Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-12-11
this Road shoud not be nade all OF the pro-
drcs of the Valley viii tske this direction.


length and has Melted per ces, the last year, with
title than the trade OF tn county OF Augusta to
support it. The Valley Road will bave Rockingham.
Shenandoah, Frederick and Jefferson and will be $50
miles-not three lines the length Of the Seotsvrls
Road that, going upon III. suppo,on ha, each OF
these Counties are equal to Augusta. thi. Road ought
TO nett fsom 10 per cent. Bot, in addition TO this,
the Valley Road will have all the Tennessee agons,
small portion OF the Traie Of Augusta, Bath, Pendie-
ton and H-rdy, a Line of Sag,s. and much private
neutrality-suspicious. OF which, nor iheir equivalent go
upon the Sco,,,ville R)al /, ought also to be taken
into consideration, that when this road is completed
we will have continued line OF Turnpike from the
Seaoo ard TO the Olo RIVER which fact, il may be rea
soaaby supposed will add much to the travel upon this
Road.
IL the above views ns why /. Il that the people
will not put their shoulders to the wheel! Are they
atraid to do right, Tor fear of doiug wrong Why halt
you between two opinions! Say now. by your acts.
that you have some enterprise The county of Au-
gusa, comparatively but little interested has taken,
na lev days, eighty shares anil upwaris-Femsw-
Countvmen, look at this, aud follow her noble exam
pl,. You're, CITIZEN.
The Charleston paper. inform us that about six
miles of the Rai-road leading from that city
ple,ed, aud that the work is IN rapid progess They
aiso announce the arrival of locomotive engine made
in New-foTk. As soon as section Of the Road IL fin
shed IT is brought into operation ior the passage of pas
| senger carriages.
The Petersburg (vA) Railroad Company, we OBJ
serve, are making preparations Tor active and vigo.
rous presecu ion OF their work in the ensuing spring
They have invited proposals tor furu hing the rsqni-
site timber for sir sections Of the Road, of ten niles
each.
The Now Cas,le aud Frsnch,own Railroad Comps.
ny have the whole Of their line under contract Tor
/ graduation We mentioned few days ago that The
CaSiden and Amhoy Rsil-road Company had invited
proposals for furnishing 80 900 stone blocks tor the
siruciion OF that Road The road has since been
menced at Camden.
The engineers of the Lexington and Ohio Railroad
are s engaged in the surveys of the route OF the road
The result so far as they have advanced, shows that
the country s peculiarly favourable Tor the construction
Of The work.
The Annual Report Of he Baltimore and Susque.
hanna Railroad Company, con'aniug detailed ae-
Count OF tae proceedings Of the pst year and OF the
measures contemplated TO be pursued during the pre-
sent has been so recently published TO Leave u.
nothing to add. at this time, the inorma ion it at.
lords IN eiaon 10 the progress and prospects OF the
undertaking.
Ia reference TO the Baltimore aud Ohio Rail road
which may Justly be called the parent scheme have
for the re sos just stated, but little to add fund Of
information recently given to the community The
FIRST DIVISION OF thirteen mile. continues to be Ike pit in
active and proaS operation by the te-s,
ciizens and strangers from al parts OF the county,
who are daily making excursions il. TIE various
pass OF the uDhnsh ed lines adv ancng ia steady
pTogTess, and wiii ribute their share OF
interest and producuvsness to the general unde rakng
A esmmittss OF the Bosri earo, LEFT this city at
lag the depot a; Frederick. We observe that general
citing ofthe citizens To have been held Friday
iast. In relation 10 this particular subject
The Westhe'i tMass.) Register states ih,t Sin
sequence OF thi failure OF the water in SIuthwick
ponds, the Caaai had not been navigabe between
that place and Cranky, Con- for the last two three
months"
The Leesburg Genius Of Liberty states that three
breaches have taken place 10 the Chesapeake and Oha
Canal between Seneca and the Old locks This un'o-
tuna'e occurrence is ascribed 70 the uuskul method
observed in tina construction of the ALL stone work
which Is based upon shoulder Of EARTH distance
iToin The bottom oil thu canal This shoulder il APP
pears, upon becoming saturated with water, yields
the pressure OF the wall above, until the whole
becomes hesp OF ruius."
/ The nayig cation OF III. Union Pean) Canal, which
had been suspended for want OF adequate supply Of
water at the summit level, was resumed short time
since, and is expected 10 continue until ''ihe Close
OF The season.; in other word', until impeded by ice.
Some OF the sections Of the Pennsylvania State Canal
have also been rs-opsDed, after suspen ion attribute
BILE we infer, to the same cause TIE long continuing
presented by the ice in winter and the oc
casonAl, and equally dsadvantageous interup or 81.
cause oil lis uncertainty arising from the drought OF
summer, are drawbacks Of nost serious character to
canal' and, from the nature OF the works, cannot be
cOsntervaed by human ing nuity. Ftom these and
other Disadvantages attendant clnals railroads
entirely exempt; but II in all other points the two modes
OF transportation were equal,-which, by ths bye il
Tar from being the smIle fact that rail roads
are equally practicable at all would OF itself
be sufficient to decide iha scale in their favour.
BY thl following article from tn. PnaIslp hia Ssn-
tinr il will b- that great progress been made
in the extended scheme OF Canal navigation adopted by
the State OF Penny vina So much capital has been
ady expended and the plan has advanced 40 far
towards completion, tia, il cannot now be abandon ed
for another, although fesily superior There can
be no doubt, however, tina when completed, the State
will realize all the benefits which that system OF inter-
communication Is capable Of affnrding.
THE CANALs.-We learn with great sati,faciion,
that all the state canals which had been authorised by
the Legislature to bs placed under contract will be
compile ed for navig alton By the 18th OF November en-
suing
The water has already been let into two hundred
miles oil Canal which IL navgable, and the Isca
oswfpapers inform us that The Delaware, the North
aud West Branch. and additional portions of the Wss
tern and Junia,s divisions are now filling. making
fur her navigation OF one hundred aud fifty miles
The remainder Of the authorized Canals will be com
ple,ed by the 18th OF November.
ny the lst oil December, the grading, bridging &c
Of forty miles OF the TOAD. way of the Columbia aud
Philadelphia Railroad will be finished ready for Law.
ing the rails.
There l. a continuous line of Canal from Poila-
deipha by the Sehuylkl, Uuion and Psnnsylven'a
CADsl-, TO Augwich, Hunting lon. on ths Juna-
IA distance by the Canals OF two hundred and forty
miles. The line will be extended twenty miles fur,her
within the present year The whole line from Johns
own, at The western eide Of the Allegheny
line Of upwards OF hundred miles will be navi-
gable by the fret Of November This will leave space
OF but seventy eight miles between Hundngd aud /
Johnstown TO be completed in order TO effect the
necon by canal and portage between the nayig bic
waters OF the vass OF the Ohio and Missssippi
and the city Of philadelphia
The canal communication from Philadelphia &, the
valley Of the Wyoming. will be established in lev
days The distance from Pm laJelphS TO Wyoming T. |
we hundred and siSty miles.
II will be Of grea, satisfaction 10 all tbs cit-
z'ns Of the commonwealth, II by the nesting If the
Legislature il stall be officially announced by III
Board Of Canai commissioners that 90 much Of the Ca
nal and Railway hss been authorized by law |
extent 81 the obigat ons Of tn state miy he then
atH ha