Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-01-13
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ol iufuPke companies; on motion OF Mr.. Bryce laid
A bill to provide for the construction Of turnpilc
road from Winchester to sParkcrsburg was then ,a-
ken up. 81, 4.. $50
Mr. Brown, OF HARRISON addressed the House in
favor of the bill lie felt assured it gentlemen would
take the trouble To investigate all the evidence in ia
vor OF this bill there would he opposition. Iio
knew the opposition to medding with the general
laws He did think that a new Cons,i,ution could
affect this question There were subjects Which il
would be improper to lcgisn,e upon bur this was not
one OF them. The fund for internal Improvement
would not be nterfcrcd with by The new governments,
IL might not be expedcnt touch the question ofce
neral informal improvements; but this case stood ,u-
connected with any other.
MIR. Brown then into some statistic, v;,,r,
to show the propcty of passing this act aud fnted
that the section of country through which this turn.
PIKE was to pass was without any Improvement ofthe
KIND and had as yet derived very little benefit from
the flnd for internal Improvement. That the road
would he OF great public convenience That il wus
more d'rcci rou'e from Washington city tn the west
than the National road, and bore he same relation
TO tho National road that tcidamecr of circle did
To It's semi circumference. Mr.. Brown .tated that
inc route OF tins road had been surveyed by the pri
cipnl engineer under resolution Of the lcyisntnre
OF 1873 and hnd reported iavora " of the sa,nr
Ihat Governor Eyer had earnestly recommended
~ and Governor Giles i'll two successive messages
hnyd recommended H. That the Board of Public
WORKS two gears aro had recommended its cous,ruc-
ZION at the expense OF the State; and that no doubt
existed that the tolls of the road would nav off thn
expense ut constructing the road, which would nor
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Alr. b. alluded TO the general di,tnstc for min,
STOCK companies N the House. and said he tbouSht II
Just dislike. He took brief view of the effects Of
the su5scriP ion of The Board of Public Works r,
Jrht stock companies, to show the mnprodut tiyercss
or the stock Mr. B then pointed out the obcctin,,s
! To joint stock companies.
u toiis become cnnrmous the Legislature cannct
G'ahg them not so II kept under tue control of tho
Legislature, as the tolls would he reduced 10 rro
soma lie amount. The advantages were tbcrcf,,o
uecidrn IN favor otthe Committee rcrfpmng ,hese
| The fund for Internal Improvement was not sniff.
cont to establish the works necessary Tnxatjon
wa Incxpedi, NJ, and therefore the only rcsnure 90
WIS by loa". No burden would be imn,sed nm Tho
COMMITTEE as the tolls II the money he iudciouslv
expended would elieve the people from all Oh no 3
tr interest ana IN lime. pay off the cxpen, CT.
Mistakes may be made IL investing money in these
70 Ids, and IN tina case the ready resource was II q
fund for Internol Improvement, as its means woud
enable the State to pay the interest on loans
The conclusion to which Mr. b. came was that il
was better IN all cases. for the commonwealth to ey-
e'utc public works as required by the wants of the
p pc as bv this means The resources of the Siate
would be developed. Mr. g. then referred 10 the
State If New York, which had adopted This corrso
and the beneficial effects of which are so wr known
IL said that the people of this section of the copr
Try, where THIS road was To be established, u,n
arle ana unwilling to raise three fiths of the stock
as required by the las Of this commonwealth
! The population composed of fnrmers who
were not disposed to vest their surplus FUNDS in an
Improvement OF this kind, however beneficial thew
N In
act, which allowed the individual siockhoIdors s,x
per cent their stock, before the commonwealth wns
to receive any thing sod by that repeal no more
such joint stock companies would be cs,nbIsJ.d
and II So this rond can only be made by the Com
monwealth
NJ. d. contcnded that fthc road would not nav 6
per cent 1t was no reason Tor refusing 10 make .
That other parts Of the state had arrived benefit
from the uni of internal improvement g. show ed IN,
he I've present situation ofthai Il nd would authorize
nc pa sage OF this act even if i, should tecome
lfltu rffnt that F,,,I
improve which was not probable The balance of
that fund beyond the permanent charges would be o
vei IS 600 at the end Of this year and would hero
after be annually over S3I 900. lie commended tb,t
the revenue OF the state in that on OF the counrv
would be probably doubled and instead of ta,in1
S<5,ooo u would pay $4,000. This would be eficc-
tea by INC rise IN Tie VnIu" ofpropcriy and that tho
interest on the loan would he only 81 900 He soted
the ca-e OF he county OF Ohio the revenue OF which
had been irehIcd to the state by the continuation IT
! the national road.
Mr.. then stated the amounts of uonrv which
had been expended from tire fund for internal i'm.
proyement on the James river Kunnwha river Dismal
swamp Richmond Dock and other nubc wo,ks
and appealed TO the justice of the House To- know il
the section Of country through which this rond ~,
u run were not entitled to consideration.
Mr.. Minor said he fell himself rcliI.tnntIv coa
strained TO vote against tn" hill This is moi The tire
or the hour for this act. MIR Minor allndcd IN tbo
proceedings of the Conven' ion, nnd said TO ,n,,s
would be sufficiently distinguished by their ear no.
up all the foundations Of this Government wiibus
this House tearing up the foundations Of tlc fi,,d y
Internal Improvement. MIR Minor then went into n
history oi this fund and said hat one half f The T,nJ
which once amounted to 81 100000 had oItca,v
been sunk and the only means now of CARVING ON I'M,
terha Improvement was the ircoInr of the balance
amounting To from 10 { $50 600. That the fin Il
was already pledged TO pay moro Than this income.
anull from any cause pnTt OF the fund should be
ost' TAXATION would have to supply deficiency
MT NJ express I'd his opinion ~ favor oflmprovcmcnfs
Dcing made by individuals, aud not 10y The State
lie regretted the repeal Of the law granting ndynuia.
ges to individual stocEbod, r., it would have beue
fitted them and produced INJURY TO the Stale
MIR. NJ. said tho example OF New York had been M
81, AZ injury TO this STATE.
That suc had been tho apxcy follow this examhle ia,
a bargain had been with the Jaues RI.
onl order get tbs mpov solely IN The bard
Of the state ''''
Mr. NJ then stated tho amounts which, had been r,o.d,4
this undertaking. aud ihe amounts received which are nm
X It, .'....I ~ ~ VIE NJ o'plnous