent, presented to the House Of Rep
resentatives on Wednesday, by the Com
mittee on Railways and Canals. We
hope the decisive character and spirit
of this report will be followed by cores
ponding spirit on the part Of the legisla-
ture g
The Committee OF both Houses on Rail
ways and Canals, to whom was referred so
much of his Excellency the Goyernour's
Message as relates to the subject of Rail
ways, and also the Report of the Directors
of Internal improvements Of the practicable
ty and expediency of constructing Railroads
from Boston to the Hudson River, and also
from Boston to Providence, respectfully re-
port: -
That the proposed improvements, by
which an easy and rapid communication
would be opened from the capital to the
central and western parts of the State, and
to the central parts of the State of New
York, and also between Boston and the
town of Providence and the city of New
York, are objects deserving the serious at
tention of the Legislature, and and on which
it appears to be important that there should
be defnitive decision at the present time.
The information given in the report of the
Directors, as wen as that which is derived
Gent to prove beyonda doubt, thatthe works
proposed would afford facility of inter-
course highly beneficial to all those parts Of
the State whichlie near the proposed routes,
and in less degree, by the general activity
ofbusiness which they would tend to pro-
mote, to the State at large. the facilities
which the face of the country affords, for
works of this kind, by which the means of
cheap conveyance may be furnished to parts
of the State remote from nayigable waters,
the amount ofpopulation and business which
may be thus accommodated, the increased
value which would be given to vast amount
of property, and the increased means of fur
Their accumulation, together with the pros
pect of sufficient income torepay ultimate
ly the cost which may be incurred, appear
to present sufficiently strong reasons to in
duce the Legislature, either to engage in
the prosecution ofthese works entirely on
account of the State, or to lend some eff
cient aid to an Incorporated body of individ-
uals, who may be disposed to embark their
property in so important an enterprise.
Both the modes here suggested, ofunder-
taking these works, have been under con-
sderation of the committee. The first mode,
which is recommended by the Board of Di-
rectors, appears to be best suited to the
magnitude of the undertaking, and to secure
to the large portion of the community, who
are interested in it, the full enjoyment of
the advantages anticipated from it. Under
the direction of the government ofthe State,
it might be expected that such works would
be regulated with more direct reference
to the interests of the publick, than if they
were under the control of corporation,
whose principal object would naturally be,
so to manage them as to make them pro-
ductive property. Yet on the other hand it
may be safely admitted, that the successful
prosecution of such works might be essen
tally promoted, by the cooperation of intel
llgent and enterprising individuals who have
q peclinlary interest in their success.
The usual method by which publick i'm
provements of this nature have been made
In this Commonwealth, has beenby granting
to private corporations formed for the pur-
pose, authority to undertake the work at
their own cost, with the privilege of taking
such tolls as are deemed sufficient to indem
nifty them for the expenditure. But such is the
magnitude of the enterprise now rruposed,
that the necessary funds for accomplishing
it could be obtained from the subscription of
individuals, only by securing in the most
ample manner such property in the i'm
provement, as will afford the prospect of a
permanent income, equivalent to the requir-
ed expenditure 1t would be difficult to af-
ford an adequate security for this object,
without the pledge of more exclusive privi-
leges than it would be expedient for the
Legislature to grant. 1t would therefore,
in tue opinion of the committee, be unavail-
ingto rely on private enterprise alone for
the accomplishment of those works. There
is however, more reason to believe that a
company might be formed, in which intelli-
gent and responsible individuals would take
large portion of the stock, provided the
Legislature, in addition to the grant of the
right to take reasonable tolls, would author
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