Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-07-16

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plants as to tine expenditure at Shsdwcll and tho
Bridge tits we'll known that we did no, i, tho
first Instance object to the Improvement, NJ Sb,d.
well but acquiesced in the first report of the hoard
designating that as the only Improvement TO no
made before commencing to improve below
We therefore complained of the bridge contract
us departure from that report, which being
sanctioned by the meeting became obligatory on
and ought TO have had the effect of instructions
to the board. If the mailing of this contract
We're departure from the report, we presum, il
was known to both the contracting PARTIES and
therefore the contract ought in equity to bc n
void onc-and moreover we do believe from what
we understood OF the contract, that the company
are not bound to erect locks at any particula
Time at least-they have agreed to give To the
builder of the dam the use of the surplus water
and IT he PIT in the dam before the company G.
rect the locks he is certainly bound to the pub.
lick to provide the means of preventing
the obstruction to the navigation. This
contract however is not an important OBJ
lection with us if only the expense of the Locks
be incurred without a canal, but we have lately
! understood that an expensive canal is contempla-
ted opposite the bridge. 1t was the course of
the former boa:d that we complained of chiefly
ana That, the present board also seem to
condemn themselves. We have urged no
material objection as to the course of expendi.
lures proposed by the present board and, if the
course is pursued according to the pledge given
to the stockholders we do not expect to do So
| We Will add word or two IN relation to the
remark that the Shadwell dam is in auch crazy,
| ieaky state as that we shall soon be compelled
put In u new one. The gentlemen may know
more about matters of this kind than we do, but
according to our opinion the dam is far from be-
Ing i'll a crazy state--that it strong dani and
the timbers generally sound as we presume they
must be from the shortnes of the time which has
elapsed since MIR. Jefferson had the present dam
put in and unless washed away by freshet we
hope il will be many years before we shall be
compelled to put in new one 1t is leaky to be
sure from not being well spoiled, but that is u
detect that can be supplied without pulling the
dam down and putting in new one. In CON
clusion we will add also u word touching the
certificates appended 10 the gentlemen's publ
cation In relation to the gangway of the saw
mil put across the canal. IL is really painful to
see such expedieDts resorted to which it would
seem can not possibly be prompted by any other
motive than that arising from wish To poison
or Infuse prejudice into public feeling. When
we contracted with the mill wright who bull, the
saw mill and was also to make the gangway it
was especially provided in the contract that the
gangway should be raised hig III enough above the
water to admit of tree passage of boats .ind
| thnIrl dc in tla ~,
he thought and it is sufficient for the PURPOSE
under ordinary circumstances, but Mr. Duke s
boat alluded to in his certificate happened to 90
down at time when there was an unusually
large number of saw logs on tho gangway, which
caused the polls of which it was composed to
bend OK sink lower than usual ,and that combined
with the circumstance of there being IA swell in
the river at tine same time causing the water to
be higher in the canal produced the difficulty al
luded by MIR. Duke. If MIR. Duke had enquired
OF us, we would have explained the cause Of diff:
hculty to him. We have the certificate of Nj.
Crank the millwright now before us stating the
contract to be as we have stated ana that he has
freq uently seen boats loaded with flour doubly
ranked pass under the gangway without difficult.
ty-and the certificate of Mr.. Coleman Estes to
the same effect, who also says that he enquired
OF some of the boatmen if the gangway was
high enough and they replied that it was suffi-
GENTLY high But we admit that the gangway
since the settling of the logs may be rather too
low In case OF swells in the river and we intend
raising it higher.We intended to publish the Ger.
tfcate alluded to, bat decline troubling the prin
ter or the public with them believing that with
liberal and unprejudiced minds this statement OF
our own will be satisfactory-and as to others
" if convinced against their will they will be Of
the same opinion STILL
TIMBERLAKE 81 J. & J. B. MAGRUDER
Union Mills, June 30th 1880.