Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-06-21
For THE ENQUIRER.
CHES IERElELD RAIL.ROAn

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ms inehned plane near the Termination Of this rad
presented yesterday a mes' pIea,irg and in,ere,ii, 2 ,x
".oInon. inc hr., EXP 'rim-nt was then made, 10 r,
" operations; and TIE result was such as to sHord ca, q.
oideep gra'ihea'ion to every friend o! int, ma. improve.
ment TLis was the precise point, a, which W ere cor.
sd 70 u ne success OF the railroad. Tn. descent here
! . about 80 feet in a di'tsnes Of absut hoo fact, de-.
se,h' much too great Tor the ordinary opsrs.ion Of II q
rah-'oaa' was Indispensable, however, 10 he sue.
sess oil the whole undertaking., that the d. ficulty
should be surmountcd in a way whi;h would in,ure
Dol only ths descending OF tbs full wagon, but The
ascending Of the empty wagons with pertse sa,. And
tnis was attempted ard has been accom- plished by mean.
oil a cyclo:dal inclined plane.
| ABOUT one O'Clock yesterday, a molten was given 10
caused them to commence the descen'; and a, n. sam.
moment the two empty wagons at the foot O, i, wer-
Q en- TO comnence the ascent. The spectator. n he ba
no. been before eppIijed OF the mapo,r in which IN.
operation was to be carried on, would have calculated
upon seeitg The wagons move on the desc niing Inns
WIN an irregular and extraordinary velocity, in,iead
. mnneF,'ng ,ne regular and easy motion which cha
rac'eriz-d th'm; he would have been as,ouished 10 ,r
ms TWO wagons coming up The bill wi h greater rati.
diy IMAM wagons ordinarily 20 down; and his fss,s for
we adventurous 'pi'ii' who had travelled downwarJ.,
would bave BEEN no, a little Increased when ,hs .w,p.
gems, 10 which they were seated we're seen 10 annro,eS,
M other Two. IL was otherwise wi h those who were
n''IIheu OF ,he power That novel, and The poi err hat
confronted 'he motioo. AZ .hs head of the pians YVES
a drum, around " hish q ropv was wound. One end Of
me rope was IL acliod TO Tho wagons thai we're Ia A.
sce'o' ava ne o'her TO these tia, were tn ascend The
"'hnns oil me drum lei cut one line " lille ID wound
up me stber. j Heightened the Iioe attached 10 IN,
descending wagons while II shortened lie lin, a,taeb.
GOV me a'eerdIng wagons. And Il coJrso when the
io'm,r wen, down. the latter came up. BY means of A
break near 10 The drum The velocity Of tbs WAGON.
was regulated; hey wcre %epjrely npder confront srd
were prsvsntstirom neying with 700 great q desr.e OF
rsPi1ity' The rencouro which was apparently 20 AXE
pace upon IN approach OF Tho two opposing for &c, a,
beio'e alluded TO. was Decssarily preven,.d by means
o' me '"o tracks upon the plane wbies msds each se. o
"luiu iS proper sphere, and psss the other ia p.,f-e
amiiy. ~
The whole operation presented a ,csps Of g,.,, IN.
'r's' 70 Tho spectators; and THE in'erssi " as no. , ItI,
en'aneed by tbs circuinsGsnee, III { tbs isciped pJ,n,
i'eui the second, or al most the third s. brsh bs.Iss,
she'u''d upon any faiI-roAd in the u. Sts,e..
,.u, A SPECTATOR.
LiNcHBURG AND New RIVER RA L-Ro,D
ABINGDON, June tl.-Mr. VIII lain nj R,v.. an
aaeb' ir No ciiiz ;ns OF Lgnthbutg, has b,eu in tai.
tC"o ,or = fsw day, max ng IL duifIes about ,hs ms.
nSaohiy OF tbs Rs-Rosd from New R,vtr to lie r N.
hesfee hoe' ana coliee log such other isorma,t,p A.
may eJabie him TO a.coriain the tsosals .mou,, :,
tide ihsi would 6ow mic The LyacI bur, m ,L.l, Tom
uit, snu te adJoioing eonoiss, a. well a, Gom he
Carolina. N''
MIR. X. has created an active spirit OF IL duirv snopg
our CT Iseh'' AMI We understand a subsc. fpttop "a .boI,
being Tnis,d, 10 enable tie engiee.r ~ con inn, ,bs
surrey TO The Tennessee linz; and wa hoo H., ~
Counties will 10 low the example, a. H. aeyirsh,e ,bs,
. Iuh and complete survey should be nsde prs vioas IN
'ns inse'lrg OF The mex L-g,slsufe. MIR. r is nos
on = Visit 10 the eastern pat OF Tennessee, gt,b a ole 90
Of sseertsiDiUg the probability OF The cendnu nc. ~,
ne contemplated rsi.fo,d, ss lar as The Boat Va 4. A.,
hr Der, II necessary. We do moi hes tate 10 saw. ia,
.nis seDusmsn VIII be enabled to collect such sn,orm..
non as viii Convince he most scep icsI Of its ur,c 10.
6uty and snperi riy over every other kind Of ro,d
me Pracucstili'y OF the railroad, Il not DUBBED by anv
psf'on who was thought up1n The subject, or made sny
'hipg IKE an essimsie OF The sdvantses tia, vou Il
arise o The state, ard sspe ei4Ily ihis pari IF /. A
merchant In Obi. iowDioiofm d ne the o har DIV. ,bs
a. 'sis twenty-five thousand pounds Of eoF . in = wear
W. fAV- = 90 ascsfis n q that uewsrds nj an. b,,ny,.5
'ho"s0"d psunes Of coffee ere sold 10 ib,, toen IN .