Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-12-22

completed and only waited the appropriation and hs
hoped the Legislature was not disposed stop the
ple,on OF the road for the pi,iiul asked for
MIR. White OF X. said, he friend both TO the O.
rgnaf Bill and to this one he advocated il for the no
the State, he had local feelings but voted as
prginAn believing il for the interest OF the State The
contracts were bound TO be finished by particular time
and for this he hoped the subject would be
ed and decided at once.
Mr. Harve was IN favor Of the Bill he never believ-
the sum OF fifty thousand dollars originally asked for
was suihcient had more been asked for then he would
nave gwen it, Additional expense has been encounter.
ed in making the bridges necessary along the road and
without the bridges the road at certain periods would
be OF no service: he hoped the bill would pass
Mr. Carey thought there wa. no imprudent expendi.
re on the part oil the agents OF the Common we alth-
They had been as economical possibe-the bridges
were necessary and they could not be made without
the additional appropriation.
He hoped to soc the improvement at some future day
extended eastward to the City Of Richmond, thst the
commonwealth might all her wealth for the
benefit ofthe whole. He was disposed TO extend hi.
views beyond localities and to advocate the interest oil
the State generally.
Mr.. Harve said when the Engineer made the est.
mate he had not made the survey which he has since
made; and the estimate OF was only
MIR. Eppes said that the estimates were m ade by gen.
"emeh as coming from the Principal Engineer:-he said
gentlemen regarded him marching with orch 70 az
pode all attempts atmprovemcnt but the Journals would
prove he always voted for feasible proper schemes
e hoped his part oil the country would never want any
ese aPpropriauons because they always created
burnings wherever they difIused. He though
the Legislature had been eived-gentlemen had said
that they had travelled the road and that il would be he
necal to the community, by bringing travellers from
the Westin every direction and therefore, we must
comply with these contracts but he conended il the con-
tracts had been entered into, they were not valid be-
cause the James River Company had right TO 90 be-
You'd the allowance made in the law He said il the
practice OF making contracts be yond the appropriations
was INDUCED in, it would require the whole fund for
any particular obect-as the appropriations were in.
creased, the views OF the agents enlarged and il
seemed to him there could be no end to it,
Mr. White said the friends of the measure had not an
piled TO the Legislature beggrs but because the road
would pay for itself by opening the intercourse between
four great States
Mr.. Harvie said that the Engineer, in his letter last
session. had excluded these bridges in his estimate and
the appropriation asked was to complete the road
with the bridges, and of course the appropriation must
be increased.
MIR. Eppcs never meant to reflect in the slightest
manner, the Engineer. =
Mr.. Rives OF p. c., in favor of permitting the
work to go on so far the money would CO. and when
the report made showing where the Road will STOP
then the necessary appropriation could be made to com
plete it. "a
Mr.. Spurock said his knowledge Of the country, en-
abed him to say that the bridges across the streams
were absolutely necessary. The States of Kentucky
and Ohio would make roads to meet this road and Il
was OF great consequence to the State to meet these
roads and attract the travellers from the West TO the
tire OF the State, with their produce and wealth.
The qeestion on the passage of the Bill was taken
by Ayes and Noes-Ayes SO, Noes ca.