Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-03-15

Numbof Tho Virginia
Published weekly Abingdon by James AisnaadSris s.p
Sss; g.; mo- ri,
Mr. Martin A. Dawson Of Charlottesville propose. to publish
weekly paper to DO called THE Fsvile Advocse Farmvis
tho sSa Cd rs are tho to e
.sss'' sposs. Of b.: os%;:h' Il high we
FOR THE EyVoUYRER.
LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP!
The gentlemen who are anxious to press The
tiends Of Mr.. Clay In the Legislature to bslna out re-
solutions approving OF the Of Sspsovs noA
With the view Of doing honor 10 Aem but OF embsr.
raising the Adninisea'ion respectfully requested %
pau; In their movemeDts, end survey tho around more
e..u''y before them than they have vet dane In ssy
OF tho eon'uitattons OF any caueus-Thev ousht a
SEQ how easy for the friends Of the Admioj,srst,e
to tack 10 their resolution 'NeverfheI,ss or , . NJ
wi'h''anding This one error the par, Of Gen. Jack
son-sn error too not without precedent 10 the acts Of
ito wisest predecessors; yet " Resolved" &c. &C..
that he. the said Andrew Jackson, commands the eoc
hdsncs Of the Legislature Of Virginia, &C., &cThus.
the friends OF the original resolution will either be conn
pelled to vote against their projet or sw allow sIoo
with the bitter pill Of expression of the Svows5
confidence OF the Legislature in the act. Of the Xd.
minisiration. PLOT COUNTER-PLOTil
TO THE EDITORS OF THE ENoUYRER
writer 10 your paper Of tho 10th irstaot. over the
signature OF can Observer seems 10 ,ubt III ,rc,,
racy OF tho statement 10 relation to the New Ysrk
Cansi' msde 10 the repo, OF the Committee OF Roads
and Navigation during the present session Of
the Legislature, and intima,es that the commttss bas
been misled by some unofficial or private comnupies
aon. Inc production I. written In spirit Of fraak.
ness and candour, which demands for II Yen,v &c.
hbitiog the sources Of information from which ~
committee made tho statement and N II Oh ali tu,o ~,
that tho COMMITTEES we're materially 10 error 10 their
view OF tho operations OF these great works thew
should themselves feel deeply Interested In not ony hsy
ing their but In correctio, hs arc,
nsous impression which they may have made upon the
The report Of the committee states, that The e..,s
debt of the State Of New York wa. on ths f,,, 49,
Of January. $780, 81, 7o6ois; and taking this amount
AZ lhA Rfa cd nj fka dohN L. aono
the estimate Of tho capacity of tho canal 10 pav the a.
letting debt inside. The eommitt:e did not intend "a
u,imste In the report that this was the Who'll.
cost OF tho canals will be from the rsport IL
self 40 the cost OF the canals 10 there stated che vine
that the actual cost upwards OF three miljions a
collars mOro Than the debt the committee did not In.
reduced they had not then the msans of sseertanin.
and tho whole tenor OF the report was intended "a
show the increasing product Of tho canals and their ca
pacity 10 few years to redeem the debt then din.
The statement Is that as 10 tbs ,mouns
OF the debt due the LIT day Of January, 1929 and
the lddsy OF January, 1884, but the error s imma,,.
rial 40 to the general result
The debt the ls, Of Jan 1892 was s7,sss i5b %.
" $780, 7O6 ora
I" 1881. 7,s2s,osS
This statement Is distracted from IN. .nnns, so,o
nications Of the Governor OF New York to the Les,Is
ture: whehe correct or not, do no, know The sb
stract for 1929 taken from The American Aimanss
tor 1890 page 2Se for the year 1929, from The ssus
work for $780, page 1885, and for the year 1881 from
tho annual message reported in the public nswspa.
last Of which not the possession Of the
committee when the report wac drawn.
The Governors last meHsga TO the State of MAJ
YORK shews that from the product Of the canals alone
$S9S 576 may be applied TO the Of the
canal debt as will be from the follow ing state
Debt s7.sa6.oss
Tolls al OF .aar
Produe, Of Canal Fund. 's7s,ass
l.4o2. SIS
Expenses 24s.o5e making 62s.7si
oa s77s.s24
"" P'ooue' Oh Canal Fund 975, :4s
Balance Of product of Canals over interest
on debt and expenses e3qs s1s
do not intend at this time to revise the renort -
the commissioners, which shews that the State owes
Sl2, 237 1893 40, when the actual debt is S7s25 osS
nor the mode OF estimate by which that result is pro-
cuced but the board of commissioners in their renor,
the year $780, taking their mode to be correct
shew surplus, on the LIST day of January 1881 al
SioS,Ioz IO, over interest and expenses.
In estimating the advantages OF the New York ca.
has, we should not confne views its mere finan
cial operations; for, subject of finance merely n.
products will always be regulated by the tolls jmposed
and their product enlarged diminished as the tolls
may be Increased or reduced. On any public work
me tolls imposed, equals the saving in the price of
freight, the public gains something in sefetU but when
we reflect upon the uniform improvement in the value
property in their neighborhood, the people are great
y benefited. Whether this effect has been nrodcsd l.;
New York through her canals, refer 10 the neonIe ~
nat state 10 answer II apparent every one that
the rate of toll on the New York canals is very low
one cent per ton per mile. carrying through the Eric
canal distance OF 1868 miles, ton at So $751; the price
OF freight IS, am informed, the same. If the toll had
been two cents instead of one, the product would haye
been doubled, and have produced revenue sufficient
10 pay interest and costs, and have redeemed the prr
cipal in short me and doubts that the saving
In the price Of freight these canals has been pre,t
~ more than two cents the ton--So that view this sub
Ject in all its bearings and the benefits of these public
morks are ncacuable to the wealth and prosperity of
the people of that State "
Intending to continue this subject, if I can have I.
place in your columns have confined this communi-
cauon merely toa reply to "An Observer" 10 shev
hat the committee has not, by design, imposed any or.
ror upon the public.
AMEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE.
COMMENCEMENT
TO the Farmers and .hiIIers of Vireinia frnd;,,r