Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-03-03

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70 De invoked II surely should be in C,yor of The .
or party. To him IL appeared tina, The n",sa Wy aN
pc Vas tne high, and the single indi,hlu the low.
he was DESTROYS to crafty the people of The OH, a.,
Of the river, and Of Manchester and IN do;n. e. ao
only differed from others the mode IL th" :. ne
II beT 10 reduce the tolls Of Mrs Msvo,s S,us ossn
lair and reasonable rates, rather than 10 ss,shh
STOCK company, which by Increasing lis c,n,sI y;as
any day. Cypress or crush her. He sorry ,bs cen.
The gentleman had looked only on the o,,,s,S "a,
od NOT occur to him that there might be such bin
asdebt' He should not discuss the natter bu, such
! Dir Burfoos said whether the gentleman from Ham
,.eo' mad been Tfghf or ,orossg in 1913 H. .dvoc.nr
tIen,' bridge vac 10 be decided by the eve,t That
ne was right was proved by the sanction Of m. rs..
lauro To- that o. jec. A. ,othe tolls Of he ns,s
'ne great bugbeAr which was Z, destroy Nir, Msyo's
ProPc tyn was provdedin the bill, tbat t,o.. ;o,,.
hosid be under the control and supsrint.o,lsn.. Of
tho Board OF Public Works There was no w,sh "a
destroy Mrs, MAyo's bridge. No man Ia Manchester
wished it, hey wished to have two accom- nnoda,iop,
art take thsSes'. Mr.. b. asked tho Aye. and Noes on
tie question.
Mr.. GhoIson inquired whether in taking n.asu,.. .,
these memorials, clause might be ios@rted which
shoad PROVIDE that future leg lston oul not he nr.
vented the subjee, OF anew ridge.
Mr. Leigh could not conceive how 4, tn, r .s;.,.,,-.
had the power to sutho ize the erection Of n 49,
the regulation Of the tolls Of Mrs Msyos trdg. Gould
take away the power. He had no: examined the eo.-
stuu nal power 20 incorporate his i'm stock eompa.
ny, but II was certain that II the legislature hid The
power The regulA lou OF these tolls coudoot take il
awsv.
but IT, would furnish an argument against its exercise
Mrs. M. had consented To reduction of her tolls on
condition that new bridge should not be erected. And
If the compact entered into they should hereafter
travel TO tue Supreme Court for nuic s,ion of hi,
law.
MIR. Brodnax could not see that there was on,,,.,
proposed Mrs. NJ. consented to a reduction of her.
tolls In consequences OF the various complaints Of their
ency, whether new bridge should be built
Mr. Miller Of p. referred to the course Of m. .ro
ceengs, and said that IL this compromise was agreed
to- these proceedings would hereafter be referred IN A.,
prevent any alteration which the conve nences and ne
cessities OF the people might require.
| Mr. Watkins observed that before the people had
petoned the legislature the proprietors of the bridge
circulated hand bills in the country Offering 10 owe
the tolls certain articles But the people would not
receive their conditions and he hoped the represent
atives would not, because IL placed the people at the
mercy of one family
Mfr. Leigh said few words in defence of the con.
duct Of Mrs. Mayo in this matter. He believed any
one placed in her situation would adhered 10 their
property with the same tenacity.
!. Mr.. Cholson said he conceded with the gentleman
from Henrico on this subject He made some remarks
at considerable length relative TO the results of COM
petition between joint stock company and an indvi-
dual, in which he argued, the latter was alway,
overthrow. He thought the reductions of tolls woud
satisfy all parties yield the relief desired If the
redress asked, were granted, no complaint could be
made.
After some further debate, in which Messrs Wat
kns, Booker, Buroot, Eppes and Morris took part the
question taken, reversing the report of the com
mittce and decided In the negative.
Mr. Blu foot was lost. by ayes and noes as follow:
AYES-Messrs Gilmer, Wood Of Albemarle, Ter
riI, Booker, Nays. Campbell Of Bedford. Lefwieh,
son, Wright, Bryce, Claiborne, Carskadon, Sey-
mour, Dyer, semple Lucas, Pollard Of X. and Queen
Pollard OF King William Street, Hudgins Knox, Pres.
ton. Cohoon, Mclaughlin blackwell, Anderson Of Not.
Adams, wcher, Baxter, Miller Of p, venabe, Sheild
Rives of p. G., Moore, Eppes and Rutherfoord.-4I.
Garland of A., Kennedy. McCue, Davis Of Berkeley
Henshaw, Anderson OF b., Campbell of Brooke Ghol-
son. Shell, spurlock Rives of Co. Taylor Broadus Glib
son. Brodnax, Jones, James, Marshall, Payne Powell
of franklin, Holland Mason of F., Castle man. Wood OF
F., King, Perrin, Hail, Green Easey, Dunn, Morris,
Davsson Williams of r., Leigh, Atkinson Gallaher,
Hooe, Ewing, Hays, Lawson, Powell and Mason Of
Loudoun. Caldwell, Poindexter, Newman, Goode,
Watts, BiIlingsIy, Yawter, OFerrall, Garland of NJ,
Swanson, Zinn, Tyler. M'Mshon, Lewis, Alexander
Kilgore, Williams of s., Gatewood, Goodwin, Hami.
ton, Moncure, Crump, Mccoy, M'Culloch, Keller,
Newton, Jackson, Crockett, Maxwell and Macfarland
And tn m the resolutions of the Committee were A.
greed TO.
with Mr. Leigh, II was thought hest to refer these
resolutions Select Committee, composed Of gentle.
men who live in the neigborhood Of the bridge-snd
the following members we're put on the Committee,
| viz Meess Burfoot, Leigh Ru h.rfoora, Booksr q,
Miller of p, Gho,son. Eppss, Broduax aud NJ iris
b BssTS Of Public Works TO s"s.s,s
half Of the Commonweah to the ock Of the Peters
burg Rail Road Company" was taken ~. 1.-THE bill
g.
half Of the Fund OF Thermal Improvem" n as
il shall be mads known to the Board of Public Works.
the er.oeio members that 35,hs Of the stock have
been taken, and actually paid or we'll secured bv inJi-
viiuais The Board Of Publ Works are authorized 10
appoint two the Directors OF the Company.
Mr.. Eppes, in supporting the bill, went into many
estimates to show that the proceeds of the work would
pay the interest the Disbursements He compared
the advantages OF the route by the rail road with that
by the Roanoke, and gave the former decided pre-
ference.
Mr. Shell opposed The idea that but the people
of Petersburg interested in this Improvement IT
work in which the people Of the southern coun.
ties II the deepest interest Mr.. s. replied to some
remarks Of Mr. Maxwell former day, and Illus
trated the superior advantages OF tho Rail- Road to
the people the Roanoke the navigation Of that
river 20 Norfolk.
i Mr.. Maxwell copteDded that the Rail- Road was not
State improvementihst IL did not aid nature; but
sought TO turn commerce from it's natural channel.
Hs expressed belief that the work would prove nu
gatory and pernicious, rather than beneficial. He
main aioe ed that the Roanoke the best outlet for
tho produce OF the interior, and that would always
retsip its superiority.
Mr. GhoIson replied 10 Mr. Maxwell al great length
urging 10 support OF the project State mpIovs
Dent that twenty counties directly intereste
in it, and would be greatly benefited by It's COM
pleiion. He as,oDished at the opposition which
had bsen offered 10 this BILL he had never known CD
the company bad actually paid 10 their three
being dangerous and destructive and concluded BY
marking that there much good in the comps itiou
which others seemed 10 dread between sister ciies
andt NJ hare v fhe lara