Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-08-25

biS ilNNlE NitbHr ~ W VI l'H 'sf "
safe navigation But ms is no' all. Their !,
no public lsx imposed on the New York PEI.
pie, tho resources ol The State. from her puh.
lie funds aud public works beng nov equal Ia
her expenditures. In n few years they val he
more than eqaaL shalt IN the sequel prove,
think satisfaetorilY, that Nirglni. would de
rive, AZ the same expenditure, superior adyhn.
ages 10 New York. by the construction al pub
lac works. The Governor, IN reference 20 IN
tarnal Improvement. aud the grand chan OF
communication passing through tho Stale
Ohe Ere Canal -aaya that, by means OF
smaller works, completed aud IN ptog,ess, W.
have connected is advantages with the nnNtgh.
ton ot the Ontario, Ch1mpiain, O,ondngas
Cayugn. Seneca aud Crooked Lake, and tie
Western branch Of the straightforward KSer.
Having thus, SINCE the year 1917, 0ptntd com
munitaiiou beiretn ni our Citts, aud hsaTtg ali
our interior nnrtgdble %loaters, iot cannot take 10
ourselves Me reprodrh, that NE mdrch 81 uier-
nat iHpr0pemct.t has been SiOio, o. hntb0r he
thought, hat us Further pT0grCsS Is 10 be ares,
Ted. n tins be the sentiment OF that great
State. after so tar an eEpcrment. there - hui
little doubt OF the utility OF internal Improve
mems. Indeed all must acknowledge that she
is mainly indebted TO them for her rapid march
to wealth, 10 power. aud 10 ihmr.
In Ponnsylvanin, great aud untiIiog e%,ortions
ltNt oftI AhFhFr hli NV b'' W. ~ ~
cur. n complete systam Of internal pmmunI
cation between tho dlinron' parts Of Thai g'cal
State. aud to draw into her bosom the trade oil
the adjoining Western States aud tho prospect
seems to brighten na she advances. She has
already expended on Canals and Railways
81 ,0l9, i95 Is, md has appropriated about
Z ii, 900 900 more. She hs not yet completed
any oI her great chains consequently, the hd-
vaninges Of he whole scheme hAea not yet
l.,. .l.v.I.n4tl Hut an. Inns ,lpIIyaI aufh m
'cpuragrment from what IS already completed.
that she continues tue work with unabated ar
dOI aud zeal, aud even At tha last session OF
her Legislature, by large maloritics, appropria-
ted a., 026. l76. The Stuylklll navigation Is IN
complete operation IL length l0s nilcs-
coat 81 900 per mil.-prcsent ptice Of stuck OIL
per cent dbort par Trade IN lS2s ~ l33 tons
IN 1879, ~ 7u4 tons increase, 1901 tons
hay. uot yet been able 10 ascaitbin thu trade
ia 1880. Ihrre is hui lttle doubt thai tfom the
JudIeious location oil har public works they
" III u, time da as much OF ieaatylvnnia 10 '!ia
Ne. York works have done, and aIe dong Ioi
hef.
From the Reports OF the Ono Canal." IL Is
prom,slng 10 realize lhe most sengnIae eApec-
tnlions Of its friends aud projectors, SO inr rs u
has heon contracted aud made nHvigablr. The
lrade hns lar ercredrd every calculation which
was made, mud has gwen nm lmpnlso Ia the Ell.
terpriz which promises II speedy completion.
No esHCt estimate eau nov be iuJnod OF ia
pecuuiary oprrntIons-and | shal attempt
none
II is Estimated when completed TO
cost s1,755, 766
lois during about Two months, on
the section from Lake Ere To
Licking summit. S3O.193 90
About s20D,oUO per year, under eAi.tlng dis-
! uuVnutnvps Iur Auul nI the whale Inns
On ihe Miami Canal. only 81 nnles
IN length. Tor the last year, 10000 81
Many x tmples might be added, bnt n ~ IN.
necessary for II seems 10 me II the subject
were To be considered mcrUIy III II speculative
point ot view, enough hos been SAID 10 prove
the nulity aud profit oi works OF Internal i'm.
provrment. wall, hUweVei, add one more en-
ample, aud that from the old DOMINION, u
showing hlw IaPtdly an increase OIL l,ade fol
lows these pubic improvements. Since the
completion oil tue Dismal Swamp Canal, The
Increase OF trade 10 Mo- folk III the following AZ
tcles nas been Immense. I Will compare 1929
aud 1880, ia which laA named year, the Canal
was completed