Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1830-03-03

..s object being to open communication
,,.,,,con the rising country in the we
ol Inc Atlantic Sea. Il Is deemed a
s,,ri,ed aud patriotic enterprise, when
.gll with other works now progressing,
settle the question as 10 the utility or ran
roads. nm this county
The committee have had their stiention
.lrawnto the conflict which exists between
,,s Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company
and the Baltimore and Ohio RAJ. Road
Company. the course, however, which they
have adopted, supersedes the necessity OF
e,,l4iri1g this disagreement. Il Is the
o,.rion of the committee that the c7utem-
,lted highway over the Allegheny noun
sirs. viii need the assistance of he Ma
rooaI Governments but they canIot per-
cs.ys any public inducement TO TO cd both
a., canal and a railroad The Committee
have reflected much on the intCestng
question now boz agitation DO EugIad and
-rs counry-nameIy, whether railroads
srs 10 be preferred 20 canals, IN ordinary
cases. and on routes where there are no
intermediate water communications; ana
they rejoice that the experiment IS no."
about 10 be firly made.
10 has been represented 20 the Commit
Tee. that the canal and railroad will inter
.e.t each other alta place called the POM
Yf Rocks, on the Potomac, about 65 miles
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,4.t,t win be most discreet, ut lhis ',5'e'
...;s, the Baltimore aud OHIO Ie.'i'
Ro.d Company TO the Pontof Roofs; Ior'
.,ps, fhe c1aaI 1nd railroad shall % con-
~ ,,5 t,t.ris point they wall afford a lar
.,4 s,t,-r.cf1ry experiment, on when 10
....E. Is.i5e3 whether a canal ora rail-
-..,I or.rlt to be nude oyerthe mountains
.,...I.- t,,s auso,ces Of the National Govern
lis wished 20 be distinctly understood,
Cha, M. sIohtos preference rs not intend
.It.b.q.y.n % either. The Committee
.s,. bseD i.8lenced by desire TO and In
.L.,,.irr incarnation OF the greatest $40
..r.gnre and upon which the country can
hereafter .c- with reason and discretion.
According TO these views, a Bulls here
$50 CD reported. I'll b..b1l
Vr. rraot was accompanied oy d OH
rt.,r-.rr n subscription to the amount
.r.r-.- .r H-ed and fifty thousand dollars .,
..s.. stock of tbat company The OIL
-e.5 and referred TO a Committee oil
..., Whole ON tbe state of the Union.
rL. came committee reported bill au-
....-.g.45 subscription TO One stock Oh me
smith Carolina Canal and kui hoad
Company. --..,D
on motion OF Mr. KINCAlD, i, was
PesoEeF THAT the Committee on Inter
r.I Improvement be instructed TO inquire
..fa the ex1edlency of providing by Ia"
f- ,,eri.r national road from Lanes
.vl.o Ohio. nFlorence, IN the State OF
Aaba,,a. by way of Maysvliie, LeXng-
.an. Nicsolasule. Hauodshmg. and
. Lebanon. n Kentucky, and Nashville, ln
+ Tennessee: and that the report of the I'm
|iel Safes Engineers on the subject of sane
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referred TO sud Committee.
Dr motion of Mr. TAYLOR, Ut was
Pesob,e9. That the Committee of Com
merre he instructed TO inquire into The oX
/ Dedleacv of making an appropriation to
;D9ror,r0 the navigation of the Hudson
-.,er between The City Of Albany and tn
| village of Waterford.
Mr. COLEMAN moved tho following
resolution, winch, being read, was iaid OF
fho anIr.
Fe8rtd, Tbot tba Postmaster Genera
he directed TO inform Tins House, over how
much. and what part of the route betweer
= nesviIle, iu OHIO. and Florence, M Ala
.h ml. vta May-yille, Lexington, anC
.N sbulo, the u. s. Mail Is transported ID
20 Coaches. and what period Of time Is
Eea DID in the passage of the Mail be
tween those parts, at different seasons Of
.qe vesr-gnd report what information he
nav have as 10 the saving on the Partoi
The United States, aud TO what extent he
I .dvanage of "a regular mail may be ncna-
sod by having sad route improved By "a
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