Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-10-20
INTERNAL IsiFROVEuENT.
From tde Richmond Enquirer.

IMPROVE NENl Or JAMES RIVER.
In a,,.mriing 10 show the advantages of this
Improvement an well aware, that am IN
90 n,riR a host # prejudice, ~h'ch WEIR
l,..myhf into existence Nv failing to Complete
.te cansl. luis work was unfortunately com
..iI.'i bef re the suit CT vas well understood ;
lae tls, the cas' hring much greater than
- snlirpa ed even by the engineers, the
. stopped before nuch advantage bad beru
...eyed ion It the FISH prevented from ascsn-
.',ng hv the dams and the additional O l. lev,rd
1agr cassed uuy Kind Of improve nen' 10 BE
unpopular.
great majority of orr ci.zons do not re-
fecllaal Il IL n ceSsary Ia complete a work
b.pfe Tiny San resp the benefits promised by
thu HurN AS we'll mi sht an individual rom-
p'3u ,,ai hs was exposed 10 cold aud rain vino
had laA the found alton and partly erected the
supefstrdctdre, AMI who had stopped the work
miu before his hnuse was finished. But enough
vi this. My obj~ct IS 90 show the advantages
which will ne derived from the Improvement OF
James nv r.
A comparative view Of the ex ease Of trans
port,ton from Lyochhurg 10 Ri,hnond. BY the
presrnt mode, aud BY steamboats,. II the I'M
provoment were made, must satisfy any un-
pf'lndlced mind that it Is for thu interest Of
the counIry bordering on James river h loN
Lluchbnrg, aud all the country west OF thai
pidc', thai the Improvement shonld be made.
The average cost Of transportation tom
Lynchbnrg TO Richmond, will put at 80 Cents
per hundred and finding the hands wrih pro-
Visions worth So 80 the load, equal TO ! cent,
pr hundred more; the entire cost wal he 81
Cents per hundred, equal TO IS 20 per ton the
risk OF ducklng aud damages irouI rain, sup
pose would be worth % per cent ON the Car.
rage, equal 10 s. % per ton consequently
nj
Ted 1t ) 10 SO per ton.
II may he saij that the allowance for the
RISK otdncking &c. ought not to be taken INTO tho
estimate. as The Owneis of boats are lable ioI
al injury tue load ulHy sustain to THIS wouid
reply, That three iourths of the owners of boats
VIE persons of no responsibility whatever, and
mat o"i ie" Of the remaining one fourth will
pay Tor GsRages WITHOUT II law sun conse-
gl'n'iy, the l,sbllit, of the owners OF boats Tor
i3rrs sn''ai"' d 10 the load, 10 worth very little
W .ne o"nrrs OF The pruGuGe.
W. Crozei Calculates. ~ his report, made in
4e-"' mat ihe Improvement oi James river by
De@' aud dsms, from Lynehbuig to Maiden,
adventure, Ghe termination of the caoal, will
cost SsoO,ooO. Il understand that his report
pdae Ia 1875 makrs II cost nuG h less } tbs es-
innate IS predca,eJ upon the actual cost OF
'oeAs and dams near Richmond.
ms sum oil $4,000 could be bon owed at
per cen'. winch is S36,o0U, TO which add
~ per Cent Tor repairs $40, 700; then it will
" necessary iora'se the sum o. $50, 900 annu-
guy 70 pay the interest aud repairs 10 the work
W tolls.
Tue amount Of produce shipped down the
'"e' las' year, amounted TO about so. 900 tons,
Snu mere were no increase, would he some
~ ot"'' over one dollar per ton tor toll but
un'"A II may be safely said, that IN less Than
,, !ea'S' " tue improvements already com
a"'eu' ana such AS j int stock companies
"'e incorporated TO make shall he completed
WIN amount to 100 900 tons, (for The Alb
s"o" conventions say that % ,00J tons will
paas ." 'he Lynchburg aud Nsw ~. er ra,l road }
,", ran ROAD Wore made from The Jamr ;
" "e onio river, there would be hardly a lin-
y W Tue amount less than TIE whole trade OF
'c1y' tennessee, OHIO, Indiana, and liz
I,,o 'ou' not taking the trade oil those States
"'O consideration, think the conclusion ma,
'''s'I arrived al, that IQ0, 700 toas wll go