Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-09-08

e qnisite TO correct result The most aeeaTai
i Snd extended knowledge Of q vast variety
|, facts and difficult train of reasoning upo
/ them. Your comm iiee cana"i. therefore. b
u content with trusting themselves in the entr
: accuracy OF their conclusions, but beg leave 4
esplainaas uccincily ms the short tune gives
them will permit. The facts upon which ihei
opinions rest,hnd the considerations which sup
port them Ia the belief OF their correctness.
The enquiry involved in the second reso
luton Is necessarily divided into Two ques.
tons.
l. What lie the probable cost OF construc
ting rad way hom Lynchbu,g to knoI-
VILE
2. What would he the probable amount OF
transportation along the rail way, aud the pro-
bable div idend "hien The stockholders mi hi
safety anticipate
on the first al these questions your commit.
tee, with the best lights which have been nj
tofded them on TINS subject. have satisfied
| themselves thai for the whole distance between
Lynchburg aud Knoxville, the average cost of
contracting railway. with double track Of
rails. lait upon stone IN the most dnrablr man
ner, would NOT -Wceed y il 900 per mlc. You,
committee understand That, AT present. the uosi
oi construc ing the Baltimore aud Ohio raj road
IN the best manner, amounts to that sum, IN
'hat part OF the road recently made.
lhIs Is f'r less than the cnst Of the FIRST pnrl
OF thai work, and The difference is ewing 10
many important discoveries and Improvement.
IN the peculiar art of making raj, ways, which
Is III state OF rapid advancement. When II /.
considered that THIS art VIII probably attain
higher improvements, and that thu c0untr,
thro tgh which our rail way would pas', at
lords all the materials Tor the construction
-s'one, IRON aud every thing else, ms cheaply
aud abdndanlly as an, olher--we think VIZ do
MOI go 100 lar IN Saying that such great work
| could be achieved rs chraply hrtc A. any where
III the world. Taking, then. the present cu.t
OF the Baltimore and OHIO rail way az n lair
| STANDARD, aud estimating the distance from
bynchburg 10 Knoxville nj 3l2 miles, the ~
noun, required to complete the rail way that
whole distance, would be $I6os O00-a vast
| sum aud one which might we'll alarm iha
wdTnest iiiends OF our enterprise. But your
comm tee believe that il they can satisfy
hers as clearly rs they are themselves con
sinced, that The investment OF even this VAST
sum IN the proposed work, would ensure to the
s'ockholder - lair dividend on his money, thu
great ohJtc' OF this meeting will al once he ac
compl,shed. lii re is now SO IN oh rrdun-
dan' capital IN the northern citief belonging 10
our own people-and such large sum. have re-
Gently been Transmitted To his county by
European capitalists IN their terror at the
prospect oil great poinical conVuisions IN Eu-
rope, that money Is every where seeking EN-.
p'oymen' and all that IL wanting 10 obi a,n
the use OF any SUN, IS To SHOW 10 its owner n
ia'r pro'pect OF his laying it out TO advantage
Nhh ms we" your committee will eater upun
Inc second qneston aud they trust they will
he able 10 show, that merely by looking to
the present Commerce of The country without
Anticipating any Of those laree addition. which
the construction OF II mi way would inevna-
MY produce, The stock would at once realize d
fair dividend 10 the subscribers
Your committee have taken as the bnsis Of
iheIT calculation their own personal knowledge
oi the preseai state Of the trade ct the coun.
try t'om New River TO Knoxville, and the trade
necessarily connected with IL; they have
done 81 manly because the great object oil
the assembling OF this convention has been to
enquire into the expedency VI ns,ending the
galloway wpstwardly-and because they have
more accurate knowledge Of the trade and -.
sources Of the cOlnlTy west OF New River. and
found their calculations less on speculation than
on tetH dsceTttHed JGeis,
1he country lro n New River to Kno1vlll.
! \ distance OF about Two hundred and twenty
miles, including The eight sonh EASTERN couo-
tlcs ol Virginia, hnd the l~nnty two counties
OF East F'unesses, contains population OF
ahonl 3JO,0.,,, inhabilnnts; of whom 5000
nre &c col Iurrd per'Ons or slaves. This couu-
try ut once comhi ies the happy advantages oil
a mild aud healthy clIintte, abundant water
power, fefiile soil aud grsnt mineral wealth.
The construction Of the proposed rad way
would not Only deytlo e the agricultural aud
mineral wealth of lh,s fne country, but wonld
AT once open great ihGrohghinIe for tue
trade between the East add the Southwest.
Your tommittee have founded but small cal
citations on the agricultural productions ot the
| country between New River aud Knoxville.
frriile rs the Country Is, ITS agricultural FRO
duCt,ons AT present amount 10 almost noihtug,
| because the farmer - not encouraged 10 pro
duce that which he cannot send - market II
is clear. however, that the great stiple oil cots
tou would he transmitted along TN. route, not
| only irnm tne SesirIn paTi of East Tennessee,
but from all thai part OF Alabama which Ines
above tne Muscle Shoals, and from the 'utn-
EN- connie, OF Middle Tennessee whIch io
| convenient to the tennessee River. The len
| nessee River, from the had OF the Muscle
| Shoals 10 the town Of Knoxville, by tue r.
moval Of some iucousiderabie O ,,iIuctiOns at
he suck aud IN is neighb,urbood, together
with the improvement, OF some shuhis above,
| may he madr nagighbe ior steam boats du-
ring all seasons o. The year Containing, ~ has
/ been we'll certanei by actual observation.
more water than the ONO River, in the driesi
season ot Tia. yrsr. Vhen thls Improvement
Of the Tennessee is perfected, which onn be
! done at comparatively small expense, anu 10
winch an appropriation by the Legislature OF
/ the State Of Tennessee will shortly he applied.
II will at once clearly be the interest OF the pso-
pie OF North Alabama, and OF portion oi
/ Middle Tennessee, to trade IN this direction
/ Wltn the aid oi ii 5tedm-boat navigation on the
tennessee RIVER, aud Of raj road on our pro-
posed route The cotton OF that connify could
| be taken 20 an eastern market IN much shorter
time tnan TO New OTieans,at saving OF nearly
one half he cairiage, aud With greatly less
risk of life aud rroperty. Tsrdy aud devious
AS the voyage do"a the Tennessee and MI'sIs-
sippi Rivers Is. the planter of Tennessee aud
Alabama who lives above The Muscle Shoals,
Is subject 10 the additional Inconvenience OF
frequent and great dci'y for the want of sulli-
Cleat Apod tide 10 take as productions over the
Shoals all these circumstances combined,
would certainly tend 10 give direction OF tins
very valuable freight along the contemplated
rail way. The same cause would Certainly M
duGe ihs merchants OF that country to import
all their goods along the same route.
The transmission, however, Of tho minera