Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-09-06

one who has had The lsbour OF travelling Virgins
.oads; and owing TO The unusual quantity Ct rain het
has fallen during the press Ut season IL 4, now In un
usually bad order. Under all these advantage tive
ordinary six horse teams have each brought 10 Abipg
don from Lynchou'g at ono load, O3O ounds OF mer
| ehsndize during the present season.
| Your committee, from sheir inimat. knowledge Of
,he country between Abingdon and aoxville have nc
Nsion IN saying that the construction OF rail wa,
between these two pon win b. attended wi b lees d
hcuiy ard expsD'e thap along other mart OF the
ronto. Al you proceed from Abngton 10 Kpcxvil,s
'ae western slope OF the un,ry becomes gentle
ard iis undulsous less f-tqYsn sCccsision a l.
and level valleys parallel with tho course OF tho
s'on river present 'hemsslses rh,h 6nsly adapted
to the Iosatoa OF rail road. Your coumi.,es sar-
not edee close this part Of heir report whcu, re.
makuE' ha' Ia the ogress OF ths great n erakns
wh,n the Allegheny aud New River are pa,ssd and
me ridge dividing the waters Of Hol. OF and N w r..
yer sufnoun'ed, oil The tieul,iss OF the work are
conquered. Your committee, IL fore Tepo,t The era,
resolution, referred 10 them, will out ne ndmen Your
to" Tee are ntverbeless aware, that how, YER fully
hey may be satisfied o. the truth Of chs ccnelusjon 10
WHICH hey have arrived yet that this ia not suficep
satisfy The public II lad. Nothng shcr, OF N yfs,
dsmonsralD on this sut-ci will i.dn.e cansti,,s Ga
rxpend their ioonsy in he construction OF the road:
,hey 'hersiore recommend that the soBver ton INN,
om"iy adop measures Ter The actual survey of III
ia't way song The whole route by some enoine,r n.
sneh character for skin and ptobiy as fully TO
no 'dy coohtenee ct men who Invited 10 Law GU,
'oelr money In such vast undertaking.
Inc ct quiry presented in the second resolution IL,
one OF sefiou, theulty; involving as reaui,i,e 10
,o,rec' fesu" me most accurate aud extended know
reasoning upon thin. Your committee cannot tbsr,.
ore De content with trusting themselves 10 the entire
accuracy OF 'heir eooeluons bu beg leave TO explain
as e"ccocuy as 'he SHIRT time given them will per.
MIL the facts upon which their options rect and IN.
considerations which suPpOrIh in the belief OF III, /,
correctness "
The enquiry irvolved in the se.ond re,oIp,io, :, ~.
eessarily divided into two questions.
l. Whati, The probable sost OF constructing railway
from Lynshburg 10 Knoxville. ~
2. What would be the prohabIe amour, =, ,.,,,,
aiou a'ong me railway, and the probable dividend
which she soe khclders nigh, safely ,n'icipalei
on me hrst oil ihese questions, your committee. with
The best lights which have been sfI,rdd bsn, IN ,h;
subject have sa fed the m.eives tia, for The whole die
aoee between iynehburg and Kaexville, the average
eos' OF consfusting railway with doulle track n,
'ais iad upon stone in the durable manner wand
nat excssd $4,000 per mile. Your eomme. undey
anu NAV, az present the cost Of constructing the b al
'imore End Ohio Rail cad in the best IN amer amonn,
20 ma sur, in that part OF the road recently mad.
ms sr less than the cost OF the fst part of that
WIZ, and the dferesse 10 owing TO many Important
discoveries and improvements in the peculiar ART NJ
makt railways, which In state rand advance
men. when 1t 10 sousidered chat This art will nyo
oaoIy attain higher improve ment',-sud that III.
country through which our rail- way would pass A.
all hs materials for its tion-s,ope iron and
every itng els as cheaply and az apv obe
.rs.s MIX we ssnoo' go TOO far in saying that such
great WORK could be achieved eheaply here s any
where In the world Taking, then, the present COS.
