Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-01-25
s.S ss:.ax very few ssr,e. to III. sse,.e.r.aoa Of

large sxpsnd ur-s on these inproysm.pt. vbieS ,v.
~ country eonends for being ob, ious that their
pront Tar exceed thsir cost and that 10 ui
ytelds so large return tor the capital.
Accounting he average tcsnspaita ion from Pha.
oePh@ 10 Pi'burg, at two dollars per toucr.d weight,
thAt Is o'y dollars ton too, cay three huud, ed
mile'. Assuming III. quantity c.pv.ysd at thirty
oou's,d ,ons year. the pad or Wso'p tatioI /,
ono million t~o hhudied housaDd do tsts, which Is =
p"rmsneut tax ptti every year by III consumer AL
lowing thirty thousand 10 TAR s tor canal. or rail.
roads, aud as-UninS the dis ance them al II. airs
the whos expenditure would be this miliious wv q
hundred thousand dollars; the crest on which CAPT
tai would be S792 900 at elk rer cent. At Ibis RAJ
the expenss Of transportation reduced FROM so to Slu
per ton, nSes gtoa, saving 10 hs cJnsuung people
IN the conveyaue OF thirty thou .aod every wear
Deduct the annual interest the thut-sn million.
two hundred thoussn dol are lad In the suppose
improvements, say 1892 900, and there Remains $685.
OOO almost ball million actually eavvd ca h anu eve.
ry year, by exps nding capital OF thrts en- millions OF
dollars Ia improving the OF transpurta ion be.
tween Philad-ipbis snd Ptsburg. simlst results will
be found frots any bsis for cscuiaon They are de-
moDsta de 10 the intelligence OF the community who
know that outlay " pTohtaois a, that which i'm
proves tia avenues OF intercourss; that cultvating
farm Is not more Ger ain TO incrt Its income thai
not oveo exunguishink potlc debt. such a gain
TO the peopie ss inves ing their money in whatever
e'iintes, ausneuts. aud .Gus,s commerce and creu.
ia'ion. This IL the only rue ecouomy. Z.
In our fortunate condition, this benign spirit ts
cited aud greatly promoted by the ssuary emua ion Of,
oeighboriug States, all united under Que fsdrra Gov
erninent
=" whateyer may be the calculating policy, or the
constitutional powsr Of hat govetnusn mt 20
improvements. there can BE- doubt Of those of tue
6tstes whose clear policy iii TO exert, each ons is
utmo't power in their establishment aud continual ex
pan'ion. That State will be the most prosper and
powerful OF th' American Enpire. the most bene6-
cia and important 10 the Union, the most contented
and eminent as a sovereign Commonwealth which
toremos, la the development OF its natural advsu
tsges by ar,ihcial me.iora i,n..
T." The three great central States, New York, Penn
sylvsuia and Ohio, which have cul waited their
territorial advantages as not ooy the most popu Gus.
the most opuien, and The most thriving OF the con-
iederscy bat tn IL relative position, their free homo
g.neous and indu.riou. pop1ia'ion their agriculture
manufacture aud rec such re nLer IN. IN
eminent in all that di.tns uishes States and exem,
nee good government"
The great Disadvantages 1t the Psnn.ylvauia ,v,.
tenn appear TO have been chiefly these
FrSs-lmptoVid-nce respecting railroads. The
course oil inland tr ansporta,ion in New York 4. no,
fmpeded by noun aims, go that canals ,eerned to afford
the obvious channel there. Such at least was the
natural impression, when their sys'.m was dev,ed.-
Dat IN Pennsyvsnn, forty miles Of mountain,
sable by canal, and eighty mles OF other ground mi.
raoiy adapted or railroad but pronounced wholly I'M
NJ Tor canals shorded he opportunity 10 ssizs aud turn
70 incAcuiable account the Rrest inland mt
oil the sge.N the tw Give hundred thousand dollar.
estimated as the ca OF The rail road from the Susaue-
henna to the Schuyikll had bssn applied to con
sHuc'en IN the beginning not only would large sum.
have been sSvsd, but i'll The language OF b- report Of
me canal COMMIT sioners, trade which keeps
eleht hundred wagons in steady employ would have
been so much Increased by transportation hty mile.
