Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-05-27

80 - ETVdTy UtLthTtu by CONTINUITY forever a
point oil termination, and OF cou' So a place oil deposit for
q considerable tract Of country. But VINO can douh,
u.t NE road would soon b. extended beyond il, and
Tie b-n'h hus acquired iIIeuievsbly los, . So deep.
W Impressed W r. he people Il S;~uEton With his
CO v'ricn, hat, Il" kirs ~ the general Interest, h
't' cb"sr'r, iast ID 4 grarhca,in, at he aunt ndmtut
oi he hH IN tht Sepa e winch stuck Out the authority
ors'nai " gwen 70 tie company, OF extending the road
to tie Ohio. Ii is msnfesl, how. yer, TIA. The res,ric.
ion ~" imposed 1. temporary, aud tho. II The road
'ouId De completed TO StAunior, its extension west.
ward y will not be r fused by he lrpisia ure. Such
an -xsp ion, II demanded by the people west of us. 40
uououess u would be, could not be refused mi,houi in.
currh x Tie inputahon ot wAnton and wi. ksd orprss.
ten.
We are aware that the public and individual bene-
us TO be expected from the rail road, as a m.ans OF
'efs ortauon, would not in ,hemsolv es lie ad To Tho pro-
suremsLt OF the iuuds demanded Tor is cots,ruetion.
y Is moreover requisite that capitalists ,houii be salts
n q az o The pf acticab,li,y Of he ,nterptise, aud ,ha,
he pro abe revenue from tn, tolls viii bs suai-
c'ent 10 yield them u reasonable compensation Tor the
a vance OF heir money. We ,hA,l therefore euomit
. lie" Ienaik' upon each oil hssa poin,s.
In ib" hrsi ilacs, as to lie p,acGcability OF he mea-
sure p'opjstd,w- would remark, that To epreseu,a ious
On 'he su'Ject can be Necessary TO sd isiy 'Lose who
are Icqnatnted with the typography Of lhe country.
W. have never heard il que suUu,d by any inhabi ant
VI ne valleys aud presume, ai,er tae succe.sfui efforts
psue els where, surmounting iu6nitriy great r obsta
tIes, II cannot be Questioned by any Que with, mi, leo.
parding his reputation Tor SANITY. A hish.y ln.,iiS.pt
correspondent says, "You know ttat ur.r wears seo
:, I-e' D 'nches IN .be mile was assumed by Inc Eu-
shsh engineers AZ 'ho stsepest on which locomo i've
engines could b. advln'ag-ousiy empio, et; hut the .x.
Pe'ments mace with The Isl pariel"i OF, 10 v,ves,
show hat on a p'aYe, a nile and a hal long. ,nirr rs
'e-.lh ne miis, 'tis locomotive, novi, ( a arose weigh,
OF 10 tons. posed ove', a, tn. rate of niu, mites Der
nour' and iha'on a riAn, o; 220O yards rising I76 tseti il.
me nile, she passed over, carrying a yrUs. weigh o
. OF" 10 hundt'd, wIh a sp-oi OF iro 8 10 IL m,iss
20 ne hour ~iiiou' tue all Of oihed whseis, aud DE-
p'noits ent"eiy on the adhesion of the ergiue whstls
o NJ rails Ii appears tom a late rep. r., made by the
ctief engineer OF the Baltimore and Ohio Raj n adj
Con psny, 'ha the %s'adua'i.n los hat road To the Pont
iR5rks. Presents o" the bret division, Of Is miles. a
La from L x n y 4 - An ,nE IL 30. L 4 I.'
u liz miles, a tse from . 20 IL { ct, WI, Ia. ex-
cep!od ct 2 miles ia which il is II feet per mile: on he
'hMd ci0is'oo, OF IL niie', 'tere are for The Ire, Is I.2
nies, "a ioua grades, from a level 10 a riAe az nesrly
so ieet per mile o the fourth division, oi 1 i.2 miles.
ABOUT y mi $ ae stated TO be a, a descent not exceed
ing at any part a rate Of about 81 feet per lnile, and
ior 'he rssiiue The descept varles from So 10 253 a,
per ni'e. Some ,ot he Iar,icu'ar obstacles already
overcome ny that company are Ir5di ious, such az a..
ptTs"e"o ""ln"' FALL ty a bitg- OF stone sing
% i'e' from 8 iounda i"ns. md awards OF 800 Gei
In lsngtt; the "Derp Cut" whose gteatest dspb was
~ Tee, and from which were r,nov d sos 47O cubi.
yaIds OF zach; and the bodee ADD yrea, enb,t km.n,
A"s sly = run, elevated 81 ;eet above The natural sur.
frarh.
In III address Of The Augusta meeting, some quota.
"s were nre..nied from he report made by The en-.
gineers CT he Baltimore ard Oh Rail- Road, in 1928.
whlch leave o room to doubt that The corn,ry eyamin.
ri by 'htn b=twe-n Por. II putIic ADD Haf per's Fer.
y cpposet no ser Gus ohs,asies 20 the construction If q
rhli- r0adi ~ 10 rvId, mt from the single iact TIA he IN.