Oh me Baltimore and Oho Rail way ns fair standard
ill. ., ano me Si''snes from Lynshburg to Knox
vic 'ozS niles The amount required TO complete IN.
rail way tina. whole ditanee would be 81 5Os OOoa
vast sum; and one which might well alarm the warm
est friends ef our enterprise. But your commitas
believe hat IL thay satisfy other. a. ssarlv a. thsv
are themselves convinced that the investment of even
.his vast sum in the propo'ed work. would engurs 10
the sioskboder fair dividend on his mcn-y tbe
great chi Ct Of this meeting will be at once accom-
pii'hed There is now so much redundant eanaI In |
The noothern sie', belonging TO own peope-snd
such large sums have resenly been transmitted 10 hi,
c'un'ry by European capitalists in their terror AZ the
prospect OF great polite eonvuisons in Europe that
meney is every where seeking employment; and ell
the nj
20 Tvs owner Tue lair prospect OF his laying out 10 ad-
vantage. with this view yeur committee will enter
upon ,he second question: end they iTus, they will be
aoie 10 snow That merely by locking TO She present
commerce Of The country, without apicipaiine anv of
those large additions which the construction Of rail
way would inevitably produce the stock would NJ one.
resllzs a fair dividend TO the subscriber
our committee have taken The basis Of their cal
euanon, 'heir own personal knowledge OF the present
ha'e oil me trade OF The country from New River 10
knoXvie, AID The Trade necessarily CONNIE ctsd with il:
shey have done mainly because the great object nj
me assembling OF THE convention has been 10 Inquire
iho me expedency VI extending the railway west.
wardiy-and because they have more accurate know
"ge o, Vie trade aad Of The country ses Of
Nsw River, and found their calculations les, on sper,,
tdtton 'han on icel ascerianed facts
lhe country from New River TO KaoxvilIe a die |
p.e VI aoou zzo miles, nciud ng the eight south.
Weserh counties Of Virginia, and the % counties OF
Ess' ehhssee, contains popu alton abou 300 900
inhabitants OF whom 20 900 arc free coored
siNVe' Ihs soun'ry at once combines the h ppy ai
van'ages OF mi and healthy climate abundan, water
power, fertile SOIL and gsea. mineral wealth ~.
consiruc ion OF the proposed railway would not only
devooTe tha agricultural and mineral wealth Of his
me county, but would at once open great tho ouph.
isse Tor The trade be the east and the south
our eomuitee have founded bu, email e. Icua,ion
on 'he sgfisuu'a prodne'ons OF tho souGtry between
N'w Kv.f ard Knoxville Fertile the country is |
It's agricultural productions present amount 10 AL
most nothing because the rmer is o. encouraged 10
produce thai which he cannot seUd 10 uMke,-It /,
et hcwsVsF, that the staple OF cotton woul be
'ransm,ed along this route, net ony from The eouih
western part % Ea' Tennessee, but from ali th, par,
Il a ALBANIA whsh lies above he Mu-els Shoals and
rom the southern counties Middle Tennesse~ ghich
lie convenient to hs Tennessee River Tho Tznnes
ace RIVER, ON the head Of the Muscle Shoals 10 ibe
own OF Knoxville, by The removal Of ais ineon,J
aote o0sfuclons al the Suck in ~, ne. h5orhood
'SsheF Win tins improvement OF sho4li sboys
nav De made navig4bie Tor steam boats during all
seasons 81 the years consinng, has been well a.
cers,oed by ss'usi observation, mere a,er hau he
Ohio River 10 The driest season of the year When
hiS imPToy nj Of she Tennessee IL perfected Sbirb
sen be done at comparatively snail expense ard 10
which an appropriation by ,ba Legislature OF ibe ft
Of tennessee WIZ shortly be applied I, will ~ once
cesfiy DC me interest OF III people Of North Alabama
aud OF portion OF Middle Tennessee, to trade in his
IJ'e'ion. With the aid of a s'eafn boat navigation on
Tennsis'e River, End OF railroad on our pfofo cd
route, va cotton OF tat couSify could he iaken 10 an
eastern ikst 10 much shorter time sban 10 NV
Otleans at saving Of nearly half tins earrisg,
and vi greatly sss rick OF life add of prcoerty Tar
dy end devious he vOysgs down The Tennessee and
Mississippi River is The planter OF Teonesses and
Alabama, wbo lives abjve lne Moscls Shosl, 10 sub
ject 10 the additional GttnvsnieHcs Of frequent and
great delay for he oant suiii cient food lid. 10
take biz productions over the th,ai: all these sircum
stances combined, would certainly ioGd 10 gvo direc
lion OF tis very valuable reig1t along she conlemyla
ed railway. The eauss would certainly induce
the merchants of that county 10 ihpori all their good
along Gle Jsme route.
The Transmission, however, of The mineral nroJu.
ton, OF South western Virginia snd f ,si Tennssssr
would form ibe lreest source o. proh. to ths sosk-
hcdsfs OF the Rii Rad Company.
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