10 one day instead OF three, and Of fifty tons instead OF
half ton load that the bu ines, on the road he
tween Columbia AMI Philadelphia would ssionsh the
most sanguihe IL Il not unrs >onable 10 afr n that
clear revenue OF one hundred thousand dollar. wear
from mat road would now form part of The
income oil the state, incrs asng every wear
Tho greatest mistake our part has not been per.
maps IN undertaking leo much II cncs nor Is il tina
alone which has obliged from year to We ar since tn.
commencement OF the public works, TO borrow and
ex?end large sums OF money and incur the IA ym-n
oil heavy interest without obtaining from Them an
sesqn"'e return greater mistake consisted in blind
'ohow,hg under different circumstance, the course
oil neie hh ring state, which might AVE alre.dy
ousrpped by a1ap,i7 X a'certained improvements 70
TIE conhe ura,ion OF siata. Ii is fortunate
aud consola'ory circrmft that two years AID no
very great expenditure will enable Pspns yly mia 10
repair this srior
Secondly The imrr,vidsncs Of suece..lye Iegi..
laure'-sh linking from the Obvou. duty ofraslng the
means 10 pay, at least. the interest The sums bo-.
rowed from year tn year,
"Tbis COMMITTEES VIII respectfully ,ubmit bill which
requires the lean Of som- short OF two nions ana
half Of dollar, including near half miIlion ~ H..
years deficit; leaving TO the next legislature to add A.
oout as H. ch more to complies sysem OF intern =,
improvement more comp ehen.ive and produ Give bsn
any community ma. ever yet enjoyed. Supporting /,
aoge'her-to cost fifteen millions OF dollars ranitb.
'na sncn sum will cause rnoa n = hes,A,ion or
alarm! lhst sum would bind each inhabitant Of p.nn
syivania to pay about half dollar wear Tn, naonI
Of England paw twen' y-our iims. that amount Ths
people OF Fiander-. Frsncs and other cou.tties rom
Ten % n teen times as much Their taxsa are o,srnj
nao'. They are laid on them, mol by them Tn.
annual interest on the utmost that the .bt of Penn
eyvania can amount tn, il has already ke,n sha-r.
VII, oe ihueh es' ma" is now paid every year by the
people In the expebss Of carving food rsmsnt ana ~
Ell hrir own doors / woUIi hardly equal ,yba, !.
now actuay loot by the PRESENT vicious mode of col
iscuhg fnch taxes as are sessed, which have hs.n
reasoned at iour millions OF dollars year. II wouId
scarcely exceed the polr taxes collected tbrouohm,
the saie IL will he less than this .a,.'s nro,or,ia -
tue expense 10 inan'an the army aud the ns,y,ha
war charges OF the Union. In short thouph ~. dah
may DC matter OF repoa'h, il ought not to be ma,,sr
Dnios me late var the people paid on, rOus
her COLLECTION were isss in this than in ans, 49,.
c1un'r' ihere can &c no doubt that taxes now o an
adequate aud r. ascnahle extent gil, he cbs.,E,lI
po NE uheu'ty VII not e fonnd 10 taxing; but in
'he 'noue OF taxing Jusl AID equal taxes will ROT b.
complained a. The hone prinriuls Of tsx,,ioo - a.,
TAX Ourselves, net our neghbor or poststiv IT,
Imposed on this principle and for great obirt Z. viII
ways DC suPport'd by an ntellgeu peope Thew kosw
mat the taxes now IN question mus, bs 10 .,norer "
cannot be but that in few years the rail- ,o.ds "a -
nals VIII yie.d the means OF exupgnI. hing ovhata
debts they may occasion" ''e'
Inc Committee close their Report with tn, fo,,o.
iDg emphatic appeal to the lie gisature:
"The destDies Of this State s.cood 70 Man. /, :,
Union, are ia the hands Of the Legislature Tn naj
nave expressed their will The executive bas 49, ~
guy IL Tor the legislature TO determine ,ybstba,
renn'yiVaDia shall become powerful Commonwealth
POpuo op"'eht industrious and Gus or retro
sTaue'"ni sink into imDovcrishm mt md nszni6can..
whether her destiny shall be ACCOMPLISHED ~, ,.isa ~
ss'a"on or narred by the want OF il, All ibat ia ny
cessMy - 70 bring forward the Untqualed resourrs
"'ou "e s'dte PossesseT to afford markets 10 her
uoeIaherj 10 connect the with the wes, a,1 ~
north with the south, snd TO give ber ,or,.,Ii e
neral and manufactured creations convevanra. ~ a.
mars N commerce. BY contributing to This coo,oo,
dnoh' me legislature will perform is bigb frust and
answer the expe citation Of the ueooIs. ~ % 80 , "
mia will be more than ever the .x,nnis 81
empire OF emulous. progressive ami unsxam"is y gu
pUbic4." ""0NatnPIsd re-
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