Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-06-10
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT
From tho Charleston kanawha Banner.
GUNAN DOIIE TURNpIEE

DOlIE TURNPIKE.
Ii was a subject OF almost universal regret il, ,his
quarter OF the state, that the Principal Eagipter.in ths
location OF The wsstern eud Of The X anawhs Turnn;L.
should h.ve deemed il BIZ, duty 80 to conduc, IN. ron !
a. TO avoid the towrsof Guyandoi,e on The Ohm River
The location OF Col. Croz.', however adyan,a g.ou, a.
TO soil and distance, was peculiarly unlot 1,a,. a.
thrown 6 the commercial point beyond tbs limis of IN.
state, building up a town on the Kentu,kv .brr. -,
the aost OF the almost total humiliation of Gpv,n1n,.
This village, situated at The mouth ef the river nj
the same n,me, is one Of the mos, beau iuI poiot, m
the Ohio river, possessing a most extensive ard b,au,.
ful back country and only req"ifes the fostering care
OF the legislature, 10 make /, u town Of eceat CONNER
cial importance.
Nature has done every rhiag for GyysnJous pi..
ed on the baDks of the Ohio, the common hi,bwav nj
the west, and naturally the de psf of a lsre. di.,,ict nj
eeuutry rapidly improving in wealth and population.
ives never dreamed, th't in the loo alton Of a great linz
Of improvement, intended, 10 part, to oonn,c eli tho Eas,
and The West, the true policy oil the government, enuIt
be 80 lar forgotten, as TO pass this Interesting min,
without permit log II 10 share in the bere6ts Of IN e,
work, and at the same time, Offering to another Town.
out of the Common wealth, the mssps of ds.,rovins il,
prospect. Suck, however, was lbs policy adopted. and
such inte1d seems TO be the spirit witch eonduct, every
Virginia enterpTise.
The citizens Of Guysndo,te, have. with q zs.I and
prom ptitude worthy al all praise, adopted measures Ia
counterfeit the suicidal effects OF the location pr.ferrs1
by TIE public agent. During the last session of H.
General Assembly, sn act was procured incorpotatins
a company to c0ni!TUcts turnpike road from Gnv,n.
doue, 10 in'ersect the kanawhd rpsd near Barbours-
vile. The di'tanco between these poin,s, lie about Sc
ten miles, running for HE nost part on TIE margin of
the Guysndot'e liver. T1e stock OF the cotop,rv w a
immediately ;sken by ihe Tubiio-sririted ei xeps ofth.
villsge and neigt %borhood, and we understand the uort
has been prosecuted with fuch Industry and viror. that
a coneid, raOle portion of The road ia Already comnlstsd
aud tho. by the 4h OF July mex. the whole will he I'm.
ished, forming a peril CT connection, beiween the sls,s
road aud Guyandoits.
We are grained to learn, that the exr cu,ion Of the
Work Is such as to refl5c, credit upon those so,rns,ed
with its Management. Gel. John Everett. Jr. w. bs
lieve, 10 principally charged with ,he superintendent =.
oil the road, who q Industry and business-hsb ts wei
hi him Tor the station assigned him by the company
We have heard the cor s'Tuciion OF the culverIs on This
road particularly well spoken OF, a very material pstt n,
an earth turnpike, and which were but badly Iorsoed on
the older part OF the Ksnanha road. contracts, have
been made for Tbs erection OF a bridge over mud river
near Tvs noun, Whish viii ALTO be completed by the
<h OF July, Messre. Porter, Belden & Co. the pr,.
prittots OF the daily siage, have adopted IN. ci,iz.p.,
limo 10 Guyendotte, instead OF the road IN Sandy TIL,
new steamboat the "Guyandot'e' in which ih. mai
S carried 10 Cincinnati three times a week, has eo,n.
mepeed Der regular business, and receives al This
plase, the mail from the stages, We mos, be,r,i,v
congratulate our fellow. ciiizsus OF Guyandotle upon IN.
improved %prospests Of their beautiful Town. w. Tjgh,
congratulate ourselves, too, upon the growing ~sonsition
OF our own village. An unusually Istge nuub,r nj
houses are 10 progress or shout TO bn eomm,nc.d
There 10, however, no rivalry between CharIston and
Guy sndotts. Connected in interest and feeling no
ether emulation will ever arise bstwesn tbsm. sTc,pt
to improve their natural advantages and 10 promote the
pubiis good.
ROADS
We are sorry TO hsar many sompIafnis Of the pre,snt
bad condition Of the road along which tbs daily stages
arc compelled 10 travel. The adysptsses sscnreJ In
he State generally, more espe siaily TO Tho country in
the vicinity OF The line, from the estabIi,bmebt of a TAI.
Iy stage, should slim ulate The people 10 erea,srexs,.
ton TO keep the roads 10 repair. Il 10 a subject Of g..
neral interest, and appeals to the justice of the county
police, and to The pride Of every individual fnhabit,nI.
Its to be hoped that public attention will be Ajre,ted
to the subject, and the causes sf complaint speedily r..