'ai Ia IA The s. e"audOah river, between hose points,
"'N''S"s pcu % IL or 4 Ieet 20 The
ole
The opinion was also expressed d., tina, no difficulty OF
nome YOU'D occur between S'aunon and Port Re.
PuC'n' ftribtr enquiry has sti led u hat the lat.
Ter would be amGUg.t the easiest PARTS Of the route
IL Was not, however, the intention Of the Augusta meet
80 so"e nave mosi erron' ousiy sui p5s, d, % ex.
press a preference in favor Of The route along the n ar
kin oil The Shenandoah, over any o'her which could Le
elected On the COZ tory, the majrr.y of tha, meet
Ing had no motive Whatever for such a prs ference
q, 'acts connected with the river routs were mention
ed, b esue" wei su4isiaed, M rely a. svideLce If N.
P'hciic"oIii y OF a rai'-ioad down The valleys; and hal
. sthIiar examination been made oi O her sugsested
routts, "e doubt not that they would have suppI.d adj.
diioaai prof, which tie meeting wouli, IN like man.
oer, have called 10 IN .ir all.
"Ih The vie'r OF eiici ing enquiry snI CD aiming far.
h' L inio.nd ION, we will melton tie several routts
ula. nave occurred TO US as worthy Of examination to
WI:
1. F'om S auntoD to PJr' r public, thence down The
SheoandoAh to HaipeI's Ferry.
Z sane rsnte 10 the Jnoe'i"n of he north and south
I e o. The shsDnntoih; ,h'nee to the White Post.
batii-town and Hlrper', Ferry.
3 From Sisunton to Mi5dl< X yer, thence 10 Hsr.
'isonbuig, New-M"k,t, Woodstock AID Harpe,'s Fe,-
4. The las route, to New-Tswn. and n ncs n The
VII t. Po', Bn.iefOwn and Harper's Ferry.
( D. From Saunton TO or near Winchester, thence
west Il Wihehes er 10 Shsperi's Town, or ,hrou,b
marunNburg TO SIT ks the PO'omsc at some poiu, neai
William port.
We now submit few suggestions in Relate TO the
probable revenue from the proposed road. On he sup.
po't on mat the inde pendent project of a railroad from
Wipchester 10 Har3er's f rry nav he successful. we
must exclude from cur Fsiiu ates a conside4 able nor
IOl 81 ne wealthy, intelligent and en'erprising p5pu-
alton O: frederick aud j II rson counties. L. arpears
som a letter ada'e',ed by The 6rs, Wincbe.ter com
mitee TO the President, OF the b. imors Rail Road
Company, hat he ci izois If he former mace have
declared II ia ir ds,eTmiua ion 20 be euiteIy uacon.
mecca Win a'y rail road lar her south. Tnat tenn.
pdhOh We Trgfot, not IN rely from interested mo tv g.
ou' because The Peep la, the upper pari OF The val.
icy ieel tiemse'vrs bound to a. ir brethren b. low ~
mary iies OF Tespcc! and sH cuOn, ems would r. ioice
IN iodklng up 10 hem toT inio' ma N and a ,yice. We
| Cl no EllUn M y - q n IE liz
OF tie common iD'eres', nor do wa attach blame 20
dpy one. But out b.ehsfeD having, in the ri in1ts
pufsuli OF thelr o"n advantage, excluded ne hom heir
AID and countis, VS. are ieluctanhy compelled to shift
Ia The best way we can, for ourselves. We regret 10
perceive that IN doing so, we must unavOida 5ly inter-
iste WIN some important expeetd ions ,C ~ ohj which
ne advocates OF The separs e i'm; rovemen; have con.
hientiy g. lied up n
The Staunfon aud Potomac railroad mus of ne.
ces'ity lass through the country of friedrich; and, VIC
'te mueh uls AIKEN, II 1t would not, pursuing arv one
o. me routes above mentioned, ebjpy al least a moie,y
o. the Transport ion, efsclcd by suca means in thSi
quA' ef. The route along Inc margin OF the Sbeoan-
doah would pa's ihro0gh the ricbeet parts of Ffed'k
y Jther'on aud IL not liable to tie objection OF bsing
excluded by the Massnai,in m5unlSin from any oat
oil inc trade of Rockingham and Shenandoah fl IL
uue that mounifn stretches 10 The latter coun-
lies to The les 9Th Of nearly sixty miles, and 10 in
many parts impossible; but besdss The easy &C.
CESS Ionnd IT'S exFem'ties, may he overcome with.
cut much difficulty opposite N,w.Maiket AMI Wood.
stock; thus no where subj scing fhs coun ry a..
long Iis western base TO a circuilous travel OF more
THAI ten miies. Ii IL obvious that any route touch
ing upon Winchester, would give us nearly the
whole trade South of that tom, and should we oas,
lhehce 10 HARPER Ferry, at such a respectful diatsnte