Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-03-22
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INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT
IN VIRGINIA


81 BY request, we lay before the rc,Jo- ,ho fl
own" interesting letter which appeared in tho las.
iynribrrg N'rgn,en.
IAHcuEsrER, Is. C.) Febr,orv ,o,,
Perhaps - Will recollect how j,pg INV nam.
has been connected with the Rail Re- aJ sy,o,, "a
low thoroughly made myself the subject of auohter
i"r my ardor and zeal the occo sion Fortunate,,
dEe survived the rdicnc, and lived to see the plan
"i com numcation proposed generally adopted Soon
a!tcr travcrscd Virginia, front the mouth of tde
GmeS to IFS source and thence to the summit of the
~AaeShahy' was convinced of the import ance of her
Whoie territory to the commerce of the United Stntes
addressed, IN 1913 under the signature of Il Polh-
zeal Economist several Essays TO the Richmond Enuu-
rrr,-and think in 1920, recommended Rail Roads.
rho accessible nature of Weston commerce, ria
.EnchbnrT, the coast, trcby struck me- More re.
Gently have kept up the war, The columns of the
Enquirer Will show; but The Engineer of the Board
cf Public Works and lis members, seem disposed to
link 'hc subject of the Rail Road from Lynchburr &C.
&c. TO Richmond, and depend ON the navigation Al
Inc same Instant is Baltimore touching the Potomac
w,lh the Rail Road, ana the Shenandoah Canal is in
the coarse of projection She is looking West AM;
North West. And Richmond is 10 spend 81 500 900
On schenic that may fail in watoS, while her Board
go o'kS at the same inst. declaring that for 5000
FER nll!c she can lay down Railway. Now dividing
this $i5oo,ooo by $4,000 shall find tina. 80 miles
ct Rail Road could be made. Dividing this into two
PARTS each o. and surprising there arc 80 miles
l"r two hiths) taken up by the public we shall find
lna 40 miles could be made: And in what space of
time: In about half the period two and a half
years. thar according TO Gov Foyds calculation il
would take to complete his water work. Compiete
did say? No-to finish 1t according to the plan of
men Engineers | mcan,) th1 have uniformly failed
and Will continue 10 fail IN their projects And un-
der this conviction the people of Lynchburg arc to
'oGH with patience until another experiment is tried
Should 1t FAIL the trade OF Tennessee will pass 10 Bal
tmorc aud Richmond &c. will sink into insirnifi-
On the other hand let Rail Road be projected
10 Lynchburg, and thence across the mountains to
Fast Tennessee, the whole of tho country Interested
Alabama find their way to the james. Should tho
SjnCle Road prove one OF double kind na~;ss,-,
then it might be lud.
But the insol ceof fife is cam, :, .r =,
tal silence Q! Tn" Board Of ,.ubIic Wn,ts ' NV H.
SUBJECT OF absorbing me loose CAPITAL lrendcrod on
~ the cure e. The Banking Mana) of North Caro-
Ina IL Is curious To soc how studiously even the
name oil the State is avoided espcclalIv when we
fccocct the dangers of her coast and the fact tina,
Cotton can be taken Tor IL cents per bale from the
Fec Dee to the Roanoke, anu that by running the
road from Lmbcrton. through Hareesville. DaTlino-
ton and BarnwulI, i'll S. Carolina and thence across
tie flat OF country of Georgia and Alabama the
commerce of Mobile might be BROUGHT IN Tho
James, and there shipped at an expense in,ini,elv
lc|s 'nan al present The political and moral i'm
I'Fiancc OF auch step is wholly overlooked
ms "ya'NPt'bm should ccase-pcrsons are as
hnau i0r water works the canine race in n ral,jd
STATE Is Tor water The Board of Works tajl of
lne lipstcin, New River. &c What water had
they In them last year The Nashville Banner d..
CARED That at Narbcrth Shoals there was not foo,
{" water | he advocates for this useless expeudi-
turr ought tn be be called on to state this fncr
~ nope the people of Lynchbure will arouse
themselves and, seeing To their real interest en- II nm,
Tor IA abandonment Of the water and adoption Of
the land systcII." f' VI