Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-06-09
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7EREAT E5IERN RAIL ROAD.
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To fhg EdfOib me
..-,yngs-Aecomphn lug Thu, is d COM
.,;on a little more in detail, un the above
w;.s, Since il Was flushed, he RllhDond
s,.';,sr of the 18Th May, has reathed me.
,-"s ,ereeiye an extract from d lnte VugInan
p",sthat /" the Improvement of the James
Jeuderulun, 10 The contamination oil which
a. n.oole thai county, eastern virginia.
ysll AZ OF fhis lLynchburg) should bend al
-, enetp,ys"--Ine Richmund Inquirer OF
,s. o,h OF May urged, immediate eIer,
',ans,o employ The Assistant Eng'neer IN re-
snrye,i ing The James. Have they proceedrd
~. n, eul recommended The lock aud dam
I'm 80 loudly, and IN faci SO ldmey, with
IT. correct survey Dit also SAID ihai tn
D,,ze,, of Lyncnblrg were beginning 10 des-
-, al The Improvement Of the james being
paac,.i by the coUImonp ealth. AT tins,
~, .oe can feel sDfptsr, v Zen hr Knows the
sr,,,l,y ui Bal umure. aud tue con,iHattona! a
uahy Of Rlchmohd.
a nsnwe Gee, that the clearing Of the
poad ITS graduation, the preparation vi the
80 the building Of viadqr,, toe lay ing
Am the iron, and the iron usei, may oil he
,.,,,.hed by the isrmel, ifon ulaster and ma i've
.rnz.n. IL Is ltlieait TO account tor the cry
=, c,n,;ai. 10 us obis,utd either from he Nor
,,.,n mr. middle states, or from Europe. But,
,stI,e n Tor eIsRted, hat The p 0pla oil the
IA not furnish HE iabo and the nine
we mustlry 10 discover whether capitalists
II advance tueir. money ioI River WORK, " hen
=. ,,,aicuEies, expenses and losses are 90 not,-
.,on. throughout the United Stairs We ore
aid that wneD Vsgmia bought the James
.,oea .nwas worth IL per tent--Ihat y ,229 735
-. h.,u szpende d--tbal ihe iuteIe.t dues not
low .xceed 1924 cents per cent, and leaves
,,,a n, u proht u Bio cents per cent, per an
,,,u--lhai tue excess OF ioss Is :s3G, jO4r-that
a.oiber minon would reuuce II 10 oUU cenIs
,src,nlp er annnn-dnd, We may add, that
.gueabIy to experience, a0othtr aud a6o he,
.,,ula he wanting ; and would make lha "UTn
akoafce vi loss, Instead of profit.
tbe SITUATION OIL V sln,a, 10 lis James Ca
mini and navigation, is 5inllW 10 tnat OF toe
M,rnats Ut stafford as 10 tue br1Jgev ater Ca
od The tiail hodu from hIauo hester 10 LIs-
prpuol u eatened TO destroy ms virtual mo
nnpul what ,iii he to Became lroprietnr
m HE Raj Road, euu thus made up, ia one
CAV, what ne ln.; al a"uthei.
ihs tue Go,nmonsc"ilh should d, and the
tpsuIls v IA DC US LeurhclaI AZ IN the case OF
4. ord stafford.
lw.A close this psrt of my communicates,
ty,tn saying that the ieasopS operating Win
IA. River advocates, IN Its tdvor, appear to
me 10 DE Wholly misapplled, lHey tuinl,n du-
laiumge tue Halfway, and evrry reasonable
bfobaO uy that lis piOtI s"il he adequate To
The object view, II not, e.e"tual ), enormous
ip amour. BOlElUgkl
Sslen,, Va. 2Sth May 1881.
rms looks curiously paper. II porplrxes the
ontts,piy Oh tne Iscsl. Glr. IS assertion
"a ,s.tu dllels Ai. ~ lIiefs's slaieuiut lie
.l ts auditor declared lho gross ptui Oh he iJGtr
Ianfs CaaGt vas per ceut--tha Act per cenItndt
ner ueauct,ug the annual dtIteud uI slboJO CO..,
nor cent a Oh sJ&OUO o. just aOOut nan
,,o. san IsoaI froia lteaoAA IoIy nchUu,g,J pad
IN ms I'D james COapa., 1he clear lToht equal 10
nor cent should sgeth taat Il ali gae5 10 prove Ihe
,tue OF complete work. iof presume HE loss hda
arisen al me 'orhs u"dSf 'he apPea'' oil james
t,t aiYocnted u Mr., ou,nt efs--ea tadcPeHatat
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