Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-12-13

the Legislature claims Tue Hkp' ot foheei"R
,au.. aud continues its opsIsuon sndsf The
am I.ms. River Company, Holding al an
oY,uf ia friisi fo, m. bought Of The Common
,esaatp AMI rs II 10 leave no doubt of the
.nd.r.,,na,ag of the tenure by which u hold.
limits the potut 10 winch " u 10 Keep the bf1
of4he itgrr III Tor navigation 10 Crows fsrfy.
An1 why why ut 10 lpnni"p's c'e.s, the
hend Of ihe contemplated itnpr 3gsm"ni> BE-
e,o... tbe ACT Of I1sb, s.eion 5. drcsrTs :. fha'
Gas'. ferry, NJ the mouth OF Lponess creek
.haiI b. forever taken and deemed to be the
n,.t..t, l,,e nr.ctiuahle stthin the aiming Of
,a- ,l,.,. r.ct. ed aei." ihus INNING Their la.
i,3or 10 the terms of the charter. But II las
Ten aIcdgrd ~ n pretrI Tor tlis V,olr"i out
fage apnn our rights, that the p"ople OF james
river u kpd fpr the impfoHene oi the nasigs
ton, aud must pay for Iiie errors Of the Leg"
l,,,,e ia order 10 tesl the ruth Of this siIe-
gaf,sn. ALLOW us to Po back Ia The year 1910,
when ihs grand sch-ne oil forming bono oil
pn,on bel. cen the east aud the west, was hfsl
E conceived Nv the great mn oi our country
In that year - resolution "as aipPiri. hp
pointing Commissioners 10 we" '"e 'o''e o'
In. contemplated improvement the preamble
E 10 winch rnns thus:
aWherras, il is matter Of great Importance,
not Only 10 The good peoplt of tbs Common.
vralih. bul 10 oar bistarf u Of the western
e.,b.t n better 3 anafe difecl communication
T ia. eastern aud WESTERN waters. Therefore, It.
f .,lvea nc" Here We see the original design
di.t,nctly ennounCed. Commissioner. were then
appainied tor tn purposes mentioned ~ the re-
lntlpn.
L. l3I2 ,hn Marshall, james Breckenridge
/ William j. Lewis, Jhmes Mcdowell, William
T G.rathers aud IN i,r~ Alexander. con ps.ian
sIs made their report, IRON when NC hsg
T leave 10 tt"nsCrIDe lew extracts
J Is! ID
ded by improving Tue oa,igaaon ui tue nfeel'-
brler asp.
Snould New River he rendered u safe aud
ensy channel ol communication between the
{ ONO and the commercial towns %" james NV
e. the subject will assume more important
nspcfi, md the "a IgMatages may he estimated
on a larger scale. Not oniy Will tnai part III
our own state winch lies on tue hdnawha ani
on the ONO, recnlse ihefr supplies, ahi much
of theIr produce throagh Janrs River, bat an
/ immense tract Of fertile country "a great pant oi
TIE states o. kentucky AMI ono, WI most
yr ,5nblv give her e6mintrte the same Dire =
/ iloa. All hat part 81 The alale 81 kentucky
winch lis sbou Louisville and all tpt pa al
! the state of ONO. whose uade would pass
/ through the river of thai nanIe, urght ,cason-
! ably hn expected to MAINTAIN large Pofiipn
oil ibrlr COMMERCIAL Intercourse VITA W. aIlan-
I tic siatrs through the James or the Potomac.
/
] the stare, through winch those rivers run have
geographical advantages, the dement's OF winch
+ they can only lose by suplneness IN thenselves.
or by extraordinary eAetilons ~ others. IL ~ lar
from heng Impcsslble. that even the south ives
+ ten parts OF Pennsylvania may l""k down one
oil the,e rivers Tor their supplies OF goods man
ulociured ~ Europe.
a Let the Importance attached nv men best
ncuuain.ed with lie s1bleci, 10 the commerce
ot he west, attest us yalue
" Inc advantages which may result IN
Virgins, from opening this communication
WITH the Western county, vii be shared IN
common with her by the states OF kentucky
mud Ohl1.
Considering it AZ a medium Tor the intro
daGiion ui foreign a,ticles itn thos"
stairs, II has CLAIMS 10 Their moot serious atten-
on
These few short extfacts, nre quoted from a
lnmhons report of - pages, the whole oi
huh breatnes the same spnn, ~ points 10 the
snme object throughout. At the succeeding
sesi,oa, (ioIS) u resolution was adopted, d.
| reetIng this report 10 be printed, and "A cony
seut Ia each member oi the Congress OF the
United states, aud 10 the Executives of the
several states aud Territories. The preamble
oil THIS res ,lution declares, that the pro aosrd
Improvement would greatly promote the
welfare OF TINS Comm onwcalth, and the pros-
perty OF our sntes States md that the Legisll'
tnre at the Union. AS well as the government
81 thu several states, canno. but ted "a inte,-
cst III the accomplishment of an enlerpri I, 81
important 10 me arts. and manufactures aud
commerce nf the United States
In lsli the committee oil Roads and lnte, :
nal Navigation. made IA lengthy report contain.
ing this passage:
" THIS communication oucc ma L., opens
. without difficulty, passage thiolgh the
ONO, Mu'k'usn'n ond GdyhoSo nve,', u Luke
Erie"
In 1915 Governor Melodies. in his Message
snys, " wpuld conier mralcniablr brnrats,
political aud commercisi.' Inc co nmltIce OF
Roads aud internal Navigation. madr most
length, an abe report. conClGd'ng WITH the
outlines of q pi - Tor creating a fupd. And
a this same session t1e Fund OF Internal lm-
ptovemeni was created.
In ISIS, the Board Of Public Works made
their ir.r report, IN which they - beg leave 10
recommend II TO the General ASSEMBLY U V,rsIn-
, Ia In invite the cooperation Of the Tinted
States. aud of tina governments of the States oil
Kentucky and ONO, IN The Accomplishment OF
this object
In 1917, the Board of the Pubc Works said
" the connection between tle Eastern aud
w stern waters early attracted the attention OF
the Legislature of Virginia oar illustrious
Washington Was scarcely freed irum tue AZ
) dnous service - the revolutionary war, before
he called the attention Of his native State, 10
this important undertaking" AZ the same
session, Engineer Baldwin WAS directed " 10
examine the distinctions 10 the navIg alton or
james aud JscksJn's River. between the mouth
OF Boon.y's creek near Beal's bridge and
Dunlap's creek lhe distractions TO lbu ma
Wig tirn of toe Grea' kanawha, between the
Great Fails aud us confluence vita the Ohio.
aud TO mark out a rotl between the Great
Falls ami Dunlsp's creen.
Your Memoralisrs be leave here 10 call the
attention OF your honooro9le body Ia the fac,
that from the commend. rnrnt of his cont m
nm. d enttrnrlze in $50 down. TO the PEI rod at
which we ha,e arrived N tas cham of enact.
ments and doelmenta. repotts, (ISlD you
will find no instruction 10 any body, 10 exam.
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